Exclusive: Sonic the Hedgehog Speeds Into New Magic: The Gathering Crossover

Magic: The Gathering has had plentifulness of Secret Lair crossovers this year, from SpongeBob to Deadpool, and 1 much is speeding onto the country adjacent month. Sonic the Hedgehog is getting 3 idiosyncratic Secret Lair drops, and we've got the exclusive archetypal look astatine 1 that's each astir artifacts.

Flip done the assemblage beneath to spot each 7 cards successful the Turbo Gear Secret Lair drop:

Unlike the caller Final Fantasy crossover, which is an full draftable Magic acceptable alongside 4 pre-constructed Commander decks, this Sonic crossover follows the blueprint of akin tie-ins by being constricted to 3 Secret Lair drops. Secret Lair is what Magic calls its bid of timed releases that incorporate conscionable a fistful of circumstantial cards with peculiar art, and they are each sold nonstop by Wizards of the Coast alternatively than successful randomized packs.

In this case, the Turbo Gear driblet has six exisiting Magic cards redone with caller Sonic-themed creation and names, arsenic good arsenic 1 token card. That includes a fewer fitting staples of Magic's astir fashionable format, Commander, similar Swiftfoot Boots and Lighting Greaves – due to the fact that of people Sonic's shoes merit their ain cards. Also of note, a legendary conveyance called the Weatherlight is present arsenic Tornado, Sonic's Biplane, and acknowledgment to a caller rules change, you could really person that beryllium your Commander if you are truthful inclined.

WOTC says this driblet is designed to complement the cards successful different 1 of the drops that focuses connected Sonic's characters themselves. While we don't person those to reveal, an illustration fixed successful Turbo Gear's store statement is equipping The Reaver Cleaver, reimagined present arsenic Knuckles's Gloves, to Knuckles himself. This thought goes hand-in-hand with different crossover drops, similar 2023's Tomb Raider, wherever the reprinted cards are meant to acceptable nicely with the caller Legendary creatures, astir similar a small "build your ain Commander deck" starter kit.

The Turbo Gear Secret Lair driblet (as good arsenic the different two) volition spell connected merchantability connected July 14 astatine 9am PT connected the authoritative Secret Lair website, and volition outgo $29.99 for the non-foil mentation oregon $39.99 for foil. You amended get determination connected time, too, due to the fact that they volition lone beryllium disposable successful a constricted quantity – and if different caller crossovers are immoderate indication, they volition apt merchantability retired fast.

Tom Marks is IGN's Executive Reviews Editor. He loves paper games, puzzles, platformers, puzzle-platformers, and tons more.