There’s little doubt that 2025 will be the most important year in Magic’s history for a long long time. Blowing the impact of past story arcs out of the water, 2025 contains multiple major overhauls to Magic as we know it. Arguably the most important of these is the changes coming to Universes Beyond, which all begin with the Final Fantasy MTG set.
This year, Wizards of the Coast will release three major Standard legal Universes Beyond sets for the first time. This all starts with the Final Fantasy MTG set, which has just had its prerelease weekend conclude. Beyond beginning a new trend, this long-anticipated release obviously has a lot of MTG players and Final Fantasy fans excited. If you’re looking to dive into Magic’s biggest set of 2025, we’ve got you covered.
Here’s everything there is to know about the Final Fantasy Universes Beyond MTG set releasing in 2025!
MTG Final Fantasy Release Date
To get started with the all-important information that everyone wants to know, we have the release date for Final Fantasy. Considering that it releases at the end of this week, it shouldn’t be too shocking that Wizards has officially confirmed this date already.
Here are all the official release dates for the Magic: The Gathering – Final Fantasy set:
- MTG Final Fantasy Release Date: June 13th, 2025
While the Final Fantasy MTG set has not officially released just yet, you may notice that cards are already available for purchase all over the place. That’s because the Prerelease date, which you can find below has already passed. This typically marks when LGS-type stores can offer new Magic product, while release dates typically suggest when big box stores will have sealed product for purchase.
- MTG Final Fantasy Prerelease Dates: June 6th – June 12th, 2025
Long before these unconfirmed dates, as is customary for MTG set release timelines, we saw a First Look event for Final Fantasy. Typically, this livestream will happen three to four months before the set’s final release date. More recently, First Look presentations have taken place at MagicCon events around the world.
Final Fantasy’s First Look occurred on February 25th, 2025, while the spoiler season kickoff for the set occurred on May 20th at PAX East.
MTG Final Fantasy Spoilers
Final Fantasy prerelease has come and gone, which means that, despite the set’s official release date not passing as of the writing of this article, the entire set has been revealed, and is now available on the open market.
Final Fantasy MTG’s main set offers a whopping 310 cards in the main set, and another 100 mechanically unique new Eternal Legal Commander cards. Considering how much you have to choose from, figuring out exactly what you’re looking for might prove difficult. Fortunately, we’ve compiled some lists of cards to help you find the highlights of the set depending on your purpose. You can find those below:
- Best MTG Final Fantasy Constructed Cards
- Best MTG Final Fantasy New Commanders
- Best MTG Final Fantasy Commander Cards
- Most Expensive MTG Final Fantasy Cards
- Most Expensive MTG Final Fantasy Bonus Sheet Cards
If you’re instead interested in checking out some of the new game pieces introduced in Magic’s Final Fantasy crossover, we have a list of new mechanics introduced in the set.
MTG Final Fantasy Set Information
As expected, the Final Fantasy Magic: The Gathering set will draw from all main entries into the franchise. This means everything from the original 1987 Final Fantasy to 2023’s Final Fantasy XVI is fair game. Just like The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, this means Wizards has no end of content to pull from.
In a somewhat controversial move, Wizards of the Coast has decided to represent the main series games at severely lopsided amounts throughout the set. Final Fantasy VI, VII, X, and XIV got way more representation than the rest of the games in the series. In addition to each game getting their own themed Commander precon, they also represent a majority of cards in the main set. While this is great for fans of those sets, Final Fantasy fans of less popular games had much less to represent their favorite characters. Thanks to the nature of XIV that kind of encompasses everything, some characters, like Shinryu, were represented by XIV instead of V.
As for the set itself, Magic: The Gathering — Final Fantasy will be the first Standard legal Universes Beyond set. This means that, once released, Final Fantasy cards will be legal in every MTG format. That will be the case, at least, unless players go ahead and create a Universes Beyond-less format as suggested.
Thankfully, it’s believed that the MTG Final Fantasy set won’t be problematically powerful. Despite the shift to Standard legality, Wizards was aware of this change well in advance. Specifically, this shift occurred during Play Design, where the power level of sets is set, so there’s no problem there. After seeing the cards, while there do appear to be a few power outliers, none of them seem problematic at the early stages.
Last but not least, it’s worth mentioning that Final Fantasy will be coming to MTG Arena. This can be expected for all future Universes Beyond sets, thanks to the legality changes. On Arena, Final Fantasy will also be legal in the Alchemy format.
Final Fantasy Secret Lair
In addition to the main set and its Commander precons, Magic’s Final Fantasy crossover also had three Secret Lairs that went for sale on June 9. Unlike a majority of Secret Lairs nowadays, all three of these Lairs offered strong reprint value. You can find them all here.
While the Final Fantasy Secret Lairs themselves were a success, the sale was anything but. Players who queued up for the experience just seconds after the sale went live weren’t even able to acquire the Final Fantasy Secret Lairs of their choice. Hopefully, Wizards of the Coast will be able to learn from this and adjust in the future.
Secret Lair sale aside, the MTG Final Fantasy set has mostly been a success so far. Sure, there are a few problems here and there, but the flavor delivered by Wizards of the Coast is, as per usual, mostly stellar. If you can afford it, Final Fantasy’s MTG adaptation will be a blast to enjoy for everyone.