Case Files · Magic: The Gathering
Status: Draft — rough publish for review
4× Kevin Eastman — Totally TubuLair
Secret Lair · Totally TubuLair — not the Universes Beyond turtles. Not factory-signed. Four classic Magic names wearing Eastman’s hand—twice.
If you came here looking for Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo stamped out of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Collector Boosters, pause the tour. That is a different wing. This case file is the Secret Lair collaboration from the Totally TubuLair Superdrop (live ~March 2, 2026): two drops titled Featuring: Kevin Eastman, each containing the same four cards—
- Loxodon Gatekeeper
- Sakashima’s Student
- Throat Slitter
- Guttersnipe
—reimagined with Eastman’s linework. One drop is (Inks): black-and-white, ink-first, the comic-shop origin story. The other is (Colors): Eastman’s forms finished with color by Jay David Ramos. Each drop ships in nonfoil and foil editions. That is the 4× headliner set: not four turtles, but four Magic creatures as a matched Eastman suite, collectible as Inks, Colors, or the full foil/nonfoil matrix.
Why it matters in the timeline: Totally TubuLair also hosted separate Secret Lair × TMNT drops (VHS Villains, Mighty Mutanimals, The Last Ronin, etc.). Those are franchise skins. The Eastman drops are artist features—co-creator of TMNT painting Magic’s own cast. Conflating them is the fastest way to mis-catalog a collection. Signed copies, when they exist, are aftermarket / artist-event specimens—not factory signature stamps from the drop itself.
Specimen dossier
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Product line | Secret Lair Drop Series — Totally TubuLair Superdrop |
| Drops | Featuring: Kevin Eastman (Inks) · Featuring: Kevin Eastman (Colors) |
| On-sale window | Superdrop launch ~March 2, 2026 (shipping windows per edition; verify against receipt) |
| MSRP (announced) | Nonfoil $29.99 · Foil $39.99 (each drop) |
| Language | English only (per SL product copy) |
| Contents (each drop) | 1× Loxodon Gatekeeper · 1× Sakashima’s Student · 1× Throat Slitter · 1× Guttersnipe |
| Art roles | Inks: Kevin Eastman (B&W linework). Colors: Kevin Eastman + color by Jay David Ramos |
| Finishes | Nonfoil + traditional foil per drop |
| Factory signed? | No. Signature specimens = aftermarket / private signings / events only |
| Not this product | Universes Beyond Magic | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMT) Eastman headliner turtles; other SL × TMNT drops in the same superdrop |
Collector numbers (SLD; wiki-verified)
| Treatment | # | Card | Artist credit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inks | 2354 | Loxodon Gatekeeper | Kevin Eastman |
| Inks | 2355 | Sakashima’s Student | Kevin Eastman |
| Inks | 2356 | Throat Slitter | Kevin Eastman |
| Inks | 2357 | Guttersnipe | Kevin Eastman |
| Colors | 2358 | Loxodon Gatekeeper | Eastman & Jay David Ramos |
| Colors | 2359 | Sakashima’s Student | Eastman & Jay David Ramos |
| Colors | 2360 | Throat Slitter | Eastman & Jay David Ramos |
| Colors | 2361 | Guttersnipe | Eastman & Jay David Ramos |
Card stats (mana costs, types, P/T) are the standard printings of these reprints—do not invent; verify on Gatherer/Scryfall when labeling play copies. TBD on any SL-specific frame quirks until archive photos land.
Anatomy / key traits
| Trait | Notes |
|---|---|
| Why “4×” | Matched quartet; set completes as Inks or Colors or both |
| Chase dynamic | Foil vs nonfoil; Inks vs Colors; sealed drop vs singles; true ink-signed outliers |
| Separation rule | Catalog apart from SL × TMNT franchise drops and apart from TMT UB Eastman turtle headliners |
| Signature hygiene | Never imply Wizards factory-signed these; authenticate event signatures separately |