Magic fixed Harry Potter's dumbest problem by inventing its own Hogwarts

Five years later, Polygon talks to the team that created Magic's beloved school for mages. In February 2026, panic struck the Magic: The Gathering community. Hasbro, the parent company of Magic and Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast, announced a partnership with Warner Bros. to license the Harry Potter franchise across its various product lines. While no specific toys or games were confirmed, the news was still enough to spark concerns that the Boy Who Lived would be crossing over into the Magic multiverse. On the one hand, after several years of similar crossovers, a Magic x Harry Potter team-up seems inevitable. On the other hand, even after being beaten into submission with crossovers for everything from Transformers to My Little Pony, the news that the Wizarding World (and all its baggage) might be coming to Magic was enough to send certain parts of the fanbase into a tailspin. It didn't take long for Wizards to push back. In a Reddit thread discussing the news, the official company account chimed in: "The Magic Multiverse has its own school of Magic at Strixhaven with plenty of secrets still to explore. Our Universes Beyond roadmap currently doesn't have us visi