Hard-Boiled Thrillers brought the atmosphere of classic film noir to Magic, with rain-soaked streets, neon lights, jazz, betrayal, and hard-bitten detectives inspiring the artwork by Josh Newton and Scott Okumura. The drop leaned heavily into the genre’s themes of secrets and double-crosses, presenting its cards as pieces of a larger mystery rather than simply a collection of alternate art. Its cohesive noir presentation gave the drop a distinctly cinematic identity.
The total value includes bonus cards only if all are guaranteed to be included.
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Lair Tracker Score
Overall Score
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Value
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Historical
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Collectibility
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68
Playability
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70
Uniqueness
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55
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Secret Lair Cards
Black Market
Whenever a creature dies, put a charge counter on this enchantment.
At the beginning of your first main phase, add {B} for each charge counter on this enchantment.
Whenever a blue creature you control enters, you may have target player draw a card.
Whenever a black creature you control enters, you may have target player discard a card.
If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead.
+1: Target player mills two cards. Draw a card.
−8: Draw seven cards. Then if your library has no cards in it, you win the game.
{T}: The player whose turn it is may end the turn. (Exile all spells and abilities from the stack. The player whose turn it is discards down to their maximum hand size. Damage wears off, and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.)
{0}: Remove target attacking creature you control from combat and untap it. (If you activate during end of combat, the creature will untap after it deals combat damage.)
Given the rarity and limited information on some bonus cards, this may not be a complete list of all potential bonus cards available in this Secret Lair.
Elvish Vanguard
Whenever another Elf enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a creature card with mana value 6 or greater, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
When this creature enters, support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two other target creatures.)
Whenever you put one or more counters on a creature you don't control, draw a card.
This creature has hexproof as long as it's untapped. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
{T}: Add one mana of any color.
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Each opponent loses X life, where X is the greatest number of creatures you control that have a creature type in common.
• You gain X life, where X is the greatest number of creatures you control that have a creature type in common.
