It’s the final (Secret Lair) countdown.
With the year quickly coming to a close, it’s time to look and see which cards from the ever-growing Secret Lair Drop Series have sold best throughout December. With sales mostly peaking in November due to TCGplayer’s Cyber Weekend promotion, sales have slowly calmed down due to the holiday season.
And even though the Secret Lair Drop Series has been quiet in terms of releases (with the highly anticipated Dandân Secret Lair Drop now releasing in March 2026), there’s plenty of decent deals on the secondary market if you’re after a particular aesthetic or looking to be more savvy with your purchases. The most notable release over the last month is the Secret Lair Countdown Kit: An Encyclopedia of Magic, which featured a wealth of incredible reprints and has since trickled onto the secondary market, presenting an opportunity to snap up a good deal or two.
The Best-Selling Secret Lair Cards of the Month (December 2025)
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As for other notable sales during December, the SpongeBob SquarePants Command Tower continues to see healthy purchases, along with Sonic the Hedgehog’s Super State remaining a top buy as it’s a rather fun win condition in Commander. Lastly, the Avatar: The Last Airbender-themed Path of Ancestry is also on the move, as it was the promo card for spending at least $199 on the various Avatar: The Last Airbender Secret Lair releases through Wizards of the Coast last month. With many looking to keep to a theme with their Avatar: The Last Airbender Commander decks, seeing Path of Ancestry on here isn’t a huge surprise.
A trend you’ll see with the Secret Lair Bestsellers this month is how many of the cards are the cheapest printings of Constructed and Commander staples, meaning players are perhaps forgoing aesthetics for the sake of affordability. With that aside, let’s dive in!
#10 Sol Ring
Sol Ring
Secret Lair Countdown Kit, Rare
First up is Sol Ring, which was printed in the recent (yet excellent) Secret Lair Countdown Kit. If there’s one thing about Secret Lair-themed Sol Rings these days, it’s that they often have a bright and resilient financial future, often leading to speculation since players are likely to make a reasonable profit if they buy in early enough. It’s unclear if the same outcome will apply to this version of Sol Ring, but it’s also one of the more vivid printings of the card at a reasonable price.
#9 Alhammarret’s Archive
Alhammarret’s Archive
Secret Lair Countdown Kit, Mythic
Alhammarret’s Archive is the bonus card from this year’s Secret Lair Countdown Kit, and what has made this card such a strong purchase this month is that it is the cheapest printing at the time of publication. Alhammarret’s Archive sees a ton of play in Commander, as it comes with the desirable piece of text to double up on any life gain and forces you to draw a second card during your draw step. With Oloro, Ageless Ascetic and Hope Estheim being some of the best homes to play the card, it’s a must-have for any Lifegain strategy as it can pull your life total out of reach from anyone else at the table. Even though the Secret Lair printing doesn’t really highlight this — Alhammarret’s Archive is a colorless card, meaning you can slide it into any Commander deck.
#8 Urza’s Saga
Urza’s Saga
Secret Lair Countdown Kit, Rare
Urza’s Saga remains a powerful card to play in Modern Constructed, and it also happens to be a desirable purchase from the recent Secret Lair Countdown Kit. Unlike many of the other Secret Lair cards featured today, this printing of Urza’s Saga is far from the cheapest out of the bunch (that goes to Mystery Booster 2), but it is the first Secret Lair printing of the card if you’re in the market for something striking and unique.
What makes Urza’s Saga instrumental in Constructed formats is the ability to churn value by producing colorless mana, creating scalable Construct tokens, and then searching up a one or zero-mana artifact into play based on what’s needed. From searching up a Shadowspear to even a Sol Ring so you can propel on mana in Commander, Urza’s Saga remains a versatile option that becomes better in multiples.
#7 Krark-Clan Ironworks
Krark-Clan Ironworks
Secret Lair Countdown Kit, Rare
Krark-Clan Ironworks, however, has had quite the varied history in Magic: The Gathering. Too powerful for Modern and now mostly relegated to the Commander tables, Krark-Clan Ironworks is a resilient sacrifice outlet if you’re looking to throw away artifacts to generate a bunch of colorless mana (which can include permanents such as Treasure tokens). With Toph, the First Metalbender and Breya, Etherium Shaper being some of the premier options to accommodate the card, the Secret Lair Countdown Kit printing has become a decent purchase as it’s the cheapest version of the card at the time of publication. This may change over time due to the historical power of Krark-Clan Ironworks, but now is a good opportunity to buy if you’re indifferent to card treatments and looking for a legal game piece.
#6 Isochron Scepter
Isochron Scepter
Secret Lair Countdown Kit, Rare
Isochron Scepter is a card that’s (generally) been on the move as of late due to Modern Constructed, and the pairing of Orim’s Chant within an Azorius Control strategy. If you manage to imprint Orim’s Chant onto the Scepter, you’re able to lock the opponent out of casting any spells where you can pay the additional Kicker cost to add further salt into the wound. This play pattern is fairly common in Commander, and by imprinting Dramatic Reversal onto the Scepter instead, allowing you to have a build-your-own Prophet of Kruphix and a route to victory. Like with many of the other cards today, the Secret Lair Countdown Kit printing of Isochron Scepter is seeing interest from players as it’s the first fancy printing of the card since the FMN promo back in 2008.
#5 Altar of the Brood
Altar of the Brood
Secret Lair Countdown Kit, Rare
Altar of the Brood has become a novel way to end games in Commander, as you’re able to force each opponent to mill a card whenever a permanent enters play under your control. Often, you see the Altar featured in various Mill archetypes, ranging from The Wise Mothman and Captain N’ghathrod to even something more aggressive options in Purphoros, God of the Forge as an alternative win condition. And like with Isochron Scepter, this printing of Altar of the Brood marks the first unique treatment for players to collect from the Secret Lair Countdown Kit — and at the time of publication, it isn’t too expensive to own.
#4 Wasteland
Wasteland
Secret Lair Countdown Kit, Rare
Wasteland is one of the many polarizing cards you can play in Magic: The Gathering these days, as it’s able to attack mana bases and perhaps leave your opponent with little else to do. A staple in Legacy Constructed, Wasteland can destroy any nonbasic land, which often means a Dual Land or something like an Ancient Tomb.
However, Wasteland also sees significant play in Commander in various Land archetypes. And as depicted on the Secret Lair Countdown Kit printing, Lord Windgrace, Titania, Protector of Argoth, Wrenn and Six, and Ramunap Excavator are featured, as these are some of the best options to play alongside the iconic land card. While Wasteland isn’t a stranger to the Secret Lair Drop Series, this version marks the first borderless printing of the card, making it the cheapest copy of the card at the time of publication.
#3 Phyrexian Altar
Phyrexian Altar
Secret Lair Countdown Kit, Rare
In a similar vein to Krark-Clan Ironworks, Phyrexian Altar remains another efficient sacrifice outlet in Commander, and happens to infinitely combo with just about anything going these days. In particular, it’s the Secret Lair Countdown Kit version that’s on the move this month as it’s the most affordable copy right now, even at the current (yet steep) price point.
What makes Phyrexian Altar so deadly in a format like Commander is the ability to convert any creature into colored mana of your choice, making it a must-have for any Sacrifice archetypes (sometimes called Aristocrats in Magic) as you’re able to trigger various passive effects from Blood Artist to even Zulaport Cutthroat if they happen to be on the battlefield. Of course, there are fairer ways to use Phyrexian Altar, such as just using it as a one-time mana ramp, but it’s good in a bunch of Commander decks with demand being close to evergreen.
#2 Shu Jing Meteorite (Fellwar Stone – Rainbow Foil)
Fellwar Stone
Secret Lair Drop Series, Rare
Shu Jing Meteorite (Fellwar Stone) is one of the few bonus cards from the recent Avatar: The Last Airbender Secret Lair Drops, which also happens to be the most affordable foil printing of the card at the time of publication. Over the years, Fellwar Stone has remained one of the more practical mana-generating artifacts you can play in Commander, and players are eager to have access to more foil printings to bling-out their decks.
#1 Command Tower (#7063 – Rainbow Foil)
Command Tower
Secret Lair Drop Series, Rare
Another bonus card from the recent Avatar: The Last Airbender x Secret Lair collaboration is Command Tower, which also happens to be the best-selling Secret Lair card sold throughout December. While it may not be too exciting to receive Command Tower as your Secret Lair bonus card these days, this is admittedly one of the nicer ones and one that’ll command modest value on the secondary market.
With the Commander’s Bundle omitting Command Tower as one of the five promo cards you can collect, this means the bonus card is the only Avatar-themed version of the Commander staple at the time of publication. Not to mention, Avatar: The Last Airbender brought a new wave of popular commanders in Toph, the First Metalbender, Fire Lord Azula, and Avatar Aang to play with — meaning players will be keen to keep to the Avatar flavor when building their decks.