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On Monday, November 3rd, "An Encyclopedia of Magic" will release on the Secret Lair webstore. For those of you waylaid by Daylight Savings Time, that happens to be today. We previously covered this news just a few short days ago. However, since it's releasing today, it makes sense for us to reiterate (albeit without the alphabetical wordplay). So read on, and let's try to figure out if the $199.99 price tag is reasonable!

What We Know About This Secret Lair Drop

As relayed in our article from October 21st, "An Encyclopedia of Magic" releases today, November 3rd, for $199.99. It contains 26 unique cards with a ton of equally unique Secret Lair-worthy styles. Each of these cards is alphabetically organized. What that means is a card like Demonic ConsultationDemonic Consultation is representative of the letter "D", or WastelandWasteland represents "W". Ideally, you get the picture based on those two examples alone.

Additionally, a few of these cards (potentially only one per drop) utilize the Halo Foil treatment. This treatment was used a lot in March of the Machine's bonus sheet slot for its legendary creature cards. It's making its return here!

What We Don't Know Yet

Currently, at the time of writing, only around six of the cards in "An Encyclopedia of Magic" are actually known to the public. In addition to Demonic Consultation and Wasteland, Wizards has informed players that Llanowar ElvesLlanowar Elves, Phyrexian AltarPhyrexian Altar, and Urza's SagaUrza's Saga all feature in the Secret Lair drop. Another land is included, though the art alone does not confirm which card it is. As the art is all we really have to go by at this moment, we don't know for sure. However, it is likely either City of BrassCity of Brass or VesuvaVesuva, with signs pointing more towards the former.

That leaves us with 20 more cards that currently remain unknown. What could they be? Patience, and/or perhaps $200, will provide the public with answers.

Conclusion

If you're reading this just as it comes out (at 5 AM Pacific Time, or 8 AM Eastern Time), you still have to wait about four hours before "An Encyclopedia of Magic" is put into the Secret Lair webstore. However, it's a good idea to start queueing up an hour prior to that, as the webstore will be open at that time. This drop will be extremely limited, according to Wizards of the Coast.

And now, let's open the floor to you, dear readers! Are you planning to queue up for this new Secret Lair product? What other cards do you think could represent some other letters than D, L, P, U, or W? Is $199.99 too steep a price for what we already know will feature, based on the fact that we don't know the other 20 cards? Sound off in the comments below!