The Short Answer
There are two Iron Maiden Secret Lair drops: Eddie Unchained and Album Art. Each has six reprinted Magic cards with Iron Maiden art, plus one bonus card. Wizards of the Coast sold them on 13 October 2025 in the Secret Scare Superdrop at $29.99 non-foil and $39.99 rainbow foil, limited to two per customer.
On 13 November 2026 both drops trade far above launch on TCGplayer. Eddie Unchained non-foil sells for $166.47, 5.6 times its price, and Album Art non-foil for $98.24. The most valuable single is Eddie the Judge (Bruvac the Grandiloquent) at $54.08.
- $166.47Eddie Unchained
- $98.24Album Art
- $54.08Eddie the Judge
Coming from Iron Maiden, not from Magic? Magic: The Gathering is the trading card game Wizards of the Coast has published since 1993. Secret Lair is Wizards' online store for short runs of existing Magic cards with new art, often crossovers with bands, films and games. These Eddie cards are real, playable Magic cards: "Eddie the Judge" is printed as the card's name, with its rules name, Bruvac the Grandiloquent, in small type underneath. You don't need to play to collect them. Our MTG Secret Lair guide explains how the drops are sold.
This page covers both Iron Maiden drops card by card, which album cover or Eddie became which card, the bonus cards, what each edition sells for sealed and as singles on 13 November 2026, and whether to buy sealed or singles.
What cards are in the Iron Maiden Secret Lair?
12 cards in two drops of six, plus one bonus card per drop (Wizards of the Coast, Scryfall). None is a new card: all 12 are reprints of existing Magic cards, so they play exactly like the originals.
Eddie Unchained
- Art
- New Eddie art, poster style
- Cards
- Eddie the Judge (Bruvac), Windfall, Eddie, Ghost of the Navigator (Captain N'ghathrod), Eddie, Lord of Light (Nekusar), Iron Maiden, Mindcrank
- Bonus card
- Howling Mine
- Non-foil, 13 Nov 2026
- $166.47
$186.96
Rainbow foil
Album Art
- Art
- Iron Maiden album and single covers, 1981–1992
- Cards
- Lethal Scheme, Grave Titan, Animate Dead, Temporal Trespass, Unearth, Lignify
- Bonus card
- Burnt Offering
- Non-foil, 13 Nov 2026
- $98.24
$125.72
Rainbow foil
Both drops cost $29.99 non-foil and $39.99 rainbow foil from Wizards. Prices above are TCGplayer market prices on 13 November 2026. Every card is borderless. Non-foil and rainbow foil copies of a card share one collector number: Secret Lair 2181–2186 for Eddie Unchained and 2187–2192 for Album Art (Scryfall). These are the only Iron Maiden drops: Scryfall and TCGplayer list no other Iron Maiden Secret Lair as of 13 November 2026.
Secret Lair x Iron Maiden: Eddie Unchained (non-foil)$166.47 on 13 Nov 2026 ($29.99 from Wizards)
Secret Lair x Iron Maiden: Album Art (non-foil)$98.24 on 13 Nov 2026 ($29.99 from Wizards)
Eddie Unchained: the Eddie MTG cards
Eddie Unchained puts Eddie, Iron Maiden's mascot, onto six cards with new art. Wizards' product page calls it "an invasion" rather than a crossover and credits "long-time Maiden artist Dan Mumford". The artist line printed on the cards (and Scryfall) credits Mumford only on Windfall, Iron Maiden and Mindcrank, which are full-art poster cards with the card name drawn in metal lettering. The three legendary Eddies are signed by an artist named Akirant.
Three cards carry an Eddie name above their Magic name. Two of those names are Iron Maiden songs: "Ghost of the Navigator" is on Brave New World (2000) and "Lord of Light" on A Matter of Life and Death (2006), according to the band's discography.
| Card (printed name) | Magic card | SLD no. | Artist (Scryfall) | Non-foil | Rainbow foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie the Judge | Bruvac the Grandiloquent (mythic) | 2181 | Akirant | $54.08 | $53.25 |
| Eddie, Lord of Light | Nekusar, the Mindrazer (rare) | 2184 | Akirant | $34.56 | $40.34 |
| Windfall | Windfall (rare) | 2182 | Dan Mumford | $29.04 | $37.74 |
| Mindcrank | Mindcrank (rare) | 2186 | Dan Mumford | $23.52 | $28.05 |
| Eddie, Ghost of the Navigator | Captain N'ghathrod (mythic) | 2183 | Akirant | $18.77 | $27.03 |
| Iron Maiden | Iron Maiden (rare) | 2185 | Dan Mumford | $15.77 | $13.03 |
| 6 singles | $175.74 | $199.44 | |||
| Sealed drop | $166.47 | $186.96 | |||
| Launch price | $29.99 | $39.99 |
TCGplayer market prices, 13 November 2026.
The six cards also work together in a game. Bruvac doubles how many cards opponents mill (put from the top of their deck into the discard pile), Captain N'ghathrod and Mindcrank make them mill, Windfall refills everyone's hand, Nekusar punishes opponents for drawing and Iron Maiden for holding cards. That makes it a ready-made package for a Nekusar deck in Commander, Magic's most played casual format.
Eddie the Judge (SLD 2181)Non-foil: $54.08 on 13 Nov 2026
Eddie, Lord of Light (SLD 2184)Non-foil: $34.56 on 13 Nov 2026
Eddie, Ghost of the Navigator (SLD 2183)Non-foil: $18.77 on 13 Nov 2026
Iron Maiden (SLD 2185)Non-foil: $15.77 on 13 Nov 2026
The Magic card called Iron Maiden
Magic has had a card named Iron Maiden since Urza's Legacy in February 1999: a three-mana artifact that, at the beginning of each opponent's upkeep (the start of their turn), deals damage equal to the number of cards in their hand minus four. Before this drop it had never been reprinted. Secret Lair 2185 is its second printing, with the band's logo as the card name (Scryfall). It is the cheapest card in Eddie Unchained, $15.77 non-foil, barely above the original 1999 printing at $13.16.
Album Art: which Iron Maiden covers became which cards
Album Art puts six Iron Maiden covers on Magic cards. Wizards' product page says it is the first time the band's covers have appeared on Magic cards, "from Eddie's first appearance to his most apocalyptic incarnations". Each card's flavor text names the record and its year (Scryfall). Scryfall credits the artist as "Iron Maiden". Derek Riggs, who created Eddie, designed the band's album covers up to 1992; Fear of the Dark, painted by Melvyn Grant, was the first not designed by Riggs (Wikipedia).
| Card | Cover (flavor text) | SLD no. | Rarity | Non-foil | Rainbow foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animate Dead | Live After Death (1985) | 2189 | Rare | $43.84 | $52.43 |
| Unearth | No Prayer for the Dying (1990) | 2191 | Rare | $16.56 | $18.81 |
| Grave Titan | "The Number of the Beast" single (1982) | 2188 | Mythic | $11.02 | $11.22 |
| Temporal Trespass | Somewhere in Time (1986) | 2190 | Mythic | $9.10 | $8.88 |
| Lignify | Fear of the Dark (1992) | 2192 | Rare | $7.92 | $8.74 |
| Lethal Scheme | Killers (1981) | 2187 | Rare | $7.71 | $9.29 |
| 6 singles | $96.15 | $109.37 | |||
| Sealed drop | $98.24 | $125.72 | |||
| Launch price | $29.99 | $39.99 |
TCGplayer market prices, 13 November 2026.
The card choices match the covers: Eddie rising from the grave on Live After Death became Animate Dead, which returns a creature from the graveyard, and the Somewhere in Time cyborg Eddie became Temporal Trespass, a card that takes an extra turn. Animate Dead is the drop's key single: at $43.84 non-foil it is worth 45% of the sealed drop on its own.
Animate Dead (SLD 2189)Live After Death. Non-foil: $43.84 on 13 Nov 2026
Unearth (SLD 2191)No Prayer for the Dying. Non-foil: $16.56 on 13 Nov 2026
Grave Titan (SLD 2188)The Number of the Beast. Non-foil: $11.02 on 13 Nov 2026
Temporal Trespass (SLD 2190)Somewhere in Time. Non-foil: $9.10 on 13 Nov 2026
What are the Iron Maiden bonus cards?
Howling Mine goes with Eddie Unchained and Burnt Offering with Album Art, according to MTGRocks, which reported both bonus cards turning up in orders on 31 October 2025. Scryfall marks both as Secret Lair bonus cards, released 13 October 2025.
| Bonus card | Drop | Art | SLD no. | Non-foil | Rainbow foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnt Offering | Album Art | "The Wicker Man" single cover (2000) | 7047 | $19.36 | $34.79 |
| Howling Mine | Eddie Unchained | Dan Mumford, Eddie in chains | 7046 | $15.37 | $14.38 |
TCGplayer market prices, 13 November 2026. The rainbow foil Burnt Offering is worth more than any card in the Album Art drop except Animate Dead. The cheapest other printing of Burnt Offering, from Ice Age (1995), is $1.47.
When did the Iron Maiden Secret Lair come out, and what did it cost?
On 13 October 2025 at 9 a.m. PT, as two of the ten drops in the Secret Scare Superdrop, the Halloween superdrop that also held the Furby drops, Jaws and The Office. Wizards sold them "in limited quantities", limited to two per customer, at $29.99 non-foil and $39.99 rainbow foil per drop. Both drops cost $59.98 non-foil or $79.98 in rainbow foil.
26 Sep 2025
Wizards reveals the Secret Scare Superdrop, including Iron Maiden: Album Art and Iron Maiden: Eddie Unchained at $29.99 non-foil and $39.99 rainbow foil (reported by StarCityGames the same day). On 27 September MTGRocks values Eddie Unchained's reprints at "around $74" and says Album Art prices "are low across the board".
13 Oct 2025
The superdrop goes on sale at 9 a.m. PT. Scryfall gives all 12 Iron Maiden cards this release date.
31 Oct 2025
MTGRocks reports the two Iron Maiden bonus cards, Howling Mine and Burnt Offering, found in orders.
1 Nov 2026
Eddie Unchained non-foil trades at $165.05 on TCGplayer, in our Secret Lair resale table.
13 Nov 2026
Eddie Unchained non-foil is at $166.47 and Album Art at $98.24. The all-foil superdrop bundle has no TCGplayer listings.
The spend bonus and the all-foil bundle
Every $199 spent on the superdrop added "one (1) rainbow foil Cryptic Command promo card", while supplies last, plus free shipping on single orders over $99 (Wizards). That Cryptic Command is Secret Lair 905, $8.09 on 13 November 2026. It isn't an Iron Maiden card.
Eddie's Metal As Hell All Foil Bundle "unites every foil drop" of the superdrop: both Iron Maiden drops plus the other eight, all in foil (Wizards' store). We found no launch price for it. On 13 November 2026 it has no TCGplayer listings and no market price.
How much is the Iron Maiden Secret Lair worth now?
Every edition trades at 3.1 to 5.6 times its launch price (TCGplayer, 13 November 2026):
| Edition | Launch | Market | Multiple | Lowest listing | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Unchained non-foil | $29.99 | $166.47 | 5.6× | $151.45 | 13 |
| Eddie Unchained rainbow foil | $39.99 | $186.96 | 4.7× | $205.13 | 11 |
| Album Art non-foil | $29.99 | $98.24 | 3.3× | $90.00 | 23 |
| Album Art rainbow foil | $39.99 | $125.72 | 3.1× | $124.44 | 16 |
- Eddie Unchained is worth the most, and it has edged up since our last check: $165.05 on 1 November 2026 in our Secret Lair resale table, $166.47 on 13 November. Of the ten Secret Scare drops, only Jaws ($217.43 non-foil) trades higher; Album Art is fifth.
- The rainbow foil Eddie Unchained can't be bought at its market price. Its cheapest listing, $205.13, is $18.17 above it.
- Foil adds little. Rainbow foil costs $20.49 more than non-foil for Eddie Unchained and $27.48 more for Album Art, and several rainbow foil singles sell for less than their non-foil copies.
Sealed vs singles
| Edition | 6 singles | Sealed | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Unchained non-foil | $175.74 | $166.47 | Singles $9.27 more |
| Eddie Unchained rainbow foil | $199.44 | $186.96 | Singles $12.48 more |
| Album Art non-foil | $96.15 | $98.24 | Sealed $2.09 more |
| Album Art rainbow foil | $109.37 | $125.72 | Sealed $16.35 more |
TCGplayer market prices, 13 November 2026. The singles totals leave out the bonus card. Before release, MTGRocks valued Eddie Unchained's reprints at around $74; on 13 November 2026 the same six cards add up to $175.74 in non-foil.
The most valuable Iron Maiden MTG cards
Eddie the Judge is the most valuable Iron Maiden card, at $54.08 non-foil, just ahead of its own rainbow foil and the rainbow foil Animate Dead (TCGplayer, 13 November 2026):
| # | Card | Finish | SLD no. | Drop | Market price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eddie the Judge (Bruvac) | Non-foil | 2181 | Eddie Unchained | $54.08 |
| 2 | Eddie the Judge (Bruvac) | Rainbow foil | 2181 | Eddie Unchained | $53.25 |
| 3 | Animate Dead (Live After Death) | Rainbow foil | 2189 | Album Art | $52.43 |
| 4 | Animate Dead (Live After Death) | Non-foil | 2189 | Album Art | $43.84 |
| 5 | Eddie, Lord of Light (Nekusar) | Rainbow foil | 2184 | Eddie Unchained | $40.34 |
| 6 | Windfall | Rainbow foil | 2182 | Eddie Unchained | $37.74 |
| 7 | Burnt Offering (bonus) | Rainbow foil | 7047 | Album Art | $34.79 |
| 8 | Eddie, Lord of Light (Nekusar) | Non-foil | 2184 | Eddie Unchained | $34.56 |
| 9 | Windfall | Non-foil | 2182 | Eddie Unchained | $29.04 |
| 10 | Mindcrank | Rainbow foil | 2186 | Eddie Unchained | $28.05 |
None comes near the most expensive Magic cards; for those, see our most valuable MTG cards of 2026.
You are paying for the Iron Maiden art
Every card has a cheaper printing. On 13 November 2026 the Iron Maiden versions sell for up to 116 times the cheapest copy of the same card (cheapest non-foil paper printing on Scryfall):
| Card | Cheapest printing | Iron Maiden non-foil | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windfall | $0.25 | $29.04 | 116× |
| Unearth | $0.41 | $16.56 | 40× |
| Grave Titan | $0.28 | $11.02 | 39× |
| Lethal Scheme | $0.25 | $7.71 | 31× |
| Lignify | $0.39 | $7.92 | 20× |
| Nekusar, the Mindrazer | $2.76 | $34.56 | 13× |
| Animate Dead | $6.20 | $43.84 | 7.1× |
| Bruvac the Grandiloquent | $15.52 | $54.08 | 3.5× |
| Temporal Trespass | $2.93 | $9.10 | 3.1× |
| Mindcrank | $7.69 | $23.52 | 3.1× |
| Captain N'ghathrod | $13.71 | $18.77 | 1.4× |
| Iron Maiden | $13.16 | $15.77 | 1.2× |
To play these cards without the art, all 12 cost about $64 in their cheapest printings: $53 for the Eddie Unchained six and $10 for the Album Art six.
Is the Iron Maiden Secret Lair worth buying: sealed or singles?
For Eddie Unchained, buy sealed: the non-foil drop is $9.27 cheaper than its six singles on 13 November 2026, and a sealed copy may come with the Howling Mine bonus card. For Album Art, it depends on the finish: non-foil costs about the same either way, and in rainbow foil the six singles are $16.35 cheaper than sealed.
| If you want… | Do this (prices 13 Nov 2026) |
|---|---|
| One Eddie card | Buy the single: Eddie the Judge $54.08, Eddie, Lord of Light $34.56, Eddie, Ghost of the Navigator $18.77 non-foil |
| Your favourite album cover | Buy the single: $7.71 (Killers) to $43.84 (Live After Death) non-foil |
| The whole Eddie Unchained drop | Non-foil sealed, $166.47 (lowest listing $151.45), which is less than its singles |
| The whole Album Art drop | Non-foil sealed ($98.24) or the six non-foil singles ($96.15); in foil, the singles ($109.37) rather than sealed ($125.72) |
| To play the cards | Buy the cheapest printings, about $64 for all 12 |
| An investment | Be careful. Both drops already trade at 3 to 5.6 times their price and Eddie Unchained has only 11 to 13 listings per finish, so one sale can move the market price |
Opening a sealed Eddie Unchained to sell the singles gains $9.27 on market price in non-foil, before fees and shipping on six separate sales, which would take most of it. Album Art non-foil is worth slightly more sealed than opened.
Secret Lair x Iron Maiden: Eddie Unchained (rainbow foil)$186.96 market, lowest $205.13 (13 Nov 2026)
Secret Lair x Iron Maiden: Album Art (rainbow foil)$125.72 market, lowest $124.44 (13 Nov 2026)
Can you still buy the Iron Maiden Secret Lair?
Not with certainty from Wizards. On 13 November 2026 Wizards' product pages for both drops still load, saying "limited to 2 per customer" and "while supplies last", but they show no price or stock status, and Wizards hasn't announced a restock. Since January 2024 most Secret Lair products are a limited print run, not printed to demand, which is why sold-out drops climb (how Secret Lair sales work).
On the secondary market, TCGplayer has 11 to 23 listings per edition (table above). Card Kingdom lists Eddie Unchained non-foil at $203.99, out of stock, on 13 November 2026. Our Secret Lair guide compares where to buy a drop after the sale.
Are the Iron Maiden cards legal to play?
Yes. All 12 cards and both bonus cards are legal in Commander (Scryfall), which tags them as Universes Beyond printings. As reprints they follow the original cards' legality: Windfall is banned in Legacy and restricted in Vintage, and of the 12 only Mindcrank, Grave Titan, Temporal Trespass, Unearth and Lignify are legal in Modern.
More Secret Lair guides
- MTG Secret Lair: how drops, the queue and shipping work, and what every 2026 drop resells for.
- Furby Secret Lair: the three Furby drops from the same Secret Scare Superdrop.
- Jaws Secret Lair and The Office Secret Lair: two more Secret Scare drops, card by card.
- PlayStation Secret Lair: the seven-drop video-game superdrop two weeks later.
- Goblin Storm Secret Lair: the Zada Commander deck that sold out in 34 minutes.
Selling a sealed drop? Our guide to where to sell MTG cards compares the fees. Buying one for a Maiden fan who plays Magic? See Magic: The Gathering gifts.
Citations & Resources
- Wizards of the Coast: Secret Lair Secret Scare Superdrop (13 October 2025)
- Wizards of the Coast: Secret Lair store, Secret Lair x Iron Maiden: Eddie Unchained (opened 13 November 2026)
- Wizards of the Coast: Secret Lair store, Secret Lair x Iron Maiden: Album Art (opened 13 November 2026)
- Wizards of the Coast: Secret Lair store, Eddie's Metal As Hell All Foil Bundle (opened 13 November 2026)
- StarCityGames: Full contents of MTG Secret Lair Secret Scare Superdrop revealed (26 September 2025)
- MTGRocks: Secret Scare Superdrop revealed, Allie Atkin (27 September 2025)
- MTGRocks: Secret Scare bonus cards, Nathan Ball (31 October 2025)
- Graphic Policy: Secret Lair Secret Scare Superdrop announcement (26 September 2025)
- Iron Maiden: Brave New World track list ("Ghost of the Navigator") and A Matter of Life and Death track list ("Lord of Light")
- Wikipedia: Fear of the Dark (Iron Maiden album), cover by Melvyn Grant, the first not designed by Derek Riggs
- Scryfall: Secret Lair Drop 2181–2192, the Iron Maiden cards (artists, flavor text, rarity, legality)
- Scryfall: Burnt Offering (Secret Lair 7047) and Howling Mine (7046), the bonus cards
- Scryfall: Iron Maiden, Urza's Legacy (1999)
- TCGplayer: Secret Lair x Iron Maiden product pages (656346, 656347, 656349, 656350) and Eddie's Metal As Hell All Foil Bundle (657868)
- Card Kingdom: Eddie Unchained non-foil listing (opened 13 November 2026)
- Prices: sealed market prices, lowest prices and listing counts are from TCGplayer product data on 13 November 2026; singles, bonus cards and the Cryptic Command promo are TCGplayer market prices from the tcgcsv.com mirror (snapshot of 13 November 2026, 20:00 UTC). Cheapest printings use Scryfall's TCGplayer prices on 13 November 2026.
Related Guides
- MTG Secret Lair: every 2026 drop and what it resells for
- Furby Secret Lair: the other Secret Scare crossover
- MTG Universes Beyond: every crossover set
- What Is EDH?: the Commander format these cards are built for
- Most Valuable Magic Cards 2026: the most expensive cards in the game
- Magic: The Gathering Gifts: what to buy a Magic player