Magic: The Gathering‘s Final Fantasy Set Looks Like a Match Made in Seventh Heaven

Magic: The Gathering‘s crossover era has been a divisive one for longtime players. Although there’s still plenty of original expansions to the venerable card game, the rise of “Universes Beyond,” Wizards’ umbrella for what has become a swath of licensed crossovers with everything from SpongeBob SquarePants to Lord of the Rings, has become increasingly prominent—and for as many intrigued fans of those other franchises it’s brought in, there’s pushback that Wizards has traded its original worldbuilding for the card game equivalent of a Fortnite match. That dividing push and pull among Magic fans and curious onlookers is on the precipice of facing its biggest test next month with the release of Magic‘s 105th expansion: Final Fantasy. It’s arguably Wizards’ most ambitious crossover yet, a collaboration with a fantasy world as vast, as long-running, and as equally equipped with a voracious, opinionated fanbase as Magic‘s. The first Universes Beyond set to be made legal in the game’s stand ... Read full article.