The five Nauctis factions are racing to the Sunken Realms

The five Nauctis factions showed up on the MagicCon Detroit 2027 schedule before Wizards previewed a single card: Humans, Merfolk, Sharks, Decalids, and Desolators, each racing to find the Sunken Realms. Here's who each faction is, what their Oceanic League blurbs give away, why the humans have no green mana, and why Nauctis: The Sunken Realm starts Magic's first story arc after Jace Beleren's death.

MagicCon Atlanta 2026 runs November 13th to 15th, and the Nauctis: The Sunken Realm first look panel hits the Mana Stage Friday at 1 p.m. ET. Last year, Atlanta revealed all of Magic's 2026 sets at once. This year, most of 2027 is already public, so here's what's left to reveal, my predictions for the panel, and everything else happening that weekend, from World Championship 32 to Mystery Booster Commander Edition.

The MTG Star Trek rules changes are live for prerelease weekend. Eric Levine's update bulletin adds rule 508.4e for Kira Nerys, Firebrand, the first card that makes your creatures enter tapped and attacking. It also gives Werewolf Pack Leader new Oracle text, writes assimilate, beam me up, and face a dilemma into the Comprehensive Rules, and adds 43 creature types. Here's what each change does at the table and which one I'd build around in Commander.