The Gathering Simply Gave Us a Tiny, Attractive Have a look at Its Remaining Fantasy Crossover

Magic: The Gathering has just lately been on a Fortnite-esque roll, collaborating with huge marquee franchises like The Lord of the Rings, Marvel, and Fallout. Now, we’ve simply bought a brand new have a look at its upcoming collaboration with Sq. Enix’s best-selling position taking part in collection, Remaining Fantasy.

In a newly uploaded YouTube video, Sq. Enix producer Shoichi Ichikawa and Wizards of the Coast product architect Zakeel Gordon launched a Nintendo Direct-inspired announcement video teasing the collaboration between the large franchises. Of their sneak peek video, Ichikawa revealed that the partnership will embody characters from the primary Remaining Fantasy to the just lately launched Remaining Fantasy XVI. You’ll be able to take a look at their video beneath.

“We consider that this mixture of the epic storytelling of Remaining Fantasy and the strategic gameplay of Magic: The Gathering would be the most fun leisure ever on the desk,” Ichikawa stated.

“And for us at Wizards of the Coast, Remaining Fantasy represents a wealthy universe that could be a pure match for Magic‘s gameplay,” Gordon added.

Arguably, an important tidbit from the Magic: The Gathering‘s Remaining Fantasy collab presentation is which characters from its expansive collection will get nifty playing cards. Midway by means of the video, Ichikawa revealed that the set would come with the next characters: Terra (Remaining Fantasy VI), Lightning (Remaining Fantasy XIII), Noctis (Remaining Fantasy XV), and Cloud (Remaining Fantasy VII). Ichikawa additionally teased iconic monsters like behemoths and chocobos will probably be part of the set. Right here’s a better have a look at much more playing cards that’ll include the particular collab set.

As if followers sat smack dab within the venn diagram of Magic: The Gathering and Remaining Fantasy couldn’t be any extra excited concerning the impending collab, Gordon continued to sweeten the pot by revealing that the team-up will characteristic the “largest assortment of Remaining Fantasy art work ever in a single recreation.”

“You’ll see art work from Magic artists together with traditional illustrations from legendary Remaining Fantasy artists, in addition to brand-new breathtaking items made particularly for this set,” Gordon stated.

“As a producer and a Magic fan, I’m assured that this set will probably be completely wonderful,” Ichikawa stated.

Remaining Fantasy and Magic: The Gathering‘s collaboration set will launch on June 13, 2025.

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