Magic: The Gathering Sets

The Hobbit

Paper release Aug 14, 2026 · Prerelease Aug 7–13

Magic's second trip to Middle-earth, with Bilbo, Thorin's Company, and Smaug — and the first Tolkien set legal in Standard. Fully spoiled: new mechanics (Recruit, Storied, hone counters), all five draft archetypes, commanders, and the card gallery.

Reality Fracture

Worldwide release Oct 2, 2026

Jace Beleren rebuilds the multiverse as the Echoverse: the Echo Variant mechanic, Hexhaven draft archetypes, and which Planeswalkers get recolored.

Mystery Booster: Commander Edition

Release Nov 13, 2026 · First drafted at Gen Con Aug 2

The surprise convention set that prints official exceptions to color identity. All eight Rulebreaker commanders, the first sorcery allowed in the command zone, how Commander Draft works, and where to get a box.

Star Trek

Release Nov 13, 2026 · Prerelease Nov 6–12

2026's final set, and the one where the Borg get a mechanic of their own. Assimilate, Federation and Face a Dilemma, the four Commander precons, and every legend spoiled so far.

MTG 2027 Sets: Full Release Schedule

Six sets · Feb–Nov 2027

Every set releasing in 2027, announced at MagicCon Amsterdam: the three in-universe sets with dates and premises, plus the three unannounced Universes Beyond slots.

Nauctis: The Sunken Realm

Release Feb 5, 2027 · Prerelease Jan 29

Magic's first fully underwater plane, and the set replacing flying with a brand-new evasion mechanic. Release date, setting, creature types, and what's still unannounced.

Kamigawa: Titanbreach

Release Jun 4, 2027

An Omenpath drops Ikoria's kaiju onto Kamigawa in Magic's first mechs-versus-monsters set. Release date, premise, and what's confirmed so far.

Zhalfir

Release Oct 1, 2027

Teferi's homeland explored as its own plane for the first time, an Afrofantasy world of five suns and a spirit realm. Release date, setting, and Teferi Akosa's return.

Wilds of Eldraine

Released Sep 8, 2023

The oldest set still in Standard, which is where the format's back edge sits. Role tokens, bargain and celebration, plus the two Commander decks.

The Lost Caverns of Ixalan

Released Nov 17, 2023

Ixalan underground, and where discover came from. Descend, craft and Map tokens explained, plus the four faction Commander decks.

Murders at Karlov Manor

Released Feb 9, 2024

Magic's murder mystery on Ravnica. Disguise, collect evidence and suspect explained, plus the four Commander decks.

Outlaws of Thunder Junction

Released Apr 19, 2024

Magic's western, with five new mechanics (plot, spree, crime, saddle) and the Outlaw creature-type bundle.

Bloomburrow

Released Aug 2, 2024

Ten animal families, one per color pair. Offspring, gift, valiant and forage, on one of the most legible Limited formats in years.

Duskmourn: House of Horror

Released Sep 27, 2024

Modern horror, and the first split cards printed as permanents. Rooms, manifest dread, impending, eerie and survival.

Magic: The Gathering Foundations

Released Nov 15, 2024 · Legal until 2029

The set built to stay. Standard-legal until at least 2029, with no signature mechanic by design, the best starting point for a first draft.

Aetherdrift

Released Feb 14, 2025

Magic's racing set, where speed is a tracked resource. Start your engines!, Exhaust and max speed, all ten draft archetypes, and the two Commander decks.

Tarkir: Dragonstorm

Released Apr 11, 2025

The return to Tarkir, with a mechanic per clan (endure, flurry, harmonize, mobilize and renew) plus five wedge archetypes and five Commander decks.

Final Fantasy

Released Jun 13, 2025

Tiered spells, summons as Saga creatures, and job select. A full ten-pair draft format and four Commander decks spanning four games.

Edge of Eternities

Released Aug 1, 2025

Magic's science fiction set: Spacecraft, Station, Warp and Void, plus Planet lands. Star Trek borrows its starship mechanics a year later.

Marvel's Spider-Man

Released Sep 26, 2025

Magic's first Marvel set and the debut of Pick-Two Draft. Web-slinging, mayhem and transforming DFCs across five allied archetypes.

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Released Nov 21, 2025

Four new mechanics, one per bending discipline. A full ten-pair format, no Commander precons, but over a hundred legal commanders in the set.

Lorwyn Eclipsed

Released Jan 23, 2026

The return to Lorwyn–Shadowmoor, rebuilt with modern design. The new Blight and Vivid mechanics, nine draft archetypes, and the two Commander decks.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Released Mar 6, 2026

A smaller Universes Beyond set built around Sneak, plus Mutagen and Disappear, five draft archetypes, and the Turtle Power! Commander deck.

Secrets of Strixhaven

Released Apr 24, 2026

A spells set where every college owns a mechanic: Prepare, Repartee, Opus, Increment and Infusion, five college archetypes, and five Commander precons.

Marvel Super Heroes

Released June 26, 2026

Magic's second Marvel crossover, with ten two-color draft archetypes, four Commander precons, and a Doctor Doom card rated a perfect 10/10 in Limited. New mechanics: Power-Up, Teamwork, and Plan.

Rivals of Ixalan

Released Jan 19, 2018

The four-tribe race for the golden city, finished. Ascend and the city's blessing explained, plus the explore and enrage returns.

Dominaria

Released Apr 27, 2018

The return to Magic's first plane, and where Sagas came from. Historic, legendary sorceries and kicker explained.

Core Set 2019

Released Jul 13, 2018

The set that brought core sets back after a three-year gap, and the first one built to carry a story.

Guilds of Ravnica

Released Oct 5, 2018

Five guilds, one mechanic each, and where surveil came from. Mentor, undergrowth, jump-start and convoke explained.

Ravnica Allegiance

Released Jan 25, 2019

The other five guilds, one mechanic each. Addendum, afterlife, spectacle, riot and adapt explained, plus the five guild archetypes.

War of the Spark

Released May 3, 2019

Thirty-six planeswalkers, one in every pack, twenty of them uncommon. Amass and proliferate explained, plus why the uncommons cannot go up.

Core Set 2020

Released Jul 12, 2019

A core set, which means no new mechanics by design. What M20 actually contains, who it is for, and how it drafts.

Throne of Eldraine

Released Oct 4, 2019

Where Adventure and Food tokens came from, and one of the most powerful Standard sets ever printed.

Theros Beyond Death

Released Jan 24, 2020

The underworld set, where the graveyard is a place you come back from. Escape, devotion, constellation and why the gods aren't always creatures.

Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths

Released Apr 24, 2020

Monsters, mutate, and the companion mechanic that was rewritten two months after release. Also the first Magic set delayed in paper.

Core Set 2021

Released Jul 3, 2020

A core set, so no new mechanics by design. What M21 holds, who it is aimed at, and why Teferi, Master of Time breaks the planeswalker rules.

Zendikar Rising

Released Sep 25, 2020

Where modal double-faced cards started: a spell on one side, a land on the other. Party, landfall and kicker, plus the two Commander decks.

Kaldheim

Released Feb 5, 2021

Magic's Norse plane, across ten linked worlds. Foretell, boast, Runes and snow explained, plus the two Commander decks.

Strixhaven: School of Mages

Released Apr 23, 2021

Five colleges, five enemy color pairs, and where ward became evergreen. Learn, Lessons and magecraft explained.

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms

Released Jul 23, 2021

Magic's first D&D set, and a Standard-legal one. Venture, dungeons, Class enchantments and the d20 explained.

Innistrad: Midnight Hunt

Released Sep 24, 2021

The set that finally made werewolves work. Daybound and nightbound, disturb, coven and decayed explained.

Innistrad: Crimson Vow

Released Nov 19, 2021

A vampire wedding, and where Blood tokens came from. Cleave, training and exploit explained.

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty

Released Feb 18, 2022

Cyberpunk Kamigawa, and the set that fixed the plane's reputation. Reconfigure, channel, modified and compleated explained.

Streets of New Capenna

Released Apr 29, 2022

Five crime families, one mechanic each. Shield counters, connive, casualty, blitz and alliance, plus the five Commander decks.

Dominaria United

Released Sep 9, 2022

The 30th-anniversary set, and where the Phyrexian arc began. Read ahead, enlist, domain and kicker explained.

The Brothers' War

Released Nov 18, 2022

Urza against Mishra, finally on cards. Prototype, powerstones, unearth and meld, plus the Retro Artifacts sheet.

Phyrexia: All Will Be One

Released Feb 10, 2023

The set that made poison a deck you could actually build. Toxic, corrupted and oil counters, plus where ONE cards are legal now.

March of the Machine

Released Apr 21, 2023

Where battles came from, the first new card type since planeswalkers. Backup and incubate explained, plus the five Commander decks.

March of the Machine: The Aftermath

Released May 12, 2023

Magic's only epilogue micro-set, and the experiment that led to The Big Score being folded into Thunder Junction instead.

Masters 25

Released Mar 16, 2018

The 25th-anniversary reprint set, with at least one card drawn from every set printed to that point.

Battlebond

Released Jun 8, 2018

Magic's only set built for Two-Headed Giant. Assist, partner with and friend or foe, plus why Commander players care.

Commander 2018

Released Aug 10, 2018

The planeswalker commander year: four decks, each led by a planeswalker allowed in the command zone.

Ultimate Masters

Released Dec 7, 2018

Sold as the last Masters set, with a foil box topper in every box and a card pool aimed at Modern and Legacy.

Modern Horizons

Released Jun 14, 2019

The set that started the line, printing straight into Modern. Forty-four returning mechanics and not one new keyword, with snow as the theme it is remembered for.

Commander 2019

Released Aug 23, 2019

Four precons with no booster set, each built on a returning keyword: morph, flashback, madness and populate.

Unsanctioned

Released Feb 29, 2020

Five 30-card silver-bordered decks, shuffled two at a time. Legal in no sanctioned format, Commander included, and what rule zero actually offers instead.

Commander 2020

Released May 15, 2020

Five decks set on Ikoria, the first Commander year tied to an expansion rather than sitting beside one. Every deck and its commander.

Jumpstart

Released Jul 17, 2020

Forty-six themed packs with their lands already in them. Shuffle two together and play, no deckbuilding. Its new cards skip Standard, Pioneer and Modern.

Double Masters

Released Aug 7, 2020

The first double-rare Masters set, two years before Double Masters 2022. All reprints, so legality is a per-card question.

Commander Legends

Released Nov 20, 2020

The first Magic set drafted into Commander decks. Encore, partner on forty legends, and the 60-card singleton rule that makes it work.

Commander 2021

Released Apr 23, 2021

Five decks, one per Strixhaven college, all enemy color pairs. Also the release where learn does almost nothing without a house rule.

Modern Horizons 2

Released Jun 18, 2021

Straight into Modern, skipping Standard by design, and the set that reshaped the format on arrival. No signature new keyword, which is the point.

Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate

Released Jun 10, 2022

A draftable Commander set on Faerun, and where Backgrounds came from. The initiative and the Undercity explained.

Double Masters 2022

Released Jul 8, 2022

Two rares in every pack and nothing but reprints, which makes the legality question per card rather than per set.

Jumpstart 2022

Released Dec 2, 2022

The second Jumpstart: 46 themes, 51 new cards, and the same two-packs-and-play format. Its new cards skip Standard, Pioneer and Modern.

Magic: The Gathering Warhammer 40,000

Released Oct 7, 2022

Four Commander decks and no booster set, and the debut of squad and ravenous.

Unfinity

Released Oct 7, 2022

The first un-set with a legal half. Attractions and stickers, and how the acorn and oval stamps decide what you can play.

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth

Released Jun 23, 2023

Magic's first trip to Middle-earth, and the set The Hobbit follows up on directly. The Ring tempts you, Ring-bearer and amass Orc Army, all Modern-legal rather than Standard.

Commander Masters

Released Aug 4, 2023

A reprint set drafted two cards at a time toward a hundred-card deck. Ten archetypes, four precons, and no Standard legality at any point.

Magic: The Gathering Doctor Who

Released Oct 13, 2023

Four Commander decks and no booster set at all. Time travel, Doctor's companion and villainous choice explained.

Ravnica: Clue Edition

Released Feb 23, 2024

A Magic murder mystery in a box, two weeks after Karlov Manor. Both win conditions explained, and thirty new eternal-legal cards.

Magic: The Gathering Fallout

Released Mar 8, 2024

Four Commander decks and no booster set. Rad counters, Junk tokens, and the release that quietly brought energy back.

Modern Horizons 3

Released Jun 14, 2024

Straight into Modern, skipping Standard by design. Energy, Eldrazi and modified, plus the set that reshaped Modern on arrival.

Assassin's Creed

Released Jul 5, 2024

A smaller Modern-legal Universes Beyond release, and the debut of freerunning. Predates the policy that made crossover sets Standard-legal.