Steve Sunu Teases Secret Lair Goblin Storm, Lands May 18 Sale
Secret lair goblin storm lands on May 18, 2026, when Wizards of the Coast puts Secret Lair Commander Deck: Goblin Storm on sale for $149.99. The 100-card deck is built for Commander players who want a goblin rush with the Storm mechanic folded into the same list.
Steve Sunu, Secret Lair Principal Product Lead, framed the product with a joke that makes the pitch plain: “Secret Lair has been long known for its love of meteorological phenomena, and to answer the timeless philosophical question, ‘How many Goblins can I accumulate after I storm off to bash my opponents’ face in?’” He added, “If you understood any of that last sentence, this is the deck for you!”
Klomparens and Rice Built It
Carmen Klomparens and Eli Rice designed the deck, which combines fast-paced goblin attacks with the Storm mechanic. That mix gives the product a tighter lane than a standard Commander release: it is built around a specific tribal plan and a specific spell-count payoff, not a broad multiplayer catchall.
The price lands at $149.99, a premium ask for a limited Secret Lair release, and that makes the sale window the practical detail collectors will watch first. At that level, the deck is aimed less at casual browsing and more at buyers who already know they want an assembled 100-card list instead of building one card by card.
12 Foils, 22 Mountains
The deck includes 12 borderless foil cards, among them Zada, Hedron Grinder, Krenko, Mob Boss, Broadside Bombadiers, Grapeshot, and Roaming Throne. The 22 Mountain land cards will share artwork by Wizard of Barge, the same artist attached to the foils, which gives the product a single visual identity instead of a patchwork look.
It also ships with a special deck box, a storage box, foil Goblin token cards, and a Storm Count tracker. Those extras make the release feel built for tabletop use rather than shelf display alone, even as the premium packaging keeps it squarely in collector territory.
May 18, 2026 Window
The deck goes on sale on the Secret Lair website at 9:00 AM Pacific time on May 18, 2026, and it will be sold while supplies last. That timing gives interested buyers a narrow purchase window, and the limited supply note means waiting is the wrong move for anyone who wants this specific list.
For Commander players, the practical takeaway is simple: this is a prebuilt goblin-and-storm package with fixed contents, a fixed price, and a fixed launch time. For everyone else, it is a clear sign that Secret Lair is still leaning on themed drops that trade mass availability for a sharper, more collectible product.
