Last year’s Spider-Man set had no shortage of controversies around it, but one of the biggest was how it was handled on MTG Arena. Instead of releasing Spider-Man itself on the platform, Wizards opted to give Arena players Through the Omenpaths, a fully in-universe version of the set, instead. While this was an admirable effort, it also caused a lot of confusion and an awkward divide between digital and physical players. Fortunately, a newly announced change to how MTG Marvel sets work on Arena is addressing this problem, for now and for the future.
MTG Marvel Sets Come To Arena Properly!
In a new article, Wizards of the Coast has revealed that Marvel Super Heroes will be coming to MTG Arena in its entirety. This means digital players will get to open the same cards as their paper peers, without wondering which new in-universe character corresponds to which iconic Marvel figure. Wizards is going all-out here, too, bringing not just Marvel Super Heroes but also its supplemental products to the platform. Cards from the Marvel Super Heroes Jumpstart set, Beginner and Scene Boxes, and the face Commanders from its Commander precons, will all make the jump, too.
This is exciting enough as an update for Marvel Super Heroes, but today’s announcement also affects all other MTG Marvel sets, too. From now on, all Marvel sets released in the future will come to Arena in full, just like this one. On top of that, Wizards will be retroactively applying the same change to Spider-Man, updating the client with the actual cards from the paper game.
This change will take place on June 16th, and will see Through the Omenpaths swapped out for the real deal. For those who enjoyed the alternate versions, however, the Omenpaths versions will be sticking around as card styles. You’ll be able to switch between both styles for Omenpaths cards you already own, and you’ll be able to buy those you don’t in the future for either gold or gems. This means you can still run Fleem, Goben’s Creation in Brawl if you’d like, or enjoy the original Green Goblin version.
Overall, this feels like a majorly positive step for Magic’s Marvel partnership. While Through the Omenpaths was interesting and certainly had its fans, keeping everything on the same page feels much more sustainable going forward.
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