August 2025 Secret Lair results
August 2025 Secret Lair Value Results
Atlanta releaseAugust 18, 2025 at $199.99.
Sonic WPN releaseAugust 21, 2025 with a $39.99 direct-price baseline.
Price snapshotSeptember 7, 2026.
- Best sealed hold: Festival in a Box: Atlanta 2025.
- Current sealed price: $386.23.
- Dollar gain: +$186.24.
- Return: 93.1% before fees and shipping.
- Liquidity: About one transaction a week.
- Best crack-and-keep buy: Sonic: Friends & Foes.
- Guaranteed singles: $57.08.
- Dollar gain: +$17.09 before the bonus card.
- Return: 42.7% on quoted single-card value.
- Usual bonus total: $58.24.
- The cards carrying the guaranteed value: Sliver Legion, The Ur-Dragon, Super State, Knuckles the Echidna.
- Each image and name opens its exact TCG Spikes printing page.
| Product | August event | Release price | Sealed now | Are buyers paying it? | One-year verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Festival in a Box: Atlanta 2025Includes MagicCon: The Gathering foil; affiliate link | August 18 direct sale | $199.99 | $386.23completed-sales market | Yes, at a thin pace.about 1 sale per week; 16 TCGplayer sales in the three-month snapshot | Worth it sealed |
| Sonic: Friends & Foesnonfoil WPN edition; affiliate link | August 21 WPN-store release | $39.99Wizards direct price; store prices varied | $55.0134 listings from $53.20 | Yes, but modestly.TCGplayer Market Price is transaction-based; public unit volume was unavailable | Worth it |
August 18, 2025
Festival in a Box: Atlanta 2025 Value Review
- Release price: $199.99 before tax.
- Current sealed price: $386.23.
- Dollar gain: +$186.24.
- Return: 93.1% before costs.
- Contents: One 24-pack Mystery Booster 2 display.
- Contents: Four foil MagicCon cards.
- Contents: Three fixed foil promos and one nonfoil Spaghetti Junction.
- Source: Official Atlanta product page.
- The four MagicCon: The Gathering cards.
- Image links open exact TCG Spikes printing pages.
- Images via Scryfall.
Festival in a Box: Atlanta 2025 Sealed Sales and Market Price
- Worth it sealed: Yes, although not quickly.
- Market: $386.23.
- Sales pace: about one transaction a week.
- Newest visible comps: $397.99, $379.88, $393.99, $385.00, $399.99.
- TCGplayer snapshot: 16 sold in three months.
- Sold range: $374.00 to $449.95.
- Source: Completed-sale log.
- Caveat: Thin sales can mean a longer wait or a discount.
Festival in a Box: Atlanta 2025 Current Value Breakdown
- Mystery Booster 2 display: $281.73.
- Share of sealed bundle value: About 73%.
- Display liquidity: 600 sales in three months.
- Exclusive Lair singles: $42.69.
- Fixed promos: $44.87.
- Fixed cards combined: $87.56.
| Component | Current value | What the number means |
|---|---|---|
| Mystery Booster 2 display | $281.73 | 600 sold in TCGplayer's three-month snapshot, about 7 per day |
| MagicCon: The Gathering, four exact foil singles | $42.69 | SLD #1307 to #1310 |
| Four fixed Festival promos | $44.87 | Three foils plus nonfoil Spaghetti Junction |
| Typical random bonus | $7.16 to $10.85 | One of the five tracked Alien Auroras lands |
| Rare random bonus | $37.95 | Seven Dwarves #818, confirmed in opening reports |
| Component total with a typical land | $376.45 to $380.14 | $176.46 to $180.15 above release |
| Component total with Seven Dwarves | $407.24 | $207.25 above release |
- Comparison limit: The component total keeps the Mystery Booster 2 display sealed.
- This is not the expected value of cracking 24 packs.
- Fixed cards plus a normal bonus: $94.72 to $98.41.
- The cards alone are worth less than half the original bundle price.
MagicCon: The Gathering Secret Lair Single-Card Prices
| Exact card | Finish | Market quote | Shop exact printing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pack RatSLD #1307 | foil | $2.76 | Check TCGplayer |
| Shared SummonsSLD #1308 | foil | $1.95 | Check TCGplayer |
| Sylvan OfferingSLD #1309 | foil | $1.71 | Check TCGplayer |
| Sliver LegionSLD #1310 | foil | $36.27 | Check TCGplayer |
Festival in a Box: Atlanta 2025 Promo Card Prices
| Exact card | Finish | Market quote | Shop exact printing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning BoltPF25 #13 | foil | $5.19 | Check TCGplayer |
| Scourge of ValkasPF25 #14 | foil | $4.36 | Check TCGplayer |
| The Ur-DragonPF25 #15 | foil | $35.14 | Check TCGplayer |
| Spaghetti JunctionPF25 #16 | nonfoil | $0.18 | Check TCGplayer |
Festival in a Box: Atlanta 2025 Bonus Cards
- LairTracker maps five Alien Auroras lands and Seven Dwarves #818 to this Lair.
- Collector reports directly confirm Plains, Island, Swamp, and Seven Dwarves.
- Mountain and Forest remain tracker-confirmed pool members.
- Exact insertion odds are not public.
- No bonus card is included in Atlanta's sealed return.
| Bonus card | Exact printing | Current quote | Evidence level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plains | SLD #888 foil | $7.16 | opening report and tracker |
| Island | SLD #889 foil | $9.48 | opening report and tracker |
| Swamp | SLD #890 foil | $10.85 | opening report and tracker |
| Mountain | SLD #891 foil | $9.22 | tracker pool |
| Forest | SLD #892 foil | $9.99 | tracker pool |
| Seven Dwarves | SLD #818 foil | $37.95 | opening report and tracker |
- Typical land total: $94.72 to $98.41 in fixed cards plus bonus.
- Seven Dwarves total: $125.51 in fixed cards plus bonus.
- Separated MagicCon lair: $52.75 to $55.00.
- Completed separated sale: $54.99.
- Wizards never sold this lair separately.
- Verdict: The full Atlanta bundle was worth it.
- The Mystery Booster 2 display drove the return.
August 21, 2025 WPN release
Secret Lair x Sonic: Friends & Foes Nonfoil Value Review
- Reference price: $39.99.
- Current sealed price: $55.01.
- Sealed gain: +$15.02.
- Sealed return: 37.6%.
- Guaranteed singles: $57.08.
- Single-card gain: +$17.09.
- Single-card return: 42.7%.
- Value leaders: Super State and Knuckles the Echidna.
- Four of the seven Friends & Foes cards.
- Each image opens its exact TCG Spikes printing page.
- Images via Scryfall.
Sonic: Friends & Foes Sealed Sales and Market Price
- Worth it sealed: Yes, but modestly.
- Market Price: $55.01.
- Listing floor: $53.20.
- Listings: 34.
- TCGplayer Market Price is transaction-based.
- TCGplayer did not expose a public three-month sealed unit count.
- We cannot call Sonic highly liquid.
Sonic: Friends & Foes Single-Card Prices
| Exact card | Finish | Market quote | Shop exact printing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super StateSLD #2081 | nonfoil | $21.40 | Check TCGplayer |
| Knuckles the EchidnaSLD #2082 | nonfoil | $21.32 | Check TCGplayer |
| Amy RoseSLD #2083 | nonfoil | $1.63 | Check TCGplayer |
| Dr. EggmanSLD #2084 | nonfoil | $1.75 | Check TCGplayer |
| Miles "Tails" ProwerSLD #2085 | nonfoil | $1.23 | Check TCGplayer |
| Shadow the HedgehogSLD #2086 | nonfoil | $6.58 | Check TCGplayer |
| Sonic the HedgehogSLD #2087 | nonfoil | $3.17 | Check TCGplayer |
- Seven-card total: $57.08.
- Gap to release: +$17.09.
- Gap to sealed today: +$2.07.
- That narrow spread is not an arbitrage after postage, fees, and price movement.
Sonic: Friends & Foes Bonus Cards
- Usual bonus: Master Emerald Shrine, a rainbow-foil Command Tower.
- Rare bonuses: Seven numbered Chaos Emerald versions of Lotus Petal.
- A Chaos Emerald has been reported from a nonfoil Friends & Foes copy.
- The public evidence does not establish exact insertion odds for August WPN stock.
- We cannot reliably label any rare bonus as less than 1%.
- Rare outcomes are shown separately and contribute $0 to the headline EV.
| Bonus outcome | Exact printing | Current quote | Total with seven advertised cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Emerald Shrine (Command Tower)usual outcome | SLD #7030 rainbow foil | $1.16 | $58.24 |
| Chaos Emerald (Lotus Petal), #7031rare chase outcome | SLD #7031 rainbow foil | $254.59 | $311.67 |
| Chaos Emerald (Lotus Petal), #7032rare chase outcome | SLD #7032 rainbow foil | $232.83 | $289.91 |
| Chaos Emerald (Lotus Petal), #7033rare chase outcome | SLD #7033 rainbow foil | $179.29 | $236.37 |
| Chaos Emerald (Lotus Petal), #7034rare chase outcome | SLD #7034 rainbow foil | $206.79 | $263.87 |
| Chaos Emerald (Lotus Petal), #7035rare chase outcome | SLD #7035 rainbow foil | $163.27 | $220.35 |
| Chaos Emerald (Lotus Petal), #7036rare chase outcome | SLD #7036 rainbow foil | $187.92 | $245.00 |
| Chaos Emerald (Lotus Petal), #7037rare chase outcome | SLD #7037 rainbow foil | $174.14 | $231.22 |
- Usual bonus total: $58.24.
- Usual bonus gain: +$18.25.
- Usual bonus return: 45.6%.
- Rare Emerald total: $220.35 to $311.67.
- Rare totals are possible outcomes, not sealed value.
- Rare totals are not included in an average.
- Verdict: Friends & Foes was worth $39.99 for card buyers.
- The evidence supports a modest win, not a guaranteed Emerald payout.