JD Hovland

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I like road tripping with my dog, more so via motorcycle than an enclosed vehicle. She's been to 32 states so far, the goal is to take her to all 49 continental states. I judge you if you don’t use alt-text. he/his

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JD Hovland@jdhovland· 26d

While a few cards have been revealed that create new token types, the first token revealed is a 0/1 White Human creature token with the text "Permanents can't phase in." It's created by the saga City on the Edge of Forever.

Human
Token Creature — Human

Permanents can’t phase in.

0/1
Illustrated by David Álvarez

Its collector number is T 0001

The City on the Edge of Forever
{3}{W}{B}
Enchantment — Saga

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)

I — All artifacts and creatures phase out. Create a 0/1 white Human creature token with “Permanents can’t phase in.” (Treat phased-out permanents and anything attached to them as though they don’t exist.)

II — You draw two cards and each player loses 2 life.

III — Sacrifice a creature token. If you do, you gain 5 life.

Illustrated by Peter Diamond

Collector number is R 0228 with a TRK set code

JD Hovland@jdhovland· 26d

The final set of 2026, Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek, will be released on November 13, 2026

One of the iterations of the Starship Enterprise in front of a stellar background featuring a couple planets and a dawning star.

JD Hovland@jdhovland· 26d

Releasing October 2, 2026 is the third and final in-universe Magic set, Reality Fracture.

A screenshot from the card gallery header featuring Jace and a couple other characters.

JD Hovland@jdhovland· 26d

Unsurprising, another token revealed is one of the eternal Magic tokens - Treasure. Probably created by several cards, the first one revealed that creates it is Smaug the Magnificent.

Treasure
Token Artifact — Treasure

{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.
Set number Token 0012
Illustrated by Leonardo Santanna

Smaug the Magnificent
{2}{R}{R}
Legendary Creature — Dragon

Flying, haste

Whenever Smaug attacks, he deals damage equal to the number of Treasures you control to any target.

At the beginning of your upkeep, create a Treasure token.

“You think you will get a fair share? If you get off alive, you will be lucky.”

4/3
Illustrated by Francisco Miyara

JD Hovland@jdhovland· 26d

The first token released is a 2/2 Red Dwarf Tolkien Creature (love a pun), probably created with a variety of cards, but the first card revealed that creates them is An Unexpected Party.

Dwarf
Red Tolkien Creature - Dwarf
2/2
Set number Token 0006

An Unexpected Party
{2}{W}{W}
Enchantment

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.

Creatures you control of the chosen type get +2/+2.

At the Door
{X}{2}{W}
Sorcery — Adventure

Create X 2/2 red Dwarf creature tokens. (Then exile this card. You may cast the enchantment later from exile.)

Illustrated by Matt Stewart

JD Hovland@jdhovland· 26d

Releasing on August 14, 2026 is The Hobbit.

A screenshot of some of the art from The Hobbit set. It shows Gandalf and Bilbo in front of Bilbo's house in the Shire.

JD Hovland@jdhovland· 29d

Dang (I had dropped down to 20 minutes before it jumped back up.)

Welcome to the Secret Lair Lounge
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JD Hovland@jdhovland· Jul 9

In the new MTG Marvel Superheroes set, the fact that "Monica Rambeau/Photon" says "Photon" on both sides when every other person/alter ego card only has it on one side irks me.

a screenshot containing all of the double faced person/alter ego cards showing that the mentioned card is the only one with a name in the background of the person side.

JD Hovland@jdhovland· Jul 1

I was driving home to the Twin Cities after a 5-day road trip and saw a billboard for Boards & Bricks in Osseo, WI and it was only a 4-minute detour so I stopped to check if they had the Doom Variant of Roaming Throne and they did in their unsorted recent acquisitions.

A magic the gathering card:

Roaming Throne
{4}
Doom Variant
Artifact Creature — Golem
Ward {2}
As this creature enters, choose a creature type.
This creature is the chosen type in addition to its other types.
If a triggered ability of another creature you control of the chosen type triggers, it triggers an additional time.
4/4
Illustrated by Alex Ross

JD Hovland@jdhovland· Jun 25

Made me think of this card from the new set.

A magic the gathering card

Stature, Size Shifter
{U}
Legendary Creature — Human Hero
Stature can’t be blocked if her power is 1 or less.
Power-up — {X}{U}{U}: Put X +1/+1 counters on Stature. (Activate each power-up ability only once. Reduce the cost by her mana cost if she entered this turn.)
“Aw, cute! Fun-sized Dooms!”
1/1
Illustrated by Mintautas Šukys

JD Hovland@jdhovland· Jun 22

Went 3-0 with this yesterday during prerelease. I wasn’t hopeful initially but it was basically a Swiss Army knife. Funny thing is I never drew the Hydraulic Helper or Wing Harness in any of the 6 games. Leader, Super-Genius is great. archidekt.com/decks/237260...

JD Hovland@jdhovland· Jun 22

Paired with this is nifty.

A magic the gathering card.

Lifeline
5 generic mana cost
Artifact

Whenever a creature dies, if another creature is on the battlefield, return the first card to the battlefield under its owner’s control at the beginning of the next end step.

Illustrated by D. Alexander Gregory

Part of the Reserved List

JD Hovland@jdhovland· Jun 11

There 3 main set cards in MTG Marvel Superheroes (MSH) that produce copies of permanents, but the copy token is commander set coded (MSC). The Merfolk token is MSH coded even though it appears in commander decks and the main set.

Multiversal Incursion
{5}{U}{U}
Sorcery

For each nontoken creature you control, create a token that’s a copy of that creature, except it isn’t legendary.

“Dibs on not dying this time.”
—Spider-Man, Peter Parker

Illustrated by Lordigan

Baron Helmut Zemo
{B}{B}{B}
Legendary Creature — Human Noble Villain

Whenever you cast a black spell from your hand, Baron Helmut Zemo connives.

Boast — Exile any number of black cards from your graveyard with fifteen or more black mana symbols among their mana costs: Copy those exiled cards. You may cast up to three of the copies without paying their mana costs. (Activate only if this creature attacked this turn and only once each turn.)

Ultron, Artificial Malevolence
{3}
Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot Villain

Whenever another nontoken artifact you control enters, you may pay {2}. If you do, create a token that’s a copy of it. If the token isn’t a creature, it becomes a 2/2 Robot Villain creature in addition to its other types.

“Father, humans served their purpose. My imperative now is to terminate them … and you.”
—Ultron, to Hank Pym

A copy token with a robot that was copying Nick Fury, there are several other Nick Fury copies behind him. The card set code is MSC

JD Hovland@jdhovland· Jun 10

She's definitely going in my Genghis Frog Mutants Matter deck.

X-23, Deadly Weapon
{2}{G}
Legendary Creature — Mutant Berserker Hero

Whenever another Mutant you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature and a +1/+1 counter on X-23.

Born in a lab. Raised to be a weapon. Determined to be so much more.

3/3
Illustrated by Tran Nguyen

JD Hovland@jdhovland· Jun 9

Had to make some edits, I missed that a couple were new named tokens and that the wall isn't the same as the Theros Beyond Death one. Also the Black Villain is a 2/1. Again these are just the ones that can be pulled from sources used in limited play - Prerelease kits and play boosters.

Core Tokens
- Copy (SOS)
- Treasure (SOS)
- Clue (TLA)
- Food (TMT)

Existing Tokens
- Green Insect 1/1 (MH3)
- Blue Merfolk 1/1 (ECL)
- Green Squirrel 1/1 (BLB)
- Green Beast 3/3 (FDN)
- Monster Role Aura (WOE)

New Generic Tokens
- Colorless Wall 0/4
- White Soldier 1/1
- Red Alien 1/1
- Blue Leviathan 6/5
- White Hero 3/2
- Black Villain 2/1
- Colorless Robot Villain 2/2

New Named Tokens
- “Redwing” Blue Bird Scout 1/1
- “Zabu” Green Cat 2/2
- “Sturdy Shield” Colorless equipment
- “Moloid” Green Minion 1/1
- “The Tiger God” Green Cat God 4/4
- “Galactus” Black Elder Alien 16/16
- “Doombot” Colorless Robot Villain 3/3
- “The Void” Black Horror Villain 5/5

JD Hovland@jdhovland· Jun 8

This is the breakdown of tokens for stuff that can come in the MTG Marvel Superheroes prerelease kits & play boosters (MSH & MAR cards). The codes in parentheses are what I believe are the most recent sets they were available in boosters. Too much text for a single post so it's in the alt text.

Core Tokens
- Copy (SOS)
- Treasure (SOS)
- Clue (TLA)
- Food (TMT)

Existing Creature Tokens
- Colorless Wall 0/4 (THB)
- White Soldier 1/1 (EOE )
- Green Insect 1/1 (MH3)
- Blue Merfolk 1/1 (ECL)
- Green Cat 2/2 (CMM)
- Green Squirrel 1/1 (BLB)
- Green Beast 3/3 (FDN)

New Generic Tokens
- Red Alien 1/1
- Blue Leviathan 6/5
- White Hero 3/2
- Blue Bird Scout 1/1
- Black Villain 1/1
- Colorless Robot Villain 2/2

New Named Tokens
- “Sturdy Shield” colorless equipment
- “Moloid” Green Minion 1/1
- “The Tiger God” Green Cat God 4/4
- “Galactus” Black Elder Alien 16/16
- “Doombot” colorless Robot Villain 3/3
- “The Void” black Horror Villain 5/5

JD Hovland@jdhovland· Jun 8

Goodbye Through the Omenpaths 2, we never new ya. As foretold, @scryfall.com removed it.

A new screenshot showing that Through the Omenpaths 2 was removed from set options.

JD Hovland@jdhovland· Jun 5

Making a commander deck with 4 of each eventually?

Screenshot of 4 magic the gathering cards that are functionally identical.

Their names from left to right are "Ajani's Response," "Grounded for Life," "Luminous Rebuke," and "Seized from Slumber."

All cost 4 colorless and 1 white with the text: "This spell costs 3 colorless less to cast if it targets a tapped creature.

Destroy target creature."

JD Hovland@jdhovland· Jun 5

Sick with the Assassin Gauntlet.

Assassin Gauntlet
{2}{U}
Artifact — Equipment

When this Equipment enters, attach it to up to one target creature you control. Tap all creatures target opponent controls.

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has “Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card, then discard a card.”

Equip {2}

Illustrated by Paulius Daščioras

JD Hovland@jdhovland· Jun 3

I want to put Cap's Shield on him too.

Magic card from the forthcoming (as of June 3rd, 2026) Marvel Superheroes set.

Captain America's Shield
(2 colorless)
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Indestructible
Equipped creature gets +0/+8 and has vigilance.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, tap target creature defending player controls.
Equip 2 colorless
Flavor text: It defends what is and stands for what could be.

JD Hovland@jdhovland· Jun 3

I'd definitely run Power Conduit in whichever deck I put this in.

A magic the gathering card called Power Conduit. It lets you remove any type of counter from a permanent and then add either charge or +1/+1 counters to other items.

full information can be found at the link https://scryfall.com/card/ncc/376/power-conduit

JD Hovland@jdhovland· Jun 1

@mtgsecretlair.com probably not a big issue, but your waiting room doesn't have the favicon like the normal site does.

Three browser tabs, from left to right are Bluesky, the Secret Lair waiting room, and the Secret Lair site. Bluesky and the Secret Lair site show favicons, a blue butterfly and a red planeswalker symbol respectively. The center tab for the Secret Lair waiting room shows the default globe(?) indicating a favicon wasn't set for this page.

JD Hovland@jdhovland· May 19

I’m imagining @scryfall.com quietly deleting the row for “Through the Omenpaths 2 (OM2)” from the expansions table.

A screenshot of a drop down on the Scryfall website that shows “Through the Omenpaths 2 (OM2)” as a selectable expansion for advanced searches.

JD Hovland@jdhovland· May 18

Now I want to do a Stockman, Mad Fly-entist deck that uses all the budget blinks (sorry Thassa, Deep-Dwelling) since he was featured in the video.

A Magic the Gathering card that has art of a human-fly hybrid flying away from a robot with a brain in its midsection, probably not Krang, but another of his Utrom race. Card text is below:

Stockman, Mad Fly-entist
{4}{U}
Legendary Creature — Insect Mutant Scientist

Flying

When Stockman enters, draw a card, then discard a card.

Islandcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for an Island card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

3/4
Illustrated by Xavier Ribeiro

JD Hovland@jdhovland· May 14

@magic.wizards.com could have done the coolest thing by releasing an artifact and enchantment at rare and mythic to do a whole cycle of "Lumaret" cards of rarities and types.

A screenshot from scryfall.com of the cards "Bogwater Lumaret," (a common creature) "Follow the Lumarets," (a common sorcery) and "Lumaret's Favor" (an uncommon instant).

To get the card text and details visit these search results and click on the each card with your screen reading software: https://scryfall.com/search?q=lumaret

JD Hovland@jdhovland· May 13

Had the og at Nishaan & it was great

Cross section of the Pakistani chopped cheese at Nishaan in NYC

JD Hovland@jdhovland· Apr 30

This is going to get a reprint of some sort with Thanos on it for some MtG: Marvel product with a name like “the snap” isn’t it?

Pox Plague
{B}{B}{B}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Each player loses half their life, then discards half the cards in their hand, then sacrifices half the permanents they control of their choice. Round down each time.

Flavor text:
The darkest corners of the Detention Bog hide natural laboratories that quietly spawn deadly infections.
Illustrated by Camille Alquier

JD Hovland@jdhovland· Apr 16

I’m immature so these will be my prepared indicators for Secrets of Strixhaven. #secretsofstrixhaven

A laminated piece of paper that’s an image of a Preparation H box.

JD Hovland@jdhovland· Apr 15

This just made me realize there will definitely be "Eurotrip" inspired alters of Scotty in MtG: Star Trek, won't there?

Matt Damon as a shaved-head, neck-tattooed, ear pierced lead singer of a band in the movie "Eurotrip" singing "Scotty Doesn't Know." His eyebrows are arched, his mouth wide open, tongue out.

JD Hovland@jdhovland· Apr 8

Don't need Tezz. Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant, Biblioplex Tomekeeper and Relic of Legends allow it to go infinite would need to add a payoff like Grinding Station to mill everyone out.