Ever since MTG and Marvel announced a massive multi-set collaboration, players knew that Spider-Man would be involved. As one of the most iconic superheroes in the Marvel franchise, it would be absolutely criminal for Spiderman to not see an appearance. Well, not only does Spiderman look to be appearing soon, but he may be the theme for an entire MTG set?!
What is This?
This new page suddenly appeared on the official Magic: The Gathering site. Spider-Man is definitely coming to Magic, but he may be a bigger part of the game than we initially expected. It appears that we are going to have an entire product based around Spider-Man.
At this point, we have absolutely no idea what this could be. Is this a draftable set? Is this something similar to the Universes Beyond Assassin’s Creed crossover? Is this another set of Secret Lairs? Sadly, your guess is as good as ours since this page is literally all the information available.
While it is unclear as to what exactly this is, it doesn’t look like another set of Secret Lairs. Since this is being featured on the official Magic site, we expect it to be something bigger. The only question is: how big?
If you ask us, this Spider-Man-themed MTG product is most likely a Beyond Booster set. Similar to Assassin’s Creed, we expect a mini-set of cards themed around the Spider-Man universe. Thanks to previous information, we’re almost certain that this set is going to be Modern legal. This would follow the trend set by the Assassin’s Creed set.
Player Opinion
While some are excited about an entire Spider-Man-themed set, some players are a little disappointed that the first possibility of an MTG X Marvel set we see is entirely Spider-Man-Themed. Of course, there’s no confirmation that this Spider-Man set is THE tentpole draftable Marvel set, but players are nonetheless concerned:
“I was really hoping the marvel set would be more of everything, but im good with this too.”
DylanSoul
“I must say, I’m surprised they’re starting out with Spider-Man, I was expecting a general Marvel Universe set to start out.
But this is fine by me, Spider-Man has more than enough heroes, villains, henchmen, stories, artifacts and concepts to fill out a whole set in all 5 colors. I also expect a Spider-Verse, Sinister Six, and/or Symbiote commander decks.
I do hope that non-Spider-Man heroes that frequently team up with Spider-Man like the Fantastic Four, Daredevil or Wolverine are also here. Also, give us a Big Wheel Vehicle card!”
AporiaParadox
A lot of players also mention that, while the choice of having an entire Spider-Man-themed set is a little surprising, it is certainly doable. There is more than enough substance in the Spider-Man universe to create an entire set around.
Notably, as mentioned by many players, it is 100% confirmed that there are going to be multiple Marvel-themed sets, even draftable ones. This means that Spider-Man could either be a Beyond Booster set or a draftable one reasonably.
Finally, many MTG players are curious when the exact 2025 release date is going to be. Notably, we have another massive MTG collaboration with Final Fantasy queued up for that year. It will be interesting to see when these two different Universes Beyond sets drop.
Whatever this Spider-Man-themed MTG product ends up being, it certainly has a lot of players excited, despite no one really knowing what it is.