Magic: The Gathering officially reveals an upcoming collab between MTG and Monster Hunter, with a total of 19 cards to collect and a special version of a popular card available while supplies last. 2025 has been the year of crossovers for Magic: The Gathering, with three Standard-legal Universes Beyond sets and plenty of collaborations via Secret Lair drops, to whose ranks a new one is being added. 2026 will likely have even more collabs, with four confirmed UB sets in Standard in the form of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Marvel superheroes, The Hobbit, and Star Trek, and while not all fans are happy about it, it gives popular IPs a new space in the TCG.
The recent MTG Secret Lair PlayStation drops are a good example of this logic, as they include cards dedicated to various Sony-related IPs. The drops came out on October 27, including mechanically unique cards for video games like The Last of Us 1 and 2, God of War, Uncharted, Ghost of Tsushima, and Horizon. As such, the idea of a possible crossover between MTG and Monster Hunter doesn’t come as a surprise, especially with how the latter could fit into Magic: The Gathering‘s own high-fantasy multiverse.
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The official Magic: The Gathering website has been updated with details regarding the upcoming collaboration with Monster Hunter, listing the cards included in each of the four drops, and also the release date of the crossover. This is currently scheduled for Monday, December 1, 2025, at 9 am PST, and it features four drops with no mechanically-unique cards. These are:
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Secret Lair x Monster Hunter: The Hunt
- Blind Obedience, featuring Malenzo from Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak.
- Snap, featuring Kushala Dora from Monster Hunter 2.
- Village Rites, featuring Magnamalo and Tobi-Kadachi from Monster Hunter Rise.
- Mizzium Mortars, featuring Yian Gaurga from Monster Hunter Generations and Monster Hunter 2.
- Tooth and Nail, featuring Azure Rathalos and Seregios from Monster Hunter 4.
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Secret Lair x Monster Hunter: The Hunters
- Grand Abolisher, featuring Tigrex Armor with Bone Scythes from Monster Hunter Generations and Monster Hunter Freedom 2.
- Archaeomancer, featuring Velkhana Armor with Slinger and Winged Seraphyd Greatsword from Monster Hunter World: Iceborne.
- Grim Haruspex, featuring Nargacuga Armor with a Hidden Eye Light Bowgun from Monster Hunter P2G/MHFU.
- Imperial Recruiter, featuring Rathalos Armor with Red Tigrex Claws, Brachydios Armor with Burning Knocker, Gore Malaga Armor and Royal Rose from Monster Hunter 4G.
- Champion of Lambholt, featuring Astalos Armor with Verdant Lightning Shield from Monster Hunter Generations.
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Secret Lair x Monster Hunter: The Monsters
- Sarulf, Realm Eater, featuring Zinogre from Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate.
- Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire, featuring Nergigante from Monster Hunter World.
- Ziatora, the Incinerator, featuring Fatalis from Monster Hunter World: Iceborne.
- Nezahal, Primal Tide, featuring Lagiacrus from Monster Hunter 3.
- Drakuseth, Maw of Flames, featuring Rathalos from Monster Hunter Generations.
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Secret Lair x Monster Hunter: The Monsters 2
- Razaketh, the Foulblooded, featuring The Gore Malaga from Monster Hunter 4.
- Kalamax, the Stormsire, featuring Brachydios from Monster Hunter 3 Generations.
- Wasitora, Nekorus Queen, featuring Nargacuga from Monster Hunter Portable 2nd Generation/Monster Hunter Freedom Unite.
- Amareth, the Lustrous, featuring Velkhana from Monster Hunter World: Iceborne.
There is a special version of a staple card in MTG Commander decks, Sol Ring, depicting Valstrax from the Monster Hunter series. This is only available until supplies last, but it’s only given when purchasing bundles.
Each MTG Secret Lair drop is cheap, by Secret Lair standards, at $30 for the base version and $40 for the foil version. Then, there are various bundles that players can buy. These are:
- Master Rank Everything Bundle: Includes one English and one Japanese Sol Ring promo card, as well as a foil and a non-foil version of each drop, both in English and Japanese, for $559.84.
- Hunter’s Carve Bundle (Japanese): Includes one Japanese Sol Ring promo card, as well as a foil and non-foil version of each drop in Japanese, for $279.92.
- Hunter’s Carve Bundle (English): Includes one English Sol Ring promo card, as well as a foil and non-foil version of each drop in English, for $279.92.
- Amped State Surge Foil Bundle (English): Includes one English Sol Ring promo card, as well as a surge foil version of each drop in English, for $239.96.
- Amped State Surge Foil Bundle (Japanese): Includes one Japanese Sol Ring promo card, as well as a surge foil version of each drop in Japanese, for $239.96.
Despite the gorgeous-looking cards, the reception online has been mixed following the announcement, and that’s because of two specific reasons. The first is that there have been several mechanically-unique cards in recent Secret Lair drops, such as MTG‘s Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima, which is arguably a great and interesting Esper commander, whereas the Monster Hunter collab features only reprints. The second reason is that most reprints are quite inexpensive and underutilized, meaning that their effective and perceived value is significantly lower than $30 or $40 in most cases, and it mostly doesn’t add up to the overall value of the bundles, even with Sol Ring.
As it stands, the prices are as follows:
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Secret Lair x Monster Hunter: The Hunt
- Blind Obedience – around $3
- Snap – around $2.50
- Village Rites – around $0.25
- Mizzium Mortars – around $0.45
- Tooth and Nail – around $2
- Total value: $8.20
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Secret Lair x Monster Hunter: The Hunters
- Grand Abolisher – around $10
- Archaeomancer – around $0.20
- Grim Haruspex – around $1.30
- Imperial Recruiter – around $12
- Champion of Lambholt – around $2
- Total value: $25.50
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Secret Lair x Monster Hunter: The Monsters
- Nezahal, Primal Tide – around $8
- Sarulf, Realm Eater – around $0.35
- Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire – around $1
- Ziatora, the Incinerator – around $0.30
- Drakuseth, Maw of Flames – around $0.50
- Total value: $10.15
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Secret Lair x Monster Hunter: The Monsters 2
- Wasitora, Nekorus Queen – around $0.50
- Kalamax, the Stormsire – around $0.40
- Amareth, the Lustrous – around $0.25
- Razaketh, the Foulblooded – around $8
- Total value: $9.15
Sol Ring is generally inexpensive on its own (at about $1.20), and while it’s a collector’s item when it comes out in different, special versions, this doesn’t really increase the value of the superdrops. Bundles may still be more convenient than each individual drop, though, but they are also a collector’s item in most cases.
