Recap episodes are normally loathed by followers as an pointless waste of time, or at greatest, accepted as a necessity for reveals within the period of weekly manufacturing. That wasn’t all the time the case, nonetheless, and Avatar: The Final Airbender proved it with “The Ember Island Gamers,” a beloved episode from its closing season that’s now getting a devoted Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair drop.
Wizards of the Coast revealed on Nov. 4 your complete Secret Lair superdrop for the upcoming Avatar: The Final Airbender set. This contains 5 Secret Lairs, and whereas “My Cabbages!” is an admittedly humorous homage to Avatar‘s greatest background character, the opposite collections really feel a bit uninspired, with one notable exception: “The Ember Island Gamers.”
Primarily based on episode 17 from season 3 of Avatar: The Final Airbender, this Secret Lair contains the next playing cards:
- 1x Phantasmal Picture as “Completely Correct Actor”
- 1x Braid of Hearth
- 1x Cursed Mirror
- 1x Masks of Reminiscence
- 1x Thespian’s Stage
Followers of Avatar fondly bear in mind this episode, which served as a recap of Aang and his pals’ journey earlier than the sequence’ finale. In contrast to different recap episodes, or “clip reveals,” “The Ember Island Gamers” wasn’t motivated by funds restrictions or manufacturing points. The creators actually wished to present followers an opportunity to recap the sequence’ story, however they determined to do it creatively.
Within the episode, the crew watches a play based mostly on their adventures in a theater on Ember Island, referred to as The Boy within the Iceberg. The entire thing is inaccurate, tacky, and total hilarious. It really works as a result of it performs with the characters’ notion of themselves, contrasting them with how the world (and particularly the Hearth Nation) sees them. It has the correct amount of self-awareness, and it finally ends up being maybe the perfect adaptation of Avatar we now have had till now.
When it comes to worth, it is a nice Secret Lair for one easy motive: Braid of Hearth. This card sells between $20 and $40 on Card Kingdom on the time of writing, and for $29.99 you may snag your complete Secret Lair, or $39.99 for the foil model.
Magic‘s Avatar: The Final Airbender set is out there for pre-release occasions on Nov. 14 and launches globally on Nov. 21.
