How to Make Money Selling Secret Lair on eBay: Star Trek Foil Price

How to make money selling Secret Lair on eBay comes down to which drop you buy, because the sale price swings from roughly retail to more than double it. This week's example is the Secret Lair x Star Trek: Assimilation Foil Edition, which costs $39.99 at the official store and is limited to 2 per customer, per Wizards' own product page. On November 10, 2026, one sealed copy sold on eBay for $90 (best offer accepted, plus $6.82 delivery), which we checked in eBay's sold listings on November 11. Our staff said before the drop that 99% of members should pass on the Star Trek superdrop and posted a cart of two Assimilation foils and one New Worlds foil as the only one they liked, and they later said they were buying a few orders of two New Worlds foils. This guide uses that cart to show how to sell things on eBay, Secret Lair edition. Nothing here is a promise of profit.

(We ran the same walkthrough for other categories: vinyl, trading cards and LEGO.)

How much is the Secret Lair Star Trek Assimilation foil?

Retail prices from the official Secret Lair store, which lists the Assimilation foil as "low stock":

Product	Retail price	Limit
Assimilation, foil	$39.99	2 per customer
New Worlds, foil	$39.99	Check the store page
Any single drop, non-foil	$29.99	Check the store page

Orders over $99 ship free, per Wizards' announcement, so three foil drops ($119.97) clear that line. Wizards also gives one foil "Transporter Boondoggle" promo for every $199 spent while supplies last. Our full breakdown of every drop and bundle is in the Star Trek bundle price guide, and the announcement is covered in our superdrop price post.

What did the Star Trek Secret Lair foils sell for on eBay?

We searched eBay's sold listings on November 11, 2026. Only one sealed Star Trek drop had sold so far, because the sale opened on November 9:

• Assimilation foil, sealed: $90 on Nov 10 (best offer accepted, $6.82 delivery). That is about 2.25 times retail.
• New Worlds foil, sealed: no sold listings yet. Search results for it returned nothing that matched.
• One sale is not a market. A single best-offer sale can be a buyer who needed it fast. Treat $90 as the top of what we have seen, not an average.

The reality check: what older foil drops sell for

The cheapest way to guess where a new drop settles is to look at a similar drop a few months old. The closest comparison on eBay is Secret Lair x Dwarf Fortress: Create New World (traditional foil, sealed), another foil land drop. Its sold prices:

• Late August to mid-September 2026: about $45 to $85, with most sales near $55.
• October 26 to November 10, 2026: $36 to $41.59 (for example $41.00 on Oct 26, $36.00 on Nov 2, $39.99 and $41.59 on Nov 10).

That is the pattern to expect from a land drop: a launch spike, then a settle near retail once supply catches up. It is a comparison, not a forecast for New Worlds. Non-land drops with a hook, like the limited Assimilation art, can behave differently. Higher-demand Secret Lairs sell far above retail, but those are different products.

Can you make money selling Secret Lair on eBay?

Yes, in a narrow set of cases. Based on the sales above:

1. Sell fast into the spike. The $90 sale came one day after launch. Waiting weeks risks landing in the $36 to $41 range the older foil land drop settled into.
2. Pick drops with scarcity. A per-customer limit and a "low stock" tag, both shown on the official page for Assimilation, are signals. A foil land set is usually the weaker bet.
3. Skip drops that only break even. At $39.99 retail, a foil drop needs to sell for about $46.56 just to return your money after eBay's fee.

How to sell Secret Lair cards on eBay, step by step

1. Keep the drop sealed. Buyers paid the highest prices for sealed, brand-new drops, and condition drives price.
2. Search the exact name. Use the drop name plus "foil", for example "Secret Lair Star Trek Assimilation foil".
3. Filter to sold and completed. On eBay's results page, tick Sold Items and Completed Items. Asking prices tell you nothing.
4. Match the finish. Foil and non-foil are separate products with different prices.
5. List in the trading card category with the exact title. Put the name, finish and "sealed" in it.
6. Allow offers sparingly. The $90 sale was a best offer, so it can mean the listing price was higher.
7. Ship with tracking. Our general walkthrough is in the full guide to selling on eBay, and card-specific advice is in how to sell Magic cards.

The fee math

eBay's published rate for Toys & Hobbies > Collectible Card Games is 13.25% of the sale up to $7,500, plus $0.40 per order over $10, per its selling fees page. We reused the rate from our earlier checks, so confirm it in Seller Hub before you list. eBay also applies fees to what the buyer pays in shipping and tax, so the real fee is a little higher than below. Costs here ignore your packaging and postage:

Sale price	eBay fee	You keep before shipping	Profit on a $39.99 foil
$90	about $12.33	about $77.67	about $37.68
$60	about $8.35	about $51.65	about $11.66
$46.56	about $6.57	about $39.99	$0 (break-even)
$40	about $5.70	about $34.30	about -$5.69

If the Assimilation foil sells near $90, the margin is real. If the market drifts toward the $36 to $41 range the older land drop reached, you lose money on the fee alone. Our eBay seller fees guide has more worked examples.

Flip, hold or pass? Our take

This is analysis, not a promise.

• Flip: The Assimilation foil, if you hold one within the 2-per-customer limit and the sold range stays well above $46.56. Check sold listings again before you list.
• Hold: A foil you want to keep. Prices can take weeks to settle.
• Pass: The New Worlds foil as a pure flip. It has no sold data yet, and the closest comparison, a foil land drop, now sells near retail.

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Sources

• Secret Lair x Star Trek: Assimilation Foil Edition (official store page, checked Nov 11, 2026)
• Secret Lair: Set Phasers to Superdrop (Wizards of the Coast, Oct 27, 2026)
• eBay sold listings: Secret Lair Star Trek Assimilation (checked Nov 11, 2026)
• eBay sold listings: Secret Lair Dwarf Fortress Create New World foil (checked Nov 11, 2026)
• eBay selling fees