Everything You Need To Know About Magic: The Gathering | Marvel Super Heroes

Prepare for the upcoming release of Magic: The Gathering | Marvel Super Heroes with this comprehensive guide!

Doctor Doom, illustrated by David Palumbo

Avengers (and planeswalkers), assemble! Magic: The Gathering | Marvel Super Heroes, the fourth Magic expansion of 2026, is almost here!

Below you’ll find everything you need to know about Magic’s second crossover set with Marvel, including new cards, key dates, mechanics, product information and more!

Important Dates

  • Summer Game Fest Play Event: June 5
  • Commander Deck Reveals: June 8–11
  • Full Card Image Gallery: June 12
  • Avengers Academy: June 12–18
  • Prerelease Events: June 19–25
  • MTG Arena Release Date: June 23
  • Tabletop Release Date: June 26
  • Magic Academy: June 26–August 6
  • Standard Showdown: June 26–August 6
  • Magic Spotlight: Marvel Super Heroes in Las Vegas: June 26–28
  • Commander Party, Round 1: July 3–9
  • MagicCon: Amsterdam and Pro Tour Magic: The Gathering | Marvel Super Heroes: July 17–19
  • Magic Presents: God of Mischief: July 17–23
  • Magic Spotlight: Marvel Super Heroes in Brussels: July 24–26
  • Commander Party, Round 2: July 31–August 6

Set Symbols and Legality

Legality:

  • Magic: The Gathering | Marvel Super Heroes (MSH) is legal in all formats.
  • Magic: The Gathering | Marvel Super Heroes Eternal-legal sets (MSC and MAR) are legal in Commander, Legacy, and Vintage, and individual cards are also legal where already available in other formats.
  • Magic: The Gathering | Marvel Super Heroes Play Boosters contain cards from MSH and MAR. These cards are playable in Magic: The Gathering | Marvel Super Heroes Draft and Sealed when opened from Play Boosters.

The First Look and Debut

More previews from the set’s debut can be seen here.

Mechanics and More

New Mechanics

  • Power-up
  • Plan
  • Teamwork
  • Worthy

Returning Mechanics

  • Connive
  • Saga
  • Modal Double-faced Cards

Check out the article below for a full overview of the set’s mechanics and Limited archetypes.

Booster Fun Treatments

Gauntlet and Textless Headliner The Mind Stone

Less than 150 copies of the Textless Headliner variant of The Mind Stone will be printed and can only be pulled from the set’s Collector Boosters.

Borderless Scene Cards

Comic Panel

Iconic Covers

Source Material

The cards above feature new art but are mechanically identical to the Secret Lair versions released in the past.

Products

Play Boosters

Collector Boosters

Jumpstart Boosters

Commander Precons

Bundle and Gift Bundle

Draft Night

Scene Boxes

Beginner Boxes

Prerelease Packs

Welcome Decks

Magic: The Gathering | Marvel Super Heroes releases June 26. Preorder your Sealed Product today!