Usually when it comes to April Fool’s Day—sifting through the sea of increasingly infuriating branded jokes—a lot of the annoyance comes from people announcing things that aren’t actually things. So on the one hand, it’s nice that Magic: The Gathering‘s gag this year is at least something you can buy. On the other… well, it depends on how much you like Deadpool.
Today, Wizards of the Coast announced that it would celebrate “April Pool’s Day” with a new Secret Lair drop based entirely around Deadpool covering up a bunch of classic Magic staple cards—your Sol Rings, your Lightning Bolts, and so on—in his trademark comical stylings.
It’s a fun continuation of last year’s similarly timed April Fool’s drop—in which Deadpool not only got his own Commander card but was also joined by a series of cards featuring new artwork with the character, among others. This time, he’s more cheeky, actively presented as a chaotic force coming across these cards and marking them up as his own rather than simply being along for the brand synergy of it all. The time for serious Deadpool, as serious as him riding on a unicorn for Deadly Rollick can possibly be, is over.
As well as the standard and foil versions of the “I Fixed It (You’re Welcome)” set of cards, which features new variants of Lightning Bolt, Deadly Dispute, Sol Ring, Thrill of Possibility, and Lightning Greaves, there’ll also be a “Pool Party” version of the drop, featuring the same cards with tweaked artwork to include more party elements, right down to hats and confetti, and a different foil treatment.
It’s suitably goofy for an April Fools release, but there’ll no doubt be complaints that Wizards is double-dipping on Deadpool drops for the occasion instead of doing something different this year, especially as we’ll no doubt have plenty of Marvel-themed releases timed with the Marvel Super Heroes set due to release in June. Maybe that’s the real fool?
The Deadpool “I Fixed It (You’re Welcome)” set will cost $30 for the standard release, $40 for the foil variant, and $60 for the “Pool Party” variant. It’ll also be available in a bundle of all three sets for $125 unhelpfully titled the “FINAL_final_REALLYfinal_v7_USETHISONE(2)_Everything” bundle, and it all goes live on April 1.
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