Spider-Man Magic: The Gathering Crossover Unveiled

If you caught our reveal of Magic: The Gathering’s Final Fantasy crossover last week and thought to yourself, "Video games are fantastic, but what about superheroes?", then today's news will thrill you. We're excited to share a first look at six new cards from Magic's upcoming Spider-Man set, along with details on all the accompanying products and packaging.

Click through the image gallery below to explore all the Spider-Man cards from its Commander-focused Scene Box, booster packs, Welcome Decks, and more. Keep reading for insights from Wizards of the Coast about this highly anticipated set.

Marvel's Spider-Man x Magic: The Gathering - First Card and Packaging Reveal

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Set to launch on September 26, Marvel's Spider-Man marks the second fully draftable, Standard-legal set in Magic's Universes Beyond line, following Final Fantasy, and the third overall after 2023's Modern-legal Lord of the Rings set. Unlike what you might expect, it won’t include preconstructed Commander decks. Instead, **the cards in the Scene Box shown above** are designed with Commander in mind and **won’t** be Standard-legal.

While last year's Secret Lair featuring Wolverine, Captain America, and others marked Magic's initial foray into the Marvel universe, Spider-Man will be the first full set inspired by the comics. Wizards of the Coast Executive Producer Max McCall explained the decision: "Spider-Man needs a full set to do justice to the character and incorporate the many villains he's come across over the years. Picking characters from the Spider-Man canon for a wider set would leave far too many characters on the cutting room floor. We could probably have found room for Gwen Stacy and Miles Morales in a non-Spider-Man specific set, but there wouldn’t have been room for Aunt May."

McCall highlighted the unique approach to designing for a Universes Beyond set, saying, "It flips the worldbuilding on its head. A typical Magic set needs its cards to lay the groundwork of its location and setting while being fun to play with to engage players. But with characters like Spider-Man, most people already have some familiarity. When we make a card that speaks to great power bearing great responsibility, there’s room to add mechanical complexity because folks understand the story the card is telling. We don’t have to make Universes Beyond cards that are ‘simple’ - we just have to pick moments that are recognizable, and they’ll be easy for fans to understand."

Head Designer Mark Rosewater shared insights on translating Spider-Man's world into Magic cards, stating, "Magic's color pie is robust enough that we have the ability to show heroism and villainy in all five colors." He exemplified this with Spider-Man, saying, "Spider-Man feeling obligated to use his power to help people is core to him being part of the white color pie. Spider-Man is also the product of science, being bitten by a radioactive spider. This, and Peter’s aptitude for science and invention (like his web-slingers) is very blue. Finally, Spider-Man's powers are based on an animal, and the comics have shown that there is a certain destiny to his connection to both spiders and the Spider-Man universe, which is all core green."

In addition to the Scene Box, the set will feature the usual Play Boosters, Collector Boosters, Bundles, and Prerelease Packs, all showcased in the gallery above. While there won’t be any preconstructed Commander decks, this set will see the return of Welcome Decks, themed introductory decks often given out by game stores for free to help new players learn the game in a low-pressure environment.

Alongside this year’s Final Fantasy set, Wizards of the Coast also recently announced a set themed around Avatar: The Last Airbender. Before that, two more in-universe sets will be released: Tarkir: Dragonswarm and the space-themed Edge of Eternities.

*Read on for the full, unedited interview with Wizards of the Coast’s Max McCall and Mark Rosewater:*