Shell Yeah, ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Is the Subsequent ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Crossover

A few weeks ago, Wizards of the Coast unveiled its grand plans for Magic: The Gathering‘s subsequent 12 months, and so they have been actually grand. With seven units due out in 2026, there’s going to be extra Magic than ever earlier than, together with 4 new crossover units as a part of “Universes Beyond.” Besides a kind of units was being saved secret for a couple of extra weeks… and it seems it was as a result of Wizards was ready for an acceptable place to announce some native boys.

At the moment at New York Comedian Con, Wizards confirmed that the ultimate addition to Magic‘s 2026 lineup is none aside from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Raph, Leo, Donnie, Mikey, and mates would be the second main collaboration between Wizards of the Coast and Nickelodeon, within the wake of subsequent month’s Avatar: The Last Airbender set.

TMNT will now be the fourth Universes Past set releasing in 2026 alongside Marvel Tremendous Heroes, The Hobbit, and Star Trek—and marks the tipping level that can see the primary 12 months that Wizards releases extra product devoted to different universes than Magic‘s personal authentic multiverse.

Listed below are some sneaks shared on Wizards of the Coast’s social media:

Combining particular person strengths to create a dream crew is a core a part of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Every Companion card within the #MTGxTMNT Commander Deck highlights these strengths and provides a unique aptitude to your path to victory. pic.twitter.com/1xgoYKfo5H

— Magic: The Gathering (@wizards_magic) October 10, 2025

The #MTGxTMNT set has 4 borderless headliner playing cards that characteristic artwork by Kevin Eastman, the unique illustrator of TMNT. Check out that shiny signature stamp! So rad. pic.twitter.com/jDjE8HpM5k

— Magic: The Gathering (@wizards_magic) October 10, 2025

The brand new #MTGxTMNT mechanic Sneak would possibly really feel acquainted – it is one other nice option to ship a shock punch to your opponent for an alternate casting price. pic.twitter.com/ZOpynBy2eY

— Magic: The Gathering (@wizards_magic) October 10, 2025

Put together to conflict in opposition to your favourite TMNT villains! Listed below are a couple of you will come throughout in #MTGxTMNT. pic.twitter.com/QGl9vbnt8T

— Magic: The Gathering (@wizards_magic) October 10, 2025

PIZZA BUNDLE? Pizza bundle.

The #MTGxTMNT Pizza Bundle has everybody’s favourite slice of the set, like booster packs and pizza lands. Essentially the most scrumptious half is that you’re going to discover 2 (of 6 whole) playing cards from Magic’s previous in every bundle, every with pizza-themed art work. pic.twitter.com/KkmEb0Tqdb

— Magic: The Gathering (@wizards_magic) October 10, 2025

Our heroes in a half shell cannot combat on an empty abdomen! These flavorful full-art pizza primary lands gives you the gas to solid some #MTGxTMNT spells. pic.twitter.com/2Fi6V1cYLF

— Magic: The Gathering (@wizards_magic) October 10, 2025

It’s a dangerous transfer, even when one seemingly pushed by the huge success of this 12 months’s Ultimate Fantasy crossover (which can get a second wind later this 12 months with a collection of latest present bundles and card releases). Even placing apart the divisive nature of what Universes Past has grow to be to gamers who play Magic for its personal spin on fantasy tropes, TMNT probably faces the same challenge to the newest Universes Past launch, Spider-Man.

A restricted pool of heroes who largely do related issues to 1 one other and a largely real-world setting (bagels and sizzling canine carts don’t thrilling Magic playing cards make), have been two of the sticking factors of controversy with Spider-Man, which additionally struggled with being buffed out to a normal Magic set, creating numerous playing cards that each stretched the themeing skinny whereas additionally not including something significantly new or mechanically attention-grabbing to Magic‘s meta.

Hopefully even past the solid of the turtles themselves and their shut allies, there’s sufficient mutant-animal goodness for Magic to actually latch on to one thing with (and, after all, loads of ninjas due to the Foot Clan—and Magic loves a ninja!) and create a set that may defy a few of the trepidations followers could have within the wake of Spider-Man‘s middling reception.

Little doubt we’ll discover out the nearer we get to TMNT‘s launch in March 2026.

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