Magic in 2026: First Impressions from the Announcements
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2026 will be a busy year for Magic: The Gathering, marking a turning point in both the card game's narrative and seeing how far the game can go with Universes Beyond. In this article, we share our first impressions of everything announced at MagicCon Atlanta!

2026 will be a busy year for Magic: The Gathering, marking a turning point in both the card game’s narrative and seeing how far the game can go with Universes Beyond. In this article, we share our first impressions of everything announced at MagicCon Atlanta!

  1. Seven Sets in One Year: Universes Beyond Fatigue Sets In
  2. Lorwyn Eclipsed’s Most Important Product Isn’t in Lorwyn
  3. The Strixhaven Book is a good start, but we need more multimedia projects
  4. Marvel Super Heroes seems like the end of a bitter partnership
  5. The Hobbit could define Universes Beyond’s future
  6. Reality Fracture could be Planar Chaos 2.0, or the gateway to a Reboot
  7. Star Trek has a long challenge ahead
  8. Wrapping Up
  • MikeOPMA
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    2 days ago

    I agree, I think odds are in favor of that set being a “break” where we see UB/other IP characters as planeswalkers. Spun as “a silly what if?” scenario but then ultimately and always planned as the full transformation.