From soaring with dragons to facing off against Sephiroth and Aang, Magic: The Gathering has a packed year ahead. 2025 marks the first full cycle under Wizards of the Coast’s new release strategy, which splits the calendar evenly between the more classic Magic-original sets and the wildly popular “Universes Beyond” crossovers.
Most of the year’s main sets (aside from Avatar: The Last Airbender) are already available to preorder or buy on Amazon. That said, please also consult your local game store to find out when they’re accepting preorders as well.
MTG: 2025 Release Calendar – At a Glance
Here’s your set-by-set guide to what’s dropping in 2025, breaking down release dates, when you can get your hands on everything, where you can preorder, and even includes a running list of every Secret Lair drop so far this year. We’re starting off with a quick glance over the 2025 release calendar, but let’s jump into a more in-depth look as well.
- Innistrad Remastered: Jan. 24, 2025 (Out Now)
- Aetherdrift: Feb. 14, 2025 (Out Now)
- Tarkir Dragonstorm: Apr. 11, 2025 (Out Now)
- Final Fantasy: Jun. 13, 2025
- Edge of Eternities: Aug. 1, 2025
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Sept. 26, 2025
- Avatar: The Last Airbender: Nov. 21, 2025
Universes Beyond: Final Fantasy – Jun. 13
Already revealed to be the best-selling Magic set in the game’s almost 35-year history, and it isn’t even out yet, the Universes Beyond Final Fantasy set is a love letter designed by fans of RPG for fans.
Featuring a larger set than normal, the cards here will showcase each of the 16 core entries featuring their iconic heroes, villains, creatures, and locations.
Each of the four preconstructed Commander decks is based around specific games, including VI, VII, X, and the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, each of which is available as both standard and collector versions.
This release looks to be one of the biggest launches this year, so grab your gunblade and get ready. We also recently explored our top ten picks to keep an eye out for when ripping open your sealed boosters in a few weeks.
While most of the commander decks and various other bundles are currently out of stock at major retailers, here’s the pages to bookmark come June 13 in case anywhere restocks on the day. It’s also worth bookmarking this page, and following @IGNDeals on Twitter/X and Bluesky for further updates on restocks in the coming weeks.
Rare Cards to Look Out For on Release Day
With nearly 700 cards in the Final Fantasy set, including Extended Art, Borderless, and Surge Foil variants, there’s a lot to track. But a few standout rares are already turning heads ahead of launch on June 5.
Buying before release day is always a risk, as prices can drop fast once the full set hits, so holster that gunblade, and simply observe for now. Still, if you’re watching the market or planning your pulls, these are the biggest rare cards to keep an eye on right now.
Secret Lair X Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy is also getting its very own Secret Lair release as well on June 9, costing $399.99.
These drops will go on sale as part of our Summer Superdrop on June 9, 2025, at 9 a.m. PT (June 10 at 1 a.m. JST), exclusively at MagicSecretLair.
These drops are available in limited quantities. Here’s everything in the set.
- Secret Lair x Final Fantasy: Game Over (Jun 9) – 5 cards
- Spira’s Punishment (Day of Judgement)
- Absorb into Time (Temporal Extortion)
- Merciless Poisoning (Toxic Deluge)
- Unseat the Usurper (Praetor’s Grasp)
- Meteorfall (Star of Extinction)
- Secret Lair x Final Fantasy: Grimoire (Jun 9) – 5 cards
- Yuna’s Holy Magic (Prismatic Ending)
- Hope’s Aero Magic (Cyclonic Rift)
- Noctis’ Death Magic (Damn)
- Vivi’s Thunder Magic (Lightning Bolt)
- Aerith’s Curage Magic (Heroic Intervention)
- Secret Lair x Final Fantasy: Weapons (Jun 9) – 5 cards
- Yuna’s Sending Staff (Staff of the Storyteller)
- Clive’s Invictus Blade (Blade of Selves)
- Cloud’s Buster Sword (Umezawa’s Jitte)
- Gaia’s Dark Hammer (Colossus Hammer)
- Tidus’s Brotherhood Sword (Sword of Truth and Justice)
Edge of Eternities – Aug. 1
Space, the final frontier. This is the theme for Edge of Eternities, the Summertime Magic set. Its mission, to introduce space-fantasy into the realm of Magic: The Gathering, explore strange new worlds, and to seek out new planeswalkers and combos, to tap things that have never been tapped before.
This will mark the first time that Wizards is taking players into a more space-fantasy landscape, including slinging spells against aliens. It remains to be seen if there will be space wizards with swords made of light, however.
Marvel’s Spider-Man – Sept. 26
The debut set of the Marvel and Wizards of the Coast partnership features Spider-Man and will be swinging onto shelves this fall!
Players can expect to see cards based around not only Spidey himself but also members of his rogues gallery, including the Green Goblin, Doc Oc, and even the winner of 1988’s “Best Tongue Award”, Venom. Unfortunately, this set won’t see any preconstructed decks.
This set will be getting a special type of product, however, with the Scene Box. Along with three play boosters, this set will give you six special borderless art cards that can be positioned to form a single action-packed scene that looks like it was pulled straight from the comics, featuring Spidey fending off villains, which can be displayed on the included paper easel.
Players on Wizards’ digital MTG client, Magic Arena and Magic Online, will also see Spider-Man set, albeit without Spider-Man. Wizards has opted to create a duplicate Marvel-free set that is functionally identical but without any of the characters or imagery, referred to as “Through the Omenpaths” as a digital-only release.
Universes Beyond Avatar: The Last Airbender – Nov. 21
Closing out the year will be Aang and company with Universes Beyond – Avatar: The Last Airbender. Currently, outside of its existence, very little is known about this set, including what products will be released for it.
All we know is that we players can expect their favorite characters to show up, beautiful artwork, and an elemental showdown. But, if Wizards of the Coast nails the artwork and card mechanics, this could be one of the coolest Universes Beyond sets we have ever seen. Stay tuned for more news.
Every MTG Set Released So Far in 2025
Here’s every Magic: The Gathering set released in 2025 so far, ordered from most recent release (Tarkir Dragonstorm), all the way to the first release of the year (Innistrad Remastered).
Tarkir Dragonstorm – Apr. 11 2025 (Out Now)
Tarkir Dragonstorm returns players to the plane of Tarkir, which was last seen back in 2014, and once again features not only a ton of powerful dragons but also the various clans that rule this land.
The five clans, the Abzan Houses, the Jeskai Way, the Sultai Brood, Mardu Horde, and the Temur Froniter, each are built around different slices of the color pie, and this uniqueness is further expanded on with Dragonstor, with each clan, along with the dragons themselves, featuring new specialty mechanics tailored to their playstyle.
Big creatures, cool abilities, and more dragons to cram into your Ur Dragon EDH deck are here for fans, and on the topic of Commander, this set also features five different precon decks, with each one made for each clan.
Aetherdrift – Feb. 14 2025 (Out Now)
If you were to summarize Aetherdrift as “Magic with racecars,” you would be a good 80% there. A large, multiversal race, known as the Ghirapur Grand Prix, is taking place in Avishkar, and racers from planes including Duskmourn and Amonket, among others are in attendance.
One of the special mechanics unique to Aetherdrift is “Speed,” where cards can get better, the more of these speed tokens they have, and along with the special showcase art cards, which resemble ’80s racing posters, really help the “professional racing” aesthetic land with this set. It also has Chandra the Planeswalker doing the Akira slide on a card.
Innistrad Remastered – Jan. 24. 2025 (Out Now)
Innistrad is Magic’s original Gothic Horror plane that first dropped back in 2011. These Remastered sets are special releases that include beloved card reprints and mechanics with some updates sprinkled in.
Innistrad Remastered started out the year giving players a new chance to get fan-favorite cards like Edgar Markov, Liliana of the Veil, and Archangel Avacyn. This set is a great way to introduce newer players to some of the game’s fabled history.
Secret Lair Releases – 2025 So Far
- Featuring: Jack Teagle (Feb. 3) – 5 cards
- Mulldrifter
- All Will Be One
- Benevolent Hydra
- Forgotten Ancient
- Animar, Soul of Elements
- Artist Series: Jesper Ejsing (Feb. 10) – 5 cards
- Llanowar Elves
- Sun Titan
- Breeches, Eager Pillager
- Deflecting Swat
- Llanowar Elves
- Lorwyn Lightboxes (Feb. 10) – 5 cards
- Ancient Amphitheater
- Auntie’s Hovel
- Gilt-Leaf Palace
- Secluded Glen
- Wanderwine Hub
- City Styles 2: Dressed to Kill (Feb. 10) – 5 cards
- Karmic Guide
- Ninja of the Deep Hours
- Captain Sisay
- Selvala, Explorer Returned
- Veyran, Voice of Duality
- Arcade Racers (Feb. 10) – 5 cards
- Big Score
- Final Fortune
- Heat Shimmer
- Roiling Vortex
- Wheel of Misfortune
- Aether Drifters (Feb. 10) – 6 cards
- Parhelion II
- Mechtitan Core
- Peacewalker Colossus
- Reckoner Bankbuster
- Smuggler’s Copter
- Mechtitan
- Featuring: Mitsuhiro Arita (Feb. 10) – 4 cards
- Light-Paws, Emperor’s Voice
- Murktide Regent
- Lightning Bolt
- Shorikai, Genesis Engine
- A Devastation of Dragons (Feb. 21) – 4 cards
- Kokusho, the Evening Star
- Skyline Despot
- Niv-Mizzet, Parun
- Scion of the Ur Dragon
- Dogs are Better Than Cats (Mar. 17) – 6 cards
- Spirited Companion
- Escape to the Wilds
- Rip Apart
- Titanic Ultimatum
- Arcane Signet
- Basilisk Collar
- Cats are Better Than Dogs (Mar. 17) – 6 cards
- Helpful Hunter
- Escape to the Wilds
- Rip Apart
- Titanic Ultimatum
- Arcane Signet
- Basilisk Collar
- Spongebob SquarePants: Legends of Bikini Bottom (Mar. 24) – 7 cards
- Plankton, Tiny Tyrant (Skrelv, Defector Mite)
- Mr. Krabs, Penny Pincher (Charix, the Raging Isle)
- Squidward, Sarcastic Snob (Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar)
- Gary, the Snail (Toxrill, the Corrosive)
- Sandy Cheeks, Martial Astronaut (Toski, Bearer of Secrets)
- Patrick Star (Barktooth Warbeard)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (Jodah, the Unifer)
- Spongebob SquarePants: Lands under the Sea (Mar. 24) – 6 cards
- 5 basic lands
- Command Tower
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Internet Sensation (Mar. 24) – 9 cards
- Counterspell
- Daze
- Inevitable Betrayal
- Force of Despair
- Night’s Whisper
- Food token
- Smothering Tithe
- cOuNTeRspELl
- Dismember
- Twisted Toons (Mar. 24) – 5 cards
- Silence
- Winds of Abandon
- Culling the Weak
- Fatal Push
- Young Wolf
- Tragic Romance (Mar. 24) – 4 cards
- Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
- Kaalia of the Vast
- Angel of Despair
- Master of Cruelties
- They Grow Up So Fast (Mar. 24) – 5 cards
- Dragonlord Atarka
- Dragonlord Dromoka
- Dragonlord Kolaghan
- Dragonlord Ojutai
- Dragonlord Silumgar
- Secret Lair: Class of ‘87 (Mar. 24) – 4 cards
- Aesi, Tyran of Gyre Strait
- Anje Falkenrath
- Chulane, Teller of Tales
- Radha, Heart of Keld
- Pick’em and Stick’em (Mar. 24) – 10 cards
- 5 sticker cards
- Thalia, Heretic Cathar
- Clever Impersonator
- Hedron Crab
- Pitiliss Plunderer
- Treasure token
- Garden Buds (Mar. 24) – 5 cards
- Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
- Elvish Reclaimer
- Harrow
- World Shaper
- Horn of Greed
- Oishi! Tokens (Mar. 26) – 4 cards
- 4 Food tokens
- Secret Lair X Marvel’s Deadpool (Apr. 1) – 7 cards
- Harmless Offering
- Blacker Lotus
- Deadpool, Trading Card
- Deadly Rolick
- Saw in Half
- Blasphemous Act
- Vandalblast
- Adventures of the Little Witch (Apr. 22) – 4 cards
- Secret Rendezvous
- Serenity
- Esika’s Chariot
- Realms Uncharted
- VROOOOOMMMMMM! (Apr. 28) – 5 cards
- Lava Dart
- Monastery Swiftspear
- Soul-Scar Mage
- Underworld Breach
- Mishra’s Bauble
- Everything Is On Fire (Apr. 28) – 5 cards
- Chain Lightning
- Dragon’s Rage Channeler
- Lava Spike
- Rift Bolt
- Skewer the Critics
- Featuring: Jay Howell (Apr. 28) – 5 cards
- Agent of Treachery
- Priest of Forgotten Gods
- Treasonous Ogre
- Uncivil Unrest
- Marchesa, the Black Rose
- Secret Lair X KEXP: Where the Music Matters (Apr. 28) – 6 cards
- 5 basic lands
- Command Tower
- Secret Lair X KEXP: You Are Not Alone (Apr. 28) – 6 cards
- Cultural Exchange
- Folio of Fancies
- Concordant Crossroads
- Rites of Flourishing
- Font of Mythos
- Minds Aglow
- Everyone’s Invited! (May 12) – 15 cards
- Morophon, the Boundless
- Raise the Palisade
- Bitterblossom
- Taurean Mauler
- Avenger of Zendikar
- Kindred Summons
- Tendershoot Dryad
- Coat of Arms
- Maskwood Nexus
- Sol Ring
- Rin and Seri, Inseparable
- 4 Shapeshifter tokens
- Slay the Day (May 19) – 4 cards
- Marwyn, the Nurturer
- Liesa, Shroud of Dusk
- Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
- Sythis, Harvest’s Hand
- Secret Lair x Final Fantasy: Game Over (Jun 9) – 5 cards
- Spira’s Punishment (Day of Judgement)
- Absorb into Time (Temporal Extortion)
- Merciless Poisoning (Toxic Deluge)
- Unseat the Usurper (Praetor’s Grasp)
- Meteorfall (Star of Extinction)
- Secret Lair x Final Fantasy: Grimoire (Jun 9) – 5 cards
- Yuna’s Holy Magic (Prismatic Ending)
- Hope’s Aero Magic (Cyclonic Rift)
- Noctis’ Death Magic (Damn)
- Vivi’s Thunder Magic (Lightning Bolt)
- Aerith’s Curage Magic (Heroic Intervention)
- Secret Lair x Final Fantasy: Weapons (Jun 9) – 5 cards
- Yuna’s Sending Staff (Staff of the Storyteller)
- Clive’s Invictus Blade (Blade of Selves)
- Cloud’s Buster Sword (Umezawa’s Jitte)
- Gaia’s Dark Hammer (Colossus Hammer)
- Tidus’s Brotherhood Sword (Sword of Truth and Justice)
Product Key – What to Buy?
Here is a breakdown of the standard types of products that sets release with and what they include.
Play Boosters
These are standard bread-and-butter 15-card packs of random cards. Each pack is composed of 7 common cards, 3 uncommon cards, 1 rare or mythic rare card, 1 basic land, 1 non-foil wild car, 1 foil wild card, and 1 ad, token, helper, or art card.
Most booster boxes contain 30 of these 15-card packs, though some special sets may contain fewer (usually 24).
Collector Boosters
Much like the Play Boosters, Collector Boosters also have 15 random cards in the pack. Still, these special packs contain more cards of higher rarities, special foiling, unique art or bordered cards, double-sided tokens, and potentially other bonuses.
These packs are also far more expensive than a typical Play Booster, and Collector Booster Boxes also only contain 12 packs of these elusive cards.
Commander Decks
The Commander format may have started as a community-driven format, but Wizards of the Coast has adopted it and now releases its own preconstructed 100-card Commander decks.
Each deck comes with two possible cards that can serve as the deck’s commander (Commander creatures have to be a Legendary creature, and whose color identity dictates the color cards that can be included in the deck.)
Each deck contains any required tokens for the deck, a 2-card Collector Booster sample pack, a strategy insert explaining its respective deck, and a reference card.
Collector’s Edition Commander Decks
Similar to Collector Boosters, these special Commander decks are functionally identical to their standard version counterparts, except with some special art and foiling for collectors.
Their prices are also far higher, and their lower print runs make them tough to get.
Bundle
Bundle products are great options for gifts, or if you want some packs of cards but also some nifty extras, too. Each bundle comes with 9 Play Booster packs, a bunch of basic land cards (unique to the given set), a pretty dice (usually a d20), and a storage box.
If you and each friend get a bundle, it can make for a fun draft experience, too.
Gift Bundle
The Gift Bundle is nearly identical to the standard bundle except for two things—it comes with a Collector Booster in addition to the standard nine play boosters, and the storage box has a bit more flair and foiling.
Prerelease Packs
Prerelease packs are special releases that you can get at your local game store during a set’s Prerelease launch event, containing six play boosters, a special promo card, and a special life counter – everything you need to create a small 40-card deck to compete against other attendees.
There tend to be various themes of these packs for players to pick from, with some cards that are more tailored to that specific faction or color combination.
Starter Kit
The Starter Kit is a product designed to introduce the game to new players. It contains two 60-card decks, boxes to store them, and instructional aids to help walk the two players through their first games.
As an added bonus, these also tend to include redemption codes to unlock the decks on Magic Arena, the digital Magic: The Gathering platform.
Released Sets of 2024: A Look Back
Magic: The Gathering Foundations – November 15, 2024
Capping off the year, Foundations arrived as Magic’s new entry-level product aimed squarely at newcomers. With simplified cards, curated reprints, and a structure reminiscent of Jumpstart, it was designed to make onboarding smoother than ever.
It’s the clearest sign yet that Wizards wants to bolster Magic’s long-term future by making the game more accessible without sacrificing its core identity.
Duskmourn: House of Horror – October 2024
Halloween season brought with it Duskmourn: House of Horror, one of the boldest thematic swings Magic has taken in years. Set entirely within a haunted mansion, it channeled modern horror vibes through its claustrophobic design, disturbing card art, and jump scare flavor. Instead of the usual plane-spanning scope, this set kept things intimate and creepy — and it worked.
Bloomburrow – August 2, 2024
If Duskmourn was the year’s most terrifying set, Bloomburrow was its most adorable. Set on a plane with no humans, it introduced a cast of heroic woodland critters — squirrels, frogs, bats, and more — banding together to defend their home. With its storybook aesthetic and approachable mechanics, Bloomburrow offered a lighter, friendlier take on the game that still held plenty of strategic depth.
Secret Lair: Monty Python and the Holy Grail – July 29, 2024
A standout among this year’s Secret Lair drops, the Monty Python and the Holy Grail collaboration leaned fully into the absurd. Split across two releases, it packed classic Magic cards with deeply specific Python references — from coconuts-as-horses to the European vs. African swallow gag — making it a bizarre, quotable delight for fans of the 1975 film.
Universes Beyond: Assassin’s Creed – July 5, 2024
July also saw the release of Magic’s crossover with Assassin’s Creed, adding another chapter to the Universes Beyond initiative. Sold in Beyond Boosters rather than traditional draft packs, the set emphasized thematic resonance over gameplay structure. Featuring major characters like Ezio, Altair, and historical icons like Leonardo da Vinci, it managed to blend stealth and strategy while staying Modern-legal.
Modern Horizons 3 – June 14, 2024
The third Modern Horizons entry didn’t hold back. Released in June, it introduced powerful new cards, format-defining reprints, and returning mechanics like Energy. Double-faced planeswalkers made a triumphant comeback, echoing Magic Origins, and familiar worlds like Zendikar and Theros helped inject a nostalgic punch. The draft format, meanwhile, was one of the deepest of the year.
Outlaws of Thunder Junction – April 19, 2024
Magic went full Western in April with Outlaws of Thunder Junction, a stylish and surprisingly villain-centric set. This was a rootin’-tootin’ showcase of bandits, bounty hunters, and black hats, complete with new mechanics like Plot and Spree. It pushed flavor to the forefront, giving Magic one of its most cohesive and playful settings in recent memory.
Universes Beyond: Fallout – March 8, 2024
March gave Commander players a radioactive treat with Universes Beyond: Fallout. The set delivered four thematically distinct Commander decks, tapping into iconic factions and characters from the Fallout games — Brotherhood of Steel, Super Mutants, Vault Dwellers, and more. With its retro-futuristic flair and solid deck construction, it proved a strong crossover effort.
Murders at Karlov Manor – February 9, 2024
Murders at Karlov Manor reimagined Ravnica through the lens of a murder mystery, complete with suspects, disguises, and evidence to collect. It introduced new mechanics to match the whodunit theme and even crossed over with Clue for an extra meta twist. It was a narrative-forward set that let Magic flex some genre muscles outside of its usual fantasy fare.
Ravnica Remastered – January 12, 2024
The year opened with a love letter to one of Magic’s most beloved settings. Ravnica Remastered compiled highlights from the city-plane’s long history, featuring cards from across its three blocks with updated art and retro-frame treatments. From powerful shock lands to fan-favorite guild cards, it was a nostalgia-rich start to the year for both collectors and players alike.
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Includes contributions from Christian Wait and Robert Anderson.
