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Perhaps it would force designers with gold IPs up their sleeves to be more original in their designs, rather than copying Magic.

This isn’t to say that this change is necessarily bad.

Would Blizzard begin working on Hearthstone if they could have created a World of Warcraft-themed Magic set? Would a game like Overpower be able to exist without the strength of uniquely licensed IPs? What if Yu-gi-oh had been released as a Magic set? Think the show would be any good? It raises the question of whether the new brand type will supplant new CCGs aiming to make money on existing IPs. RELATED: Every Marvel board game ever published, as ranked by BoardGameGeek Magic will now be a true multiverse, and it seems like just a matter of time before Hasbro starts releasing sets in the Star Wars and Marvel universes. Magic cards have obviously taken heavy inspiration from trademarked IP, but before now it was always set in the Magic universe and carried the pretense of originality. Putting aside the issue that almost all fantasy is D&D-themed and vice versa, this is a big change. Remind you of anything?īecause D&D is also owned by Wizards, the Forgotten Realms set will not be in the Universes Beyond brand, it will simply be its own tournament-legal Magic set. However, Wizards of the Coast is also planning to release a new Dungeons and Dragons-themed set called “ Dungeons and Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms,” in the Summer TM of 2021. The new sets featuring Lord of the Rings and Warhammer 40K will be full-fledged, originally designed Magic sets in their own right, in a new line called “Universes Beyond.” Wizards said these will be printed with a distinct foil badge and “act as a brand within Magic: The Gathering-existing in addition to and alongside our existing line of products,” rather than showing up in standard Magic sets. However, those were alternate art for 16 cards, rather than brand new cards of their own. The first signs of the sea change came last year when Hasbro and Toho Studios announced a special line of Magic cards set in the Godzilla universe.

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But the move to license other IPs is a big shift for the venerable card game, which avoided formal crossovers for some 27 years of its existence. So in some ways, it makes sense for card games featuring other popular intellectual properties to cut the pretense and just be Magic. Many (most?) attempted collectible card games are clones of Magic as it is. It won’t be a huge shock to the card game world. Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro announced Thursday that Magic: The Gathering is doing crossovers now.

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