The Final Fantasy Universes Beyond set for Magic: The Gathering doesn’t drop until June 13, but previously unrevealed cards have already been spotted in the wild after a starter kit seemingly got into someone’s hands early. Thanks to the decks inside, fans have now gotten early looks at Steiner from Final Fantasy IX, Barret Wallace from Final Fantasy VII, and a bunch of other favorites from the Square Enix RPG.
Photos uploaded to the MTG Rumors subreddit over the weekend show everything in the two 60-card decks that comes with the $20 starter kit. Cloud (red and white) leads one of the decks, while Sephiroth (blue and black) heads up the other, but the lists for each are full of interesting cameos from throughout the series. Two of my favorites are the special land cards including the desert city of Rabanastre (from FFXII) and the gambler’s paradise Treno (FFIX).
Here are the card lists:
So far we’ve only seen around 24 officially revealed cards from the upcoming Final Fantasy set. With the Lord of the Rings Universes Beyond expansion including over 200, it’s a good bet that even with all of these leaked cards we still haven’t seen even half of what’s in store. Unfortunately, it’ll cost fans a lot to see most of them if they don’t want to wait until they go up for resale. Wizards of the Coast is charging $7.50 per booster pack and even more for foil background collector packs.
Many of the boxes sold out immediately after pre-orders became available, though more stock will likely be available closer to release and at launch in June. I hope there’s a card for Setzer’s Blackjack from FFVI.
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