It's a HUGE week for Magic: The Gathering, with MagicCon Amsterdam this weekend promising a look at The Hobbit and Reality Fracture sets, as well as the three in-universe sets coming in 2027.
Before any of that, though, we have the Weekly MTG stream, which will give us our first official reasonably in-depth look at the Star Trek set, the final Magic set of 2026.
While we don't yet know exactly what will be revealed, we've seen so little from the set so far that any cards, mechanics, or story details will be welcome.
Weekly MTG offers first official Star Trek details
All we know about the Star Trek MTG set right now is that there is definitely a Captain Kirk, Boldly Going card with artwork featuring William Shatner, and that the set will be released on November 13, 2026.
The weekly MTG stream will take place on Tuesday, July 14th at 10:00am PT on the official Magic: The Gathering Twitch channel. The video will also be uploaded to the official YouTube channel and placed in the Weekly MTG Playlist. Each stream lasts anywhere from 45 minutes to just over an hour.
While most Universes Beyond sets have leaned heavily on properties that include “magic” of some sort, whether elemental or supernatural, Star Trek finds itself primarily a science fiction property, which has led to some trepidation from the community about how that will translate to Magic.
But we only need to look at the Edge of Eternities set to get an idea of how an outer space themed set can work, and I expect to see a lot of spacecraft and vehicle cards in this set.
I also wouldn't be surprised to see the Party mechanic return for the first time since its limited appearance in Final Fantasy last year. This would be fitting, given that Star Trek uses the term “landing party” to describe groups that explore planetary surfaces or other ships, and these encompass various roles that can transfer to Magic: The Gathering quite well.
Too early for Trekkies to get excited?
While I'm keen to see more of the Star Trek set, especially as it will be the last to be released before the next Standard rotation, one has to bear in mind that the next full set preview will be for The Hobbit, due out in August. We then have Reality Fracture releasing at the end of September for pre-release with a full launch in October, so temper your expectations for the amount of reveals coming during the weekly MTG stream.
We expect to see a lot more of these sets later this week during MagicCon Amsterdam, with no announced plans for Star Trek to be shown in any way. It seems like this Weekly MTG stream is the vehicle to get some news about the set before your news feeds are dominated by updates on the next two sets and what's coming from the set in the 2027 universe.
- Franchise
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Magic: The Gathering
- Original release date
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August 5, 1993
- Designer(s)
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Richard Garfield
