The Gathering Leaks Monster Hunter Collab

Magic: The Gathering fans saw a press release from Capcom that went live early on, revealing an upcoming collaboration between MTG and Monster Hunter. 2025 has been the year of crossovers for Magic: The Gatheringmore than usual, with three Standard-legal Universes Beyond sets and tons of collaborations via Secret Lair drops. This is the new norm for the game, and 2026 is likely to see even more collaborations, with four confirmed UB sets in Standard in the form of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesmarvel superheroes, The Hobbitand Star Trek.

The latest example is MTG Secret Lair PlayStation releases, including cards dedicated to various games available on Sony's consoles, which came out on October 27. There was also a Secret Lair Superdrop on October 13th with several IPs, such as Furby, The officeand Jaws. As such, the idea of ​​a possible cross between MTG and Monster Hunter doesn't come as a surprise, especially with how the latter could fit in Magic: The Gatheringown high-fantasy multiverse.

It's time to welcome MTG's Secret Lair Drops for Monster Hunter

On Reddit, a user known as Copernicus1981 shared a link to a press release from Capcom that highlighted one MTG Secret Lair collaboration with Monster Hunterlists the cards included in each of the four drops, and also the crossover release date. This is currently planned for Monday, December 1, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. PSTbased on the leaked press release, and it has four drops without any mechanically unique cards. These are:

• Secret Lair x Monster Hunter: The Hunt

  • Blind Obedience, with 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, with Yian Gaurga from Monster Hunter Generations and Monster Hunter 2.

  • Tooth and nail, with Azure Rathalos and Seregios from Monster Hunter 4.

• Secret Lair x Monster Hunter: The Hunters

  • Grand Abolisher, with Tigrex Armor with legliar from Monster Hunter Generations and Monster Hunter Freedom 2.

  • Archaeomancer, with Velkhana Armor with Slinger and Winged Seraphyd Greatsword from Monster Hunter World: Iceborne.

  • Grim Haruspex, with Nargacuga Armor with a Hidden Eye Light Bowgun from Monster Hunter P2G/MHFU.

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

  • Champion of Lambholt, wearing Astalos Armor with Verdant Lightning Shield from Monster Hunter Generations.

• Secret Lair x Monster Hunter: The Monsters

  • Amareth, the shining one, with Velkhana from Monster Hunter World: Iceborne.

  • Nezahal, Primal Tide, with Lagiacrus from Monster Hunter 3.

  • Razaketh, the Foulblooded, with The Gore Malaga from Monster Hunter 4.

  • Drakuseth, Maw of Flames, with Rathalos from Monster Hunter Generations.

• Secret Lair x Monster Hunter: The Monsters 2

  • Wasitora, Nekorus Queen, with Nargacuga from Monster Hunter Portable 2nd Gen/Monster Hunter Freedom Unite.

  • Kalamax, the Stormsire, with Brachydios from Monster hunter 3 generations.

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

  • Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire, with Nergigante from Monster Hunter World.

  • Ziatora, the incinerator, with Fatalis from Monster Hunter World: Iceborne.

While the press release itself is no longer available, fans managed to capture some screenshots, which helped recreate the list of cards in each drop. The goal for the first three drops is to have each color represented at least once, according to the leaked press release, which is especially 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 hasn't been great so far, based on the leaks. This is due to two 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, who is undoubtedly a great and interesting Esper commander. Instead, the Monster Hunter collaboration contains only reprints. The second reason is that most reprints are fairly cheap and underutilized, meaning their effective and perceived value is well below $30 or $40 in most cases.

As it stands, the prices are as follows:

• Secret Lair x Monster Hunter: The Hunt

  • Blind obedience – about $3

  • Snap – around $2.50

  • Village Rites – around $0.25

  • Mizzium mortar – around $0.45

  • Tooth and nail – around $2

  • Total value: $8.20
• 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
• Secret Lair x Monster Hunter: The Monsters

  • Amareth, the Lustrous – around $0.25

  • Nezahal, Primal Tide – around $8

  • Razaketh, the Foulblooded – around $8

  • Drakuseth, Maw of Flames – around $0.50

  • Total value: $16.75 (variable, due to the fifth card in the drop being unclear)
• Secret Lair x Monster Hunter: The Monsters 2

  • Wasitora, Nekorus Queen – around $0.50

  • Kalamax, the Stormsire – around $0.40

  • Sarulf, Realm Eater – around $0.35

  • Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire – around $1

  • Ziatora, the incinerator – around $0.30

  • Total value: $2.55 (variable, due to a card being part of The Monster's drop, instead)