Magic: The Gathering has been going exhausting on the model crossovers by way of its “Universes Beyond” line this 12 months with the likes of Doctor Who and Lord of the Rings. Over the following few years, that enlargement is set to proceed, with extra big-name franchises added to the road—particularly video video games.
During the thirtieth anniversary panel for the tabletop card sport, Wizards of the Coast revealed the following handful of manufacturers that’ll be added to the “Universes” line by way of 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 had been made in collaboration with the developer and can “bring the Wasteland’s many colorful factions to Magic: The Gathering so that players can recreate some of Fallout’s most famous—and outlandish—moments.” You can watch the total panel down beneath.
In addition to Fallout, Square Enix’s Final Fantasy and Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed collection are each getting card units of their very own. The Final Fantasy playing cards will cowl every of the mainline entries within the collection, from the unique Final Fantasy to the newer Final Fantasy XVI. Meanwhile, the Assassin’s Creed set can have playing cards mentioned to be “mechanically unique” and reprints with their very own distinctive artwork. Interestingly, the discharge notes that the Creed playing cards will cowl “all Assassin’s Creed games released to date,” somewhat than simply the mainline ones. (Presumably, “every” simply refers back to the spinoffs on consoles and PC similar to Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood and Assassin’s Creed Rogue.) The Assassin’s Creed set is slated for a July 2024 launch, whereas Final 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 Arena online game.
Outside of video video games, Wizards teased out different collaborations to return for the “Universes Beyond” line. November’s Lost Caverns of Ixalan enlargement may also perform as a crossover with Universal’s Jurassic Park motion pictures, with playing cards that characteristic paintings 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 primarily based on the Clue board sport.
There’ll even be quite a few wholly unique releases, similar to 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 at the moment codenamed “Tennis” (centered on multi-plane demise 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 War of the Spark. Further particulars on these initiatives, similar to their precise names and playing cards, will revealed within the coming years.
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