Wizards unveils three Garfield Secret Lair drops, value looks uneven
Rin and Seri makes one Garfield drop a near break-even buy, while another packs less than $10 in reprints and looks easy to skip.
Wizards’ Garfield Secret Lair reveal was built for charm, but the Commander math splits the mini-line in two. The three-drop package sits inside Cats Are the Best Superdrop, which Wizards announced on May 4 and said would release on June 15 after showing off some of the cards at MagicCon: Las Vegas, where real cats were also on hand for adoption. For Commander players, the question is not whether the crossover is cute. It is which drop actually earns a slot in the cart.
The clear winner is Secret Lair x Garfield: Motivationally Challenged. Wizards paired Rin and Seri, Inseparable with the Garfield and Odie treatment, then loaded the drop with Orim’s Chant, Ponder, Beast Within, I Hate Mondays, and Sol Ring. Wizards lists the non-foil version at $29.99 and the foil version at $39.99, while the card pool lands at about $38 in value. That makes it the rare Secret Lair that roughly holds its own on paper, and Rin and Seri gives it real Commander appeal even before the rest of the staples are factored in. If you want one Garfield drop that can plausibly justify a sealed buy, this is it.
Secret Lair x Garfield: As Intended goes the other way. Its lineup is Swords to Plowshares, Counterspell, Dark Ritual, Earthquake, and Fog, but the total reprint value comes in at less than $10. Dark Ritual is the only card with notable pull, and even the usual Commander workhorses, Swords to Plowshares and Counterspell, do not lift the drop enough to make it a strong buy on finance alone. As singles, those cards still matter for decks that want efficient removal, blue interaction, or black burst mana. As a bundle, the drop looks easy to pass on.
That leaves the third Garfield-themed drop as the wildcard in the trio, and that uncertainty is part of why this reveal feels so uneven. Wizards clearly wants Garfield to ride the same Secret Lair momentum as Roll for Initiative on February 9, Totally TubuLair on March 2, Back to School on April 27, and now Cats Are the Best on June 15. For Commander buyers, though, the decision is simple enough: Motivationally Challenged is the buy, As Intended is the skip, and the rest of the appeal lives in the art, the joke, and the strength of the single cards you actually play.
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