SpongeBob Squarepants Secret Lair Collection Incoming
Are ya ready, kids? The long-anticipated Secret Lair drop themed after Nickelodeon's acclaimed children's show SpongeBob Squarepants releases on Monday, March 24th!
The drop will feature sixteen reprinted cards and a Food token. But are any of these reprints any good, either thematically or in terms of gameplay? Let's take a deep dive into the Magic cards of Bikini Bottom!
Icons Of Secret Lair x SpongeBob Squarepants
To begin with, let's examine the many characters that pop culture news site Collider revealed earlier on Monday, March 10th. At the time of writing, we know of seven legendary creature cards reskinned as some of the various subaquatic characters of SpongeBob.
While Jodah is largely a "flavor-of-the-month" kind of commander, his appeal is widespread and the fact that the titular sponge is a another portrayal of him might allow for some financial movement here.
Gary, the Snail, being a reskin of Toxrill, the Corrosive, will most certainly see play in more vicious Commander pods. Conversely, while the other cards are largely take-it-or-leave-it in application, Patrick Star will almost definitely not see play outside of thematic Bikini Bottom lists.
Even if Barktooth Warbeard hasn't seen a reprint since Chronicles, he's still a vanilla legendary creature, and generally, only thematic decks will use him.
"MeMe CuLtUrE iS aLiVe AnD wElL!"
Next, let's look at the five cards outside of the legendary creatures and basic lands. These cards are noncreature, nonland cards that truly do prove that memetics are a more-than-valid language in the world today.
We expect these cards to ultimately be a mint, so to speak, given their history as iconic images in meme culture:
SpongeBob Squarepants Basic Lands & Food Token
Finally, let's look at the basic lands from the set, as well as the Food token. Yes, the Food token is exactly what you expect it to be.
Mt. Bikini Bottom was not quite as prominent in the show, so this one we anticipate may fetch a lower price tag. Even so, the need to get multiples of each for decks is going to mean these will maintain a hefty cost on the secondary market overall.
As for the Krabby Patty Food token, this should reasonably be the most expensive Food token in the current Magic Universes Beyond lineup to-date.
This token shows an extremely iconic prop (for lack of a better term) used as a major driver of SpongeBob storylines, and few animated foods have more importance in television canon, if any.
I'm Ready!
Are you excited for these new SpongeBob Squarepants reprints? Are you diving off the deep end for them? Conversely, do you have any reservations about this Secret Lair drop? Sound off in the comments below!
