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Gizmodo
26-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
‘Magic: The Gathering' Swung Into the Spider-Verse at Comic-Con
We're on the cusp of the release of Magic: The Gathering's next major set, Edge of Eternities, next week, but that didn't stop Wizards of the Coast from swinging into San Diego Comic-Con to show off its next big crossover: Spider-Man. And in our first major glimpse at what to expect from the set, we got treated to a whole spider-verse of new cards—and, of course, some very nifty comic book-themed variants to get your wallet's spidey senses tingling. It's no surprise that transforming cards are going to be the name of the game in Spider-Man, given the plethora of secret identities and alter egos of friends and foes at play here. While seemingly not every Spider-Hero included in the set will get that treatment, major players like Peter Parker, Miles Morales, and Gwen Stacy will all be able to flip between their civilian identities and their hero forms. Another recurring mechanic? Summoning spider tokens—a cute nod to the origins of many a Spider-hero, although in Magic it turns Pete and his friends more into a Spiders-Man than anything else. One new mechanic coming to the set that we know of thanks to these new cards is web-slinging, although it's more that the flavor is new rather than the actual mechanic. Drawing on a plethora of other quickening mechanics from Magic's past (and its present, given the arrival of Warp in Edge of Eternities), web-slinging lets a player pay a reduced mana cost for a card at the expense of returning a tapped creature you control back to your hand. Think of it like Spidey using something—in this case, a creature on the battlefield—to zipline into the action with haste! Metaphorical haste, rather than mechanical haste, that is. Aside from introducing key heroes and villains coming to the set, the new reveals also showcased a host of variant card treatments—although with a slight twist that Spider-Man will be the first crossover set that removes the distinctive triangular border frame that has defined 'Universes Beyond' cards in the past, further enmeshing Magic's crossover experiences with original sets. Variant treatments for Spider-Man include, of course, stylized webbing frames and comic-panel-inspired alternate art, but also special comics art variants that leverage decades of Marvel Comics artwork—in some instances, turning cards into iconic comic covers, framing their rules text into a front-page spread. Magic: The Gathering's Spider-Man set begins releasing September 26. Check out even more cards revealed at SDCC below! Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what's next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.
Gizmodo
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
‘Edge of Eternities' Will Take ‘Magic: The Gathering' to the Stars
A certain Star franchise may have boldly declared space the final frontier, but for Magic: The Gathering, it's only the beginning. After the huge risk (and ultimate success) of its Final Fantasy set last month, the venerable card game is leaping into another big risk, although this time devoid of any flashy crossover: its next set, Edge of Eternities, will mark Magic's first proper foray into full-on science fiction. The series has flirted with sci-fi concepts across its fantastical settings for years with factions like the biomechanical Phyrexians or the multiversal eldritch horrors of the Eldrazi—and even dipped its toe more specifically into the genre with the Warhammer 40,000 and Doctor Who crossovers, but Edge of Eternities, set to release next month, will see Magic embrace the stars in ways it never really has before. But even as it goes boldly, the set is doing so with a thoroughly Magic twist. Edge of Eternities represents one of Magic's biggest original storytelling opportunities in recent memory. Rather than playing with a new plane in the multiverse, Edge is going between and beyond the planar concept that has defined generations of Magic lore. Naturally, doing so also requires a lot of setup for the Magic community beyond cards and flavor text: Edge of Eternities' accompanying fiction will release across 11 story episodes, with five side stories to introduce new worlds, characters, planets, and the tone Magic is taking on as it explores the stars. But while Edge is something entirely new, it is still rooted in the familiar for Magic diehards. The set takes place in the titular realm: the far edge of the Blind Eternities, the void between planes in the multiverse that has been hinted at for years in Magic's storytelling. 'The metaphor that we've been using internally is if the multiverse is an orange, and that the planes that we are aware of are the seeds, the Edge is the peel,' Senior Story Lead for Magic Roy Graham recently explained to press at a briefing for the new set. As the Edge itself is such an expansive and alien branch of Magic's worldbuilding, Edge of Eternities will act as a formal introduction to the realm by keeping itself focused on a singular system within the region, Sothera. First teased during Edge's recent unveiling at MagicCon Las Vegas, the Sothera system is a solar system where its central star has been collapsed into a massive supervoid, by a cult of black hole worshippers known as the Monoists. Although rocked by Sothera's transformation, the system contains five primary planets, each aligned to one of Magic's mana archetypes. Kavaron represents red mana, Evendo green, Adagia white, Uthros blue, and Susur Secundi, the world closest to Sothera's new supervoid and the hub of Monoist activity in the system, naturally represents black. Each planet will have representation in Edge's card set, playing into some of the new mechanics being introduced. Across those five worlds, multiple factions new and old will be introduced—from insectoid terraformers to ancient precursor races, to even hints at familiar Magic factions like the Eldrazi, who've long been known to hail from the Blind Eternities. But the set's main conflict will be spread across three primary groups: Pinnacle, essentially Magic's stand-in for Star Trek's Federation and Starfleet, a pan-species governmental and exploratory body that recently incorporated the Sothera system into its territories; the Monoists, who are seeking to complete Sothera's transformation into a full supervoid; and their ancient foes in the Celestial Palatinate, a holy empire built around a mathematical equation that has been locked in war with the Monoists for eons, who have sent the Solar Knights of the Sunstar Free Company to Sothera in an attempt to reverse the damage done to its dying star. But again, not everything in Edge is brand-new to familiar Magic audiences. For all the new factions at play, there is at least one Planeswalker making a grand return in the set: Tezzeret, returning after the events of the Phyrexian invasion of the multiverse to make his next move. '[Tezzeret] has travelled the vast distance through the Blind Eternities with the help of his Darksteel body all the way to the edge in order to start anew,' Graham teased. 'It's a realm filled with metal and machines and tools that he can bend to his will.' All that certainly sounds like a big step into tone and territory Magic has only really dipped its toes into before. But for the team behind Edge of Eternities, their approach still felt informed by a lot of what Magic usually does in the realm of fantasy—and they were quick to explain their vision as being still in that realm, just with a science-y twist. 'We really wanted to raise this idea of science fantasy,' executive producer Mike Turian explained. 'Any time we go to a new plane, a new place, a new world, we're always looking to say, 'hey, how can we connect what's resonant and awesome about that setting with Magic: The Gathering?'. So for Edge of Eternities, we wanted to go and take a look at what it means to take Magic to outer space, but, for instance, we have Sothera, which is a magical black hole. The word 'magical' there really carries a lot of weight in this idea of science fantasy. At the Edge, magic is not beholden to physics. We've got flying whales in outer space—a scientist wouldn't validate the possibility of this actually existing! And yet this really captures that essence, and we thought, the potential of combining Magic and outer space.' '[Edge being too far a leap for Magic] couldn't be less the case,' Graham added. 'This is an exciting new direction for us, it's territory we've never managed to cover before in Magic. But everything is reflected and redefined, and mirroring the sorts of nuanced storytelling, deep fantasy worldbuilding, and resonant themes that Magic players will always love. It's being told in this new medium, the art is being interpreted in this out-of-this-world manner, and there are some things we're doing in the mechanical design and the story and narrative that only really makes sense in the context of a space-fantasy adventure.' As Graham teased, that mix of the familiar and the new is likewise reflected in Edge of Eternities' mechanical approach to Magic. One returning mechanic for Standard players is the return of legal Shock Lands—dual-type lands that enter play tapped and can be untapped for a life cost. But even Edge's new mechanics all echo familiar design philosophies, iterating as much as they add. One new mechanic that leans on iterative ideas is Station. Almost akin to the Crew mechanic that played a major role in Aetherdrift, cards with Station can gain new abilities, and can transform type, once a certain amount of charge counters have been placed on them by tapping other creature cards, gaining a charge token totalling that tapped creature's power level. In Edge, Station will be tied to two new card subtypes: Planets, which have no unique rules themselves but will all have Station, and Spacecraft, a new thematic vehicle type. The addition of spacecraft in Edge will also mark the first time that any vehicle type, spacecraft included, can be used as a player's commander in the Commander format, opening up a wide variety of deck-building opportunities. Another is Warp, meant to represent the idea of faster-than-light travel within the Edge. Cards with Warp can pay an alternative, cheaper mana cost to be played, at the expense of being exiled during the next end step. A warped card can be played from exile, interacting with plenty of other standard Magic mechanics, but it can only be warped once—in exchange, you get powerful benefits for their brief time on the battlefield. Interacting with Warp, is Void, representing the absence of space. If a card was warped that turn or if a nonland permanent leaves the battlefield, Void can trigger, providing either alternative effects on spells and sorceries, or additional ones on top of their regular effects. The final new mechanic teased to the press was Lander tokens, representing Pinnacle's mission of planetary exploration. Similar to food or treasure tokens, Landers can be sacrificed to tutor (or search your deck) for basic lands. It was clear looking over what Wizards of the Coast has planned for Edge of Eternities that there was an intriguing parallel to its work on the Final Fantasy set. If that set integrated an outside property into Magic with a reverence and care to represent the very best of what the 'Universes Beyond' concept could be for the game, Edge takes a similar approach in incorporating a new genre to Magic's original storytelling approach. The new worldbuilding is filled with potential for further exploration beyond Edge, drawing plenty of parallels between the new material and what Magic has already played with in similar spaces. Mechanically too, the set is shaping up to capture core tenets of science fiction and science fantasy that feel celebratory of the genres. But especially in the wake of Final Fantasy and its status as one of the most financially successful Magic sets ever, it's hard not to look at what Edge is doing—sandwiched as it is between huge Universes Beyond releases, with Spider-Man releasing in September—even in the space of Magic's own storytelling, and feel like this is laying the groundwork for Magic's next big crossover. 'One of the things that's great when working on these sets is that we get to be inspired by our players' expectations,' Turian noted, refusing to be drawn to one particular franchise or another that may have inspired much of what Edge is doing. '[We're] understanding how people think about outer space, and what it means to them, and we find great ways to incorporate that into our releases.' Time will tell if the Edge holds further opportunities for exploration, or if something lies even further beyond its universe. Magic: The Gathering – Edge of Eternities will hit shelves August 1. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what's next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.
Malay Mail
03-07-2025
- Business
- Malay Mail
MyRepublic Launches Exclusive GAMER Broadband Bundle with Magic: The Gathering's Newest Expansion
MyRepublic Launches Exclusive GAMER Broadband Bundle with Magic: The Gathering's Newest Expansion – Edge of Eternities Play Booster Box – designed for those focused on building strong decks and enjoying gameplay. – designed for those focused on building strong decks and enjoying gameplay. Collector Booster Box – ideal for collectors hunting for exclusive foils, alternate art, and rare finds. SINGAPORE - Media OutReach Newswire - 3 July 2025 – MyRepublic announces an exclusive new bundle for trading card game fans: Receive awhen customers sign up for MyRepublic's high-performance GAMER broadband officially inmarks the 106th expansion of the legendary card game franchise, bringing a cosmic twist to the MTG multiverse. New sign-ups for MyRepublic's GAMER broadband plan will open on 3 July 2025, allowing sufficient time for broadband installation and onboarding. Eligible customers will be able to redeem their Edge of Eternities booster boxes in August, in line with the official launch of the boxes are a gateway for both competitive players and collectors to discover powerful, rare, and potentially high-value cards. With each sealed pack containing a mix of strategic game-changers and sought-after editions, the bundle delivers excitement even before the game can choose between:"This isn't just about broadband speeds—it's about understanding what makes gamers tick. Community, value, and the thrill of getting something unique. These bundles bring all of that together in a way no broadband provider has done before." said Terry Williams, Vice President, Consumer, is engineered for ultra-low latency and high-speed responsiveness, delivering a seamless experience for online play, multiplayer battles, and real-time are limited, and demand is expected to be high. Sign-ups begin 3 July 2025 via For more information, please visit Hashtag: #MyRepublicGAMER #MyRepublicxMTG #EdgeOfEternitiesBundle #GAMER #Broadband #GeeksUseUs The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. MyRepublic Broadband Pte Ltd MyRepublic is an award-winning telecom operator whose values lie in the future of connectivity, the next opportunity to disrupt, and innovations that will make a real difference. The provider's priority is to redefine broadband and mobile connectivity in the markets it operates and empower customers to understand what a true modern connectivity experience can be. Magic: The Gathering First launched in 1993, Magic: The Gathering is a globally renowned trading card game by Wizards of the Coast, known for its deep strategy, collectible value, and vibrant player community.
