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Details of latest Magic: The Gathering releases revealed at MagicCon Chicago

Published on: 27th February 2024

February 23rd saw Wizards of the Coast host MagicCon: Chicago, showcasing cards, art and details about upcoming sets for Magic: The Gathering.

Magic: The GatheringMagic: The Gathering, the world’s first modern trading-card game, recently celebrated its 30th anniversary and is more popular than ever thanks to collaborations in its Universes Beyond line with legendary partners. Since it was introduced in the mid-1990s, more than 50m people have played Magic in hobby shops and around tables across the globe.

At the weekend, thousands of fans and players descended upon the McCormick Place Lakeside Center in Chicago for an incredible weekend full of Magic. Fans gathered at special preview panels revealing information for upcoming titles including first looks for Outlaws of Thunder Junction, Assassin’s Creed, Modern Horizons 3 and Bloomburrow.

More information on each product and their release dates can be found below:

  • Fallout (release date: 8th March 2024)

Magic: The Gathering – Fallout celebrates elements of all Fallout games from 1997 up to Fallout ’76. The set represents the first modern view of some of the classic Fallout games, including updates to characters and settings from Fallout and Fallout 2, and pays homage to Fallout’s high-energy, high-action, post-nuclear RPG roots. Whether players join the side of some of Fallout’s most infamous characters or choose to play as a Vault survivor fighting gangs of raiders, super-mutants, irradiated monsters, and pre-war robots, life in the wastelands won’t be easy.

The collaboration between Wizards of the Coast and Bethesda continues with Magic: The Gathering’s Secret Lair × Fallout drops, available exclusively through MagicSecretLair.com. These three limited print run Secret Lair drops, Secret Lair × Fallout: Vault Boy; Secret Lair × Fallout: Points of Interest; and Secret Lair × Fallout: S.P.E.C.I.A.L. come in regular and foil editions. Fans can sign up to get notified the moment these three Secret Lair drops go on sale.

  • Outlaws of Thunder Junction (release date: 19th April 2024)

Outlaws of Thunder Junction is Magic’s rowdiest set, introducing a new Western-themed world that offers Magic fans a frontier fantasy gameplay experience and a high-action heist story featuring the return of fan-favourite Oko.

  • Magic: The GatheringModern Horizons 3 (release date: 14th June 2024)

Modern Horizons returns in 2024 with Modern Horizons 3. Magic players love Modern Horizons sets for its rewarding draft format and nostalgic callbacks. Players can expect all of that and more with fan-favourite characters, twists on popular mechanics and new double-faced Planeswalker cards.

  • Assassin’s Creed (release date: 5th July 2024)

In collaboration with Ubisoft, Universes Beyond will introduce immersive, epic historical adventures from Assassin’s Creed to Magic: The Gathering. The Assassin’s Creed set features most Assassin’s Creed games released to date, with mechanically unique cards and reprints that feature new artwork.

  • Bloomburrow (release date: 2nd August 2024)

Magic fans can venture to Bloomburrow, a charming and cozy new world in Magic that doesn’t include humans at all. Instead, this release spotlights a bold adventuring party of anthropomorphic animal friends – such as squirrels, frogs, rats, and rabbits – that will need to band together on an important quest.

 

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