Deadpool Secret Lair Drop Revealed, Featuring Sol Ring and Five Staples

Sol Ring is already everywhere in Commander, but this version has Deadpool's face drawn into the 'O'. That detail alone tells you everything about the vibe of Secret Lair x Marvel I Fixed It (You're Welcome), the second Deadpool-themed Secret Lair drop, revealed in an Instagram video from Taalia Vess.

On March 17, community influencer Taalia Vess sent the TCG world into a frenzy by unveiling a leak of the latest Marvel collaboration. The drop shown off on Instagram was a "Pool Party Foil Edition" according to the packaging, but very little else is known at this time.

The unusual Secret Lair treatment makes these look like official card alters or proxies, the original artwork doodled over to create a different card entirely. Worn Powerstone has become Sol Ring, Costly Plunder is Deadly Dispute, Swiftfoot Boots is Lightning Greaves, Tormenting Voice is now Thrill of Possibility, and Lightning Strike becomes Lightning Bolt. And Island is now a Mountain, though that one's obviously a massive downgrade.

These aren't just standard reprints; Deadpool has taken a metaphorical Sharpie to each one to fix them from their less-efficient counterparts. Take the Sol Ring, for instance. Deadpool has corrected it from a Worn Powerstone. It's a self-aware joke about how Sol Ring is the undisputed king of mana rocks; why play a three-mana artifact when you can have the real deal for one?

The art direction leans fully into the character's fourth wall-breaking chaos. In addition to Deadpool's face appearing in the Sol Ring's 'O,' Wargamer's Matt Bassil noted that "Deadpool tries to claim credit for one of the illustrations, rebranding an artist Mark (dead)Poole," with Bassil adding the parenthetical clarification that he is not, in fact, that artist.

Reactions across the community have been genuinely divided. One Deadpool Secret Lair just wasn't enough, as almost exactly a year later Magic: The Gathering is releasing another. I Fixed It (You're Welcome) features a bunch of MTG cards which the fourth wall-breaking superhero has graffitied, turning them into other, similar cards that are slight upgrades; and the reaction has been one of near-total ambivalence. Bassil captured the tension neatly: "The Deadpool MTG Secret Lair 'I Fixed It (You're Welcome)' is either so bad it's good, or just plain terrible."

The collector calculus is complicated by the drop's raw card value. Sol Ring and Lightning Greaves are Commander staples, but they're also only worth about $5.50 in total; these are also cards that have appeared in Secret Lair before, making their presence feel underwhelming. Lightning Bolt is a multi-format classic but an $0.80 card at present. The other three, Deadly Dispute, Thrill of Possibility, and a Mountain, aren't even worth $1 all together. Still, Secret Lair printings often carry premiums, especially when based on popular properties; the Sonic Sol Ring, for comparison, sits at about $12.85, while the Spider-Man version is $12.13.

The previous Deadpool Secret Lair, released roughly a year prior, included the high-demand Deadly Rollick. By contrast, "I Fixed It" pivots entirely toward Commander utility staples with novelty presentation. Wargamer's Bassil predicted sell-out potential regardless: "I'm guessing that despite the card selection being less than good, it'll still sell out pretty quick. And that fiery Sol Ring is going to do stonks!"

A retro-frame Deadpool, Trading Card has also appeared in at least one copy of the drop, showing up in place of the Mountain previously seen in the lineup, suggesting the product may include a bonus card variant. It still isn't clear when the Secret Lair x Marvel I Fixed It (You're Welcome) drop goes up for sale, and the images of the drop have all come from Instagram accounts of people opening it live. Beckett's Parker Johnson cited a rumor pointing to a release window right around April Fools' Day, which would follow the pattern of last year's Deadpool drop and make thematic sense for a product built entirely around a joke.