After teasing an Secret Lair, Magic: The Gathering revealed a new Deadpool-themed drop today for "April 'Pool's Day." The drop features a mechanically unique Deadpool card, as well as some reprints that players could use in a Commander deck in Deadpool's color identity. Aside from being a pleasant surprise, Deadpool's Magic: The Gathering debut also perfectly captures the Merc with a Mouth's sense of humor.

Deadpool is well-known in Marvel Comics and his self-titled movie series for breaking the fourth wall. Wizards of the Coast has done a good job taking this defining quality of the character and translating it to his Magic: The Gathering card. Magic's Universes Beyond can be a mixed bag, so it's always nice to see Wizards nailing it with their depiction of a character from an outside IP.

Deadpool, Trading Card Perfectly Captures The Merc With A Mouth

Deadpool's Card Can Trade Abilities With Other Cards

Deadpool's Magic: The Gathering card from his Secret Lair is called Deadpool, Trading Card. The name works on multiple levels, as it is both literally a trading card, and also has the ability to trade its text box with another card on the field. This is the type of cheesy meta joke that feels perfectly suited to Deadpool (or at least depictions of the character that don't get bogged down in crude humor or catchphrases). Deadpool's ability will also create a major annoyance for another player, not dissimilar to how he often gets under the skin of his enemies or even his allies.

Now there is one gripe to be had with Magic's depiction of Deadpool, that being his healing factor doesn't seem to be represented on the card. This Deadpool is far less durable than his comic book counterpart, and doesn't have a way to come back to life. However, the fact that Deadpool's textbox exchange lasts even after he leaves the battlefield could be seen as a nod to his near-immortality, since he's still effective after he dies.

Deadpool's Secret Lair Also Includes Some Powerful Reprints

Deadly Rollick Is An Expensive And Powerful Removal Card

Although Deadpool, Trading Card is the only mechanically unique card in this Secret Lair, that doesn't mean it's the only exciting inclusion. Notably, the spell Deadly Rollick is a powerful form of removal, and costs about half of what this Secret Lair does all on its own. Saw in Half also synergizes very nicely with Deadpool, allowing you to steal two more card textboxes from your opponents. The card's new art tips you off to using it this way, as it shows Deadpool being cut in half.

While Vandalblast and Blasphemous Act aren't very rare cards, they are still staples in a lot of the game's future Marvel cards continue this trend of flavorful design.

Source: Secret Lair