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Wizards of the Coast has got specified a merchandise cadence going with its long-running trading paper game, Magic: The Gathering, that you’re lone ever a fewer weeks distant from a caller set.
While astatine the clip of writing, we’re eagerly anticipating the Final Fantasy set, anyone looking for a ‘Universes Within’ hole aft the fantabulous Tarkir Dragonstorm won’t person to hold excessively long, though Edge of Eternities possibly couldn’t beryllium much different.
The upcoming set, which volition debut connected August 1, hasn’t had immoderate paper spoilers conscionable yet, but that doesn’t mean we don’t cognize astatine slightest a small astir what’s coming.
Here’s everything we cognize astir Magic: The Gathering: Edge of Eternities truthful far.
What is MTG Edge of Eternities?
This year, Wizards of the Coast is leaning hard into Universes Beyond sets, with Final Fantasy the archetypal of 3 sets this twelvemonth which leans connected established franchises extracurricular of the company’s ain characters and settings, followed up by Spider-Man and Avatar: The Last Airbender past successful the year.
Whatever your thoughts connected that, Edge of Eternities is the opposite, offering a caller acceptable with a much cosmic absorption but inactive wrong Magic’s ain beingness (although it is sandwiched betwixt Final Fantasy and Spider-Man).
We’ve seen small much than conception art, but we bash cognize the caller acceptable volition people the opening of the last communicative arc of the Metronome storyline, which began with Wilds of Eldraine (if you’re inactive following).
Play Boosters
Magic The Gathering Edge of Eternities Play Booster Box
Magic The Gathering Play Booster Box
Play Boosters person go the de facto mode to unfastened packs now, replacing Set Boosters and Draft Boosters.
These packs are draftable for sealed play, and incorporate 15 cards each (although the past 1 successful the battalion is usually an advert, creation card, oregon token). Cards 1 to 6 are commons, portion paper 7 is simply a communal paper that tin beryllium a reprint.
Cards 8, 9 and 10 are uncommons, portion paper 11 offers your rare/mythic. Card 12 is simply a Land card, and tin beryllium foil oregon person afloat art, portion paper 13 is simply a “wildcard” that tin beryllium immoderate paper from the set.
Then you get a wildcard that’s a guaranteed foil for paper 14, with the thought being that players person much of a accidental to get pursuit cards from these packs. You tin bargain Play Boosters individually oregon prime up a booster box.
Collector Boosters
Magic The Gathering Edge of Eternities
Magic The Gathering Collector Booster Box
Collector Boosters are overmuch pricier than their Play Booster counterparts, and connection 16 cards (although again, 1 is simply a token).
In these, you tin find 5 uncommon oregon mythic rares, arsenic good arsenic 4 uncommons and 5 commons, arsenic good arsenic 1 land.
They’ll besides travel with a slicker framework plan successful galore instances, with 12 - 13 of the cards included being foils.
Again, you tin prime them up individually oregon arsenic a box, but expect to wage a precocious price.
Commander Decks
Magic: The Gathering Edge of Eternities Commander Deck Bundle - 2 of Each Deck
Commander has go Magic’s astir fashionable format, with the thrill of “last subordinate standing” matches and 100-card decks playable close retired of the container making for a large jumping-on constituent for caller players.
The fig of decks included successful each acceptable has varied wildly this year. For example, Aetherdrift offered 2 Commander options, portion Tarkir: Dragonstorm had a whopping five, and Final Fantasy offers four.
Edge of Eternities is scaling backmost the volume, with 2 decks: World Shaper and Counter Intelligence.
The erstwhile comes successful Black, Red, and Green colors (Jund), and the substance connected the container says players volition “Sacrifice Lands” and “Grow Back Stronger”.
Counter Intelligence, connected the different hand, is Blue, Red, and White (Jeskai) and says you tin usage its contents to “Boost Artifacts” and “Proliferate Counters”.
Bundles and Prerelease Packs
Magic The Gathering Edge of Eternities Bundle
Magic The Gathering Bundle
Finally, arsenic is contented present you’ll beryllium capable to prime up a Bundle and Prerelease Pack for the caller set.
Bundles see a bid of 9 Play Boosters, arsenic good arsenic 1 promo paper with exclusive alternate art, arsenic good arsenic a afloat acceptable of 10 Full-Art Lands successful foil and non-foil, arsenic good arsenic a spindown dice and a paper retention box. Prerelease works a small differently, with the thought being that the acceptable is utilized astatine a prerelease event.
Players unfastened the box, and usage the six Play Boosters wrong to physique a platform comprising of 40 cards. Prerelease boxes are recovered astatine your section crippled store.
Lloyd Coombes is Gaming Editor @ Daily Star. He's a large instrumentality of Magic: The Gathering and different collectible paper games, overmuch to his wife's dismay. He's besides a tech, gaming, and fittingness freelancer seen astatine Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar, Tom’s Guide, IGN, and more.
This nonfiction includes contributions from Hannah Hoolihan.
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May 22, 2025 12:15 pm
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