Secret Lair drops
Secret Lair x The Princess Bride: Traditional Foil Edition
The sealed copy to buy: cheaper than the non-foil and in more supply
- Pro: All nine cards in foil, with the film's quotes as flavor text
- Pro: $371.80 market price, $2.40 under the non-foil edition (13 November 2026)
- Pro: 14 listings on TCGplayer against 5 for the non-foil
- Con: 9.3 times its $39.99 price
- Con: Costs $46.54 more than its nine foils and the foil bonus card bought as singles
Price
$371.80TCGplayer market, 13 November 2026
As You Wish: The Short Answer
The Princess Bride Secret Lair is one Magic: The Gathering drop of nine cards, not a Commander deck. Each card reprints an existing Magic card with art, names and quotes from the 1987 film, and a Command Tower with Princess Bride art came as the bonus card. Wizards of the Coast sold it from 2 October to 19 November 2023, in the Spookydrop 2023 superdrop, for $29.99 non-foil or $39.99 foil.
On 13 November 2026 it trades at $374.20 sealed non-foil and $371.80 sealed foil on TCGplayer, about 12.5 and 9.3 times its price. In our Secret Lair resale table only the Goblin Storm Commander deck sells for more. The nine singles add up to $267.36 non-foil, so sealed is for the shelf, and the foil edition is the cheaper one to buy.
A Secret Lair is a small, themed set of Magic cards that Wizards of the Coast sells directly to fans on its own store for a limited time, usually reprints of existing cards with new art. Crossovers with films, games and bands, such as this one, use Magic's Universes Beyond label. Our MTG Secret Lair guide explains how drops, the queue and shipping work.
This page covers every Princess Bride card and its finishes, which character and quote became which Magic card, the bonus card, what the drop cost then and sells for now, the most valuable singles, and whether to buy it sealed or as singles.
Princess Bride Secret Lair at a glance
| Detail | Secret Lair x The Princess Bride |
|---|---|
| Product | One Secret Lair drop: 9 cards plus a bonus card. Not a Commander deck |
| Superdrop | Spookydrop 2023, eight drops including Evil Dead, Creepshow and two Doctor Who drops |
| On sale | 2 October to 19 November 2023 (Wizards, StarCityGames) |
| Price from Wizards | $29.99 non-foil, $39.99 traditional foil |
| How it sold | Seven-week sale window; Secret Lair was still print-to-demand until January 2024 |
| Cards | Secret Lair 1444–1452: 8 rares and 1 mythic, all reprints |
| Bonus card | Command Tower, Secret Lair 744, by Serena Malyon |
| Artists | Nine, one per card, plus Serena Malyon on the bonus card |
| Sealed, 13 Nov 2026 | $374.20 non-foil (12.5×), $371.80 foil (9.3×), TCGplayer market |
| Nine singles, 13 Nov 2026 | $267.36 non-foil, $290.55 foil |
| Cheapest printings of all 10 cards | About $19 |
Secret Lair x The Princess Bride (non-foil)$374.20 on 13 Nov 2026 ($29.99 from Wizards), 5 listings- Secret Lair x The Princess Bride (foil)$371.80 on 13 Nov 2026 ($39.99 from Wizards), 14 listings
What cards are in the Princess Bride Secret Lair?
Nine cards, Secret Lair 1444 to 1452, each sold in a non-foil and a foil edition, plus the bonus Command Tower. Seven are creatures renamed after characters, six of them legendary; Silence and Battle of Wits keep their Magic names and take their scene from the film. The list below is Wizards' own, and the collector numbers, rarities and artists are Scryfall's.
| SLD no. | Princess Bride name | Magic card | Mana | Rarity | Artist | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1444 | Buttercup, Provincial Princess | Sisay, Weatherlight Captain | {2}{W} | Rare | Marta Nael | $67.65 | $90.03 |
| 1449 | Westley, Dread Pirate Roberts | Fynn, the Fangbearer | {1}{G} | Rare | Magali Villeneuve | $57.64 | $60.08 |
| 1451 | Inigo, Avenging Swordsman | Samut, Voice of Dissent | {3}{R}{G} | Mythic | Ekaterina Burmak | $40.33 | $39.26 |
| 1445 | Silence | Silence | {W} | Rare | Sam Hogg | $24.24 | $24.11 |
| 1447 | Vizzini, Criminal Mastermind | Baral, Chief of Compliance | {1}{U} | Rare | Dmitry Burmak | $18.38 | $17.08 |
| 1446 | Battle of Wits | Battle of Wits | {3}{U}{U} | Rare | Anna Pavleeva | $18.30 | $19.10 |
| 1450 | Fezzik, Rhyming Giant | Brion Stoutarm | {2}{R}{W} | Rare | Lius Lasahido | $17.59 | $18.19 |
| 1448 | Rodents of Unusual Size | Pack Rat | {1}{B} | Rare | Néstor Ossandón Leal | $12.81 | $12.23 |
| 1452 | Miracle Max, Unemployed | Marchesa, the Black Rose | {1}{U}{B}{R} | Rare | Andreas Zafiratos | $10.42 | $10.47 |
| Nine cards | $267.36 | $290.55 | |||||
| 744 | Command Tower (bonus) | Command Tower | — | Rare | Serena Malyon | $30.84 | $34.71 |
| With the bonus card | $298.20 | $325.26 |
TCGplayer market prices on 13 November 2026, from the tcgcsv.com mirror of TCGplayer's price data. The non-foil and foil copy of each card share a collector number.
Finishes. There are only two: non-foil and traditional foil. Each card is borderless, with a stained-glass frame that Hipsters of the Coast said "takes a bit from the Dominaria stained glass showcases". On the seven renamed cards, the character name sits on top and the original Magic name is printed underneath in small italics, so the cards play exactly like the originals.
New cards or reprints? All reprints. None of the ten has new rules text; the newest original is Fynn, the Fangbearer from Kaldheim (2021) and the oldest is Battle of Wits, first printed in 2001 (Scryfall). The only thing new is the art, names and flavor text.
Buttercup, Provincial Princess (SLD 1444)Non-foil: $67.65 on 13 Nov 2026
Westley, Dread Pirate Roberts (SLD 1449)Non-foil: $57.64 on 13 Nov 2026
Inigo, Avenging Swordsman (SLD 1451)Non-foil: $40.33 on 13 Nov 2026
Silence (SLD 1445)Non-foil: $24.24 on 13 Nov 2026
Which Princess Bride character and quote became which card?
Every card carries a line from the film as flavor text. The matches between character and card are often a joke on the card's rules, which is much of the drop's charm. The quotes are as printed (Scryfall); the "why it fits" column is our reading of the cards.
| Card | Character or scene | Flavor text | Why it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttercup, Provincial Princess | Buttercup | "Farm boy . . . fetch me that pitcher." | Sisay fetches legendary cards from your library, as Buttercup sends the farm boy to fetch |
| Westley, Dread Pirate Roberts | Westley as the Man in Black | "As you wish." | Fynn gives deathtouch creatures poison counters, a nod to the iocane powder |
| Inigo, Avenging Swordsman | Inigo Montoya | "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." | Samut has double strike, haste and vigilance: the best swordsman in the drop |
| Vizzini, Criminal Mastermind | Vizzini | "Inconceivable!" | Baral rewards counterspells, fitting the plotter who thinks he has outwitted everyone |
| Fezzik, Rhyming Giant | Fezzik | "I just want you to feel you're doing well. I hate for people to die embarrassed." | Brion Stoutarm is a Giant that throws creatures at the opponent |
| Miracle Max, Unemployed | Miracle Max | "It just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead." | Marchesa brings your creatures back after they die |
| Rodents of Unusual Size | The R.O.U.S. in the Fire Swamp | "Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist." —Westley | Pack Rat makes copies of itself until the rats take over |
| Battle of Wits | Westley and Vizzini's duel of the poisoned cups | "You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders." —Vizzini | The card's name is the scene's name |
| Silence | Vizzini silencing Fezzik's rhymes | "No more rhymes now, I mean it." —Vizzini | Silence stops opponents casting spells for a turn |
| Command Tower (bonus) | The castle in the film's final act | None | A literal tower; the art shows the castle cut open, room by room |
Westley's card also shows Buttercup, Inigo and Vizzini in its frame, and Buttercup's frame shows other scenes from her story, so the cards work as a set of portraits.
The bonus card: a Princess Bride Command Tower
Command Tower, Secret Lair 744, by Serena Malyon, was the Princess Bride drop's bonus card. Wizards' announcement didn't mention it. It surfaced when orders reached buyers: MTGRocks reported it on 7 December 2023, after Ben Bleiweiss called it "AMAZING!" on social media on 5 December, and on 23 December MTGRocks listed it among the "guaranteed bonus cards from recent Secret Lairs".
The art is a full-art cutaway of the castle, with a different scene from the film's climax in each room. Command Tower is one of the most played cards in Commander (EDHREC rank 2, via Scryfall), so this is a card people actually put in decks.
On 13 November 2026 it sells for $30.84 non-foil and $34.71 foil on TCGplayer. In December 2023 MTGRocks put the non-foil at around $4 and the foils "north of $10". The cheapest Command Tower of any printing costs $0.23. Scryfall lists it in both finishes; we found no source that says whether the foil drop always came with the foil version, so ask for a photo before paying extra for a "with bonus" listing.
Command Tower (bonus, SLD 744)Non-foil: $30.84 on 13 Nov 2026
Battle of Wits (SLD 1446)Non-foil: $18.30 on 13 Nov 2026
Vizzini, Criminal Mastermind (SLD 1447)Non-foil: $18.38 on 13 Nov 2026
Miracle Max, Unemployed (SLD 1452)Non-foil: $10.42 on 13 Nov 2026
When did the Princess Bride Secret Lair come out, and how did it sell?
It went on sale on 2 October 2023 and stayed on sale until 19 November 2023, as one of eight drops in Secret Lair's Spookydrop 2023 (Wizards, StarCityGames). That is a seven-week window, not a sell-out race. Secret Lair was still print-to-demand then: Wizards printed what was ordered during the sale, and only on 2 January 2024 did it announce a move to limited print runs for most products (see limited runs vs print-to-order). Wizards has not published how many copies it printed.
25 Sep 2023
Wizards announces Spookydrop 2023, with The Princess Bride at $29.99 non-foil and $39.99 traditional foil, on sale 2 October to 19 November. MTGRocks (23 September) had valued the nine cards' existing printings at $17.83 non-foil.
2 Oct 2023
The sale opens on the Secret Lair store. Scryfall dates the cards to this day.
10 Oct 2023
Draftsim calls the drop "fairly affordable" and predicts it will lose value over time.
19 Nov 2023
The sale closes.
5–7 Dec 2023
Orders arrive and the bonus Command Tower is seen for the first time (MTGRocks).
1 Nov 2026
Sealed non-foil at $374.20 on TCGplayer, second only to Goblin Storm in our Secret Lair resale table.
13 Nov 2026
Sealed non-foil still $374.20 with 5 listings; foil $371.80 with 14 listings.
Princess Bride Secret Lair price: then and now
$29.99 non-foil and $39.99 foil in 2023; $374.20 and $371.80 sealed on 13 November 2026 (TCGplayer market prices). The non-foil edition has grown more, and now sells for slightly more than the foil.
| Edition | Wizards price (2023) | TCGplayer market, 13 Nov 2026 | Multiple | Listings | Lowest listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-foil | $29.99 | $374.20 | 12.5× | 5 | $374.99 |
| Traditional foil | $39.99 | $371.80 | 9.3× | 14 | $366.40 ($376.35 with shipping) |
The non-foil market price is the same $374.20 that our hub recorded on 1 November 2026, which suggests it has not sold on TCGplayer since; with five listings, one sale can move it. Card Kingdom lists the foil at $384.99 with 10 in stock and the non-foil at $301.99, out of stock (13 November 2026).
The most valuable Princess Bride cards
The foil Buttercup, at $90.03, is the most expensive Princess Bride card, and the three heroes, Buttercup, Westley and Inigo, are the top six singles. TCGplayer market prices on 13 November 2026:
| # | Card | Finish | SLD no. | Market price | Cheapest printing of the card | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buttercup, Provincial Princess | Foil | 1444 | $90.03 | $1.43 | 63× |
| 2 | Buttercup, Provincial Princess | Non-foil | 1444 | $67.65 | $1.43 | 47× |
| 3 | Westley, Dread Pirate Roberts | Foil | 1449 | $60.08 | $0.19 | 316× |
| 4 | Westley, Dread Pirate Roberts | Non-foil | 1449 | $57.64 | $0.19 | 303× |
| 5 | Inigo, Avenging Swordsman | Non-foil | 1451 | $40.33 | $2.42 | 17× |
| 6 | Inigo, Avenging Swordsman | Foil | 1451 | $39.26 | $2.42 | 16× |
| 7 | Command Tower (bonus) | Foil | 744 | $34.71 | $0.23 | 151× |
| 8 | Command Tower (bonus) | Non-foil | 744 | $30.84 | $0.23 | 134× |
| 9 | Silence | Non-foil | 1445 | $24.24 | $6.31 | 4× |
| 10 | Silence | Foil | 1445 | $24.11 | $6.31 | 4× |
Cheapest printing: the lowest-priced paper printing of the same card on Scryfall, 13 November 2026 (for Command Tower, a copy from The List). The gap is the point: a Fynn costs 19 cents, a Fynn drawn as Westley costs $57.64. Buyers are paying for Princess Bride art, not for the card. In December 2023 MTGRocks noted the same about Vizzini, then about $7.50 against "a little under $1.50" for an ordinary Baral; on 13 November 2026 it is $18.38 against $3.13.
Foil barely matters here. Eight of the nine cards sell for within $2.50 of their non-foil copy, and Inigo, Silence, Vizzini and Rodents of Unusual Size are cheaper in foil. Only Buttercup carries a real foil premium, $22.38.
Why does the Princess Bride Secret Lair resell so high?
Wizards printed to order for seven weeks, so this was not a drop that sold out in minutes. Its resale price could only take off after the sale closed, since until 19 November 2023 anyone could order one for $29.99. These are the reasons we see in the numbers; none of them is an official explanation.
- The film's fans arrived after the sale. The Princess Bride is loved far beyond Magic players, and many of the people who want these cards never visit the Secret Lair store. Once the window shut, the only copies left were the ones ordered during it. This is our reading, not a measured fact, but it fits a print-to-demand drop that rose only after the sale.
- The art and names, not the cards, carry the value. As the table above shows, every single trades at about 4 to over 300 times the cheapest printing of the same card. MTGRocks wrote in December 2023 that the flavor is so sought after that these copies carry a premium, and that the drop "does not provide a ton of reprint value".
- The three heroes are expensive on their own. Buttercup, Westley and Inigo add up to $165.62 non-foil, more than half the nine cards' total. Anyone who wants the full cast competes with people who want just one portrait.
- Sealed copies are scarce. Only 5 non-foil and 14 foil copies were listed on TCGplayer on 13 November 2026, and Card Kingdom had no non-foil. Each one opened makes the rest rarer.
- The cards are playable. Six are legendary creatures that can lead a Commander deck, Command Tower goes in nearly every deck, and Silence is a common Commander card (EDHREC ranks it 395th). Players buy them to use, not only to frame.
Draftsim predicted on 10 October 2023 that the drop would lose value over time. Three years later it sells for 12.5 times its price.
Should you buy the Princess Bride Secret Lair sealed or as singles?
Sealed only for the shelf, and then the foil edition. To play the cards or own one portrait, buy singles. On 13 November 2026 the sealed drop costs more than everything inside it:
| Edition | Sealed | 9 singles | 9 singles + bonus card | Sealed premium (with bonus) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-foil | $374.20 | $267.36 | $298.20 | +$76.00 |
| Foil | $371.80 | $290.55 | $325.26 | +$46.54 |
TCGplayer market prices, 13 November 2026. Buying ten singles means ten orders' worth of shipping, which eats some of that saving, but not $46 to $76 of it.
| If you want… | Do this (prices 13 Nov 2026) |
|---|---|
| A sealed copy to keep | Buy the foil edition: $371.80 market against $374.20 for non-foil, with 14 listings instead of 5 |
| All ten cards, opened | Buy the singles: $298.20 non-foil or $325.26 foil with the bonus Command Tower |
| One character | Buy the single. Westley is $57.64, Inigo $40.33, Vizzini $18.38, Fezzik $17.59, Miracle Max $10.42 |
| A gift for a Princess Bride fan | A single portrait card in a top-loader: Westley or Inigo, under $60 |
| To play the cards | Buy the cheapest printings: about $19 for all ten |
| To open a sealed copy and sell the cards | Don't: the cards are worth $46 to $76 less than the sealed drop before fees |
| An investment | Be careful. It already trades at about 9 to 12.5 times its price, and with 5 non-foil listings one sale moves the market price |
Can you play the Princess Bride cards in Commander?
Yes. All ten are reprints, so each follows the legality of the original card: all are legal in Commander, Legacy and Vintage, and all but Miracle Max (Marchesa, the Black Rose) are legal in Modern (Scryfall). None is on Commander's Game Changers list.
Six are legendary creatures, so you could build a deck led by any of them: Westley (green), Vizzini (blue), Fezzik (red-white), Inigo (red-green-white, because of his white ability), Miracle Max (blue-black-red) and Buttercup. Buttercup's ability costs one mana of each color, so her color identity is all five colors, which makes her a natural commander for a deck of legends. Our Commander precon guide covers ready-made decks if you want a base to add them to.
Is the Princess Bride Secret Lair still available?
Not from Wizards. The sale closed on 19 November 2023, and as of 13 November 2026 we found no announcement of a reprint or a second Princess Bride drop. Searching Scryfall for the film's quotes turns up only this drop's cards.
Buying second-hand, TCGplayer had the most copies on 13 November 2026 (5 non-foil, 14 foil), and Card Kingdom had 10 foil copies at $384.99. Our Secret Lair guide compares the places to buy a drop after the sale. If you are selling one, see where to sell MTG cards for the fees.
More Secret Lair guides
- MTG Secret Lair: how drops, the queue and shipping work, and what every 2026 drop resells for.
- Goblin Storm Secret Lair: the only Secret Lair in our table that sells for more than The Princess Bride.
- Furby Secret Lair: three Hasbro crossover drops from the Secret Scare Superdrop.
- Stranger Things Secret Lair: the 2021 drop's Friends forever commanders.
- Dandân Secret Lair: the 80-card Forgetful Fish deck from the Chaos Vault.
Buying one as a present? See Magic: The Gathering gifts.
Citations & Resources
- Wizards of the Coast: Prepare for Fright and Delight with Secret Lair's Spookydrop! (25 September 2023)
- StarCityGames: Evil Dead, Princess Bride, and More Coming in MTG Secret Lair Spookydrop 2023, John Hall (25 September 2023)
- MTGRocks: Wizards of the Coast announces MTG Princess Bride Secret Lair, Riley Hicks (23 September 2023)
- Draftsim: The Princess Bride Secret Lair, Timothy Zaccagnino (10 October 2023)
- Hipsters of the Coast: Secret Layers: Spookydrop 2023, Donny Caltrider (5 October 2023)
- MTGRocks: MTG Players Discover Beautiful New Promo Cards!, Riley Hicks (7 December 2023)
- MTGRocks: New Universes Beyond crossover cards discovered by MTG players, Riley Hicks (23 December 2023)
- Wizards of the Coast: Speeding up Secret Lair shipping (2 January 2024), the end of print-to-demand for most drops
- Scryfall: Secret Lair Drop 1444–1452, the Princess Bride cards (names, finishes, artists, flavor text, legality)
- Scryfall: Command Tower (Secret Lair 744), the bonus card
- TCGplayer: Secret Lair x The Princess Bride non-foil (518839) and foil (518837) product pages
- Card Kingdom: Secret Lair x The Princess Bride foil and non-foil listings (opened 13 November 2026)
- Prices: sealed market prices, lowest prices and listing counts are from TCGplayer product data on 13 November 2026; single-card prices are TCGplayer market prices from the tcgcsv.com mirror (13 November 2026, 20:00 UTC). Cheapest printings use Scryfall's TCGplayer prices on 13 November 2026.
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- Most Valuable Magic Cards 2026: the most expensive cards in the game
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- Goblin Storm Secret Lair: the Zada deck that sold out in 34 minutes
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