MTG: Those Street Fighter Secret Lair Reskins Look Amazing, Actually
As promised, after the Secret Lair x Street Fighter set came out, more “in-universe” versions of your favorite Street Fighter are here.
The Secret Lair x Street Fighter set brought eight of your favorite Street Fighters to the world of Magic: the Gathering. Blanka, Chun-Li, Ken, Guile, Dhalsim, E. Honda, Zangief, and of course, Ryu all got their own special magic cards, which are perfectly playable.
Even if they don’t fit with the general fantasy pastiche that is the core Magic: the Gathering universe. But the Universes Within set hopes to change that, with much more lore and flavor-friendly versions of the aforementioned characters as regular in-universe Magic type people.
You know. For cowards.
Street Fighter Secret Lair Reskins
And while you might be an utter coward if you put Vikya, Scorching Stalwart in your deck instead of Ryu, World Warrior, there’s no denying that she looks pretty cool just the same. In fact all of the Street Fighter Secret Lair Reskins look great.
It’s to help take the sting out of the fact that you’re too much of a coward not to admit to wanting to use Chun-Li to hurricane kick your opponent into next week.
Or Zethi, Arcane Blademaster, as she’s now known:
Just own up to the fact that if you’re now trying to figure out how to build an Immard, the Stormcleaver deck
What you’re really doing is building a Guile Deck, but you’re robbing yourself of the ability to play the only song that goes with everything while you do so.
And while the Howling Abomination might share some characteristics with Blanka (for instance, you can imagine it crouching in the corner and making light attacks), it isn’t nearly as electrifying.
Maarika, Brutal Gladiator does actually do a reasonably good job of standing in for Zangief, who is so muscular and Russian that even his alternate universe version is.
E. Honda, on the other hand, looks much different. Instead of a hundred hand slap, he instead can make sure a hundred herds get bolstered by his defense. The irony of a man named Baldin sporting a pretty thick mane is not lost on us.
Aisha of Sparks and Smoke will mean you’ll never have to play Ken again. Which means you’ll never know the thrill of doing that surprisingly strong somersault throw.
Finally, Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant carries the spirit of Dhalsim, if not the actual stretchiness of everyone’s favorite fire-breathing teleporter.
Be sure and check out these Universes Within in All Will Be One
