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2026 MTG Standard Release Schedule
January - Lorwyn Eclipsed
March - Unannounced Universes Beyond (to be revealed at NYCC 10/10)
April - Secrets of Strixhaven
June - Marvel's Super Heroes
August - MTG x The Hobbit
October - Reality Fracture
November - MTG x Startrek
I watched The Owl House Original Pilot! It was pretty interesting, would love to know where they were going with some of these ideas 🤔
Magic: the Gathering - State of the Meta
Post Zendikar Rising metagame is an insane mono-culture at the moment.
May 1st marks the three month mark before Standard Rotation. Essentially, the New Phyrexia arc will be leaving Standard. (Thank you, Lord!)
By this time in August, Final Fantasy will have been in Standard for a month and a half, as Edge of Eternities releases on August 1st.
Finally taking the time to look at posts regarding the Foundations and upcoming sets. I'm interested in Aetherdrift. Tarkir: Dragonstorm is whatever it is as the only dragon we've had in the current story arc is the Dragonhawk in Bloomburrow and Niv-Mizzet in the Duskmourn story, so again, it's whatever.
I thought I'd be more upset with Universes Beyond being made legal in all formats, but it's no big deal. Magic is about Multiversal settings, so no big deal. Yeah, it's not Magic flavor or settings but the multiverse is infinite. Just think of it as part of the multiverse where there are planes no known Magic character has visited.
I'm really interested in Edge of Eternities, though not really fond of the plane being called The Edge. And also, what do they mean 'outside the multiverse'? The Blind Eternities are outside the multiverse. The Meditation Plane is outside the multiverse. New Phyrexia is now outside the multiverse. How many places can be outside the multiverse?
Be that as it may, I'm still more interested in Edge of Eternity than any other Magic set because it's space opera/space-fantasy. That Forest art looks absolutely beautiful. I need that spacewhale as a wall hanging. I'm not interested in Tezzeret only because I don't do much with artifacts in a game called Magic the Gathering but it's always interesting when Tezzeret shows up in stories.
This would be a good time to have a Space Ghost Secret Lair, btw.
As far as Universes Beyond sets, never been into Final Fantasy because I never really got into the games. I can't wait to see what's in the Spider-Man set but will be more interested in any X-Men/mutant focused sets. I really hope I can grab a Storm or Wolverine Secret Lair before they run out.
Standard Format Bans for Monday, June 30th.
Thank you so much, WotC. How about we not be slow to ban cards like these, okay? There is no reason half these cards couldn't have been banned earlier than this.
Despite a wealth of different competitive decks to play, Standard has some major flaws that hold the format back.
Wow, it's like how I've been saying Standard is getting too fast. Right, @markrosewater ? It's about time others catch on and say something about it. This should be a sign that Standard needs to slow the hell down.
Coming to Magic the Gathering in Standard 2025!!!
Q1 - "Death Race"
Q2 - "Return to Tarkir"
Q3 - "Space Opera"
Q4 - "Return to Lorwyn"
