MTG 2026 Lineup
Yes, MTG is coming in hot with not six but seven mainline sets in 2026—and it’s not the “new normal,” just a scheduling quirk because there was too much cool stuff to squeeze into one year. I can’t say I blame them; who among us hasn’t let a Commander night run five hours just because nobody wants to pack it in? Same vibe, honestly.
The official rundown feels like someone mashed up nostalgia, nerd dreams, and pop culture with zero brakes. Here’s what’s coming, in order of release and absolute mayhem:
- Lorwyn Eclipsed (January 23)
- To Be Announced Universes Beyond (NYCC reveal in October 2025)
- Secrets of Strixhaven (April)
- Magic: The Gathering | Marvel Super Heroes (June)
- Magic: The Gathering | The Hobbit (August)
- Reality Fracture (October)
- Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek (November)
Each set is its own flavor of wild. If you’re not grinning like a planeswalker who just topdecked their win con, did you even read that lineup?
Lorwyn Eclipsed: Breezy Nostalgia with a Twist
First up: Lorwyn Eclipsed, releasing January 23. If you spent any of 2007 hiding behind forests and cooking up faerie shenanigans, this is that soft spot in your mana base. Wizards says we’re following Strixhaven students on a detour to the plane of kithkin and boggarts. Yes—college kids on a rural study abroad with goblins. As someone who once got lost in Vermont on a field trip and ended up in a barn full of goats, I feel a strange kinship here. Go weird, go home.
The Secret Universes Beyond Set: Teased, Not Spoiled
Next, at New York Comic Con in October 2025, we’ll finally get to see the still-secret Universes Beyond set. Nothing brings out my inner gremlin like speculation season. You got a tinfoil theory? I want to hear it. For now, though, it’s all cloak-and-dagger, like that friend who insists their draft deck “isn’t that good” and then top-eights for pack prizes.
Secrets of Strixhaven: Off-Campus Antics
Then, come April, Strixhaven is back—Secrets of Strixhaven (“Class is back in session!” echoes every promo). But this isn’t “Cram for Finals, Part 2”—the students are exploring off-campus life. It’s basically every classic adventure movie where the real trouble starts when you leave the safe zone. Also, there’s a new YA novel, Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos by Seanan McGuire, which will satisfy anyone who ever wished their library’s fantasy shelf had a little more blue mana. When I was a kid, I wanted to attend wizard school…but not the kind where you get fireballed in the cafeteria.
