Final Fantasy Coming to Magic the Gathering in 2025

[MATGSY]

https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/m...-fantasy-set-will-include-every-mainline-game

MTG has been going nuts with the crossovers lately. They just launched a LotR set & Assassin's Creed & Fallout will be getting cards in the future as well. But FF getting a full sized expansion covering all 16 main games is on another level here.

If Gilgamesh isn't a planeswalker, what are they even doing?

 

[LoneFox]

If Gilgamesh isn't a planeswalker, what are they even doing?

I don't know who or what you are referring to here (because I don't know much about the franchise), but they have said that they don't want to put any planeswalkers in these crossover sets, basically to protect the world (b)order.

 

[MATGSY]

Forgot to update this when the 1st previews were a few months ago:

Set is releasing on June 13th. Next update is on Tuesday.

 

[Megavoltage]

I haven’t played MTG in years but it used to be my obsession. This crossover would have blown my mind back in the day. It'll be interesting in seeing how they incorporate Final Fantasy spells into MTG cards. Firaga, Curaga, Flare, Meteor, Ultima, etc.
I wonder what the difference would be between with the famous Lightning Bolt and Thundaga.

 

[MATGSY]

Update came early. 4 Commander precon (pre-constructed) decks along with the booster based on FF6, 7, 10, & 14. I was almost half-right on these predictions: I thought they would be 7, 14, overall 2D era, & overall 3D era, following in how the Doctor Who expansion had classic & modern era decks. But I was also thinking Sephiroth would've been the commander of the FF7 deck as most of these crossover sets did at least 1 villain focused deck.

Anyway, the commanders of the precons: https://www.ign.com/articles/magic-the-gathering-final-fantasy-commander-deck-reveal-spoilers

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/1irorau/fic_terra_herald_of_hope

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/1iroqf9/fic_cloud_exsoldier

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/1iros54/fic_tidus_yunas_guardian

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/1irot4p/fic_yshtola_nights_blessed

 

[MATGSY]

 

[LoneFox]

The full livestream where they discuss the revealed cards is here.

...and Yuffie gets a rename of an existing card instead of a proper card of her own? Seriously?!

 

[MATGSY]

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/1isj5kd/fin_sephiroth_planets_heir_cloud_planets_champion

Aerith having 2 toughness confirmed. I'm probably more inclined to get the starter kit over cloud's deck.

 

[Megavoltage]

Those cards are super cool! I especially like Cecil and his transformation.

But isn’t Jumbo Cactuar going to get banned? It reminds me of the overpowered joke cards from gimmick releases. I’ve been out of the game for a while, but I don’t think it’ll be that hard, whether through Enchantment or Instant, to give a green creature Trample, right? Once that happens, you win.

 

[MATGSY]

Those cards are super cool! I especially like Cecil and his transformation.

But isn’t Jumbo Cactuar going to get banned? It reminds me of the overpowered joke cards from gimmick releases. I’ve been out of the game for a while, but I don’t think it’ll be that hard, whether through Enchantment or Instant, to give a green creature Trample, right? Once that happens, you win.

There's a myriad of ways to deal with Jumbo Cactaur: counterspells, exile, Pacifism, stealing control of it, etc JC has a high mana cost, if the opposing player doesn't have anything in hand to deal with it by turn 7, they frankly deserve to lose.

Cecil on the other hand, is legit OP for a 1 mana. Even the life lost tradeoff doesn't matter if he'll get it back later.

 

[LoneFox]

But isn’t Jumbo Cactuar going to get banned? It reminds me of the overpowered joke cards from gimmick releases. I’ve been out of the game for a while, but I don’t think it’ll be that hard, whether through Enchantment or Instant, to give a green creature Trample, right? Once that happens, you win.

It costs 7 mana, meaning you need to have a way to get it into play without casting it, and then it needs another card to give it trample (and preferrably haste too). That's a three card combo. There are plenty of other three card combos that win the game right away and are much less vulnerable to removal. Unless there is a way to reduce it to two cards, it's not going to see any play in competitive decks.

That said, it is still bad design... I'm not looking forward to playing against it in limited.

 

[MATGSY]

https://www.reddit.com/r/MagicArena/comments/1j7u6ks/fic_celes_rune_knight