'We Believe We Can Do Better' — Wizards of the Coast Goes 'Back to the Drawing Board' With Magic: The Gathering's Monster Hunter Collaboration

Wizards of the Coast has announced it has gone “back to the drafting board” with its Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair x Monster Hunter collaboration, admitting it wasn’t bully enough.

Last week, IGN reported connected the authoritative announcement of Wizards of the Coast’s Secret Lair Monster Hunter Superdrop for Magic: The Gathering, which was acceptable to beryllium disposable December 1-22.

The collaboration includes 4 abstracted drops, each priced astatine $29.99, with a foil variation for $39.99. All cards progressive are reprints of existing cards with Monster Hunter themes, thing mechanically unsocial oregon new.

It’s just to accidental fans reacted negatively to the announcement, and based connected Wizards of the Coast’s connection connected the matter, that backlash went close to the top.

“Let's chopped to the chase: the Secret Lair x Monster Hunter Superdrop we revealed past week fell abbreviated of expectations,” the institution said. “We heard large and wide that you were disappointed, and we judge we tin bash better. So, we're going to postpone this merchandise and rework this Superdrop entirely.

“Like galore of you, we're large fans of Monster Hunter. It's wherefore we enactment this Superdrop together. But successful our excitement, we missed the people connected elements similar paper enactment and faithfully integrating the satellite and mechanics of Monster Hunter. As a result, the wide operation of this Superdrop is not up to the modular you person travel to expect.

“Pulling Superdrops backmost isn't thing we're going to bash precise often, but we're committed to doing better. Capcom is connected committee for america to instrumentality different plaything astatine this Superdrop arsenic well.

“So, we're going to propulsion this 1 backmost and volition stock caller details and an updated merchandise day successful a fewer months. Keep an oculus retired for much accusation successful 2026.”

It's been a engaged twelvemonth for some Secret Lair and third-party Magic collabs successful general, with immoderate unthinkable Secret Lair paper drops including Sonic, Final Fantasy, Deadpool, SpongeBob, The Office and more. We're presently eagerly awaiting the merchandise of the Avatar: The Last Airbender Universes Beyond set, pursuing adjacent connected the heels of Marvel's Spider-Man. Next twelvemonth is looking arsenic stacked, with planned Universes Beyond sets featuring TMNT, The Hobbit, Marvel, and Star Trek. Now we tin adhd Monster Hunter to 2026.

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