First Look at Spider-Man’s Magic: The Gathering Crossover Revealed

Missed our big reveal of the Magic: The Gathering x Final Fantasy crossover last week? Don't worry, we've got something even more exciting! Get ready for a web-slinging adventure: today we're unveiling six new cards from Magic: The Gathering's upcoming Spider-Man set, along with a sneak peek at all the accompanying products and packaging.

Click through the image gallery below to see the Spider-Man cards featured in the Commander-focused Scene Box, booster packs, Welcome Decks, and more. Read on to hear all about this exciting new set from Wizards of the Coast.

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

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Arriving September 26th, Marvel’s Spider-Man will be the second fully draftable, Standard-legal set in Magic’s Universes Beyond line, following Final Fantasy, and the third overall after 2023’s Lord of the Rings set. While you won't find preconstructed Commander decks, the cards in the Scene Box (shown above) are specifically designed for Commander play and will *not* be Standard-legal.

Following last year's Secret Lair featuring Wolverine, Captain America, and more, Spider-Man marks the first full set inspired by Marvel comics. Wizards of the Coast Executive Producer, Max McCall, explains this choice: "Spider-Man needs a full set to do justice to the character and incorporate the many villains he’s faced. Picking characters for a smaller product would leave out too many iconic figures. We could maybe fit Gwen Stacy and Miles Morales into a non-Spider-Man specific set, but there wouldn't be room for Aunt May."

McCall describes designing a Universes Beyond set as "flipping worldbuilding on its head." A typical Magic set needs to establish its setting and be fun to play, whereas most people are already familiar with Spider-Man. "When we make a card representing 'great power, great responsibility,' we can add mechanical complexity because players understand the story. We don’t need to make Universes Beyond cards ‘simple’ – we just need recognizable moments that fans will easily grasp."

Head Designer Mark Rosewater explains how they translate the Spider-Man universe into Magic: "The color pie is robust enough to show heroism and villainy in all five colors." He cites Spider-Man as an example of a character spanning white, blue, and green (though the Scene Box version uses only white and blue). "Spider-Man's obligation to help people is core to the white color pie. His scientific background and inventions are very blue. Finally, his powers, rooted in an animal and a sense of destiny, are very green."

Besides the Scene Box, the set includes Play Boosters, Collector Boosters, Bundles, and Prerelease Packs (see the gallery above for details). While there are no preconstructed Commander decks, Welcome Decks will return—themed introductory decks for new players, often offered free by game stores.

Following this year’s Final Fantasy set, Wizards of the Coast recently announced an Avatar: The Last Airbender set. Two more in-universe sets are planned before that: Tarkir: Dragonstorm and the space-themed Edge of Eternities.

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