MTG's new Secret Lair Drop is already sold out due to queuing issues.

Magic: The GatheringOne of the most anticipated drops of the year, the latest Secret Lair drop has players losing their places in the queue and the product is already sold out. Today marks the release of another much-hyped Secret Lair drop, following October 13th's Secret Lair Superdrop and PlayStation's multi-IP crossover. MTG This time, players are looking to purchase the Secret Lair Countdown Kit: An Encyclopedia of Magic, which includes 26 cards for $199.

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Special Secret Lair products have generally been very successful with many of the following: MTG Player releases have been quite unstable lately. This is because drops are not printed on demand. This means that it is a first-come, first-served transaction. A bot account that buys products to resell later; MTGPlayStation Secret Lair has already proven to be controversial, not to mention last year's Marvel releases. Now the Magic Encyclopedia is no longer available.

Say goodbye to Magic: The Gathering's best Secret Lair of 2025

Magic: The GatheringThe best Secret Lair drops usually include good value for money, and some great reprints are even more accessible in bundles. Unfortunately, the same goes for the Encyclopedia of Magic, which is already sold out. This package includes one card for each of the 26 letters of the alphabet. The card contents are as follows:

Altar of the Crowd (about $9)
Brain Freeze (about $12)
Crop Rotation (about $5.50)
Demon Counseling (about $14.90)
Eerie Ultimatum (about $3.60)
Field of the Dead (about $40)
Asphodel's Gray Vendor (about $1)
Hymns of Tourach (about $0.65)
Isochron Scepter (about $18.30)
Midnight Sky Junji (about $0.55)
Krark-Clan Ironworks (about $22.70)
Llanowar Elves (about $0.45)
Myrel, Argive's Shield (about $19.60)
Narset's Reversal (about $2.40)
Corruption of Nixilis (about $3.85)
Phyrexia Altar (about $62)
Questing Beast (about $3.80)
Retrofitter Foundry (about $0.65)
Sol Ring (about $1.40)
Temple of the False God (about $0.15)
Urza's Saga (about $35)
Vesuvah (about $1.70)
Wasteland (about $22.90)
Slipper Agent Xantcha (about $1.90)
Jarok the Desecrated (about $3.55)
Punisher Zo-Zu (about $10.70)

The overall value of the cards from TCGPlayer is $298.25 based on the cheapest version of each card, while the Encyclopedia of Magic sells for $199.

MTG Commander decks would have greatly benefited from the new Secret Lair Encyclopedia product. Some of these cards are already staples of the format, but unfortunately their deals have ended. Additionally, many community members are already upset that they lost their place in the queue due to technical issues, which delayed the drop's launch by 30 minutes.

Responses to a Twitter post announcing the 30-minute delay have been mostly negative, with fans demanding the return of prints for all Secret Lair products. Others are lamenting the fact that Secret Lair products are notoriously purchased by bot accounts, which are later sold for more than twice the price on eBay, TCGPlayer, Cardmarket and similar websites.

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Secret Rare's Encyclopedia of Magic is unfortunately not currently available outside of resellers, so anyone who spends time waiting in line and receives a message saying the product is sold out will be leaving empty-handed. This isn't a new problem, but it's even more painful when you consider the technical difficulties that are causing some fans to lose their places in the queue, leaving others to take better or worse positions in the queue.