Secret Tunnel – Avatar
Date Reviewed: November 5, 2025
Ratings:
Constructed: 3.25
Casual: 4.00
Limited: 3.67
Multiplayer: 3.50
Commander [EDH]: 3.75
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale. 1 is bad. 3 is average. 5 is great.
Reviews Below:
It delivers what it promises, doesn’t it? I do like that it has something to do even if you don’t have a way to turn it into a creature, although it is noticeably more restrictive than the older Rogue’s Passage. To be fair, a lot of the creatures you want to make unblockable in casual Magic will be from kindreds like rogues and ninjas, so it can certainly be mitigated. And since Rogue’s Passage is a perfectly reasonable card in casual Magic, you won’t always feel so bad about its own unblockability being trinket text. I should point out, of course, that it’s intended to work with earthbending but doesn’t name the ability specifically, so feel free to get out your old cards with the awaken keyword.
Constructed: 3
Casual: 4
Limited: 3.5
Multiplayer: 3.5
Commander [EDH]: 3.5
I’ve heard about the “Secret Tunnel” memes, at least, but here we are with a proper Secret Tunnel. Four mana to make two creatures unblockable sounds quite terrifying, though it’s not all upside. Secret Tunnel telegraphs itself (usually) by coming down tapped, and it also needs to have exactly two targets to grant the ability to tunnel straight to an opponent’s face. There are plenty of times where this won’t be an issue…but also plenty of times where it will be, and you should always be mindful og how that board looks if you’re planning tunnel-based secrecy.
This feels like a good bit of inevitability, though it’s definitely a card whose strengths come out in a longer game; effectively costing five mana and demanding a board will make this a trickier sell until you get things set up.
Constructed: 3.5 (I think this could be a bit slow, but it had potential)
Casual: 4
Limited: 3.75 (this can definitely help close out a game if the board gets jammed, but it’s not a phenomenal rare to open)
Multiplayer: 3.5
Commander [EDH]: 4
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