Yuga Labs launches Mudwater trading cards on Solana for BAYC and MAYC holders

Yuga Labs, the company behind Bored Ape Yacht Club, is getting into trading cards. Its new Mudwater collection went live on Solana on October 17, 2026, and BAYC and Mutant Ape Yacht Club holders can now claim packs. What Mudwater actually is The debut set is called “Swamp Origins.” It includes 120 distinct artworks built around the familiar Bored Ape imagery. Cards come in four tiers: standard, foil, serialized, and a rare “cracked-ice” edition. At the top sit 8 serialized cracked-ice 1/1 grails, the one-of-a-kind cards that collectors tend to chase hardest. Each card links a physical collectible to a matching Solana NFT held in a vault, so ownership exists both on the shelf and on the blockchain. Claims opened at roughly 23:30–23:35 UTC, right after the announcement. The rollout coincided with ApeFest 2026 in Charleston, Yuga’s yearly gathering for its community. How the claim process works Eligibility runs through something Yuga calls Totems. BAYC and MAYC holders received 6,551 Totems, which are ERC-6551 token-bound accounts. A token-bound account is an NFT that functions as its own wallet, so the Totem acts as the container that receives and manages a holder’s packs. BAYC holde...