The latest Magic: The Gathering thirtieth anniversary panel at GenCon included some massive surprises concerning the Universes Past line, which just lately resulted in a preferred Lord of the Rings crossover. It’s going to be selecting up a pair extra names of explicit observe to videogame-likers. The post-apocalyptic world of Fallout and the numerous worlds of Remaining Fantasy shall be coming to Magic within the subsequent two years, and we should always anticipate to see some Jurassic World playing cards too.
Fallout is first on the invoice, and can arrive within the type of preconstructed decks to be used in Commander. Commander is the format the place four-or-so gamers go face to face with 100-card decks, every led by a single legendary Commander who could be performed at any time, and even introduced again from the lifeless.
It is a chaotic and informal format that is turn into the most well-liked official technique to play Magic, forward of even the one-on-one competitions of Customary format. Just like the crossovers for Warhammer 40,000 and Physician Who, the Fallout playing cards will solely be authorized in Commander, and shall be packaged as a number of preconstructed decks “every representing one of many wasteland’s many colourful factions.”
Remaining Fantasy is a methods additional off, scheduled for 2025. In contrast to the Fallout playing cards, the Remaining Fantasy set shall be a tentpole launch obtainable in booster packs, and presumably authorized throughout numerous codecs. “The set will embody every primary Remaining Fantasy sport that has been launched up to now,” Wizards of the Coast stated, “from the unique Remaining Fantasy to the just lately launched Remaining Fantasy 16. The set may also be obtainable to play on Magic Area.”
We additionally acquired some extra element on the beforehand introduced Murderer’s Creed crossover. Coming in July of 2024, this one shall be arriving within the type of “Past boosters”, a brand new taste of booster pack that comprises each new playing cards and reprints, and is authorized in codecs together with Trendy, however not draft. It nonetheless sounds a bit complicated, however we’ll hear extra as its launch date will get nearer.
Lastly, the Jurassic World playing cards shall be arriving within the type of booster inserts, that means they’re going to be tucked away inside booster packs for a mainline set, just like the Transformers playing cards in boosters for The Brothers’ Battle. The dino-themed Jurassic World playing cards shall be a part of an upcoming set referred to as The Misplaced Caverns of Ixalan.
The GenCon panel additionally laid out the small print of different upcoming releases that do not contain crossmedia advertising, like Ravnica Remastered and Murders at Karlov Manor, that are each on the slate for the primary quarter of 2024, in addition to the yr’s subsequent units, that are referred to as Outlaws of Thunder Junction, Trendy Horizons 3, Bloomburrow, and Duskmourn: Home of Horror.
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