Summary:
Themes for the Future
- Innovation for the Future and Honoring the Past
- Creating Something for Everyone
- Commitment to Magic Lore and Story
2023
Coming August 10th - Secret Lair Commander Deck: Angels
Wilds of Eldraine is the first set of the “Omenpath Arc”, the start of a 3-year storyline culminating in 2026.
Jurassic World UB coming with next Ixalan set, like Transformers with BRO.
Additional LTR holiday release coming in November
MTG Arena
- Anniversary events upcoming in September
- Better duplicate protection to be introduced in WOE
- New achievement system to be added
- SOI last remastered set “for a while”, but full Khans of Tarkir set to be added by the end of the year.
2024
- Akin to Dominaria Remastered along with retro frames
Murders at Karlov Manor (Q1 standard set)
- Top down murder mystery set based in Ravnica
- Not a “normal” Ravnica set - not focused on guilds
- Focused on solving mysteries
- Comes with Ravnica: Clue Edition, a multiplayer Magic experience
Fallout UB Commander Decks
- Themes set to represent factions from the world
- Coming March 2024
Outlaws of Thunder Junction (Q2 standard set)
- Brand new plane featuring multiple villains from across the multiverse
- Introducing double-face cards to MH in a complex drafting format
- Coming to Arena, available to draft and play at launch.
Arena additions
- Pioneer masters- Draftable set intended to make Arena “Tournament Pioneer” complete
- Integration of local FNM play into Arena (stuff like XP on your account)
- Introducing “Beyond Boosters” - a new kind of booster unique to the setting, featuring new cards and reprints
Bloomburrow (Q3 standard set)
- Start of the “Dragon Storm” story arc
- No humanoids. Only anthropomorphized animals (mice, rats, frogs, birds, etc) at their normal sizes - but with magic and weapons
Duskmourn: House of Horror (Q3(?) standard set)
- Top down modern (70s/80s) horror set
- Brand new world set inside one giant mansion
2025
(very loose info on sets in development)
Innistrad Remasterd
- “Death Race” set taking place across three different worlds via the Omenpaths
- Two worlds from premiere sets with no “return”. Third world seen on cards but never visited in a premiere set
- A return to Tarkir
- A blending of Khans of Tarkir and Dragons of Tarkir
- Tentpole release like LTR
- Will encompass each main FF release all the way up to FFXVI
- Will be available on Arena
General Arena plans
- Better new player experience
- Improving collectibility and personalization
- Figuring out 3+ players on Arena
- Start of unnamed story arc (codenamed ‘Metronome’)
- Set in outer space as a top down “Space Opera”
Codename Wrestling
- A return to Lorwyn
2026
(extremely loose concepts. Still in vision design)
Codename Yachting
- Return to Arcavios
Codename Zipline
- “Capstone Event Set” for the previous arcs (like March of the Machine and War of the Spark)
I’m not asking you to justify anything - I’m saying you’re wrong. UB hasn’t changed premier sets like you’re claiming. They are largely the same as any other set released in the last 15+ years, as much as any IP can be the “same” over a decade of development. It is your choice to let your dissatisfaction with UB color your opinion of other Magic product.
And I don’t have a “yum” here. These upcoming sets might suck, or they might be amazing. We have no idea based on what’s been revealed so far. My only intent here is to push back against this needless negativity based on nothing but personal hangups. I’m not going to claim Magic is perfect. I have issues with UB as well. But having such a negative kneejerk reaction to an announcement so sparse on actual information is just going to turn this community into a toxic hole, which wouldn’t be good for anybody.