To borrow a phrase: New Secret Lair alert! Magic: The Gathering is dropping four Fallout-themed Secret Lairs on January 26, 2026 to tie in with the recently released new series on Amazon Prime.
Are these card collections any good? Should anyone buy them, and if so, is that anyone you? We'll break down these drops one by one and see which gives the best bang for your buck, and what kinds of decks their cards are suited to.
Bear in mind of course, that the card prices here are just meant to provide a guideline. A reprint, even in a limited drop, can alter a card's value on the secondary market. On the other hand, thanks to their scarcity, Secret Lair cards can end up costing far more than regular copies, especially if they have super sweet art.
With that disclaimer out of the way, let's have a look at this 'Rad' Fallout superdrop. We'll be the judge of that, thank you, Wizards.
Beyond Fallout 33
- Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed - New card
- The Ghoul, Gunslinger - New card
- Maximus, Knight Apparent - New card
- Pre-War Formalwear - $1.12
- Spirit Mantle - $2
- T-45 Power Armor as "T-60 Power Armor" - $0.25
- Price: $39.99 nonfoil/$49.99 foil
This first drop brings in characters from the Fallout TV series and costs $10 more than the rest of the SLs. That's because it's the only one to contain original cards, three of them to be exact.
It's hard to tell if this one's worth it, as the monetary value for this drop will depend entirely on how popular those new cards are - the rest are worth a pittance. That's tied to how much people like these characters and want to run them as their commander or how fun, unique, and powerful they are as cards.
I'm more qualified to speak on the latter, and I'll say that Lucy MacLean is definitely the best of the three. The Ghoul could be interesting in some sort of zombies/combo build that wants to mill everyone out. Maximus can fetch his own armor, which is fun, but you'd only want him for an energy deck.
Meanwhile, Lucy lets you collect copies of everyone's tokens, and benefits from handing tokens out to other players. She'd make for a really interesting and original group hug deck, and things get really wild when you play a card like Wedding Ring.
A note on the power armor: it's pretty weird that Wizards is reprinting Fallout cards as Fallout cards with slightly different names.
Greet the Dog
- Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful as "Dogmeat, Constant Companion" - $10
- Arcane Signet - $0.50
- Lightning Greaves - $4.97
- Patchwork Banner - $6.19
- Sol Ring - $1.33
- Total value - $22.99
- Price - $29.99 nonfoil/$39.99 foil
Onto the more traditional lairs, and this first one is the worst of the three, in terms of pure value. We've got several Commander auto-includes in here which could go in any deck, but since none of those are worth more than $5, the value of the drop is low overall.
I'm not quite sure what Wizards was aiming for here. If this is intended as a way for players to bling out their Dogmeat decks, why is Yoshimaru and Patchwork Banner in there? If it's just meant to pair with dog decks like Rin and Seri, why include so many cards that have already received reskins in other pet lairs?
And given that the target audience is obviously pup-lovers, why is the art not cuter and more centered on the dogs? I know we don't want players mistaking artifacts for creature cards, but seriously, Dogmeat's practically hidden away in his own drop!
Rad
- Ripples of Potential - $1.38
- Mutational Advantage - $4.78
- The Wise Mothman - $0.83
- Mindcrank - $12.55
- Mesmeric Orb as "Mothman Egg" - $23
- Total value - $41.71
- Price - $29.99 nonfoil/$39.99 foil
Now we're talking, there's a clear incentive to get this collection, as the total value of its cards outstrips the asking price. This is also the most focused Secret Lair: it's pretty clearly filled with upgrades for your Wise Mothman deck.
That's a smart choice from Wizards. Mothman is the most popular legendary creature from Fallout, and it had one of the best Commander precons in recent years. I've gone up against this guy a dozen times by now, and it's always threatening.
Here we have about $35 worth of strong cards like Mesmeric Orb and Mindcrank that weren't in that deck, plus a couple that were with new art. There's a more zoomed-out Mothman that lets you see the insect's whole body, and another Mutational Advantage with a cute easter egg: the art references the previous version from the precon.
Welcome to New Vegas
- Tinybones, Trinket Thief as "Benny, Platinum Thief" - $20.98
- Isshin, Two Heavens as One as "Joshua Graham, Burned Man" - $4.88
- The Deck of Many Things as "Custom Caravan Deck" - $5.61
- Caged Sun as "The Platinum Chip" - $4.08
- Nuka-Cola Vending Machine as "Sunset Sarsaparilla Machine" - $21
- Total value - $56.55
- Price - $29.99 nonfoil/$39.99 foil
The Welcome to New Vegas Secret Lair is more of a mish-mash. Isshin works well with Caesar, The Deck of Many Things pairs with Mr House, but the rest of these cards don't seem to connect to a particular Fallout legendary.
This is a super high value lair though, with two cards priced above the $20 mark, thanks mainly to a lack of reprints. Benny is a flavorful pick for Tiny Bones' mechanical effect, even if the typeline makes no sense, and a Nuka-Cola reprint was sorely needed, as that card is hard to get hold of for how versatile it is. Since that artifact card already hails from the Fallout universe, though, it's quite likely this SL reprint will reduce the price of the original a bit.
It's a good drop, but whether you should purchase this one is going to depend on how desperate you are for these cards, which ones you already have in your collection, and how much of a diehard fan you are for Fallout New Vegas.
Overall, the Rad Superdrop seems much higher quality than what we've been used to recently. Whether it's unique cards, support for a hit commander, or just good monetary value, they've all got something going for them before we even consider gamers' love for Fallout. Even the worst of the four is likely to be a hit with fans because humans like pictures of dogs.
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