Magic: The Gathering has been going exhausting on the model crossovers by its “Universes Past” line this yr with the likes of Physician Who and Lord of the Rings. Over the following few years, that growth is about to proceed, with extra big-name franchises added to the road—particularly video video games.
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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 therapy, 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 “deliver 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’ll be able to watch the total panel down beneath.
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Along with Fallout, Sq. Enix’s Ultimate Fantasy and Ubisoft’s Murderer’s Creed sequence are each getting card units of their very own. The Ultimate Fantasy playing cards will cowl every of the mainline entries within the sequence, from the unique Ultimate Fantasy to the newer Ultimate Fantasy XVI. In the meantime, the Murderer’s Creed set may 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 to this point,” 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 Ultimate Fantasy’s is dropping in 2025—and has the added bonus of being the one set from these three sequence that’ll even be performed digitally within the Magic: The Gathering Enviornment online game.
Outdoors of video video games, Wizards teased out different collaborations to return for the “Universes Past” line. November’s Misplaced Caverns of Ixalan growth can even perform as a crossover with Common’s Jurassic Park motion pictures, with playing cards that function art work of characters and scenes from the movies, together with the Jurassic World trilogy. And in early 2024, the Ravnica block may have a standalone expertise primarily based on the Clue board recreation.
There’ll even be numerous wholly unique releases, reminiscent of subsequent yr’s Outlaws of Thunder Junction. Beginning 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” (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 can be akin to earlier expansions March of the Machine or Warfare 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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