The Stardew Valley Secret Lair is live via the Superdrop of the Moonlight Jellies — a cozy-game crossover aimed straight at family households. A dad’s take, plus the Hobbit Secret Lair date.
Post-Amsterdam news roundup: Kamigawa: Titanbreach is confirmed as a Kamigawa vs. Ikoria invasion, Nauctis is fully undersea, 2027 gets three crossover sets, and the charity Secret Lair is live now.
Reality Fracture lands October 2, ending the story arc running since 2023: Jace, The Theorist, attempts to rewrite the Multiverse, the Echoverse debuts, and the five original Lorwyn planeswalkers unite.
MagicCon Amsterdam’s Preview Panel named all three 2027 in-universe sets — Nauctis: The Sunken Realm, Kamigawa: Titanbreach, and Zhalfir — plus Mystery Booster: Commander, a Stardew Valley Secret Lair, and four MagicCons.
Festival in a Box: Amsterdam went on sale at $199.99 — a Mystery Booster 2 display plus exclusive Secret Lair drop. A dad does the honest value math on who should actually buy it.
Buried in the Star Trek First Look: all ten shock lands are being reprinted and will stay Standard-legal. Why this is the year’s best budget news — and why you shouldn’t buy shocks yet.
July 10 qualifiers, the Arena summer sale on the 14th, MagicCon Amsterdam and Hobbit spoilers on the 17th–19th, and the charity Secret Lair on the 20th — a dad’s survival calendar for Magic’s wildest two weeks.
Secret Lair x Global Fund for Women: Their Magic Is Limitless runs July 20–Aug 3, printed to demand, with 50% of the price donated. The one drop where my FOMO rules don’t apply.
MagicCon Amsterdam runs July 17–19 with a huge Preview Panel: Reality Fracture details plus all three 2027 in-universe sets revealed. A dad’s guide to what matters and how to follow it.
The next in-universe set is called Reality Fracture, with rumors of Jace trying to reset the Multiverse. Our lore series just became required reading — the story is live again.
