Magic: The Gathering has been going arduous on the model crossovers by its “Universes Past” line this 12 months with the likes of Doctor Who and Lord of the Rings. Over the following few years, that enlargement is about to proceed, with extra big-name franchises added to the road—particularly video video games.
Throughout the thirtieth anniversary panel for the tabletop card recreation, Wizards of the Coast revealed the following handful of manufacturers that’ll be added to the “Universes” line by 2026. Bethesda’s Fallout franchise is getting the Magic remedy, with themed Commander Decks set to launch in March 2024. Per Wizards’ press launch, the Fallout playing cards have been made in collaboration with the developer and can “convey the Wasteland’s many colourful factions to Magic: The Gathering in order that gamers can recreate a few of Fallout’s most well-known—and outlandish—moments.” You possibly can watch the total panel down beneath.
Along with Fallout, Sq. Enix’s Last Fantasy and Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed collection are each getting card units of their very own. The Last Fantasy playing cards will cowl every of the mainline entries within the collection, from the unique Last Fantasy to the more moderen Final Fantasy XVI. In the meantime, the Murderer’s Creed set can have playing cards mentioned to be “mechanically distinctive” and reprints with their very own distinctive artwork. Apparently, the discharge notes that the Creed playing cards will cowl “all Murderer’s Creed video games launched so far,” fairly than simply the mainline ones. (Presumably, “each” simply refers back to the spinoffs on consoles and PC reminiscent of Murderer’s Creed Brotherhood and Murderer’s Creed Rogue.) The Murderer’s Creed set is slated for a July 2024 launch, whereas Last Fantasy’s is dropping in 2025—and has the added bonus of being the one set from these three collection that’ll even be performed digitally within the Magic: The Gathering Enviornment online game.
Exterior of video video games, Wizards teased out different collaborations to come back for the “Universes Past” line. November’s Misplaced Caverns of Ixalan enlargement may even operate as a crossover with Common’s Jurassic Park motion pictures, with playing cards that characteristic art work of characters and scenes from the movies, together with the Jurassic World trilogy. And in early 2024, the Ravnica block can have a standalone expertise based mostly on the Clue board recreation.
There’ll even be quite a lot of wholly authentic releases, reminiscent of subsequent 12 months’s Outlaws of Thunder Junction. Starting in September with Wilds of Eldraine, a brand new multi-year arc for Magic will play out and presumably lengthen to 2025 initiatives presently codenamed “Tennis” (targeted on multi-plane loss of life races), “Volleyball” (sci-fi area opera) and “Wrestling” (set within the Lorwyn block). That story will wrap up with 2026’s “Ziplining,” which Wizards of the Coast mentioned could be akin to earlier expansions March of the Machine or Conflict of the Spark. Additional particulars on these initiatives, reminiscent of their precise names and playing cards, will revealed within the coming years.
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