Universes Beyond has crossed over with plenty of franchises, but nothing quite prepared the tabletop community for the PlayStation Secret Lair Superdrop. Released October 27, 2025, this seven-drop collaboration puts Kratos, Nathan Drake, Aloy, Jin Sakai, and the cast of The Last of Us onto real, tournament-legal Magic cards — built in close collaboration with Naughty Dog, Santa Monica Studio, Guerrilla, and Sucker Punch Productions. For MTG players, this is one of the densest single-day pushes of new legendary creatures in Secret Lair history. For PlayStation fans who’ve never shuffled a deck, it’s a genuinely good entry point, because Wizards clearly built these cards around what makes each character tick rather than just slapping recognizable art on generic templates. This guide breaks down every PlayStation Secret Lair drop, what each card actually does, and whether your money is better spent here or on a normal booster box.
Breakdown of Every PlayStation Secret Lair Drop
All seven drops released simultaneously as part of the same Superdrop event, each priced at $39.99 non-foil or $49.99 for rainbow foil, with a bonus rainbow foil Sol Ring (featuring Twisted Metal art) included for every $199 spent. Every new legendary creature here is legal in Commander, Legacy, and Vintage — none of them are Standard or Modern legal, so this is squarely a Commander-focused release.
The Last of Us (Parts I & II)
Secret Lair x The Last of UsThe two Secret Lair x The Last of Us drops introduce a brand-new keyword variant: Partner — Survivors, functioning identically to older partner mechanics but themed around the pairs and trios who made it through the outbreak together. Ellie, Brick Master is the standout of the pair — her ability, “Distract the Horde,” triggers whenever any player attacks one of your opponents, forcing that attacker to create a tapped 1/1 black Fungus Zombie token named Cordyceps Infected that’s already attacking. It’s a sly bit of political tech: every attack elsewhere on the board quietly builds you a board of chip-damage tokens, mirroring how Ellie survives the outbreak by turning the infected’s own chaos against them.
Joel, Resolute Survivor pairs naturally with her — he has menace, and whenever a creature token dies, you put a +1/+1 counter on Joel and draw a card, once per turn. Run them together and Ellie’s tokens become a genuine card-draw engine, which lines up cleanly with Joel’s arc as the guardian who keeps finding a way to keep going. Part II flips the emotional register: Abby, Merciless Soldier creates a swarm of Cordyceps Infected tokens equal to the mana spent casting her trigger spell, but enters the battlefield under an opponent’s control — a genuinely clever nod to how the game forces players to see the world through the “enemy’s” eyes. Ellie, Vengeful Hunter answers with a activated ability to pay life and sacrifice a creature to deal damage and gain indestructible, capturing her single-minded pursuit of revenge. The thematic reprint Dictate of Erebos — flavor-named “Ellie’s Rage” in the drop — forces sacrifice triggers across the table, tying neatly into the Part II token synergy both commanders lean on.
God of War (Greek & Norse)
Secret Lair x God of WarKratos, God of War, representing the Greek era, is a lean {R}{R}{R} 2/3 with double strike that grants every creature in play haste and burns any player at end step for each of their creatures that didn’t attack that turn. It’s brutally on-theme — Kratos punishes hesitation, exactly like the character who never once stopped moving forward through Olympus. The Norse-era pairing tells a completely different story mechanically: Kratos, Stoic Father gains experience counters whenever you attack with a God or a God dies, then dumps +1/+1 counters onto a target creature at your end step, while Atreus, Impulsive Son lets you cash in those same experience counters to loot cards and ping every opponent for 2. Where Greek Kratos is raw, immediate violence, Norse Kratos is patient and builds toward something — a near-literal translation of his arc from vengeful god-killer to a father learning restraint.
Horizon: Into the Forbidden West
Secret Lair x HorizonAloy, Savior of Meridian lands in Simic (blue-green) and rewards you for having artifact creatures connect in combat with Discover triggers — a fitting mechanical read on a huntress whose entire skill set revolves around scavenging and repurposing machine parts. The headline reprint here is Blightsteel Colossus, reskinned as the Horus Titan-flavored “FAS-BOR7 Horus,” and it’s genuinely the single most valuable card across all seven drops, regularly pricing north of $30 on its own. Pairing a 20-mana indestructible infect bomb with Horizon’s rogue-machine aesthetic is a strange but fun bit of flavor whiplash, and it alone makes a strong case for picking up this particular drop even outside Commander deckbuilding.
Ghost of Tsushima & Uncharted
Secret Lair x Ghost of Tsushima & UnchartedJin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima comes with built-in double strike and draws you a card whenever he connects with combat damage, plus a once-per-opponent activated ability that grants unblockable or double strike to a solitary attacker — mechanically, that’s a tight read on Jin’s “ghost” persona, a lone blade who strikes from the shadows rather than leading a charging army. The thematic reprint Path to Exile reinforces that tactical, one-target-at-a-time samurai identity. Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter, meanwhile, is a 3/2 first striker that lets you cast a card exiled with it using mana of any type, essentially an artifact/treasure “borrowing” mechanic that echoes how Nathan builds his entire career out of relics that technically belong to someone else. It’s the least flashy commander of the bunch mechanically, but it’s a clean, honest translation of his rogue-archaeologist fantasy.
Are the PlayStation Secret Lairs Worth It? (Financial & Playability Value)
Based on TCGplayer market prices shortly before release, the reprint-only value (ignoring the new legendary creatures entirely) worked out roughly as follows: The Last of Us Part I ≈ $19.62, Part II ≈ $20.02, God of War: Greek ≈ $14.83, God of War: Norse ≈ $14.62, Uncharted ≈ $28.98, Horizon ≈ $38.56, and Ghost of Tsushima ≈ $16.63 — against a $39.99 non-foil asking price per drop.
By that math, Horizon: Into the Forbidden West and Uncharted are the clearest financial winners, both landing close to or above sticker price on reprint value alone before you even factor in the new commanders or bonus cards. Blightsteel Colossus alone carries most of Horizon’s weight. The God of War drops are the weakest on pure reprint math, sitting closer to $15 against a $40 ask, which means their value leans almost entirely on how much the Kratos and Atreus commanders appreciate post-release — a real gamble, since presale hype tends to inflate new-card prices before the market settles.
On playability: every mechanically unique card here is legal in Commander, Legacy, and Vintage, but not Standard, Pioneer, or Modern, so this is a Commander-table release through and through. If you’re building around one of these commanders specifically, Ellie/Joel and Kratos, God of War currently look like the strongest Commander build-arounds of the set — Ellie’s token-triggered political damage engine punishes multiplayer aggression in a way most tables aren’t ready for, and Kratos’s haste-and-burn package is a genuinely efficient mono-red aggro plan. Aloy and Jin Sakai are solid role-players but lean more on supporting synergy than raw power, and Nathan Drake, while thematically satisfying, is the drop most collectors are buying for the character rather than the card.
If you’re chasing pure Commander power or guaranteed reprint value, prioritize Horizon and Uncharted. If you’re after the best new commander to actually build around, The Last of Us Part I (Ellie/Joel) and God of War: Greek punch above their reprint value. Everything else is a fair buy only if the character themselves is the reason you’re reaching for your wallet — and for a Universes Beyond PlayStation collab this well-executed, that’s a completely reasonable reason to buy in.
Superdrop Summary at a Glance
| Drop Name | Key Commander | Standout Reprint | Best For (Playstyle) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Last of Us Part I | Ellie, Brick Master / Joel, Resolute Survivor | Cabal Ritual | Token-triggered political damage |
| The Last of Us Part II | Abby, Merciless Soldier / Ellie, Vengeful Hunter | Dictate of Erebos (“Ellie’s Rage”) | Sacrifice / aristocrats |
| God of War: Greek | Kratos, God of War | Pyrohemia | Mono-red haste aggro |
| God of War: Norse | Kratos, Stoic Father / Atreus, Impulsive Son | Iroas, God of Victory | Gods tribal / counters |
| Uncharted | Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter | Whip of Erebos | Grixis artifact “theft” |
| Horizon: Into the Forbidden West | Aloy, Savior of Meridian | Blightsteel Colossus | Simic artifacts / Discover value |
| Ghost of Tsushima | Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima | Path to Exile | Solo-attacker tempo / card draw |
Non-foil versions are also making their way to WPN game stores after the initial online release, so this isn’t strictly a one-shot online purchase if you miss the drop window — but Secret Lair’s own site remains the only place to grab the full Superdrop bundles and the bonus Sol Ring promo.