Some treasures are too good to stay buried.
With Secret Lair x Uncharted, we're set to crack open a vault of nostalgia, adventure, and reckless charm, transforming Naughty Dog's iconic franchise into one of Magic: The Gathering's most spirited collaborations yet.
If God of War (both Norse and Greek drops) were about power and consequence, and Horizon was about survival and rediscovery, Uncharted is a cocktail of luck, wit, and chaos where danger is just another kind of opportunity.
This drop captures that sense of perilous adventure with precision: treasure maps, collapsing ruins, and the promise that the next draw might just be gold.
The Treasure Hunter: Nathan Drake
Front and center is Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter, a Grixis legendary creature who embodies the Uncharted formula: bold risk-taking and a wink at fate itself.
Drake's ability turns your deck into a dig site. He lets you delve through the top cards of every player's library to steal a spell from them. What's more, he lets you use any color of mana to cast them ... provided that these are the spells you pilfered from another player and not something you own.
He's the kind of Commander who rewards curiosity and chaos in equal measure. You're constantly one play away from disaster or brilliance just like many Grixis commanders.
Key cards for Nathan Drake's deck
- Professional Face-Breaker for explosive Treasure generation.
- Tasha's Hideous Laughter or Unexpected Windfall for flavor-packed risk and reward.
- Reckless Impulse, Light Up the Stage, and Jeska's Will to mirror Drake's resourcefulness.
- Saheeli, Sublime Artificer for artifact synergy and inventive flair.
- And Underworld Breach... because what's an Uncharted story without one last escape from the depths?
Nathan Drake turns your deck into an adventure movie. Every card flip is a leap of faith and if you fall, you do it with a grin.
The Complete Saga: Treasure, Trouble, Triumph
Playing Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter feels like running through collapsing ruins with a deck of dynamite. You'll be juggling risk, improvisation, and lucky topdecks as you string together combos that shouldn't work but somehow do.
His Grixis identity gives you the tools to play fast and loose: looting, drawing, casting from exile, and leveraging Treasure tokens for those "just in time" plays.
He's not about control or brute force. He's about momentum, the art of staying one step ahead of disaster.
The Complete Drop
Midnight Clock ("Kings Bay Clock Tower")
This reimagined Midnight Clock captures the ticking suspense of the Uncharted franchise's most iconic set pieces. Each counter is another step toward chaos until it resets the story entirely, refilling your hand like Drake just found another lost city. It's a brilliant mechanical and flavor match: when the clock strikes twelve, the adventure begins anew.
Whip of Erebos ("El Dorado Sarcophagus")
A relic that refuses to stay dead. The "El Dorado Sarcophagus" reimagines Whip of Erebos as a cursed treasure that blurs the line between fortune and doom. It brings your fallen creatures back, but at a cost... much like every artifact Drake unearths.
Chain Reaction
The card that perfectly embodies Uncharted's brand of "accidental genius." One spark and suddenly, everything's on fire. Chain Reaction wipes the board based on how much you've bitten off, capturing that classic Nathan Drake moment where a simple plan turns into a cinematic catastrophe.
Passionate Archaeologist
The heart of every great Uncharted story is curiosity. This enchantment, re-skinned with our hero's signature swagger, lets you deal damage whenever you cast from exile... rewarding bold, risk-taking gameplay. It's a quiet nod to the explorer's philosophy: discovery isn't safe, but it's always worth it.
Adventure in Cardboard Form
What makes this drop shine isn't only its flavor: it's its rhythm. There's a kinetic energy to the design that mirrors Uncharted's DNA: things go wrong in spectacular fashion, and that's exactly when they go right. Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter's charm lies in his imperfection, and this deck celebrates that chaos beautifully.
From a gameplay standpoint, Uncharted brings a fresh layer to Magic's storytelling toolkit.
Each turn feels like flipping a coin between brilliance and disaster. Sometimes you uncover a masterpiece of synergy. Sometimes you blow up the ruins and win anyway.
It's the kind of deck that plays best with a drink nearby, friends laughing at every wild draw, and at least one player yelling, "You're not supposed to survive that!"
Final Thoughts: Chaos Is a Kind of Treasure
Secret Lair x Uncharted is a celebration of what makes both games and Magic so addictive: the thrill of discovery, the gamble of the unknown, and the satisfaction of finding something priceless where no one else thought to look.
Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter is here to make you feel that perfect blend of tension, humor, and awe. Every treasure deck dreams of luck. This one lives and thrives on it.
In a multiverse of gods, machines, and monsters, Uncharted reminds us of a simple truth: The greatest treasures are the ones you risk everything to find.










