Magic the Gathering

The Magic: The Gathering movie from Legendary and Hasbro has its first star: Maya Hawke, cast to anchor an ensemble for director Matt Johnson. Her role is still secret, so here's the case that she's playing Chandra Nalaar, the pyromancer Hasbro keeps putting front and center. Plus the story I actually want on screen, Urza and Mishra's Brothers' War, and the casting news that will tell us which way this goes.

Our TCG holiday gift guide for 2026 covers what to buy the Magic, Pokémon, and Dungeons & Dragons players in your life, with MSRPs, current market prices, and release dates. Star Trek Commander decks are preordering under sticker price, Pokémon Delta Reign is trading at nearly triple MSRP, and Secret Lair orders won't make it under the tree. Here's what to buy and where to find it at a fair price.

The Rise of the Polygons Secret Lair is Magic's Extra Life 2026 charity drop: Balefire Dragon, Big Score, Young Pyromancer, Sword of Truth and Justice, and an Elemental token in late-90s low-poly art by Brendan Sullivan. It sells November 16th through 30th for $39.99 non-foil or $49.99 foil, with half of the price going to Extra Life and Seattle Children's Hospital. We price the cards, explain the charity, and tell you where your money does the most good.

Every Star Trek Commander precon ranked: Landing Party, We Are the Borg, Klingon Fury and Federation Fleet. Greg Montique checks each commander's card text, flags the rules gotchas (including the Borg Queen blurb Wizards got wrong), lists every deck by card type, and names the cards to keep and the first upgrades to make before the November 13th release.

One, Borg Evolved gives every artifact creature you control flying, double strike, vigilance, menace, lifelink, and ward 2. This One, Borg Evolved commander deck guide covers how the Esper Borg Artificer works, why double strike fires your damage triggers twice, the early, mid, and late game plan, four ways the deck wins, and the five cards it needs, including the Thopter Foundry package and Võx. Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek releases November 13th, 2026.

Strange New Worlds and Beam Me Up are two separate MTG Star Trek mechanics, and each has rules that catch players off guard. Strange New Worlds counts the differently named lands you control. Beam Me Up lets you recast certain instants and sorceries from your graveyard by returning a creature to its owner's hand. We cover how each one works, the gotchas around Blood Moon, snow basics, tokens, and your commander, and how to build a Commander deck around each.

Everything you need for the MTG Star Trek prerelease, running November 6th through 12th at local game stores. We cover what comes in the Prerelease Pack, what your six Play Boosters will realistically give you, how to build a 40-card Sealed deck, and how beam me up, station, face a dilemma, federation, strange new worlds, and assimilate actually play in Limited. Plus what to bring and what you won't find at the event.

A full breakdown of assimilate and federation, the two MTG Star Trek mechanics built to fight each other. We cover how assimilate turns creatures into Borg artifact creatures, how federation counts creature types, why every assimilated creature drops out of the federation count, and rules questions on changelings, blink, commanders, and players leaving the game. Then we get into how to build a Borg deck and a federation deck that actually work.

Our MTG Star Trek preview covers the full mechanic lineup, including beam me up, face a dilemma, federation, assimilate, and the Commander-only battlefront and seek out. We break down the four Commander decks, the LCARS shock lands and other Booster Fun treatments, how rare the signed headliner cards are, and which product gives you the most for your money before the set releases November 13th, 2026.

Wizards of the Coast confirmed Star Trek MTG delays on October 16th, citing production and shipping problems. Play Boosters and Prerelease Packs are on schedule for the November 6th Prerelease and November 13th release. In North America, the Commander decks may arrive late. Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific face longer lists, including Collector Boosters, Bundles, Scene Boxes, and Draft Night. Here's the full breakdown by region and what to ask your local game

The Duality Distorted Secret Lair brings back four classic Magic artists, Mark Poole, Phil Foglio, DiTerlizzi, and Sandra Everingham, to paint retro frame versions of Thoughtseize, Desperate Ritual, Pyroblast, and Tribute to the World Tree, each inspired by one of their own famous cards. Includes the original card behind every pairing, plus the price and value math.

Our MTG Marvel Darkhold Destiny first look covers what Wizards revealed at New York Comic Con: the April 9th, 2027 release date, a Commander player's take on Lords of Hel, Midnight Sons, Gods of Asgard, and Strange Academy, plus how The Darkhold's sin counters and life-equalizing ability work, the new Vengeance, Arcane, and Dimension mechanics, and every product you can preorder now.

MTG Commander ban predictions ahead of the October 12th, 2026 Banned and Restricted announcement. Greg Montique breaks down the two cards the Commander Format Panel has on watch, Rhystic Study and Thassa's Oracle, and the two banned cards with a real shot at coming back, Jeweled Lotus and Griselbrand. Includes what the panel has said about each card, ban and unban odds, and why Commander might sit out Monday entirely.

MTG God Packs start with Nauctis: The Sunken Realm on February 5th, 2027. One in every 1,000 Booster Packs will hold 14 rares and mythics, and one in every 300 Collector Boosters gets a foil-heavy version. Greg Montique breaks down what's inside, the box math on your odds, why a player's market like Magic won't react the way Pokémon does, and whether God Packs push booster prices up.

The planeswalker price spike after Reality Fracture sent Oath of Teferi, The Chain Veil, Azor, Onakke Oathkeeper and Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God sharply higher. This breakdown gives each card's starting value and October 5th price, shows which supply and buylist signals back each move, and says which spikes look durable.

Wizards published a Zeta Set apology after the September Secret Lair sale paused mid-queue and sold out in minutes. This breakdown covers what actually caused the failure, why Secret Lair's Matthew Hodgins took personal responsibility for the queue pause, what happens to orders that already went through, and why the December 9th relaunch is a real structural fix rather than just an apology.

MagicCon Detroit 2027 is the first MagicCon ever held in Michigan, running February 26th through 28th at Huntington Place downtown. This guide covers every badge tier and price, what Pro Tour Nauctis means for the weekend, what your badge unlocks on the show floor, and practical notes for Metro Detroit locals planning to go.

The Multiverse Reforged decklist packs four colors and 18 new-to-Magic cards into Reality Fracture's only new Commander precon. This breakdown covers the full list, why the polymorph plan runs top-heavy, the cards worth pulling into other decks, and the first swaps to make before it hits the playmat.

These are my top 10 Reality Fracture cards, picked purely for power and utility, not for what deck I happen to want to build.

Wizards of the Coast confirmed the MTG Star Trek Beginner Box cancelled in every region, two months before its November 13th release date. It's Magic's first full product cancellation this year, coming right after Reality Fracture shipping delays tied to a Panama Canal drought and a spike in diesel prices. This piece covers why the Beginner Box got cut, how a packed 2026 release calendar left no slack to absorb a shipping shock, and what it means for the rest of the Star Trek