The Walking Dead is coming to Magic: The Gathering. After teasing the crossover collaboration earlier this month by revealing the Zombie/Walker token, Wizards of the Coast at present formally introduced its latest Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair drop, a crossover with the universe of AMC’sThe Walking Dead. Launching on Sunday, this “super-limited” drop will embrace a set of premium foil playing cards. Wizards of the Coast will reveal all of these playing cards within the coming weeks apart from one, which can stay a thriller for gamers who buy the drop to find. Today, Wizards unveiled two of these playing cards. Negan, the Cold-Blooded comes through GameSpot together with a novel, Walking Dead-inspired Treasure token. The Hollywood Reporter revealed Michonne, Ruthless Survivor, who makes use of that beforehand proven Zombie token. You can see the playing cards beneath.
AMC’s The Walking Dead Secret Lair drop opens for preorder for a restricted time from October 4th by means of October 12th. The Sunday launch coincides with AMC’s “We Are The Walking Dead Weekend.” The block begins with The Walking Dead Special Event: The Whisperer War Final Showdown adopted by the premiere of The Walking Dead: World Beyond, and ending with a particular episode of Talking Dead, the place followers can see an unboxing and preview of the playing cards. The set will change into accessible to preorder instantly after the airing of Talking Dead at 11:30 p.m. ET.
“Wizards of the Coast is thrilled to collaborate with AMC to convey these iconic characters to the best technique card game,” mentioned Bill Rose, SVP of Magic: The Gathering design and improvement, Wizards of the Coast, in a press launch. “We cannot look forward to followers of each Magic: The Gathering and AMC’s The Walking Dead to find enjoyable new methods to play once they add this Secret Lair drop to their assortment.”
“Magic: The Gathering is among the most seminal works within the historical past of gaming,” mentioned Clayton Neuman, VP of Games for AMC. “So, we have been past thrilled to work with Wizards to pair it with one of the vital beloved sequence within the historical past of tv. These playing cards are an ideal mix of the 2 universes, and we won’t look forward to followers to get their arms on them and uncover all of the tips we have hidden up our sleeves.”
The playing cards included on this Secret Lair drop are model new to Magic: The Gathering and depict iconic characters from the long-running and tv present. The included playing cards have by no means been seen earlier than in Magic: The Gathering and convey distinctive gameplay and textual content totally different from every other printed playing cards. The will likely be authorized solely within the Legacy, Vintage, and Commander codecs.
AMC’s The Walking Dead Secret Lair drop preorders go on sale on October 4th for $49.99.
