From Dark Souls to KPop Demon Hunters, here's a chaotic assortment of potential crossovers we're dreaming about There was a time when the idea of Magic: The Gathering crossing over with other franchises felt impossible. Magic just didn’t do that. When The Walking Dead showed up as a mechanically unique Secret Lair in 2020, it sparked more debate than excitement, raising somewhat controversial questions about what Magic even was. Six years later, Universes Beyond has evolved into essentially half of everything Wizards of the Coast prints for Magic (more than half in 2026). These crossovers are no longer limited to Secret Lair experiments, either. The three best-selling sets ever are Final Fantasy, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. But while those all fit relatively neatly into Magic's fantasy setting, the Universes Beyond has also crossed over into immersion-breaking franchises like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Spider-Man, with a multi-year Marvel partnership to bring even more superheroes to Magic. By the end of 2026, we’ll even have a Star Trek set. Is anything off-the-table for Universes Beyond? It doesn’t seem like it. According to
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From Dark Souls to KPop Demon Hunters, here's a chaotic assortment of potential crossovers we're dreaming about There was a time when the idea of Magic: The Gathering crossing over with other franchises felt impossible. Magic just didn’t…
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