The Gathering Leaks Monster Hunter Collab

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Magic: The Gathering Fans noticed a press release from Capcom that soon went live, revealing the upcoming collaboration between the two MTG and monster hunter. 2025 has been the year of the crossover Magic: The GatheringMore than usual, plenty of support through three standard-legal universe sets and secret layer drops. This is the new standard for the game, and there will likely be more collaborations in 2026, with four confirmed UB sets in the standard. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesmarvel superheroes, The Hobbitand Star Trek.

is the most recent example MTG Secret Layer PlayStation drops, with cards dedicated to various games available on Sony's consoles, which came out on October 27. There was also a Secret Layer SuperDrop on October 13 that contained multiple IPs, viz Furby, officeand the jaw. Like, the idea of ​​a possible crossover between MTG and monster hunter Doesn't come as a surprise, especially given how the latter can fit Magic: The Gatheringown high fantasy multiverse.

It's time to welcome MTG's secret layer drops to Monster Hunter

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On Reddit, a user known as Copernicus1981 shared a link to a press release from Capcom MTG Collaborate with Secret Lair monster hunterListing the cards included in each of the four drops, and also the crossover's release date. This is the schedule for now Monday, December 1, 2025, at 9 a.m. PSTBased on the leaked press release, it contains four drops with no mechanically-unique cards. These are:

  • Secret Lair X Monster Hunter: The Hunt

    • Blind obedience, characteristic of Malenjo Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak.

    • Snap, featuring Kushal Dora Monster Hunter 2.

    • Village rites, featuring Magnamalo and Tobi-Kadachi Rise of the Demon Hunter.

    • Featuring Yian Gaura from Mizzium Mortars Monster hunter generation and Monster Hunter 2.

    • Tooth and Nail, featuring Azure Rathalos and Seregios Monster Hunter 4.

  • Secret Lair X Monster Hunter: The Hunters

    • Grand Abolisher, featuring Tigrex armor with bone scythes Monster hunter generation and Monster Hunter Freedom 2.

    • Featuring Archaeologist, Velkhana Armor with Slinger and Winged Seraphid Greatsword Monster Hunter World: Iceborne.

    • Grim Haruspex, featuring Nargacuga armor with a hidden eye light bogan Monster Hunter P2G/MHFU.

    • Imperial Recruiter, Rathalos Armor with Red Tigrex Claw, Brachidios Armor with Burning Knocker, Gore Malaga Armor and Royal Rose Monster Hunter 4G.

    • Champion of Lambolt, featuring the Astalos Armor with variant Lightning Shield Monster hunter generation.

  • Secret Lair X Monster Hunter: The Monsters

    • Characterized by Velkhana from Amareth, Lustrous Monster Hunter World: Iceborne.

    • Nejahal, Primal Tide, from Lagiacross Monster Hunter 3.

    • A rendition of The Gore Malaga from Razaketh, the Foulblooded Monster Hunter 4.

    • Features Rathalos from Drakuseth, Maw of Flames Monster hunter generation.

  • Secret Lair X Monster Hunter: The Monsters 2

    • Characterization of Nargacuga from Wasitora, Nekorus Queen Monster Hunter Portable Second Generation/Monster Hunter Freedom Unite.

    • Characteristic of Kalamax, Stormsire, Brachydios Monster Hunter 3 Generations.

    • Characterized by Zinogre from Sarulf, Realm Eater Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate.

    • Characteristic of Vaevictis Asmadi, Dire, Nergigante Monster hunter world.

    • Characterization of Fatalis from Ziatora, incinerator Monster Hunter World: Iceborne.

A card from The Monsters 2 Secret Lair drop is apparently in the first The Monsters drop, but it's unclear which one. This means The Monsters 2 has four cards instead of five.

While the press release itself is no longer available, fans managed to grab some screenshots, which helped recreate the list of cards at each drop. The goal for the first three drops is to represent each color at least once, according to the leaked press release, which is particularly evident in the first two drops. each MTG The Secret Lair drop is cheap, by Secret Lair standards, at $30 for the base version and $40 for the Foil version.

However, online reception has not been good so far based on the leak. This is for two reasons. The first is that recent Secret Layer drops have had a number of mechanically-unique cards, e.g MTGKo Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima, who is a great and interesting esper commander. Instead, the Monster Hunter collab only features reprints. The second reason is that most reprints are very cheap and rarely used, meaning their effective and perceived value is in most cases less than $30 or $40.

As it stands, the prices are as follows:

  • Secret Lair X Monster Hunter: The Hunt

    • Blind Obedience – About $3

    • Snap – About $2.50

    • Village Rite – About $0.25

    • Mizzium Mortar – About $0.45

    • Tooth and nail – about $2

    • Total price: $8.20
  • Secret Lair X Monster Hunter: The Hunters

    • Grand Abolisher – About $10

    • Archeology – About $0.20

    • Grim Haruspex – About $1.30

    • Imperial Recruitment – About $12

    • Lambholt's Champion – about $2

    • Total price: $25.50
  • Secret Lair X Monster Hunter: The Monsters

    • Amareth, glossy – about $0.25

    • Nejahal, Primal Tide – About $8

    • Razaketh, Foulblood – About $8

    • Drakuseth, Maw of Fire – About $0.50

    • Total price: $16.75 (Variable, because the fifth card in the drop is obscured)
  • Secret Lair X Monster Hunter: The Monsters 2

    • Wasitora, Nekorus Queen – About $0.50

    • Kalamax, Stormsire – about $0.40

    • Sarulf, Realm Eater – About $0.35

    • Vaevictis Asmadi, Dire – about $1

    • Giatora, Incinerator – About $0.30

    • Total price: $2.55 (Variable, due to a card being part of the monster drop, instead)

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