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)
They used to call them “Standard Sets” but they stopped because I think they thought that sent the message they were only for standard players. I do agree “Standard legal sets” is more accurate, though it is a mouth full.