Secret Lair x Garfield | Every Card Revealed and Is It Worth Buying?

Q: Is Secret Lair x Garfield worth buying?

Secret Lair x Garfield: As Intended is the strongest buy on card value alone, containing format staples Swords to Plowshares, Counterspell, and Dark Ritual. Motivationally Challenged has solid Commander value anchored by Sol Ring and Rin and Seri. Our Only Thought Is to Entertain You is the most niche of the three and is best for players who specifically want the Garfield Eldrazi and chaos-themed Commander cards.

Greg Montique
May 15
8 min read

Okay, so Garfield is in Magic now. That sentence is both completely unexpected and somehow also the most inevitable thing that has ever happened. Jim Davis's lasagna-obsessed, Monday-hating, Odie-tormenting orange tabby has been a cultural institution since 1978. Magic has been putting iconic intellectual property into Secret Lair drops for years. The collision of these two things was always going to happen eventually. We just didn't know it was going to happen on June 15.

Here is the full breakdown of all three Secret Lair x Garfield drops, every card in each one, and whether your wallet needs to be worried.

What is the Secret Lair x Garfield Drop?

Secret Lair x Garfield is actually three separate drops releasing simultaneously on June 15, 2026, as part of the Cats Are the Best Superdrop. Each drop has five cards. Each is available in Non-Foil for $29.99 and Foil for $39.99. And if you spend $199 or more in a single transaction, you get a foil Food token with special Garfield lasagna art. Which is exactly the kind of promo card that is going to end up on someone's Commander table, being used unironically as a genuine Food token for years.

The three drops are Secret Lair x Garfield: As Intended, Secret Lair x Garfield: Motivationally Challenged, and Secret Lair x Garfield: Our Only Thought Is to Entertain You. Each one has a distinct personality and a distinct target audience, which we will get into below.

Secret Lair x Garfield: As Intended

As Intended is the drop that should move the most copies due to its actual play value. The card list is Swords to Plowshares, Counterspell, Dark Ritual, Earthquake, and Fog. All five are genuine Magic staples. Three of them are format staples across Commander, Legacy, and Vintage. The concept is that these cards represent what Magic would have looked like if Jim Davis had art directed the original game, nodding to the famous early playtest cards that used newspaper comic strip art before proper Magic art existed.

The execution is exactly as funny as it sounds.

Cartoon cat playfully slaps a surprised dog with a paw. Pink background, words "Swords to Plowshares." Text below describes game card action.

Swords to Plowshares shows Garfield kicking Odie off a table with a magnificent impact burst. Odie is airborne. Garfield looks profoundly unbothered. The art communicates exile and life gain perfectly and honestly, might be the most accurate Swords to Plowshares art ever printed.

Cartoon cat slaps startled man. "SLAP!" text in bold. Comic style with a playful mood. Title: "COUNTERSPELL". Text: "INSTANT Counter target spell."

Counterspell shows Garfield slapping Jon with a very emphatic SLAP sound effect while Jon stands there looking alarmed. Counter target spell. Counter Jon's plans specifically. This is the correct framing for Counterspell.

Cartoon cat in pajamas with coffee mug, wearing bunny slippers, next to teddy bear. Text: "DARK RITUAL," "INSTANT ADD." Sleepy expression.

Dark Ritual shows Garfield in pajamas, hair going in every direction, holding a giant mug of coffee, fuzzy bunny slippers firmly planted on his feet. The dark ritual is getting out of bed before noon. This is the most relatable Dark Ritual art in the card's history, and that is saying something because Dark Ritual has some iconic art.

Cartoon cat startled, paw raised; man eating spaghetti, bored expression. Background: pink wall, blue table. Text: "EARTHQUAKE. SORCERY."

Earthquake shows Garfield with an apparently very rumbly belly while Jon sits nearby eating lasagna and looking completely unimpressed. X damage to each creature without flying and each player. Jon does not have flying. Jon is going to take damage.

Cartoon tiger sleeping, surrounded by happy mice. Speech bubble with "Z" indicates sleep. Text below: "Instant. Prevent all combat damage."

Fog shows Garfield deeply asleep on the floor while a small army of mice cheerfully carry him away. Prevent all combat damage. Garfield's combat damage prevention strategy is apparently unconsciousness. This is a viable approach.

This drop is a buy if you play Commander or any eternal format and have a sense of humor. The concept works perfectly. The foil versions are going to look absurd on a Legacy table.

Secret Lair x Garfield: Motivationally Challenged

Motivationally Challenged is the drop built around Garfield's iconic motivational posters, and it takes a more creative approach. Four of the five cards are renamed entirely to match the poster they reference, which means your card reader or judge needs to know what Garfield and Odie Best Buds actually is (it's on the top of the card).

Cartoon Garfield and Odie stand together smiling on a blue background. Text: Garfield and Odie, Best Buds. Includes game stats and rules.

Garfield and Odie, Best Buds is Rin and Seri, Inseparable, one of my absolute favorite commanders. A 1RGW legendary 4/4 Dog Cat. Whenever you cast a Dog spell you create a 1/1 green Cat token. Whenever you cast a Cat spell you create a 1/1 white Dog token. And RGW plus tapping lets the card deal damage to any target equal to the number of Dogs you control while you gain life equal to the number of Cats you control. Garfield and Odie are standing next to their respective food bowls, looking approximately as interested in each other as Garfield and Odie typically look in each other. Which is to say they are tolerating each other.

Cartoon cat with a raised paw and bored expression. Text: "Orim's Chant, Talk to the Paw." Blue-green and pink background.

Talk to the Paw is Orim's Chant. White instant, Kicker W. Target player cannot cast spells this turn. If kicked, creatures cannot attack this turn. Garfield is holding up his paw with the absolute maximum level of disdain available to a cartoon cat. Talk to the paw. Your spells are not happening.

Cartoon cat hanging on a window with text "Ponder" and "Hang in There." Blue background, playful mood. Text box reads "Sorcery."

Hang in There is Ponder. The iconic motivational poster cat hanging on a branch is now Garfield hanging upside down from what appears to be a screen door by his claws. Look at the top three cards of your library, put them back in any order, may shuffle, draw a card. Garfield is hanging in there. So should your next draw step.

Orange cartoon cat angrily tears a calendar, with text "Beast Within I Hate Mondays" above. Blue background, green text details below.

I Hate Mondays is Beast Within. 2G instant. Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast token. Garfield is actively destroying a calendar that has the audacity to show Monday. The calendar is the permanent. Garfield does not care about the 3/3 Beast his opponent is going to create. Monday was the problem, and Monday has been handled.

Cartoon cats dance joyfully on a fence under a starry night. Text says "SOL RING" and "ARTIFACT: Add." Blue and yellow background.

Sol Ring shows Garfield and Arlene dancing against a full moon on a fence. It is a perfect Sol Ring, and you either want a Garfield Sol Ring or you do not, and there is no middle ground on this one. Every Commander deck runs Sol Ring.

This drop is for the Commander player who wants themed decks and appreciates the renamed card gimmick. The renamed cards are a commitment.

Secret Lair x Garfield: Our Only Thought Is to Entertain You

This drop is the wild card of the three, and it is going to find a very specific audience. The card list is It That Betrays, Maddening Cacophony, Maddening Hex, Hunter's Insight, and Molten Collapse.

Cartoonish orange creature with six arms holds desserts on a purple patterned background. Text reads: "It That Betrays," "Creature — Eldrazi."

It That Betrays is an eleven mana, eleven-eleven Eldrazi with Annihilator 2 that steals every nontoken permanent an opponent sacrifices. In the art, Garfield has been rendered as a multi-armed cosmic horror holding several different foods in various tentacle-hands with a grinning face that suggests he has transcended both lasagna and the physical plane. The Eldrazi were always just hungry. Garfield is just hungry. The connection was always there.

Cartoon cat looks frustrated amid alarm clocks and stars. Background is blue with text "Maddening Cacophony" and card details below.

Maddening Cacophony is 1U with Kicker 3U. Each opponent mills eight cards. If kicked, each opponent mills half their library, rounded up. The art shows Garfield surrounded by screaming alarm clocks. This is because Garfield hates mornings. The alarm clocks are maddening. The cacophony of alarm clocks is maddening. Maddening Cacophony. The card names itself.

Cartoon cat holds a newspaper, surrounded by scared spiders on furniture. Card title "Maddening Hex" with enchantment text below.

Maddening Hex is 1RR as an Enchantment Aura Curse. Enchant player. Whenever that player casts a noncreature spell, roll a d6. This aura deals that much damage to them. Then it jumps to another opponent at random. The art shows Garfield absolutely surrounded by spiders, clutching a rolled-up newspaper, eyes wide, completely overwhelmed. This is the correct emotional energy for a card that punishes people for casting spells and then relocates itself unpredictably.

A cartoon cat rides a fierce, armored leopard through dense green foliage, holding a large sandwich. Text: "Hunter's Insight." Bright sky.

Hunter's Insight is 2G instant. Choose a creature you control. Whenever it deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker this turn, draw that many cards. Garfield is riding a fully realized saber-toothed tiger through tall grass while holding what is unmistakably lasagna on a spear as a weapon.

Colorful, swirling abstract art with notes of faces and fluid forms. Text: "Molten Collapse," a sorcery card description below.

Molten Collapse is BR sorcery. Choose one, and if you descended this turn you may choose both: destroy a creature or planeswalker, or destroy a noncreature nonland permanent with mana value one or less. The art is a swirling psychedelic vortex of lasagna noodles and melty Garfield heads, but rendered in the style of someone who ate an entire lasagna and then tried to paint their feelings about it. It is the most visually distinct card in any of the three drops.

This drop is for the player who leans into chaos at the Commander table and wants their cards to reflect that energy. It That Betrays and Maddening Hex specifically are cards that create chaotic board states, and the Garfield art on both is perfect for that role.

Is the Secret Lair x Garfield Superdrop Worth Buying?

As Intended is the strongest buy of the three on pure card value. Swords to Plowshares, Counterspell, and Dark Ritual alone justify the $29.99 non-foil price, and the art is genuinely great. This one is worth it even if you do not care about Garfield at all.

Motivationally Challenged is the Commander player's drop, and the value is decent with Rin and Seri, and Sol Ring doing the heavy lifting. The renamed cards are either a feature or a bug depending entirely on your playgroup's tolerance for joke cards with serious Magic text underneath.

Our Only Thought Is to Entertain You is the most niche of the three. It That Betrays and Maddening Hex are legitimate Commander cards, but the drop as a whole is more about the art concept than the card value. Buy it if the Garfield Eldrazi speaks to you spiritually. You know who you are.

All three drops go on sale June 15 at 9 am Pacific through the Secret Lair website. Limited quantities. The $199 Garfield lasagna Food token promo is a very real thing that you can obtain by spending enough money. We do not judge.

Secret Lair x Garfield FAQ

What cards are in Secret Lair x Garfield: As Intended? Secret Lair x Garfield: As Intended contains Swords to Plowshares, Counterspell, Dark Ritual, Earthquake, and Fog. All five feature Garfield comic strip art styled to reference the original Magic playtest cards that used newspaper comic art before the game had proper commissioned artwork.

What cards are in Secret Lair x Garfield: Motivationally Challenged? Secret Lair x Garfield: Motivationally Challenged contains Rin and Seri, Inseparable renamed as Garfield and Odie Best Buds, Orim's Chant renamed as Talk to the Paw, Ponder renamed as Hang in There, Beast Within renamed as I Hate Mondays, and Sol Ring. All five are themed around famous Garfield motivational poster designs.

What cards are in Secret Lair x Garfield: Our Only Thought Is to Entertain You? Secret Lair x Garfield: Our Only Thought Is to Entertain You contains It That Betrays, Maddening Cacophony, Maddening Hex, Hunter's Insight, and Molten Collapse.

When does Secret Lair x Garfield go on sale? All three Secret Lair x Garfield drops go on sale June 15, 2026 at 9am Pacific time as part of the Cats Are the Best Superdrop on the Secret Lair website.

How much does Secret Lair x Garfield cost? Each Secret Lair x Garfield drop is available in Non-Foil for $29.99 and Foil for $39.99. Spending $199 or more in a single transaction earns a foil Food token promo card with special Garfield lasagna art while supplies last.

Is Secret Lair x Garfield worth buying? Secret Lair x Garfield: As Intended is the strongest buy of the three on card value alone, containing format staples Swords to Plowshares, Counterspell, and Dark Ritual. Motivationally Challenged has solid Commander value anchored by Sol Ring and Rin and Seri. Our Only Thought Is to Entertain You is the most niche of the three and is best for players who specifically want the Garfield Eldrazi and chaos-themed Commander cards.

What is the Garfield Food token promo? The Garfield lasagna Food token is a foil promo card awarded with every $199 or more spent in a single transaction on Secret Lair x Garfield drops while supplies last. It features special Garfield lasagna artwork and functions as a standard Food token in Magic.

Are the renamed cards in Secret Lair x Garfield legal to use? Yes. The renamed cards in Secret Lair x Garfield: Motivationally Challenged are functionally identical to their original counterparts. Garfield and Odie Best Buds is Rin and Seri Inseparable, Talk to the Paw is Orim's Chant, Hang in There is Ponder, and I Hate Mondays is Beast Within. They are legal in any format where the original cards are legal. You may need to clarify the card names for opponents unfamiliar with the Garfield treatment.