Wizards of the Coast has revealed the first Marvel-themedMagic: The Gatheringcards. Over the weekend at New York Comic-Con, Wizards revealed five Secret Lair drops featuring heroes from the Marvel universe. WhileMagicwill release multiple larger sets of Marvel cards starting in 2025, these new cards represent the first official cards of the new collaboration between the biggest comic book company in the world and the biggest card game in the world.
While these new cards are Universes Beyond cards (similar to recent setslikeMagic’sFalloutcollaboration), they will still be legal in mostMagic: The Gatheringformats. Each Secret Lair drop features a different hero with a mix of original cards and reprints from past sets with new art and titles.All five sets contain a legendary creature card version of their respective Marvel superhero, meaning that they can each be used in Commander, as well as Vintage and Legacy formats.
Since Commander recently saw some major shakeups, these new cards could provide a much-needed distraction for those who follow the format. These are limited edition Secret Lair drops, so they should be hot sellers and will likely sell out quickly. Those who spend over $199 will get the Earth’s Mightiest Emblem card, a reprint of Arcane Signet with art featuring Avengers Tower.
Black Panther Comes Alive As A Magic: The Gathering Character
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Black Panther appears as a multicolored character with Green and White Mana. While only a 2/2, Black Panther comes with First Strike and also hasan ability that adds 1/1 tokens to one land card whenever a creature the player controls enters play. For 3 mana, a player can move all those tokens to a creature, making them much stronger.
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Bast’s Blessing (a reprint of Primal Vigor) doubles the number of tokens that Black Panther can generate, making this a truly formidable combination. The set will cost $39.99 as non-foil or $49.99 in rainbow foil.
4Secret Lair X Marvel’s Captain America
Captain America Catches And Throws Equipment Cards to Deal Damage
Captain America’s firstMagic: The Gatheringcard is all about utilizing equipment as weaponry. Captain America, First Avenger comes with two abilities - a Catch ability that allows the player to attach a target Equipment to Captain America and a Throw ability that Unattaches that Equipment and deals out damage equal to its mana cost.
Magic: The Gathering Foundations Release Date, Products, & New Cards
Magic: The Gathering goes back to basics with Foundations, a set designed to give beginners a head start on their MTG journeys. Here’s what’s inside.
As Captain America’s shield can hit multiple targets,the damage from Throw can be split between up to three targets. Shield of War and Peace (a reprint of Sword of War and Peace) deals extra damage when hitting a player directly and also grants its user protection from red and white. The set will cost $39.99 as non-foil or $49.99 in rainbow foil.
3Secret Lair X Marvel’s Iron Man
Iron Man Creates And Upgrades Artifacts And Treasures
Iron Man’s Secret Lair Drop is all about creating powerful artifacts to use in battle.Iron Man creates Treasure tokens every time he attacks. Players can also sacrifice an artifact they control to pull out a different artifact from their deck with a mana cost that’s up to one greater than the artifact they sacrificed.
The more Iron Man attacks, the more Treasure he generates and the stronger Artifacts he can put into play every turn. The set will cost $39.99 as non-foil or $49.99 in rainbow foil.
2Secret Lair X Marvel’s Storm
Storm Is A Real Weather Witch In Magic: The Gathering
Storm is a powerful sorcerer in Magic:The Gathering, with the power to fly and the power to hit even more targets with each spell cast. Storm comes with the Ceaseless Tempest ability, which causes instant and sorcery spells to gain the Storm keyword whenever Storm deals damage. Any spell with Storm can have multiple targets equal to the number of spells cast before it. This allows playersto use Storm to hit for devastating damage at the end of their turn, provided they chain their spells correctly. The set will cost $39.99 as non-foil or $49.99 in rainbow foil.
1Secret Lair X Marvel’s Wolverine
Wolverine Deals Double Damage And Regenerates In Magic: The Gathering
Wolverine is the best there is at dealing damage inMagic: The Gathering. Wolverine’s creature card deals out double damage, turning his 2/2 into a 4/2 right out of the gate. At the end of each turn, Wolverine gains another 1/1 counter if he dealt damage that turn,causing him to grow progressively stronger each time he attacks.
Wolverine also has Regeneration, which removes him from the battlefield when he would usually be destroyed. While Wolverine would usually lose all counters on him when Regeneration triggers, the Adamantium Bonding Tank card stores those counters and allows them to be put back into play the following turn. The set will cost $39.99 as non-foil or $49.99 in rainbow foil.
All fiveMagic: The GatheringSecret Lair X Marvel drops provide intriguing teases about the future of the game. With unique superpowers that match their comics abilities and gorgeous art to boot, these upcoming sets look to be major gamechangers forMTGin the coming years, especially as they allow players to try out various playstyles in their Commander decks.
Althoughnot as new-user friendly asFoundations, these Marvel card sets should also be a great on-ramp for newMagic: The Gatheringplayers. With even more Marvel heroes on the way, including a Spiderverse-themed set, expect to see even more card reveals and excitement in the coming months.
