MagicCon Atlanta just kicked off and with it, the roadmap for Magic: The Gathering in 2026. It includes seven sets and more branded crossovers than you can shake a Black Lotus at. If you thought this year was overstuffed, just wait. From Lorwyn and Star Trek to The Last of Us and Dwight from The Office, Wizards of the Coast is ready to take everything in your wallet, and your sanity, too.
It’s been 18 years since players visited Lorwyn, the idyllic land of whimsical creatures like elves and merfolk. Lorwyn Eclipsed is one of the most-anticipated authentic MTG sets in years, with old mechanics returning to the spotlight and players getting to go back to where Planeswalkers were first introduced. I can’t believe it’s been that long. I still remember drafting my first Jace Beleren in college.
Wizards of the Coast teased a mystery set it’s not ready to fully reveal yet. More details are coming during New York Comicon in October where, as others have noted, there’s a Magic and Nickelodeon panel planned. Are we getting Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Rugrats? Hey Arnold? All of the above?!
School is back in session. Secrets of Strixhaven will take players back to the plane of Arcavios where colleges of sorcerers-in-training compete for bragging rights in the Mage Tower. It’s Wizards’ knock-off of Harry Potter and we’ll find more about what its next set has in store in early 2026.
If any of the sets can rival the dominance Final Fantasy had this past summer, it’s this one. It’ll draw from characters across the Marvel universe, meaning Avengers, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and more. There will also be all the villains to account for. I’d have preferred just an X-Men set, personally. There’s way too much material to speed through in one set. But here we are.
A return to Tolkien’s world of hobbits, wizards, and dragons is on the way. The Lord of the Rings set was the first MTG Universes Beyond release to make a big splash. This set will be heading back to the prequel book and pulling from an earlier part of the Third Age. Will there be another One Ring card to rule them all this time around?
Wizards has been setting up Reality Fracture as a big comic-book-style event that will reverberate across its multiverse. We have no idea what to expect really, but the company is teasing “a villain you’ll have to see to believe.” Is it the friends we made along the way?
First Lego, now MTG. I’m embarrassed about how much money I’m about to drop chasing a surge foil full alt art Jean-Luc Picard commander card. The set will feature characters and ships from across the entire franchise. I can’t wait to make a Borg deck.
Secret Lair drops are always a mess and I’m guessing this one won’t be any different. Who’s ready to spend 45 minutes in an online queue only for Wizards to sell out and refuse to let you give it $100 at the end? The Kratos art looks incredible though.
Here’s the rest of the Secret Lair drop announcements, and somehow Jaws isn’t the weirdest one.
The Office was a funny show and the world is never gonna let us forget it.
I defer to the Iron Maiden x MTG fans on this.
See above.
Wut?
Absolutely not.
