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Rojas Has Done This Twice Before, and Both Sold Out Here's the context nobody gives you with this release. Street Tacos Mictlán is not the first Mexican limited edition Noel Rojas has made for this line. We carried the Cinco de Mayo 2025 and the Cinco de Mayo 2026, both at $12.50, and both are gone from our shelf. So Mictlán is the third in what's quietly become a tradition — and it's on our shelf right now. That's a more useful fact than "only 1,500 boxes," though there are only 1,500 boxes. Black box, sombrero-wearing sugar skull, red flowers, matching bands. AT A GLANCE 6 × 52 box-pressed Toro, made in Nicaragua by Noel Rojas. Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, Nicaraguan binder, Nicaraguan filler plus Connecticut Broadleaf. 1,500 boxes worldwide — 20 cigars each, 30,000 total. $12.50 per cigar, $250 per box. Mardo Money eligible. Sugar skull in a sombrero, red flowers, black box. It looks incredible. What Mictlán Actually Means Let's get this right, because the name isn't decoration. Mictlán is the underworld in Aztec belief — but it is not the Aztec version of hell, and that distinction matters. Mictlán is where you go if you die of ordinary causes, meaning anything not tied to war, water or a premature birth. In other words, it's where almost everybody ends up. It isn't punishment. It's the common destination. The Mexica cosmos held thirteen heavens and nine underworlds. The dead spent four years descending those nine levels, facing trials that purified them along the way, before finally resting at the bottom. To cross the river Apanohuaya they needed the help of a Xoloitzcuintle, the hairless Mexican dog, which is why one was often buried alongside the deceased. At the end waits Mictlantecuhtli, lord of the dead, usually depicted as a skull with a mouth full of teeth. That's the thread back to Día de los Muertos. The holiday isn't about fear — it's about the dead being welcomed home. Once you know that, a smiling sugar skull in a sombrero on a black box stops looking macabre and starts looking exactly right. Now the Part That Actually Matters The packaging is outstanding. We'll say it plainly, because it is. But at Mardo we care more about what's in the cigar than what's on the box, so here's the blend. An Ecuadorian Habano wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder, with Nicaraguan filler and USA-grown Connecticut Broadleaf in the mix. That last piece is the one that has our attention. Broadleaf is a dark, sweet, heavy leaf that usually shows up as a wrapper, and Rojas is using it inside the cigar instead — underneath an Ecuadorian Habano that's a completely different animal. Pairing those two is a real blending decision, not a cosmetic one. If Broadleaf is new to you, our maduro cigar guide covers the leaf family it belongs to. What that does in practice, we don't know. We haven't smoked it. No tasting notes from us, no verdict on construction or burn, until we light one. Street Tacos Mictlán Edición Limitada 2026 — the details Size 6 × 52 box-pressed Toro Wrapper Ecuadorian Habano Binder Nicaraguan Filler Nicaraguan · USA Connecticut Broadleaf Origin Nicaragua Production 1,500 boxes of 20 · 30,000 cigars MSRP $12.50 per cigar · $250 per box Where This Sits in the Street Tacos Line Useful pricing context, since we carry most of the line. The regular Street Tacos cigars run from $8.80 to $11. It is also box-pressed, and our guide to box-pressed cigars explains what that shape changes. Mictlán is $12.50, which makes it the top of the range — and exactly what both Cinco de Mayo editions cost. So Rojas isn't using the limited-edition label to push the price somewhere new. He charges the same for these that he charged for the last two. We respect that. Mardo's take We're always excited to see what Noel Rojas has coming next, and this one caught our attention immediately. The artwork is genuinely one of the coolest-looking releases we've seen this year. But as you know, we care more about what's inside the cigar than what's on the box — and the Ecuadorian Habano over Nicaraguan tobacco with Connecticut Broadleaf in the filler is what actually has us curious. Is it worth chasing? Here's our honest position: 1,500 boxes makes it limited, but scarcity doesn't automatically make a cigar great. The smoking experience is what matters. What we will say is that the two previous Mexican limited editions in this line both sold out with us, so if you're a Rojas fan, waiting has a cost. If you've never had Street Tacos, the regular line starts at $8.80 and is the smarter first purchase. We haven't smoked Mictlán, so we're reserving judgment until we light one up. When we do, you'll get the real read — good or bad. Get Street Tacos Mictlán at Mardo It's listed at $12.50 a cigar and $250 for the box of 20. It's Mardo Money eligible, and we ship free on orders of $100 or more. Noel RojasNoel Rojas Street Tacos Mictlan LE 2026See Mictlán That's the whole picture: a name with real meaning behind it, a blend with one genuinely unusual ingredient, a price that didn't jump, and a track record of these selling. Make your own call from there. At Mardo Cigars, we teach about cigars, not just sell them. 1,500 boxes. The last two are already gone. Street Tacos Mictlán is $12.50 a cigar, $250 a box of 20. Mardo Money eligible, free shipping over $100. Browse Noel Rojas Mardo Cigars sells premium tobacco products intended for adults 21 and older. Please enjoy responsibly.

Full-Bodied Without the Leaf That Usually Makes It Strong Most full-bodied cigars get there the same way: load up on ligero. The Tradecraft Shinobi doesn't use any. Not one leaf. The entire filler is viso — the middle of the plant — pulled from four different origins. That's the reason this one is worth knowing about, and it's also why you have time to think it over. The first run goes out through a club this month, and broader retail distribution isn't expected until December. Shinobi, Tradecraft's fourth regular-production line. AT A GLANCE All-viso filler — no ligero at all, which is unusual for a full-bodied cigar. Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper over a Mexican San Andrés binder. 5 1/2 × 52 Gran Robusto, in 12-count boxes. $13.80 per cigar, $165.60 per box. Tradecraft's fourth regular-production line. Not available to buy here yet. Quick Lesson: Where Strength Actually Comes From To understand why an all-viso blend is interesting, you need to know how a tobacco plant is divided. Leaves are graded by where they grow, and height on the plant determines how much sun they got. Ligero comes from the top. It gets the most sun, so the leaves are thick and oily, and that's where most of a cigar's strength comes from. Viso sits in the middle — slightly smaller and thinner than ligero, medium in strength, and it's the leaf that carries balance, complexity and depth. Seco is lower down, thinner and more delicate, contributing aroma and nuance more than power. So the standard recipe for a powerhouse is simple: more ligero. The Tradecraft Shinobi skips it entirely. Why Skipping Ligero Is a Harder Road Building a full-bodied cigar out of nothing but viso means the body has to come from variety and selection rather than from stacking the strongest leaf available. Tradecraft Shinobi uses viso from four sources: Nicaraguan Jalapa, Nicaraguan Condega, Connecticut Broadleaf and Dominican Olor. Those four bring very different things. Jalapa is known for a softer, more aromatic Nicaraguan character while Condega runs richer. Broadleaf is dark and sweet. Dominican Olor is a classic, mellow native leaf. Getting full body out of that combination without a single ligero leaf is a legitimate blending challenge, not a marketing angle. The wrapper and binder are doing work too. Ecuadorian Sumatra is grown under cloud cover and tends toward aroma and spice, while Mexican San Andrés is one of the darkest, most flavorful binders in use. If you want more on how these pieces fit together, our guide on full-bodied cigars breaks down the terms. Tradecraft Shinobi Gran Robusto — the details Size 5 1/2 × 52 Gran Robusto Wrapper Ecuadorian Sumatra Binder Mexican San Andrés Filler All viso — Jalapa · Condega · Connecticut Broadleaf · Dominican Olor Factory Tabacalera La Isla, Dominican Republic Packaging Boxes of 12 MSRP $13.80 per cigar · $165.60 per box Who's Actually Making It The Tradecraft Shinobi is produced at Tabacalera La Isla in the Dominican Republic, in collaboration with Hostos Quesada. That name carries weight worth explaining. Hostos Fernández Quesada spent more than twenty years at Quesada Cigars working under his uncle, Manuel "Manolo" Quesada, before opening his own small factory. So this isn't a new brand handing a blend to an anonymous facility — it's a blend built with someone who learned the trade inside one of the Dominican Republic's most established cigar families. The Name, and the Flavor Notes The name behind the Tradecraft Shinobi is another word for the covert operatives of feudal Japan — the ones better known abroad as ninja. Stealth, patience, doing a lot without announcing it. For a cigar that reaches full body quietly instead of with a ligero sledgehammer, the name is a better fit than most brand metaphors manage. On flavor, we'll be clear about whose words these are. Tradecraft describes coffee, cocoa powder, cinnamon, saffron and a lingering sweetness. Those are anticipated characteristics from the manufacturer, not our tasting notes. We have not smoked Shinobi, so we're not commenting on how it performs, how it burns or how complex it actually is. Mardo's take What caught our attention is the unconventional all-viso filler. Most full-bodied cigars lean hard on ligero for strength, and Tradecraft went the other direction with viso from Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic and Connecticut. That's exactly what we appreciate in boutique manufacturing — blenders willing to think outside the box instead of reaching for the obvious lever. Is it worth chasing? At $13.80 the price is reasonable for an interesting boutique release, and the Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper with a San Andrés binder makes it more intriguing still. But there's no rush: the first run is going out through a club, and wider retail isn't expected until December. So put it on the list rather than hunting it today. We're looking forward to smoking it ourselves, because at Mardo complexity, balance and construction matter more to us than strength alone. Until we do, we're not telling you how it smokes. Can You Get One at Mardo? Not yet, and we won't pretend otherwise. The Tradecraft Shinobi page is up on our site with pricing, but it isn't available to purchase and we haven't confirmed allocation. Given the December retail window, that's about what you'd expect right now. Follow the page and we'll update it the moment that changes. TradecraftTradecraft Shinobi Gran RobustoSee the listing In the meantime, if you like the idea of a full-bodied smoke that gets there through blending rather than brute force, there's plenty on our shelf in that territory — start with our limited editions. And when Shinobi lands, you'll already know why it's unusual. Full body, zero ligero. Tradecraft Shinobi is $13.80 a cigar, with wider retail expected in December. Browse what's limited on our shelves today. Browse Limited Editions Mardo Cigars sells premium tobacco products intended for adults 21 and older. Please enjoy responsibly.

A Second Shot at a Cigar Almost Nobody Got Here's the part that matters to you today: Patina y Viso ReVerdigris is open for pre-order at Mardo right now, and it's expected to ship in November. If you missed the original, this is the first time in a while that getting one has been a realistic plan rather than a long shot. Because the original really was a long shot. The first Verdigris was made in a run of roughly 300 bundles of ten and went to about ten stores nationwide. That's the backdrop for this whole release, and it's why "they're bringing it back" is bigger news than it sounds. ReVerdigris keeps the original blend and adds a red "RE" to the artwork. AT A GLANCE A Patina Cigars × Viso Horny collaboration — Mo Maali and Tyler Jeffery. Same blend as the original Verdigris. Nothing reinvented. 5 × 52 Robusto, rolled at NACSA in Nicaragua, in bundles of 10. Shipping expected late October into November 2026, subject to change. Open for pre-order at Mardo — $14 a cigar, $140 the bundle. The Sequel Nobody Asked For That's not our line. It's printed on the packaging. Patina y Viso ReVerdigris is literally sold under the tagline "The Sequel Nobody Asked For," which tells you most of what you need to know about the two people behind it. It's a joke that's also a strategy. Boutique brands spend a lot of energy convincing you that the newest thing is the most important thing. These two put a red "RE" in front of their own cigar's name and leaned into the fact that they're repeating themselves on purpose. The Two Names on the Band This is a collaboration between Mo Maali of Patina Cigars and Tyler Jeffery of Viso Horny. Both run small, independent brands, and both have built followings on personality as much as on blends. You can find both of them on our shelves already. Patina's regular line starts around $10.50, and Viso Horny's Ligador Fantasma Robusto is in stock at $15. If you want to know who you're buying from before the ReVerdigris arrives, that's an easy way to find out. Our rundown of cigar brands worth knowing is a good companion if you're newer to the boutique side of the shop. The Artwork Is Not Random. It's a Map. Here's the detail we think is the most fun thing about this release, and it's one most coverage skips right past. Maali and Jeffery both come from the Midwest, but from different cities. On the original Verdigris packaging, one side carried the Milwaukee Art Museum, a nod to Jeffery, and the other carried the Chicago skyline, a nod to Maali. So when you look at the vintage-inspired green-and-cream artwork and see a city skyline and an airplane, that's not generic travel decoration. It's two guys from two cities who had to meet somewhere to make a cigar together. The green, naturally, is the whole point of the name. Verdigris is the blue-green patina that forms on copper over time, which is also a neat fit for a brand called Patina. The original even shipped with a green ribbon on the bundle. These guys think about this stuff. What's Actually Inside The Patina y Viso ReVerdigris blend is unchanged from the original, and that's the headline decision of this release. An Ecuadorian Habano wrapper sits over an Ecuadorian Sumatra-seed binder, with Nicaraguan filler underneath. It's a 5 × 52 Robusto, handmade at NACSA in Nicaragua, packed in bundles of ten. We're going to stop there, because we haven't smoked it. No tasting notes, no strength rating, no "expect notes of" from us. We can tell you what's in it and who made it. What it does in your hand is something we'll report after we light one. If you're still building your palate vocabulary in the meantime, our guide on what cigars actually taste like is a better use of your time than anyone's guess about this one. Patina y Viso ReVerdigris 2026 — the details Size 5 × 52 Robusto Wrapper Ecuadorian Habano Binder Ecuadorian Sumatra-seed Filler Nicaraguan Factory NACSA, Nicaragua Packaging Bundles of 10 Collaborators Mo Maali (Patina Cigars) · Tyler Jeffery (Viso Horny) Shipping Late October into November 2026, subject to change Why a Returning Blend Is Worth Your Attention Patina y Viso ReVerdigris is limited for an unusual reason. Most limited editions are limited because the blend is new and the tobacco ran out. This one is limited because it was always limited, and then it ended. That's a different proposition for you as a buyer. You're not being asked to gamble on an untested idea. You're being offered a second shot at something that already existed and that almost nobody got to try. For a boutique collaboration, bringing it back unchanged is arguably the riskier move — there's no "new and improved" to hide behind. Either the blend holds up or it doesn't. Mardo's take We love the attitude here. In an industry permanently chasing the next thing, Patina and Viso Horny brought back something that already made its mark and put a joke about it on the box. The personality, the artwork and the decision to leave the blend alone are exactly what makes boutique cigars worth following. Is it worth chasing? If you follow either brand, or you remember hearing about the original and never found one, yes — the run is small and pre-orders are how you get in line. If you've never smoked either maker, we'd grab a single rather than commit to a bundle of ten sight unseen. What we won't do is tell you how it smokes. We haven't lit one. When we do, you'll get the honest version. Sometimes the best sequel is the one nobody saw coming. Reserve Yours at Mardo Patina y Viso ReVerdigris is listed now as a pre-order, with shipping expected in November. Our pre-order price is $14 for a single and $140 for the bundle of ten. The brand hasn't published an official MSRP for the 2026 run, so treat that as our price rather than a nationwide number. Viso HornyPatina y Viso ReVerdigris 2026 Robusto 5 x 52 (Ships November 2026)Pre-order ReVerdigris We'll update this page as soon as we have firm shipping dates, and we'll have our own notes once we've actually smoked one. Until then, if the idea of a sequel nobody asked for makes you smile, you already know whether this one is for you. You'll find it with the rest of our limited editions. Get in line for the sequel. Patina y Viso ReVerdigris is open for pre-order now and expected to ship in November 2026. Browse Limited Editions Mardo Cigars sells premium tobacco products intended for adults 21 and older. Please enjoy responsibly.

Four Mexican Art Traditions on a Cutter You'd Actually Carry You can't buy these yet. That's the part worth knowing today: the XIKAR Xi2 Día de Muertos Series makes its official debut on October 17, with shipping expected to start October 19. So if one of the four designs is going to end up in your pocket, the decision is about a week away, not months. The timing of the XIKAR Xi2 release is deliberate and kind of lovely. Día de Muertos falls on November 1 and 2. These land just before it. AT A GLANCE Four limited-edition cutters from Quality Importers Trading Company. Designs: Cartonería, Alfeñique, Guerrero and Huichol — four different Mexican art traditions. The same Xi2 double-guillotine mechanism underneath. This isn't a novelty cutter. $59.99 MSRP each. Debut October 17, 2026, shipping expected October 19. First, What Día de Muertos Actually Is Four designs, four traditions, one proven cutting mechanism. Let's get this right, because it matters and it gets flattened constantly. Día de Muertos is not the Mexican version of Halloween. It isn't about fear, horror or costumes. It's a remembrance. Families build altars, bring flowers and food, and spend the days welcoming back the people they've lost. There's even a division in the calendar that tells you how personal it is: November 1 is for remembering children, and November 2 is for adults. The skulls aren't scary. They're affectionate. That context is the whole reason this collection is more interesting than it looks at a glance. The Four Designs, and What Each One Comes From Here's where the XIKAR Xi2 collection earns a second look. The four XIKAR Xi2 designs aren't color variations of the same skull. Each name points at a real, distinct craft. Cartonería is Mexican papier-mâché, sometimes called cartón piedra for how rigid it sets. It's the tradition behind Day of the Dead skeletons and the fantastical creatures known as alebrijes, and its most famous practitioners are the Linares family in Mexico City. Alfeñique is the sugar work. Those decorated sugar skulls are made from powdered sugar bound with chautle, a plant-based adhesive, plus lemon and beaten egg white, then colored with vegetable dyes. They're made to be given, named and eventually eaten. Huichol refers to the Wixárika people of the Sierra Madre, in Nayarit and Jalisco. Their beadwork is built one tiny bead at a time, pressed into beeswax spread over a wooden form. That's why the geometric patterns look the way they do — every line is a physical decision someone made by hand. Guerrero points to the folk art of the state of Guerrero, one of Mexico's richest craft regions. We'll be straight with you here: XIKAR hasn't specified which Guerrero tradition the artwork draws from, and we're not going to guess on your behalf. XIKAR Xi2 Día de Muertos Series — the details Collection Four limited-edition designs Designs Cartonería · Alfeñique · Guerrero · Huichol Mechanism Xi2 spring-loaded double guillotine Shape XIKAR's ergonomic teardrop body MSRP $59.99 each Debut October 17, 2026 Shipping Expected October 19, 2026 It's Still a Cutter You'd Actually Use This is the part that separates a collectible from a shelf ornament. Underneath the artwork, the XIKAR Xi2 is the same tool a lot of people have carried for years: the teardrop body that sits naturally in your palm, and spring-loaded double-guillotine blades that close from both sides at once. Two blades meeting in the middle is what gives you a clean cut instead of a crushed cap. If you've never settled the question of which cutting style suits you, our guide on when to use a punch versus a guillotine walks through it properly. So you're not paying $59.99 for decoration wrapped around a weak tool. The XIKAR Xi2 platform has been around long enough to have a reputation. You're paying it for a known mechanism wearing something worth looking at. Mardo's take Cigar accessories don't have to be boring, and we always appreciate it when a manufacturer steps outside the box. XIKAR took one of its most recognizable cutters and turned it into four pieces that carry real culture, heritage and craftsmanship — not just skulls printed on metal. That's a harder thing to pull off than another black-and-silver release. Is it worth chasing? At $59.99 for a limited-edition XIKAR, we think that's reasonable. If you're a collector, shopping for a gift, or you just want something in your pocket that isn't the same cutter everyone else carries, these are worth a look. Production is limited, so if one of the four designs grabs you, we wouldn't wait long. If none of them speak to you, that's fine too. This is a cutter you buy because you like looking at it, and that's a personal call. Can You Get One at Mardo? Not yet, and we're not going to pretend otherwise. We don't have the XIKAR Xi2 Día de Muertos Series listed, and we haven't confirmed allocation. When that changes, we'll say so here. Follow us for release and availability updates. What we can tell you is that if you want a XIKAR in hand right now, two of our packages already include one — the Xi1, the Xi2's single-blade sibling. CamachoCamacho LE 2026 Promo DealShop the Camacho deal Why This One Stuck With Us The XIKAR Xi2 series avoids the laziest kind of limited edition. Most limited accessories are limited this way: a different finish, a serial number, a higher price. This one went and borrowed from four separate living craft traditions, each with its own materials and its own history. Whether that translates into something you want to carry is up to you. But it's a more thoughtful starting point than most, and it treats a holiday about remembering people with color rather than horror. We'll post an update as soon as we know more about availability. In the meantime, you'll find our current limited editions here. Six days out. The four designs debut October 17. Follow Mardo for availability updates — and browse what's limited on our shelves today. Browse Limited Editions Mardo Cigars sells premium tobacco products intended for adults 21 and older. Please enjoy responsibly.

Why Atabey Is Worth Waiting Five Years For Here's what's worth knowing today: this set is in stock on our shelf, and right now it's the only Atabey we have. Every other Atabey we carry is sold out, including the Atabey Ritos on its own. If you've been waiting for a way into this brand, this is currently the door. That's not a sales line. It's just where our inventory sits, and it tells you something about how this brand moves. Five Atabey Ritos in tubes, plus the porcelain ashtray, in a presentation box. AT A GLANCE Five Atabey Ritos, 6 1/8 × 55, each in its own protective tube. Plus a porcelain ashtray designed by Nelson Alfonso, in a presentation box. Five years of post-roll aging before these ever leave the factory. $270 for the complete set — in stock at Mardo. Medium-bodied. Built for refinement, not for strength. Five Years Is an Absurd Amount of Patience Let's put the aging in perspective, because it's the single thing that defines this brand. Most cigars get some rest after rolling. A few months is normal. A year is generous. Atabey Ritos cigars sit for five years after they're rolled before anyone can buy them. Think about what that means as a business decision. Selected Tobacco pays for the tobacco, pays the rollers, and then waits half a decade before seeing a dollar back. Very few manufacturers are willing to tie up money and warehouse space like that, and it's the main reason Atabey sits in a category of its own. Here's the detail most coverage leaves out. The aging doesn't just happen in a cedar room. The brand describes exposure to five different varieties of cedar — Cuban, Spanish, Lebanese, Brazilian and Mexican. Each wood carries its own aromatic character, so the cigars aren't simply resting, they're picking something up the whole time. That's what extended aging buys you: time for the tobaccos to settle into each other, for the sharp edges to round off, and for the whole thing to read as balanced rather than loud. If the idea appeals to you, our guide on aging cigars at home explains the same principle at a smaller scale. Who Nelson Alfonso Is, and Why the Ashtray Isn't a Throw-In Atabey comes from Selected Tobacco, founded by Nelson Alfonso, with United Cigars handling distribution in the United States. The cigars are made at Tabacos de Costa Rica. Alfonso's background matters here. He's the designer behind the branding of the Cohiba Behike, which tells you the man's instincts run toward presentation and detail as much as tobacco. So when the set includes a porcelain ashtray he personally designed, that's not packaging filler. It's arguably the piece he was most qualified to make. The name has roots too. Atabey was the supreme goddess of the Taíno people, and it was the Taíno who first smoked an early form of what we now call a cigar while praying to her. Naming an ultra-premium brand after the origin of the ritual is a bigger swing than most brand names attempt. Atabey Ritos Gift Set, 2nd Edition — the details Contents Five Atabey Ritos in tubes · porcelain ashtray · presentation box Size 6 1/8 × 55 Wrapper Ecuadorian Shade-Grown Binder Dominican Filler Peruvian · Nicaraguan Body Medium Aging Five years post-roll, in cedar Made at Tabacos de Costa Rica MSRP $270 for the set What's in the Blend, and What the Brand Says It Tastes Like An Ecuadorian Shade-Grown wrapper sits over a Dominican binder, with Peruvian and Nicaraguan fillers underneath. It lands medium-bodied, which is the point. Nothing about Atabey Ritos is trying to knock you over. The published profile runs toward sweet cedar, vanilla cream, leather, delicate spices and a subtle dark fruit. That's the brand's description, not our tasting notes — we haven't smoked this set, and we're not going to borrow someone else's palate and present it as ours. When we light one, you'll get our own read. Let's Do the Math on $270 This is the part nobody writes, so here it is. Our listing for a single Atabey Ritos is $45.50. Five of those on their own would run $227.50. The set is $270. So the porcelain ashtray, the individual tubes and the presentation box come to roughly $42.50 on top of the cigars. For a hand-finished porcelain piece designed by the founder, in a box built to be given as a gift, that's a reasonable number — and it means you're not paying a huge premium for the packaging. Worth saying plainly: $270 is not an everyday cigar purchase, and it isn't meant to be. Mardo's take We've always had a tremendous appreciation for Selected Tobacco and Nelson Alfonso's dedication to craftsmanship, and the five-year aging is why. Almost nobody is willing to invest that kind of time before bringing a cigar to market. You're not just buying five cigars and an ashtray — you're buying the result of a decision someone made half a decade ago. Is it worth chasing? If you appreciate refinement, balance and attention to detail, yes. It's also one of the best cigar gifts we can point you at, because it arrives looking like an occasion. And the practical argument is simple: it's the only Atabey we have in stock right now, so the decision isn't really 'later.' If you're after power, look elsewhere — this is medium-bodied by design. And we'll give you our own tasting notes once we've actually smoked it, not before. Get the Atabey Ritos Gift Set at Mardo The complete set is listed and in stock at $270. Atabey CigarsAtabey Ritos Gift SetShop the gift set For context on where this sits, our other Atabey sets have run $240 for the Selected Tobacco Deluxe Edition Sampler with ashtray and $268 for the Atabey and Byron Tulip Ashtray Sampler. Both are sold out at the moment, which is the clearest thing we can tell you about how fast these move. We'll restock what we can — keep an eye on the Atabey collection, or browse the rest of what United Cigars brings in. Half a decade of patience, in one box. The Atabey Ritos Gift Set is $270 and in stock — currently the only Atabey on our shelf. Browse Atabey Mardo Cigars sells premium tobacco products intended for adults 21 and older. Please enjoy responsibly.

Caldwell's The Queen Is Dead: Five Sizes, One Balanced Blend When a blender tells you a new cigar is the one he's been most excited about in years, it's worth listening. Robert Caldwell has said exactly that about The Queen Is Dead, naming it the release he's been most excited about since the original Long Live The Queen. That's a high bar to set for yourself. What makes this interesting to us is what the cigar is chasing: not power, but balance. AT A GLANCE New from Caldwell Cigar Co., developed by Robert Caldwell with William Ventura. Built around balance and harmony, not strength. The profile is medium bodied. Blend: H2000 wrapper, Sumatra binder, Dominican fillers. Five sizes, from the slender Bloodroot (7.75 x 40) to the hefty Revenant (6 x 60). Caldwell says fans of Long Live The Queen and Anastasia should feel at home. Not Another Strength Contest The Queen Is Dead arrives in five vitolas, including the 6 × 52 Crimson Veil. Here's what stands out to us most. Plenty of new releases arrive promising more: more ligero, more power, more punch. The Queen Is Dead is going the other direction on purpose. Caldwell has framed it around balance and harmony, letting the tobaccos work together rather than having one component dominate the rest. It lands medium bodied, and that's a deliberate choice, not a compromise. Building a cigar where nothing shouts is harder than building one that hits you over the head. It means every leaf has to earn its place. The Blend, and Who Built It QID pairs an H2000 wrapper with a Sumatra binder over Dominican fillers. That's an interesting combination on paper. H2000 and Sumatra are both leaves known more for aroma and finesse than brute force, which lines up neatly with what Caldwell says he was after. He developed it alongside William Ventura, who Caldwell describes as his go-to collaborator for some of his favorite blends. That partnership matters here. A blend built on restraint depends entirely on the person assembling it knowing exactly how much of each component to use. The Queen Is Dead — the five sizes Requiem 5 x 50 Scarlet Thread 5.75 x 44 Crimson Veil 6 x 52 Bloodroot 7.75 x 40 Revenant 6 x 60 Blend H2000 wrapper · Sumatra binder · Dominican fillers Body Medium Bloodroot vs. Revenant: the Same Blend, Two Worlds This is the part we're most curious about. Look at the two extremes of the lineup. The Bloodroot is 7.75 x 40, long and thin. The Revenant is 6 x 60, short and thick. Same tobacco inside both. Those will not smoke alike. At a 40 ring gauge there's relatively little filler against a lot of wrapper, so the H2000 gets a much bigger voice. At 60, the filler dominates and the wrapper becomes a supporting player. On a blend specifically built around balance, that shift could land very differently at each end. If you want the mechanics behind that, our guide on whether ring gauge matters explains it well. Between them sit the Requiem, the Scarlet Thread and the Crimson Veil, which covers just about every way someone likes to smoke. Five genuinely different shapes is generous for a launch, and it means you can pick the version that fits how you actually smoke rather than taking what you're given. If You Liked Long Live The Queen or Anastasia Caldwell has pointed directly at two of his own cigars as the reference points: smokers who enjoy Long Live The Queen and Anastasia should find The Queen Is Dead right in their wheelhouse. That's useful guidance, and it tells you something about the intent. Those aren't his loudest cigars. They're the ones people reach for when they want nuance. With Dominican fillers at its core, QID also sits in good company among the Dominican cigar brands we recommend. Positioning QID next to them says more about where this release is aiming than any tasting note could at this stage. Get The Queen Is Dead at Mardo Pre-orders are beginning shortly and the cigars are expected to ship soon after. We have all five vitolas listed, so you can pick your format now and be in line when they land. Caldwell Cigar Co.The Queen Is Dead Crimson Veil by Caldwell Cigar Co. 6 x 52View the Crimson Veil Our Honest Position We're genuinely excited about this one, and we'll say why plainly: a blender we respect has set a high bar for his own release, the blend is aiming at something harder than raw power, and five distinct shapes give the whole thing room to be interesting. But we haven't smoked it yet, so that's where our opinion stops. No tasting notes, no verdict. When we light one, we'll tell you exactly what we found, the good and the less good. Until then, if you follow Caldwell, The Queen Is Dead belongs on your radar. You'll find it with the rest of our Caldwell cigars at Mardo. Balance over brute force. The Queen Is Dead arrives in five vitolas, pre-orders opening shortly. Browse Caldwell at Mardo. Mardo Cigars sells premium tobacco products intended for adults 21 and older. Please enjoy responsibly.

The Bull Turns 10: Why This Is More Than a Wrapper Change The Andalusian Bull has never needed help getting attention. A decade after its debut it's still one of La Flor Dominicana's most recognizable cigars and one of the hardest to find. So when a 10th anniversary edition shows up, the fair question is whether it's a new band on a famous name. It isn't. The Andalusian Bull Maduro reaches back to 2016 for its tobacco and swaps the wrapper entirely, and that combination is what makes this worth paying attention to. The 10th Anniversary Maduro keeps the Bull's shape and changes almost everything else. At a glance The key facts first: Marks 10 years since the original Andalusian Bull debuted in 2016. Wrapper changes from the original's Ecuadorian leaf to U.S. Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro. Binder and filler are estate-grown Dominican La Canela tobacco, including 2016-harvest components. Keeps the iconic 6 1/2 x 52/64 figurado/perfecto shape. Only 5,000 boxes of 10 — 50,000 cigars. $35 each · $350 per box. First, Why the Original Matters Some context for anyone who hasn't chased one. The Andalusian Bull arrived in 2016 and immediately did something almost no cigar does: Cigar Aficionado named it the No. 1 Cigar of 2016 with a 96-point rating. That kind of result turns a release into a permanent name. Litto and Antonio Gomez built it as a tribute to Spain's toreros, which is where the name comes from. The shape has its own story too. That dramatic perfecto is based on an antique cigar mold Litto came across during a trip to Belgium, tapering at the foot and swelling to a 64 ring gauge. It is not a shape anyone arrived at by committee. The 2016 Connection Is the Real Story Here's the detail that separates this from a commemorative repackage. LFD went back to its own La Canela farm and pulled estate-grown Dominican tobacco from the 2016 harvest for key components of the anniversary blend. One of those aged components was grown from Pelo de Oro seed. Think about what that means for the Andalusian Bull Maduro. The original Bull debuted in 2016. The anniversary edition is built on leaf harvested that same year, which has now been sitting for a decade. The anniversary isn't just printed on the box; it's inside the cigar. That's a harder and more expensive way to mark ten years than redesigning a band, and it's the clearest signal that LFD took this seriously. Andalusian Bull 10th Anniversary Maduro at a glance Size 6 1/2 x 52/64 figurado/perfecto Wrapper U.S. Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro Binder & filler Dominican, estate-grown at La Canela (incl. 2016 harvest, Pelo de Oro) Production 5,000 boxes of 10 — 50,000 cigars MSRP $35 per cigar · $350 per 10-count box Shipping Began October 7, 2026 The Wrapper Swap Changes the Conversation The original Bull wears an Ecuadorian wrapper. This one wears U.S. Connecticut Broadleaf, and that is not a cosmetic decision. Broadleaf is a thick, dark, oily American leaf with a character all its own, and putting it over a blend people already know is the most consequential change LFD could have made short of rebuilding the filler. LFD describes the Andalusian Bull Maduro as a sweeter, richer and darker Andalusian Bull. Worth being precise here: that's the company's description, not our tasting notes. We haven't smoked a production cigar yet, so we're not going to tell you what it tastes like. What we can say is that this is positioned as a different interpretation, not a replacement for the original. Both exist. They're meant to be different cigars. Same Silhouette, Very Different Dress We like that the Andalusian Bull Maduro kept the shape. The 6 1/2 x 52/64 figurado is unmistakable; you can identify a Bull across a lounge without reading the band. Changing it would have broken the connection to the cigar being celebrated. Everything around it did change, though. The anniversary packaging goes dramatic with green, black and gold, which makes it instantly distinguishable from the standard release on a shelf. Familiar shape, unfamiliar presentation. That's the right balance for an anniversary edition, and it's the visual version of what the blend is doing. About Finding One Now the practical problem. Production is capped at 5,000 boxes of 10, so 50,000 cigars total. That sounds like a reasonable number until you remember what it's attached to. The regular Andalusian Bull is already notoriously hard to keep in stock, and there's a specific reason why: at Tabacalera La Flor, the Bull is rolled by only two master torcedores. That shape demands it, and it caps output no matter how much demand exists. Pair a decade of pent-up affection for this cigar with a one-time anniversary run and you can predict how quickly shelves clear. The Andalusian Bull Maduro will not be an easy walk-in purchase. Our own allocation has already moved, so check the product page rather than assuming. Get the Andalusian Bull Maduro at Mardo We carry it as a single and as the full 10-count anniversary box. Given the production numbers, availability will be the deciding factor for most people. La Flor DominicanaLa Dominicana Andalusian Bull 10th Anniversary MaduroCheck availability So: a Maduro Bull, or Something New? That's the question worth answering, and our honest position is that the Andalusian Bull Maduro deserves to be judged on its own rather than as "the original, only darker." Consider what's actually different. A Broadleaf wrapper instead of Ecuadorian. Tobacco that has been resting for ten years. Pelo de Oro in the mix. Those aren't small adjustments, and a cigar built from them has every opportunity to develop its own personality rather than echo the original. If LFD holds onto what made the Bull special while delivering the added sweetness and richness it's describing, this becomes one of the standout releases in the Bull's history. If you enjoy dark wrappers generally, our guide to maduro cigars covers what Broadleaf brings. We'll know for certain once we've smoked a production cigar, and when we do we'll tell you plainly. Until then, what we can say is that LFD did the harder thing here, and that's usually a good sign. You'll find it with the rest of our La Flor Dominicana cigars and our other limited-edition cigars at Mardo. Ten years on. 50,000 cigars. One shot. The Andalusian Bull 10th Anniversary Maduro is shipping now. Browse La Flor Dominicana at Mardo. Mardo Cigars sells premium tobacco products intended for adults 21 and older. Please enjoy responsibly.

La Aurora Adds a Lancero to Hors d'Age for 2026 La Aurora is expanding one of its most serious releases, and the new size is the whole story. The Hors d'Age 2025 is shipping in late October 2026, and for the first time it comes in a 6 7/8 x 40 Lancero alongside the established Toro. Same blend. Same tobaccos, every one of them aged at least 12 years. Only the shape changes. For anyone who wants to understand how much a vitola can alter a cigar, this is about as clean an experiment as the industry ever hands you. The Hors d'Age 2025 Lancero joins the Toro, with green branding accents. At a glance The key facts first: New 6 7/8 x 40 Lancero joins the existing 5 3/4 x 54 Toro. Same blend in both. Every tobacco is aged at least 12 years. Wrapper and binder: Ecuadorian Sumatra. Filler: Colombia, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua. Rolled in 2025, shipping late October 2026. The Lancero carries green branding accents. Very limited: 700 boxes of Toro, only 500 boxes of Lancero. What "Hors d'Age" Actually Means The name isn't a cigar invention. Hors d'Age is a French cognac designation that translates to "beyond age." In cognac, it's applied to bottles so old that the usual age classifications stop being useful. It's the top shelf. La Aurora borrowed the term deliberately, and it earns it. Every tobacco in this blend has been aged a minimum of 12 years. The company describes the whole arc, from seed to the cigar reaching you, as a 12-year cycle, with the finished cigars taking extra time in the aging room on top of that. When you see a name lifted from cognac's highest tier, that's the standard being claimed. Why the Lancero Is the News Let's be precise, because this is the part people get wrong with line extensions. The Lancero is not a new blend. It uses exactly the same tobaccos as the Toro, aged exactly as long. Nothing in the recipe changed. What changed is the ring gauge, and that matters more than it sounds. A Lancero at 40 ring is slender, which means far less filler sits inside relative to the amount of wrapper wrapped around it. On a 54-ring Toro, the filler does most of the talking. On a 40, the Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper gets a much bigger voice. That's the point of putting this blend into a Lancero: to let a 12-year-aged wrapper come forward. Our guide on whether ring gauge matters explains that relationship in more depth. Toro vs. Lancero — same blend, two shapes Toro 5 3/4 x 54 · $31.50 each · $472.50 per 15-count box Lancero (new) 6 7/8 x 40 · $25 each · $375 per 15-count box Wrapper Ecuadorian Sumatra Binder Ecuadorian Sumatra Filler Colombia, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua Aging All tobaccos aged a minimum of 12 years Production 700 boxes (Toro) · 500 boxes (Lancero) 2025 Cigars, 2026 Release One detail that confuses people every year: this is the Hors d'Age 2025, but it ships in late October 2026. The year in the name refers to when the cigars were rolled, not when you can buy them. That gap is the point. These cigars sat after they were made, on top of tobacco that was already more than a decade old. For a release built entirely around time, releasing it a year after rolling is consistent rather than odd. Only 500 Boxes of the Lancero Here are the numbers that will decide whether you get one. La Aurora is making 700 boxes of the Toro and just 500 boxes of the Lancero, 15 cigars per box either way. That puts the Lancero at 7,500 cigars for the world. It's also the more affordable of the two. The Lancero runs $25 a cigar against $31.50 for the Toro, which makes the thinner format the cheaper way into a 12-year-aged blend, even though fewer of them exist. Manuel Inoa's Private Favorite There's a nice human detail behind this release. Master blender Manuel Inoa has said he's smoked the Hors d'Age in Lancero form every year, and that he's excited to finally put it in front of U.S. consumers. That carries some weight. Inoa has more than 35 years in the business. He joined La Aurora to run the factory and ended up as its master blender, production manager, and brand ambassador. When the person who builds the blend tells you the Lancero is the version he keeps for himself, that's a better recommendation than any marketing line. It's also worth remembering who's saying it: La Aurora was founded in 1903 and is the oldest premium cigar maker in the Dominican Republic. The Real Opportunity: Smoke Both If you can get them, buy one of each. You rarely get to run this test cleanly. Identical tobacco, identical aging, two shapes, side by side. Smoke the Toro and the Lancero in the same week and you'll learn more about what ring gauge does to a blend than any article can teach you, this one included. That's the enthusiast case for this release. Not scarcity, not the price tag, but a genuine chance to taste a variable in isolation. Aged and Slender Picks at Mardo Straight with you: we don't carry La Aurora at Mardo, so we can't sell you the Hors d'Age. If the ideas behind it interest you, though, here are cigars on our shelves that get at the same things, including a true Lancero and some well-aged Dominican smokes. Lanceros and aged cigars at Mardo Artesano Del TobaccoArtesano Del Tobacco El Pulpo The Eel LanceroViewLa Flor DominicanaLa Flor Dominicana Oro No.5 NaturalViewLimited Cigar AssociationThe LCA Vault Collection 8 Cigar Aged SamplerViewEP CarrilloE.P. Carrillo Honduras GordoView The Bottom Line The Hors d'Age Lancero isn't a line extension for the sake of one. It takes a blend where every leaf has sat for over a decade and puts it in the one shape that pushes the wrapper to the front. Add a name borrowed from cognac's highest designation, a master blender who smokes this version himself, and only 500 boxes, and you have a release worth planning around. If you only get one, the Lancero is both the cheaper and the rarer half. For more on why time matters this much, read our guide on how to age your cigars. Twelve years of aging. One new shape. Only 500 boxes of the Hors d'Age Lancero exist. Explore lanceros and aged cigars at Mardo. Mardo Cigars sells premium tobacco products intended for adults 21 and older. Please enjoy responsibly.

Turducken 2026: Thanksgiving Excess in Cigar Form A turducken is a chicken stuffed inside a duck stuffed inside a turkey. It is the single most unnecessary thing anyone has ever done to poultry, and that is exactly why people love it. Privada Cigar Club built a cigar on the same logic. The Turducken 2026 is a 6 x 60 Gordo, full-bodied, layered on purpose, and rested a full year before it ships. It's a joke you can smoke for an hour, except the cigar underneath is completely serious. Turducken 2026: a 6 × 60 Gordo that takes the layering idea literally. At a glance The key facts first: A Thanksgiving release from Privada Cigar Club, built on the layered turducken idea. A properly oversized 6 x 60 Gordo. Full bodied. Wrapper: Nicaraguan Jalapa Maduro. Binder: Mexican San Andrés. Filler: Dominican and Nicaraguan. Aged one full year before shipping. For 2026 it finally gets a proper 20-count box. The Joke, and Why It Works Plenty of brands slap a holiday label on a cigar in November and call it seasonal. This isn't that. The turducken is a dish defined by stacking things inside other things until the result is more than the sum of its birds, and Turducken 2026 follows that same instruction with tobacco. You get a Nicaraguan Jalapa Maduro wrapper bringing the sweetness. Underneath, a Mexican San Andrés binder bringing earth. Inside that, Dominican and Nicaraguan filler doing the rest of the work. Three origins, three jobs, assembled in layers. The theme isn't painted on the band. It's in the construction. Yes, It's a 6 x 60. That's the Point. Let's address the size, because 6 x 60 is a lot of cigar and some people have opinions about that. Good. That's the idea. Thanksgiving is not a holiday about restraint. Nobody serves a tasteful portion on the fourth Thursday of November. A Gordo gives you a long, slow, generous smoke to match a long, slow, generous meal, and the wide ring gauge gives all that filler room to speak. If you were going to build a cigar around excess, a svelte little corona would have been the wrong answer. Turducken 2026 at a glance Size 6 x 60 Gordo Wrapper Nicaraguan Jalapa Maduro Binder Mexican San Andrés Filler Dominican and Nicaraguan Body Full Aging One full year before shipping Packaging 20-count boxes The Part That Isn't a Joke: a Year of Aging Here's where Turducken 2026 separates itself from novelty territory. These cigars sit for a full year before they ship. Nobody does that for a gag. Aging costs money and shelf space, and it delays revenue by twelve months. A brand only commits to it when it believes the blend gets better for the wait. Time lets the different leaves settle into each other rather than taking turns, which matters more on a cigar built from three origins than on a simple one. If you want to go deeper on why that happens, read our guide on how to age your cigars. What You're Actually Tasting The flavor list reads like a Thanksgiving table, which is either a happy accident or very good planning. Before you light it: sweet hay and dark bread crust on the wrapper, with dark cocoa and roasted nuts at the foot. Cold draw: sweet earth and black pepper. Smoking: sweet earth, cocoa, roasted nuts, herbs, pepper, and a savory umami running underneath it all. That umami note is the one worth pausing on. Savory is not a direction most cigars go, and it's the detail that ties the whole concept together. Sweetness from the Maduro wrapper, earth from the San Andrés, cocoa and nuts, herbs and pepper, and then something savory sitting beneath. Stuffed inside each other, so to speak. If you enjoy dark wrappers generally, our guide to maduro cigars explains what that leaf brings. A Real Box, Finally Small detail with a bigger meaning: for 2026, Turducken comes in a proper 20-count box. That's a signal. Twenty-count boxes are what brands do for cigars they expect people to buy by the box and come back to, not for one-off curiosities. Put the box, the Gordo format, and the year of rest together and you get a release that has graduated. The joke is still there on the band. The cigar behind it is being treated like a cigar. Get the Turducken 2026 at Mardo We list it as a single and as the full 20-count box. Seasonal releases like this come and go quickly, so check the page for current availability before you plan your November around it. Limited Cigar AssociationLCA Turducken 2026 Gordo 1 Year AgedCheck availability The Bottom Line Turducken 2026 is big, rich, indulgent and completely unapologetic about it, which is the correct attitude for a Thanksgiving cigar. But strip the theme away and you still have a full-bodied Gordo with a Maduro wrapper, a San Andrés binder, two origins of filler, and a year of age behind it. The excess is the fun part. The tobacco is the reason it works. Light one after dinner, let it run long, and don't apologize to anyone. You'll find it with the rest of our Limited Cigar Association releases at Mardo. Thanksgiving, stuffed into a cigar. A 6 × 60 Gordo, aged a full year, in a 20-count box. Browse LCA releases at Mardo. Mardo Cigars sells premium tobacco products intended for adults 21 and older. Please enjoy responsibly.

CAO Amazon Basin Extra Añejo Returns: Why the Aging Is the Story The Amazon Basin was already one of the strangest cigars in the premium world, built on a Brazilian leaf most smokers will never encounter anywhere else. Now the Extra Añejo version is back for 2026, and here's the thing to understand: this is not a new blend. The CAO Amazon Basin Extra Añejo is the same tobacco given more time. These cigars were rolled in 2024 and rested roughly two more years before anyone could buy them. That patience is the entire point. The CAO Amazon Basin Extra Añejo: rolled in 2024, released in 2026. At a glance The key facts first: Only the second Extra Añejo release in the Amazon Basin line. Rolled in 2024, then aged about two more years before release. Built on rare Brazilian Bragança tobacco from the Amazon rainforest. 6 x 52 Toro · 18-count boxes · made at STG Estelí, Nicaragua. MSRP $15.89 per cigar · $286.02 per box. Shipping began October 2026. What "Extra Añejo" Actually Means Añejo simply means "aged" in Spanish. In cigars, the word usually points to tobacco that spent extra time before it was rolled. Extra Añejo here means something a little different, and it's worth being precise about it. This aging happened after the cigars were finished. CAO rolled them in 2024, then set them aside in Spanish cedar-lined rooms for about two years. So the blend on the band is the same Amazon Basin recipe people already know. What changed is how long those finished cigars sat before they reached a shop. Why Aging a Finished Cigar Matters Here's the educational part. A premium cigar is not one tobacco. It's several leaves from different countries, each with its own character, rolled together and asked to behave as a single thing. Straight off the bench, those leaves are still introducing themselves to each other. Time lets that settle. The oils in the leaves continue to interact, and a blend has a chance to read as more unified rather than as separate parts taking turns. That's the idea behind resting cigars, and it's why many collectors buy boxes specifically to put them away. We're not going to promise you exactly how two years changed this one, because that's a claim that needs a smoking experience behind it. What we can say is that CAO built the extra time into the release rather than leaving it to you. If the subject interests you, our guide on how to age your cigars goes deeper. CAO Amazon Basin Extra Añejo at a glance Size 6 x 52 Toro Wrapper Ecuadorian Sumatra-seed Binder Nicaraguan Filler Brazilian Bragança, Colombian, Dominican Aging Rolled 2024 · ~2 years before release Factory STG Estelí · Nicaragua Packaging 18-count boxes MSRP $15.89 per cigar · $286.02 per box The Bragança Leaf: Why This Blend Is So Unusual Now the tobacco that made Amazon Basin famous. Bragança grows in the Brazilian Amazon, and almost nothing about it is normal. It's harvested once every three years. Not once a season. Once every three years. The seedlings are planted nearly a yard apart, which is unusually generous spacing for tobacco. The leaves are picked by hand and rolled into tight logs called carottes, a traditional method rarely used today. Those carottes ferment for six months, which is how the leaf develops its deep, earthy character. Then it travels by canoe out of the rainforest before it ever reaches the factory in Estelí. Read that list again and the scarcity makes sense. You cannot rush a crop that comes around every three years, and you cannot shortcut a six-month fermentation in hand-rolled logs. That's why Amazon Basin has always arrived in limited quantities, and it's why the line has its own small following among people who chase unusual tobacco. If rare and small-batch releases are your thing, our limited-edition cigars are worth a browse too. Only the Second Extra Añejo Worth noting for anyone tracking the line: this is just the second Extra Añejo release. The regular Amazon Basin has returned several times over the years, but the extra-aged version has only happened once before this. That short history is part of why it catches attention. One thing we can't tell you: how many were made. CAO has not publicly disclosed production numbers for this release, so we're not going to guess at a figure or imply a level of scarcity we can't back up. Get the CAO Amazon Basin Extra Añejo at Mardo We carry the 2026 Extra Añejo as a single and as a full 18-count box. Shipping began in October, and given how this line usually moves, it's worth checking the page for current availability rather than assuming. CAOCAO Amazon Basin Extra Añejo 2026Check availability The Bottom Line The CAO Amazon Basin Extra Añejo isn't interesting because it's limited. It's interesting because of what's in it and what was done to it. A leaf harvested once every three years, fermented six months in hand-rolled carottes and carried out of the Amazon by canoe, blended with Colombian and Dominican tobacco under an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, then left alone for two years after it was rolled. That's a lot of patience stacked into one cigar. For anyone who likes understanding what they're smoking, this one is worth the read as much as the purchase. You'll find it alongside the rest of our CAO cigars at Mardo. Rolled in 2024. Released in 2026. Rare Bragança tobacco and two extra years of rest. Browse the CAO lineup at Mardo. Mardo Cigars sells premium tobacco products intended for adults 21 and older. Please enjoy responsibly.

The Legend Returns: Tatuaje The Jason Redux 6 If you were buying cigars in 2013, you remember the JV13. It was the sixth Monster from Tatuaje, it came in a coffin, and people hunted for it. Thirteen years later it's back. The Jason Redux 6 brings that cigar to a new run, arriving in early October, right as Halloween season gets going. For longtime collectors this is a second chance. For everyone who came to Tatuaje later, it's a first one. The Jason Redux 6 returns in the Monster Series' signature 13-count coffin box. At a glance The key facts first: A revival of the JV13, originally released in 2013 as the sixth Monster Series cigar. 7½ x 52 with a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler. Made at My Father Cigars S.A. in Estelí, Nicaragua. Packed in the signature 13-count coffin box with hockey-mask artwork. 5,000 boxes · 65,000 cigars. MSRP $13 each · $169 per box. What the Monster Series Is, and Why People Chase It For anyone newer to Tatuaje, some background. Pete Johnson's Monster Series is an annual limited release, each one themed around a classic horror figure, each one with its own name, artwork, and coffin-style box. The first arrived years ago and the line quickly became one of the most collected things in American cigars. The reason is not just the packaging. Each Monster is a genuinely different blend, released once, in small numbers, and then gone. That combination created a culture around them: people tracked release dates, called shops, traded with friends, and kept boxes unopened. The hunt became part of the fun. That's the world the JV13 came out of in 2013, and it's why its return means something beyond nostalgia. Why the JV13 Mattered The JV13 was the sixth Monster, and it landed when the series was hitting its stride. It took the Jason idea and gave it a long 7½ × 52 frame, which was a statement at a time when shorter, thicker cigars were everywhere. Collectors who bought it in 2013 mostly either smoked it or stashed it, and both groups ended up with a story. Thirteen years on, finding an original in good shape is a project. You are relying on someone else's storage and someone else's asking price. The Jason Redux 6 removes that problem. You can simply buy one, fresh, at retail. The Jason Redux 6 at a glance Size 7½ x 52 Wrapper Connecticut Broadleaf Binder & filler Nicaraguan Made at My Father Cigars S.A. · Estelí, Nicaragua Packaging 13-count coffin-style box Production 5,000 boxes — 65,000 cigars MSRP $13 per cigar · $169 per box Original release 2013, as the JV13 (sixth Monster Series cigar) What's Actually in the Coffin The artwork gets the attention, so let's talk about the cigar. It's a 7½ × 52 wearing a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, with Nicaraguan binder and filler underneath, rolled at My Father Cigars S.A. in Estelí. That pairing is worth noting. Connecticut Broadleaf is a dark, thick, oily American leaf, the kind that gives a cigar real presence. Put it over Nicaraguan tobacco and you have two components that both bring weight rather than one carrying the other. At 7½ inches you also get a long smoke, which gives the blend room to move. If dark wrappers are your thing, our guide to maduro cigars covers what Broadleaf brings to a blend. 5,000 Boxes, and the Timing Production is capped at 5,000 boxes of 13, which works out to 65,000 cigars. That's a real limit, and it's the kind of number that decides whether you get one in October or read about it in November. The calendar helps the story too. Shipping starts in early October, which puts a hockey-mask cigar on shelves right as Halloween arrives. Tatuaje has always timed the Monsters this way, and it's part of why the series became a seasonal tradition rather than just a product launch. Shops plan for it. Customers ask about it weeks ahead. Some people buy two, smoke one in October and put the other away. That rhythm is a big reason the Monster Series built the following it has, and the Jason Redux 6 steps right back into it. Get The Jason Redux 6 at Mardo We have it listed as a single and as the full 13-count coffin box. Monster releases tend to move quickly once they land, so check the page for what's available right now rather than waiting on it. TatuajeTatuaje The Jason Redux 6Shop now The Bottom Line The Jason Redux 6 works on two levels at once. It's a piece of Monster Series history, back after thirteen years, in the coffin box that made the line famous. And it's a long Connecticut Broadleaf cigar from My Father's factory that stands on its own without the story attached. That's the balance Tatuaje has always gotten right: the packaging pulls you in, the tobacco earns the repeat. With 5,000 boxes and Halloween on the calendar, this one won't be around long. Browse it with the rest of our limited-edition cigars at Mardo. The legend returns. 5,000 boxes only. The Jason Redux 6 brings the 2013 JV13 back for Halloween. Browse the full Tatuaje lineup at Mardo. Mardo Cigars sells premium tobacco products intended for adults 21 and older. Please enjoy responsibly.

Jake Wyatt Ember and Earth: a Handmade Toro for $8.50 Here's a sentence we don't get to write often in 2026: a new boutique Toro at $8.50. Jake Wyatt Cigar Co. just released Ember and Earth, and the price is the headline. Not because it's cheap, but because it's a full 6 x 54 handmade cigar from an established boutique house at a number most smokers can justify on a Tuesday. In a market where new releases keep climbing past $15 and $20, that's genuinely refreshing. Jake Wyatt Ember and Earth: a 6 × 54 Toro built for the everyday rotation. At a glance The key facts first: A regular-production release, not a limited edition — made to be smoked often. 6 x 54 Toro · MSRP $8.50 per cigar · $425 per 50-count box. Wrapper: Nicaraguan Jalapa. Binder: Honduran. Filler from Honduras, Nicaragua and the United States. Made at Tabacalera San Jerónimo in Danlí, Honduras. Shipping since September 2026. Why $8.50 Is the Story Let's talk about what's happened to cigar prices. Tariffs, tobacco costs, and packaging have all pushed numbers up. New releases regularly land in the mid-teens, and a lot of what gets announced now is something you buy once, smoke on a Saturday, and talk about. Ember and Earth goes the other way on purpose. At $8.50 a stick, this is a cigar you can buy by the handful without thinking hard about it. The 50-count box at $425 makes that explicit: Jake Wyatt isn't packaging this in a 10-count coffin for collectors. They're packaging it for people who go through cigars. It lands right in the sweet spot of our cigars under $10, where value and quality have to meet. Regular Production Is the Point This matters more than it sounds. Ember and Earth is not a limited edition. There's no box count to chase, no allocation, no "get it before it's gone." It's a regular-production line, which means if you like it, you can buy it again next month and the month after. That's increasingly rare in how new cigars get launched. Scarcity sells, so plenty of brands lean on it. Building something you can actually restock is a different bet, and it's a friendlier one for the person doing the smoking. Jake Wyatt Ember and Earth at a glance Size 6 x 54 Toro Wrapper Nicaraguan Jalapa Binder Honduran Filler Honduras, Nicaragua and the United States Made at Tabacalera San Jerónimo · Danlí, Honduras Packaging 50-count wooden boxes MSRP $8.50 per cigar · $425 per box Affordable Doesn't Mean Simplified The fair question at this price is whether the blend got cut down to hit it. Look at what's in it and that's hard to argue. The wrapper is Nicaraguan Jalapa, a region known for producing leaf with more sweetness and finesse than raw power. Under it sits a Honduran binder. The filler pulls from three countries: Honduras, Nicaragua, and the United States. Three filler origins is not what a company does when it's cutting corners. American-grown tobacco in the mix is also a deliberate choice rather than a default one. It's rolled at Tabacalera San Jerónimo in Danlí, Honduras, a real factory doing real work. The expected profile runs toward toasted wood, roasted nuts, earth, a natural sweetness, and a spice that lingers. That's a complete-sounding cigar, not a stripped-down one. What an "Everyday Cigar" Really Means Most of us keep two kinds of cigars in the humidor. There are the ones we're saving, and there are the ones we actually reach for. The second group does the heavy lifting, and it's usually the harder slot to fill, because a daily cigar has to be good enough to keep wanting and reasonable enough to keep buying. That's the slot Jake Wyatt is aiming at here. A 6 x 54 gives you a proper hour or so rather than a quick smoke, the price doesn't make you hesitate, and the 50-count box means restocking is a single decision. If you're building out that part of your humidor, our roundup of the best everyday cigars for new smokers is a useful companion. Get Ember and Earth at Mardo We have it in stock as a single and as the full 50-count box. At this price, grabbing a couple to try costs less than one of most new releases. Jake Wyatt Cigar Co.Jake Wyatt Ember & Earth ToroShop now The Bottom Line Premium cigars don't have to be special-occasion purchases. That idea has quietly slipped away over the last few years, and Ember and Earth pushes back on it. A multinational blend, a real factory, a full-size Toro, no artificial scarcity, and $8.50 on the band. If it delivers the consistency Jake Wyatt smokers expect, this could be one of the more interesting value releases of 2026, and one of the few new cigars you'll actually keep stocked rather than save. Browse it with the rest of our Jake Wyatt cigars at Mardo. A handmade Toro you can smoke on a Tuesday. Ember and Earth is in stock at $8.50 a stick, or $425 for the box of 50. Explore Jake Wyatt at Mardo. Mardo Cigars sells premium tobacco products intended for adults 21 and older. Please enjoy responsibly.

Don Emmanuel Ships the Anunnaki Enki: Craft in Every Detail Don Emmanuel's Anunnaki Enki is now shipping to retailers after its debut at InterTabac 2026, and it's worth more than a line in a release calendar. This is a 6 x 54 figurado with a flattened, tapered head, a foot sealed shut under wrapper leaf, and a filler pulled from five different Dominican growing regions. Every one of those choices costs the factory time. That's the story here: the Anunnaki Enki is a cigar where the construction is the argument. The Anunnaki Enki: a 6 × 54 figurado with a closed foot and a flattened, tapered head. At a glance The key facts first: A 6 x 54 figurado with the tapered, flattened "cabeza tumbada" head. Closed foot covered in wrapper leaf, built to showcase the wrapper on the first puffs. Wrapper: Dominican. Binder: Mexican San Andrés Negro. Filler: Dominican from five regions. Blended with Eladio Díaz, made at Tabacalera Díaz Cabrera in the Dominican Republic. 10-count boxes · MSRP $18 per cigar · $180 per box · regular production. What "Cabeza Tumbada" Means Let's translate the jargon first. Cabeza tumbada means roughly "laid-down head." Instead of the usual rounded cap, the head tapers and is pressed flat, so it sits differently between your lips than a standard cigar. That's not decoration. A narrower, flattened head concentrates the smoke as it comes through, and it changes the feel of the draw. It's also harder to roll well, which is exactly why you don't see it often. When a factory commits to a shape like this across a regular-production line, it's making a statement about what it can do at the bench. The Closed Foot, and Why It's There Most cigars have an open foot: you can see the filler at the end you light. The Anunnaki Enki doesn't. Its foot is sealed shut, covered over with wrapper leaf. Here's the practical effect. When you light a closed foot, the first thing burning is wrapper and only wrapper. For those opening puffs you're tasting the Dominican wrapper almost on its own, before the filler joins in and the blend settles into itself. It's a deliberate way to introduce a cigar, and it tells you Don Emmanuel is confident enough in that wrapper to put it out front by itself. It also takes an extra step at the rolling table that an open foot simply doesn't require. Anunnaki Enki at a glance Size 6 x 54 figurado · cabeza tumbada head · closed foot Wrapper Dominican Binder Mexican San Andrés Negro Filler Dominican, from five growing regions Blended with Eladio Díaz Made at Tabacalera Díaz Cabrera · Dominican Republic Packaging 10-count boxes MSRP $18 per cigar · $180 per box · regular production Five Regions in One Cigar The filler is the part serious smokers should look at twice. It's entirely Dominican, but it draws from five different growing regions. That's a different philosophy from reaching across countries for contrast. Here the contrast comes from within one country: different soils, different microclimates, different character from each area, all assembled into a single blend. It takes deeper sourcing and a blender who knows exactly what each region contributes. That's where Eladio Díaz comes in. He's one of the most respected master blenders working in the Dominican Republic, and his involvement is a real signal about how seriously this blend was built. Under it all sits a Mexican San Andrés Negro binder, the one component that comes from outside the island. San Andrés is the same Mexican region behind many of the darker leaves in our maduro cigars. The Name: Enki and the Anunnaki The line's name comes from Sumerian mythology. The Anunnaki were the gods of ancient Mesopotamia, and Enki was one of them, standing alongside An, god of the heavens, and Enlil, god of air and earth. Enki was the god of fresh water, wisdom, magic, and creation. He ruled the Abzu, the underground freshwater the Sumerians believed fed every river and lake. Most relevant here: he was the patron of craftsmen, the god who oversaw the mastery of trades and the making of things. For a cigar whose entire argument is construction, naming it after the patron of artisans is a nice piece of intent rather than a random myth reference. Regular Production, Not a Chase One more detail worth stating plainly: the Anunnaki Enki is regular production. It is not a limited edition, there's no box count to hunt, and it isn't going to vanish after one run. That's notable given how much labor is in it. A closed foot and a cabeza tumbada head are the kinds of touches brands usually reserve for a one-time showpiece. Building them into a line you can buy again means the factory intends to keep doing that work every time. At $18 a cigar in 10-count boxes, it's priced as a boutique cigar rather than a collectible. Dominican Boutique Cigars at Mardo Straight answer: we don't carry Don Emmanuel at Mardo, so we can't sell you the Enki. What we can do is point you toward the tradition it comes from. If a multi-region Dominican blend from a serious factory sounds like your kind of cigar, these are worth your time, and our guide to Dominican cigar brands is a good place to start. Dominican cigars at Mardo La Flor DominicanaLa Flor Dominicana Oro No.5 NaturalViewLa Flor DominicanaLa Flor Dominicana Capitulo IIViewArturo Fuente CigarsSimply Fuente Friday SamplerViewEP CarrilloE.P. Carrillo Honduras GordoView The Bottom Line The Anunnaki Enki isn't a new size dropped into an existing line to fill a gap. It's a figurado with a flattened head, a foot sealed under wrapper, a filler drawn from five Dominican regions, and a master blender's name attached to it, all built as something you can buy more than once. That's a lot of craft to put behind a regular-production cigar, and it's why boutique smokers should know the name. Fittingly, it carries the name of the god the Sumerians trusted with craftsmanship itself. Named for the god of craftsmen. The Anunnaki Enki is a Dominican figurado built around construction. Explore Dominican cigars at Mardo. Mardo Cigars sells premium tobacco products intended for adults 21 and older. Please enjoy responsibly.

Warped's Isla del Cocodrilo Robusto: Why the Size Change Matters Warped has added a 5 x 50 Robusto to the Isla del Cocodrilo line, and it would be easy to file this under "new size, same cigar." That misses what's interesting. This blend has an unusual build — a Desflorada wrapper and two binders instead of one — and a Robusto changes how all of that reaches you. The Isla del Cocodrilo Robusto is the fifth vitola in the line, and it's a genuinely different way to meet the tobacco. The Isla del Cocodrilo Robusto: a 5 × 50 built on a Desflorada wrapper and two binders. At a glance The key facts first: A new 5 x 50 Robusto — the fifth vitola in the Isla del Cocodrilo line. Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Desflorada, chosen by Kyle Gellis for richness and complexity. Two binders: Brazilian Arapiraca and Ecuadorian Habano 2000. Filler: Nicaraguan. Made at Tabacalera La Isla in Santiago, Dominican Republic. 15-count boxes · MSRP $16 per cigar · $240 per box. What "Desflorada" Actually Means Start with the wrapper, because it's the part most people won't recognize. Desflorada refers to a growing practice: the flower at the top of the tobacco plant is removed while it grows. A plant that is not making a flower and seed puts that energy back into its leaves. The result is a leaf with more concentration and more character. That's why Kyle Gellis reached for an Ecuadorian Habano Desflorada here. He selected it specifically to add richness and complexity to the blend. It's a farming decision, made in the field long before anyone rolled a cigar, and it tells you where Warped's attention goes. Two Binders, Not One Here's the other unusual piece. Most cigars use a single binder. The Isla del Cocodrilo uses two: Brazilian Arapiraca and Ecuadorian Habano 2000. They are very different leaves. Arapiraca is a dark, sweeter Brazilian leaf, while Habano 2000 is a more classic Ecuadorian-grown Cuban-seed variety. A binder is not just structural. It sits between the wrapper and the filler. It also shapes the burn and the balance. Using two means Warped is layering two distinct characters into the middle of the cigar rather than letting one leaf do that job alone. Add Nicaraguan filler underneath and you have leaf from four countries working together. That's an ambitious architecture for any cigar. Isla del Cocodrilo Robusto at a glance Size 5 x 50 Robusto · fifth vitola in the line Wrapper Ecuadorian Habano Desflorada Binders Brazilian Arapiraca + Ecuadorian Habano 2000 Filler Nicaraguan Made at Tabacalera La Isla · Santiago, Dominican Republic Packaging 15-count boxes MSRP $16 per cigar · $240 per box Why a Robusto Changes the Blend This is the educational part, and it's the reason a new vitola is worth covering at all. A cigar's shape changes its ratio of wrapper to filler, how much heat builds, and how long the blend has to develop. A 5 x 50 Robusto is short and relatively thick. You get a generous amount of filler compared with a thin cigar. But the shorter length gives the blend less distance to evolve. In practice, a Robusto tends to deliver the core of a blend more directly. Longer formats give a cigar room to shift through stages; a Robusto gets to the heart of it faster. For a blend with this many moving parts, that's a legitimately different experience. Our guide on whether ring gauge matters digs into that relationship further. The Name, and Where It's Actually Made Isla del Cocodrilo means "Island of the Crocodile." It's a nod to Cuba, which is often described as crocodile-shaped on a map. The cigar itself, though, is not Cuban. It is handcrafted at Tabacalera La Isla in Santiago, Dominican Republic. The line first appeared at the 2024 PCA Convention and Trade Show. So the name is a cultural reference, not a claim about origin. That is a difference worth knowing, and it puts the cigar in good company among Dominican cigar brands. Get the Isla del Cocodrilo Robusto at Mardo We have the Robusto in stock now, as a single or as a 15-count box. If you've smoked other vitolas in the line, this is the one to compare against them. Warped CigarsWarped Isla del Cocodrilo RobustoShop now The Bottom Line Warped keeps its focus where it should be: on the leaf. A Desflorada wrapper grown with the flower removed, two binders from two countries doing work that one usually does alone, and Nicaraguan filler holding it together. Putting that into a 5 x 50 isn't filling a gap in the catalog. It's offering a more direct route into a complicated blend. If you like cigars where the construction is part of the story, the Isla del Cocodrilo Robusto earns a look. You'll find it with the rest of our Warped cigars at Mardo. Four countries. Two binders. One Robusto. The Isla del Cocodrilo Robusto is in stock as a single or a box of 15. Browse the full Warped lineup at Mardo. Mardo Cigars sells premium tobacco products intended for adults 21 and older. Please enjoy responsibly.

LCA Coco Berry: A Nicaraguan Puro That Tastes Like Blueberries On paper, the LCA Coco Berry sounds like it shouldn't work. A full-bodied Nicaraguan puro with espresso and red pepper, and also blueberry and marshmallow cream? That's exactly why it's worth your attention. This is LCA Release No. 154 for October 2026, made by Lanuza Family Cigars, and it's one of the more genuinely experimental cigars you'll smoke this year. Before we go further, let's clear up the obvious question: no, it is not a flavored cigar. The LCA Coco Berry: a 6 × 52 Toro built around Raul Lanuza's Rosé Corojo Sun Grown wrapper. At a glance The key facts first: LCA Release No. 154 for October 2026, made by Lanuza Family Cigars. A 6 x 52 Toro, Nicaraguan puro, aged one year before release. Centerpiece: an experimental Rosé Corojo Sun Grown wrapper developed by Raul Lanuza. Binder Jalapa Corojo; filler Corojo from Estelí, Condega and Jalapa. Full bodied, and not a flavored or infused cigar. First, the Part Everyone Asks About Let's settle it up front. The LCA Coco Berry is not infused. Nothing is sprayed on it, soaked into it, or added after the fact. Every bit of that berry character is meant to come from the tobacco itself, through the seed, the growing conditions, the fermentation, the blending, and a year of age. That distinction is the whole point of the cigar. Anyone can add flavoring. Coaxing fruit sweetness out of a Nicaraguan puro without it is a much harder trick, and that's what Raul Lanuza set out to do here. The Wrapper Is the Story The headline component is the Rosé Corojo Sun Grown wrapper, a hybrid Lanuza has been developing. The leaf takes full Nicaraguan sun while getting a little shade from the upper leaves of the plant. That growing method produces a distinctive leaf with an unusually sweet character, and it's the reason this cigar goes where it goes. Underneath it, the cigar stays in the family. The binder is Jalapa Corojo, and the filler pulls Corojo from Estelí, Condega, and Jalapa. So every leaf traces back to one Corojo lineage, but the pieces come from different parts of the plant and different growing regions of Nicaragua. That's a deliberate way to build contrast into a puro rather than reaching for another country's tobacco. LCA Coco Berry at a glance Release LCA No. 154 · October 2026 Made by Lanuza Family Cigars Size 6 x 52 Toro · aged 1 year before release Wrapper Rosé Corojo Sun Grown (experimental hybrid) Binder Jalapa Corojo Filler Corojo from Estelí, Condega and Jalapa Body Full · Nicaraguan puro What It Shows Before You Even Light It Coco Berry starts talking early. The pre-light notes lean toward freeze-dried blueberry, which is not a phrase we get to write often about a Nicaraguan puro. The foot gives off sweet cereal grains. On the cold draw you get marshmallow cream and berry candy. Read that list back and it sounds like a dessert. Then you light it, and the other half of the cigar shows up. The Contrast Is the Point Once it's burning, the profile runs on two tracks at once. On one side you have the classic Nicaraguan backbone: dark chocolate, espresso, red pepper, and sweet molasses. That's familiar territory, and it's where the full-bodied strength lives. On the other side sits that berry sweetness, threading through the darker notes rather than sitting on top of them. The result is a cigar that feels unmistakably Nicaraguan in depth and power while going somewhere you wouldn't predict. If you like full-bodied cigars but you're bored of tasting the same four things, this is the one to try. Why the Year of Age Matters One detail that's easy to skip past: this cigar sat for a year before it was released. That isn't a marketing line. Time lets a blend settle and lets sharper edges soften, which matters even more when you're chasing subtle sweetness rather than raw power. It also tells you this wasn't rushed out the door. If aging interests you, our guide on how to age your cigars is a good companion read. Watch: The LCA Coco Berry Want to see it before you commit? Here's the LCA Coco Berry on video: Get the LCA Coco Berry at Mardo We have the Coco Berry in stock as a single or as a 20-count box. LCA releases are monthly and finite, so this one won't sit around forever. Here it is, along with a few other LCA cigars we're carrying right now. Shop LCA at Mardo Limited Cigar AssociationLCA Coco Berry Toro 6 x 52 Aged 1 YearViewLimited Cigar AssociationThe LCA Vault Collection 8 Cigar Aged SamplerViewLimited Cigar AssociationLCA The Vault Montenegro President Series Cordial Robusto Aged 1 Year 1 MonthViewLimited Cigar AssociationLCA The Vault Delectados Orchid Robusto Aged 2 YearsView The Bottom Line The LCA Coco Berry is not just another Nicaraguan Toro with a new band on it. The wrapper is an experiment, the blend pulls one seed across three regions and different parts of the plant, and the whole thing rested a year before anyone got to smoke it. What you get is full Nicaraguan depth with a sweet, fruit-driven character riding alongside it, built entirely out of tobacco. If you enjoy cigars that show you something you haven't tasted before, put this one on the list. You'll find it with the rest of our Limited Cigar Association releases. Blueberry and espresso. No flavoring. The LCA Coco Berry is in stock as a single or a box of 20. Browse LCA at Mardo. Mardo Cigars sells premium tobacco products intended for adults 21 and older. Please enjoy responsibly.

HVC's First Lancero Has Finally Arrived After years of making some of the most respected Nicaraguan boutique cigars out there, HVC has never once made a lancero. That changed on September 24. The HVC 500 Years Lancero Only Legends is the brand's first, and for anyone who follows this house, that alone is news. Then you see the production number: 5,000 cigars. Total. Here's why this one is worth paying attention to. The HVC 500 Years Lancero Only Legends: a 7 1/2 × 38 with a flagtail cap, and HVC's first lancero. At a glance The key facts first: HVC's first lancero ever: 7 1/2 x 38 with a flagtail cap. All-Nicaraguan: Corojo '99 Jalapa wrapper, Jalapa binder, Criollo '98 + Corojo '99 filler. Made at Fábrica de Tabacos HVC S.A. under Reinier Lorenzo. Only 500 boxes of 10 — just 5,000 cigars for 2026. Released September 24, 2026. MSRP $12.80 per cigar · $128 per box. Why a Lancero Is a Big Deal If you've never gone down the lancero road, here's the short version of why experienced smokers chase them. A lancero is long and thin. At 38 ring gauge, there is far less filler inside relative to the amount of wrapper surrounding it. That shifts the ratio. On a 60-ring-gauge cigar the filler does most of the talking. On a 38, the wrapper carries much more weight. That's why a lancero can make a blend you already know feel like a different cigar. Same tobacco, different proportions. It's also a harder format to roll well and a harder one to sell, which is exactly why plenty of brands skip it. If ring gauge is new territory for you, our guide on whether ring gauge matters covers the idea in more depth. A Familiar Blend in Unfamiliar Proportions HVC didn't build something new from scratch here, and that's the point. It took the established 500 Years blend and put it into a traditional lancero. The recipe is entirely Nicaraguan: a Corojo '99 Jalapa wrapper over a Jalapa binder, with Criollo '98 and Corojo '99 in the filler. It's finished with a flagtail cap, the little twisted pigtail that has become a lancero signature. We haven't smoked this one yet, so we're not going to tell you what it tastes like. What we can tell you is that taking a known blend into a 38 ring gauge is a genuine change in how that tobacco gets presented. That's the reason to be curious. HVC 500 Years Lancero Only Legends at a glance Size 7 1/2 x 38 lancero · flagtail cap Wrapper Nicaraguan Corojo '99 (Jalapa) Binder Nicaraguan Jalapa Filler Nicaraguan Criollo '98 and Corojo '99 Made at Fábrica de Tabacos HVC S.A. · Nicaragua Production 500 boxes of 10 — 5,000 cigars (2026) MSRP $12.80 per cigar · $128 per 10-count box Where the 500 Years Line Comes From A little history helps here. Reinier Lorenzo launched the 500 Years line in 2019 to mark the 500th anniversary of the founding of Havana. That gave the line a specific meaning from day one rather than a name picked off a shelf. Seven years later, the Only Legends Lancero extends that idea into a format the line has never worn. For a brand with Cuban roots making cigars in Nicaragua, choosing the lancero, arguably the most classically Cuban of shapes, is a fitting way to carry that concept forward. 5,000 Cigars, and That's It Let's talk numbers, because they're the other half of the story. HVC made 500 boxes of 10 for 2026. That is 5,000 cigars for the entire release. To put that in perspective, plenty of "limited" releases run ten times that. This is not a new size quietly joining the regular catalog. HVC has said it intends the lancero to be an annual limited-production release, so the plan is for it to return each year rather than sit on shelves year round. Worth noting: this was originally expected around Father's Day 2026. It got delayed, which is why it landed in late September instead. Sometimes that's just how small-batch production goes. HVC at Mardo We list the 500 Years Lancero Only Legends as a single and as a 10-count box. With 5,000 cigars in the world, availability moves fast, so it's worth checking the page directly. Here's what we have from HVC right now. Shop HVC at Mardo HVCHVC 500th Anniversary Lancero Only Legends 7"1/2 x 38ViewHVCHVC La Decoracion RobustoViewHVCHVC Black Friday 2025 10th AnniversaryViewHVCHVC Edicion Especial 2015 Short RobustoView The Bottom Line Put the pieces together and this is one of the more interesting HVC releases of 2026. A brand that has never made a lancero finally makes one. It uses an established blend with real history behind it, in a shape that changes how that tobacco reaches you. And there are only 5,000 of them. We're not going to oversell how it smokes, because we haven't lit one yet. But on format, history, and scarcity alone, the HVC 500 Years Lancero earns a spot on the watch list. Keep an eye on it alongside our other limited-edition cigars. HVC's first lancero. Only 5,000 made. The 500 Years Lancero Only Legends is here in singles and 10-count boxes. Browse HVC at Mardo. Mardo Cigars sells premium tobacco products intended for adults 21 and older. Please enjoy responsibly.

Casa Carrillo's Pledge of Allegiance Rockets Take Flight Plenty of cigars get patriotic packaging. The Pledge of Allegiance Rockets do something more interesting: Casa Carrillo put the American theme inside the cigar. Both blends are built around American-grown tobacco, and they're built differently on purpose. You get a Red Rocket and a Blue Rocket, each leading with a different Broadleaf, so you can taste two American wrappers back to back. Add a run of only 250 humidors and you have one of the more compelling Casa Carrillo releases in a while. Each Pledge of Allegiance Rockets humidor holds 10 Red Rockets and 10 Blue Rockets. At a glance The key facts first: Two cigars in one release: the Red Rocket and the Blue Rocket, both 6 3/8 x 58 figurados. Both are full strength and built on Connecticut and Pennsylvania tobaccos. Each humidor holds 20 cigars — 10 Red and 10 Blue. Only 250 humidors will be made. Shipping from September 28, 2026. MSRP $50 per cigar · $1,000 per humidor. Two Rockets, Two American Broadleafs Here's the part that should get your attention. This isn't one blend in two bands. The Red Rocket and the Blue Rocket are genuinely different cigars, and the difference starts at the wrapper. The Red Rocket wears a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper over a Pennsylvania 41 Broadleaf binder. The Blue Rocket flips it, leading with a Pennsylvania Broadleaf wrapper over a Connecticut Havana-seed binder. Both use Connecticut and Pennsylvania tobaccos in the filler. So the two cigars share a family, but each one puts a different American leaf out front. That setup is rare, and it's the real hook. Connecticut Broadleaf and Pennsylvania Broadleaf are both dark, American-grown leaves, but they are not the same thing. Smoking them side by side, in the same size, from the same factory, is about as clean a comparison as you'll get. If you're into dark, Broadleaf-style wrappers, that alone makes this worth a look. Red Rocket vs. Blue Rocket Red Rocket — wrapper Connecticut Broadleaf Red Rocket — binder Pennsylvania 41 Broadleaf Blue Rocket — wrapper Pennsylvania Broadleaf Blue Rocket — binder Connecticut Havana-seed Filler (both) Connecticut and Pennsylvania Size (both) 6 3/8 x 58 figurado · full strength Made at Casa Carrillo factory, Dominican Republic Production 250 humidors of 20 (10 Red + 10 Blue) A Figurado, and a Big One Both Rockets come in a 6 3/8 x 58 figurado. That's a substantial cigar, and the shape is a deliberate choice rather than a flourish. A figurado this thick asks more of the roller and changes how the smoke concentrates as you work through it. Casa Carrillo also calls both blends full strength, so this is not a light afternoon smoke. Plan accordingly, and give it the time it deserves. It sits squarely with other full-bodied cigars in that respect. Only 250 Humidors Now the number that matters. Casa Carrillo is making just 250 humidors. Each one holds 20 cigars, split 10 Red and 10 Blue. Do the math and that's 5,000 cigars total for the entire release, worldwide. At $50 per cigar and $1,000 per humidor, this is a serious purchase, and the presentation is built to match. A numbered-run humidor with two distinct blends inside is a collector's object as much as it is a box of cigars. The Story Behind the Name The release ties to America's 250th anniversary, and it's part of Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr.'s Pledge of Allegiance project. For Ernesto, this is personal. It's a tribute to the American Dream and to the opportunities his family found in the United States after leaving Cuba. That's a meaningful backdrop, and it explains why the American-grown tobacco isn't a gimmick here. Still, we'd rather let the cigars lead. The theme gives the project its shape, but what you're actually buying is two full-strength figurados built on Connecticut and Pennsylvania leaf. The story is the reason it exists. The tobacco is the reason to smoke it. Get the Pledge of Allegiance Rockets at Mardo We have the Pledge of Allegiance Rockets listed now. You can go for the full 20-count humidor, or pick up singles of the Red and the Blue if you mainly want to do the side-by-side comparison. With 250 humidors in the world, this is not one to think about for a month. The Bottom Line Strip away the theme and you still have a genuinely interesting release. Two full-strength figurados, each fronted by a different American Broadleaf, in a size that demands real rolling skill, made at Casa Carrillo's own factory, and capped at 250 humidors. The Pledge of Allegiance Rockets work as a smoking experience and as a collectible, which is a harder balance to strike than it sounds. Shipping starts September 28, 2026. You'll find them with our other limited-edition cigars at Mardo. Two American Broadleafs. 250 humidors. The Casa Carrillo Pledge of Allegiance Rockets ship September 28. Humidors and singles at Mardo. EP CarrilloCasa Carrillo Pledge of Allegiance Rockets (Pre Order)View product Mardo Cigars sells premium tobacco products intended for adults 21 and older. Please enjoy responsibly.

Viaje Zombies Return with Alternate Art and a New Figurado The Viaje Zombies are back. Zombie Green, Zombie Red, and Zombie Black all return, and this is not a simple rerelease. Two things change at once. All three come in a brand-new 6 x 56 Figurado, and all three wear packaging art that Viaje considered the first time around but never used. If you collect Viaje, that combination is the whole story here. All three Viaje Zombies return in a new 6 × 56 Figurado, wearing previously unused artwork. At a glance The key facts first: Three returning releases: Zombie Green, Zombie Red, and Zombie Black. All three arrive in a new 6 x 56 Figurado. Part of Viaje's new Alternate Artwork series — designs considered before, but never used. Expected to begin shipping Monday, September 28, 2026. Pricing, box counts and full blend details have not been announced. What "Alternate Artwork" Actually Means This is the part worth slowing down on, because it's easy to misread. Viaje did not commission new art for this release. The Alternate Artwork series uses designs that already existed. When the original Zombies were being developed, these concepts were on the table for the packaging. Viaje has said they were strong enough to have become the final package, but the project took a different direction and they were set aside. So what you're getting is a look at the road not taken. It's the Zombie concept as it almost shipped. For a collector, that's a genuinely different hook than a reprint. You're not buying a new sticker on an old box. You're buying the version that lost a coin flip years ago. A New Shape: the 6 x 56 Figurado The second change is in your hand, not on the box. All three Zombies are coming in a 6 x 56 Figurado. That is a new format for this line, and it matters. A figurado tapers rather than running straight, so it feels different to hold and to smoke than the sizes Zombie fans already know. Pair that with the alternate art and you get something that reads as its own release rather than a repeat. If shapes are new territory for you, our guide to cigar shapes and box pressing is a good primer before the Viaje Zombies land. Viaje Zombies 2026 at a glance Releases Zombie Green, Zombie Red, Zombie Black Size 6 x 56 Figurado (new for the line) Series Alternate Artwork — previously unused packaging designs Shipping Expected Monday, September 28, 2026 Pricing / box count Not announced Blend Not announced for these Figurado versions What We Don't Know Yet Let's be straight about the gaps on the Viaje Zombies, because there are a few. Viaje has not announced pricing. It has not announced box counts. And it has not released full blend specifications for these Figurado versions. We're not going to guess at any of it. On wrappers, here's what history tells us, and only history. Past Zombie Green releases have used a Criollo wrapper, and past Zombie Red releases have used a Maduro wrapper. Treat those as notes from earlier cigars, not as confirmed specs for the new ones. The same goes for packaging: previous Zombies came in 20-count, single-layer boxes, but Viaje has not confirmed that configuration this time. When the details land, they land. Why Viaje Fans Chase the Zombies If you're new to the brand, a little context helps. Viaje built its name on releases that are unusual, limited, and built to be collected. Small runs, odd shapes, and themed packaging are the norm rather than the exception. The Zombie line leans into that harder than most. It has a look, a name, and a rhythm of return that turned it into a cult favorite among Viaje smokers. That's exactly why a new vitola plus unused artwork gets attention. It's a familiar name doing something people haven't seen before. You'll find that same spirit across our other limited-edition cigars. Viaje at Mardo Viaje moves fast here, and right now our Viaje shelf is picked clean. These are the kind of releases that come and go, so the collection is worth watching rather than browsing casually. Here's a look at recent Viaje we've carried, including a previous Zombie. Viaje at Mardo ViajeViaje Zombie Biohazard BlackViewViajeViaje Skull & Bones Grand Slam Camo GreenViewViajeViaje Skull & Bones Tsar Bomba Camo GreyViewViajeViaje Pepper Jalapeno FiguradoView The Bottom Line Three Zombies, one new shape, and artwork that almost made it to shelves the first time. That's the release. The Viaje Zombies are scheduled to start shipping Monday, September 28, 2026, and the rest of the details are still to come. If you follow this line, the reason to pay attention isn't scarcity talk, because Viaje hasn't published numbers. It's that a cult release is showing up in a format you haven't smoked, wearing a design you were never supposed to see. Keep an eye on our Viaje collection as more arrives. The art that never made it. Until now. Zombie Green, Red and Black return in a 6 x 56 Figurado on September 28. Watch the Viaje shelf at Mardo. Mardo Cigars sells premium tobacco products intended for adults 21 and older. Please enjoy responsibly.

Alakazam Gets a Maduro Makeover: El Mago's Limited 6 × 50 Three-Pack El Mago's Alakazam has a new trick. The line is now available as a 6 × 50 Maduro, and that's a real change, not a small tweak. Fans of Alakazam get a darker wrapper and a classic Toro shape for the first time. It arrives in a limited, three-cigar box with that unmistakable bright orange packaging. Here's what's actually new with the Alakazam Maduro, how it differs from the earlier Alakazams, and the story behind the wizard on the band. At a glance The key facts first: The Alakazam Maduro is a new 6 x 50 Toro with a Maduro wrapper. It's a limited release, not a regular-production line. Packaged in 3-cigar boxes with bright orange artwork and an individually numbered panel. Different from the original 3.5 x 50 Alakazam and the 7 x 50 Alakazam 2.0 Habano. At Mardo: $12.00 a single, $36.00 for the box of three. The Alakazam Maduro comes three to a box, in El Mago's bright orange numbered packaging. What's Actually New Two things change here, and both matter. First, the wrapper. Alakazam now wears a Maduro, which gives the line a noticeably darker look than what followers are used to. Second, the size. At 6 × 50, this is a classic Toro. That's a more traditional, longer smoking experience than the short Alakazam that started it all. Put those together and you get a genuinely different expression of a familiar name. That's the whole story of the Alakazam Maduro in one sentence. Don't Mix Up the Alakazams This part trips people up, so let's be clear. There are now three Alakazams, and they are not the same cigar. The original Alakazam is a short 3.5 × 50. Then came Alakazam 2.0, a 7 × 50 Habano. And now there's this one: the 6 × 50 Maduro. Same family name, three different formats, and a different wrapper on this one. If you've smoked the Habano versions, treat this as its own thing rather than assuming it will behave the same way. The Alakazam family, side by side Alakazam (original) 3.5 x 50 — the short one that started the line Alakazam 2.0 7 x 50 Habano — the long format Alakazam Maduro (new) 6 x 50 Toro · Maduro wrapper Packaging 3-cigar box, bright orange, wizard art, numbered At Mardo $12.00 single · $36.00 box of three The Box Is Part of the Appeal Alakazam has always had a presentation people notice, and this release leans into it. The Maduro comes three cigars to a box, wrapped in that bright orange Alakazam look with El Mago's wizard artwork front and center. The box also carries a numbered panel, which is a small detail that does a lot of work. It tells you this is a small batch, and it gives collectors something to hold onto. The word "LIMITED" sits right on the packaging, so there's no ambiguity about what kind of release this is. Who Is El Mago? A little background helps this make sense. Nicholas Fusco founded El Mago Cigars in 2022, so this is a young brand. The name is where it gets personal. "El Mago" takes the first two letters from the names of his grandparents, Maria and Gonzalo. It also happens to translate to "The Wizard" in Spanish. That's why the magic theme runs through everything: the wizard art, the name Alakazam, the whole feel of the line. It isn't a marketing costume picked off a shelf. The magic is baked into the company's identity from the name outward. What We're Not Going to Tell You Here's where we'll be straight with you. El Mago hasn't published the full blend details for this particular Maduro. That means we don't know the binder, the filler, the country of origin, or the factory, and there's no official tasting profile. So we're not going to make any up, and we're not going to borrow notes from the earlier Habano Alakazams and pretend they apply. A Maduro wrapper can change a cigar in a real way. The honest position is simple: this is a new expression, and the interesting part is finding out for yourself. If you want a primer on what a dark wrapper generally brings to a blend, our guide to maduro cigars is a good starting point. Shop the Alakazam Maduro at Mardo We have it in stock now, and you can go either way: grab a single to try it, or take the full numbered three-pack. We also carry the other two Alakazams, so you can line all three up and see the differences for yourself. Shop the Alakazam line at Mardo El MagoEl Mago Alakazam Maduro 6 × 50ViewEl MagoEl Mago Alakazam 7 x 50View The Mardo Take We like this one because it's an evolution, not a repeat. El Mago took a name people already chase and gave it a darker wrapper and a size that more smokers actually reach for. Add the numbered three-pack and the orange box, and you get something that works both as a cigar to smoke and as a small-batch piece to keep. For a brand only a few years old, that's a confident move. If you follow the line, the Alakazam Maduro is the one to try next. And since it's limited, it's worth grabbing while the boxes are still around. You'll find it alongside our other limited-edition cigars at Mardo. Mardo Cigars sells premium tobacco products intended for adults 21 and older. Please enjoy responsibly.

Black Works Studio Culture Vulture: Three Wrappers, One Bold Statement Black Works Studio has never been a brand that plays it small, but the Culture Vulture might be its most ambitious release yet. The first thing you notice is the look: three different wrappers on one cigar, shifting from green to yellow and back again. That gets your attention. The better story, though, is what James Brown says is underneath. He calls it the boldest profile BLK WKS has ever built. So yes, the Culture Vulture looks wild. The cigar under the artwork may be the bigger deal. The Culture Vulture wears three wrappers at once, shifting from green to yellow and back. At a glance The key facts first: The Culture Vulture is a Limited Edition from Black Works Studio — not a regular-production line. Three wrappers on one cigar: Ecuador Maduro, Connecticut, and Candela. They create the "Ombre" effect: green, to yellow, and back to green. Handcrafted at Fabrica Oveja Negra in Esteli, Nicaragua. Three sizes in 20-count boxes: Toro $14.50 · Robusto $14.00 · Panatela $13.50. Three Wrappers, One Cigar Let's start with the part everyone will talk about. Most cigars wear one wrapper. The Culture Vulture wears three. Black Works Studio combined an Ecuador Maduro, a Connecticut, and a Candela on a single stick. Together they produce what the brand calls an "Ombré" effect, moving from green to yellow and then back to green down the length of the cigar. It is genuinely unusual to look at. Rolling three wrappers cleanly onto one cigar also takes serious skill at the bench, which is part of why this release stands out. The Artwork Isn't Just Packaging Here's a detail worth sitting with. James Brown has explained that the artwork and the cigar were developed alongside one another. That matters. The band and box art weren't designed after the fact to dress up a finished blend. The visual identity, the wrapper design, the construction, and the overall concept were meant to work together as one idea. So when you look at the Culture Vulture, you're not looking at a sticker slapped on a cigar. You're looking at the whole concept, built as a package from the start. "The Boldest Profile We've Ever Created" Now the line that should really get your attention. Describing this release, James Brown called it "the boldest profile we've ever created for Black Works." Coming from BLK WKS, that is a big statement. This is a brand built on experimenting, so saying a new cigar is its boldest yet sets a high bar. "The boldest profile we've ever created for Black Works."— James Brown, Black Works Studio We'll leave it there, because the official announcement didn't share tasting notes, strength ratings, or production numbers. We're not going to invent them. What we can say is that the maker himself is pointing at the blend, not the looks, as the reason to try it. Culture Vulture at a glance Toro 6 x 48 · $14.50 · box of 20 Robusto 5.25 x 50 · $14.00 · box of 20 Panatela 6 x 42 · $13.50 · box of 20 Wrappers Ecuador Maduro, Connecticut and Candela ("Ombre") Made by Fabrica Oveja Negra · Esteli, Nicaragua Release Limited Edition · announced September 15, 2026 A New Way to Look at Candela Candela splits the room. Plenty of smokers see that green wrapper and walk right past it. The Culture Vulture is interesting precisely because of how it uses candela. It isn't the whole cigar here. It's one piece of a three-wrapper puzzle, sitting next to an Ecuador Maduro and a Connecticut. If you've written candela off before, this is a chance to meet it in a completely different context. And if you already enjoy a darker leaf, the maduro side of the blend gives you familiar ground to stand on. Limited Edition, and It's Here One thing to be clear about: this is a Limited Edition, not a regular-production line you can count on finding all year. It was announced on September 15, 2026, and began shipping to select retailers the following week. Good news is that we have all three sizes at Mardo right now. You can see what's in stock on our Culture Vulture search page, or explore more from the same house in our Black Label Trading collection. Shop the Culture Vulture at Mardo Black Label TradingBlack Works Studio Culture Vulture ToroViewBlack Label TradingBlack Works Studio Culture Vulture RobustoViewBlack Label TradingBlack Works Studio Culture Vulture PanatelaView Which Size Should You Grab? All three carry the same three-wrapper build, so pick by shape and time. The Toro at 6 x 48 is the classic middle ground and the easiest first pick. The Robusto at 5.25 x 50 is shorter and thicker, good when you have less time. The Panatela at 6 x 42 is the thin one, and it's arguably the most interesting of the three, since a narrower ring puts a higher share of wrapper against the filler. With three wrappers in play, that's a fun way to experience the blend. The Mardo Take Black Works Studio has always been willing to experiment, and the Culture Vulture pushes that further than usual. Three wrappers, artwork built hand in hand with the blend, and a maker telling you straight out that it's the boldest thing he's made under this label. For BLK WKS fans, that makes it a must-try. For anyone who normally skips candela, it's a rare chance to meet that leaf as part of something more complex. The look will pull you in. We think the smoke is the real story, and since it's limited, we wouldn't sit on it. Mardo Cigars sells premium tobacco products intended for adults 21 and older. Please enjoy responsibly.