If you missed MagicCon Atlanta’s announcements, there’s an awful lot to unpack. From a stacked Magic: The Gathering release calendar to new Secret Lairs for October and beyond, there’s a lot coming.
Below, we’ve rounded up the major new sets in 2026, including what we know about them so far, but we’ve also covered the new Secret Lair update (including PlayStation and The Office).
2026’s Magic Sets - At a Glance
- Lorwyn Eclipsed - January 23, 2026 (Preorders Live)
- Unannounced Universes Beyond Set - March 2026
- Secrets of Strixhaven - April 2026
- Marvel Superheroes - June 2026
- The Hobbit - August 2026
- Reality Fracture - October 2026
- Star Trek - November 2026
If you’ve been yearning for a return to Lorwyn, the first set of 2026 is here to get things started. The set is a Universes Within to kick off the year, and marks the debut of the Draft Night Box.
You can preorder it now, and it’ll see the return of Commander Decks for the first time since 2025’s Edge of Eternities with two options: A five-color, and a Jund.
Wizards of the Coast is keeping this one quiet until New York Comic Con on October 10, but we do know it’s a crossover with Nickelodeon, so make of that what you will.
If Nickelodeon isn’t your thing, then the good news is you won’t have to wait long to get back to a more recognizable plane.
Secrets of Strixhaven will have its own Omens of Chaos tie-in novel, and the set will focus on the wizarding school.
Spider-Man arrived in 2025, and now more Marvel heroes are coming to MTG, too.
We’ve already seen cards for Iron Man, Black Panther, Fantastic Four, and more, and the set will lean on comic book versions of the Marvel universe’s characters.
We’re expecting a Mentor/Sidekick theme, and for this one to be popular.
A return to Middle-earth was a pleasant surprise, but the only information we have so far is the following:
“Join Bilbo’s adventure of a lifetime with Dwarves to befriend, Trolls to trick, Elves to outwit, and songs to sing. There's gold or dragon’s fire at the end, so enjoy the journey!”
Give us some Five Armies Commander Decks, please.
The last in-universe set of 2026 is Reality Fracture, and it’ll feature callbacks to Tarkir: Dragonstorm and Outlaws of Thunder Junction.
The team has suggested it has a theme players have wanted for a long time, but that’s all we know so far.
If you felt Wizards had got the sci-fi out of their system with the (excellent) Edge of Eternities, think again.
November 2026 will see the arrival of a Star Trek set to celebrate that franchise’s 60th Anniversary, and it’ll incorporate everything from the original series to Strange New Worlds. It even got a trailer.
Magic's 2025 Sets - At a Glance
It’s also good idea to take stock of 2025’s sets, because it’s definitely a year that’s divided opinion.
- Innistrad: Remastered - January 24
- Aetherdrift - February 14
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm - April 11
- Final Fantasy - June 13
- Edge of Eternities - August 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man - September 16
- Avatar: The Last Airbender - November 21
That’s seven sets in total, with three of those being Universes Beyond collaborations with the likes of Square Enix, Marvel, and Nickelodeon. And, from looking at the 2026 schedule, it looks as though Wizards is looking to stick to that ratio.
Lloyd Coombes is an experienced freelancer in tech, gaming and fitness seen at Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar and many more. He's a big fan of Magic: The Gathering and other collectible card games, much to his wife's dismay.
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