D&D (2024) Check Out The 2025 Monster Manual Alternate Cover!

Originally previewed on Dexterto, here is the alternative cover for 2025's new Monster Manual, featuring a mind flayer! The alternate cover for the Dungeon Master's Guide featured the super goddess Lolth, and the Player's Handbook was a gold dragon drinking tea with an adventuring party.

The alternate covers were made by artists Wylie Beckert and Olena Richards.

 

[dave2008]

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This is the only alt cover I like. I like all 3 standard covers.

This is my least favorite of all 6 covers! Everyone is different!

 

[dave2008]

Impressively, I like these even less than the standard covers, and I wasn't thrilled about them to begin with.

I am pretty happy with all the covers, but the MM alt cover is my least favorite.

 

[Chaosmancer]

I wasn't sold on this one until I saw it as part of the set. That convinced me. Wish I could afford to get one of each, since these are an anniversary edition, but I'll have to content myself with 2 PHBs and one of the each of the others.

 

[John R Davis]

Boo.
Thought I would dislike all 3 alts, but I do like this one

 

[mach1.9pants]

I am so buying all these three!

 

[FitzTheRuke]

I like 'em all. I'm not saying that they're perfect or that I couldn't imagine them better, because I expect that I could, but that's one of the great things with Art - you don't have to like all of it, and different people clearly like different things - even different parts of the same picture! These threads are fun to read, not just because of the cool preview, but also because it is amazing to see the variety of the reaction!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm still outraged that we don't have any D&D movie nostalgia on these covers. Where's Profion using the Rod of Savrille to control red dragons? I'd better see that as a big full-page illustration inside. Nostalgize me!

 

[Scribe]

Tough to go 3 for 3, and I don't think they did.

 

[Epic Meepo]

Contrary to those saying these are uninspired, I actually now want all three alternate covers in a giftset.

I want all three in a gift set with a slipcase cover depicting Tiamat.

 

[Burnside]

This is the only case of me preferring the standard cover to the alt.