Fallout isn’t the only Universes Beyond crossover 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Magic: The Gathering is getting in 2024, as Wizards of the Coast has announced Assassin&﷽rsquo;s Creed will be getting the first-ever "Beyond Booster" set in July.
Including a mix of mechanically unique cards and reprints with new art, Universes: Beyond Assassin’s Creed will take from the entire AC series, from 🌳Altair in the first game right up to Bassim in Mirage.
Though it was announced as part of MTG’s Gen Con 2023 panel, which unveiled plans for the game up to 2026, we did already know an Assassin’s Creed crossover was coming at some point thanks to an investor’s call at Hasbro earlier this year. They will take the form of a new product called "𒈔;Beyond Boosters", which, while not developed with draft in mind, will be legal in formats like Commander, Vintage, Legacy, and Modern.
According to a press release from Wizards, Assassin’s Creed is a set, as opposed to a Secret Lair or a bonus sheet, like what we had with Street Fighter or Transformers. It’ll also include unique cards not seen elsewhere, unlike Lost Caverns of Ixalan’s Jurassic Park crossover. We don’t know if it will 🌌include any preconstructed Commander decks, or even if it will be available on digital clients, but with a launch date of July 2024, we should only be a few months out from hearing more about it.
Both pieces of art released for Assassin’s Creed so far show the Italy trilogy’s protagonist, Ezio Auditore, as he looked in his second game, Brotherhood. We also get a hint of the Animus in the background of one piece of art, revealing there could be more elements of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the modern-day story.
The press ♎release states that the set includes cards based on “all the games in the series”, which could well mean we’ll not only get big players like Ezio and Kassandra, but even lesser-known Assassins like Shao Jun, Arbaaz Mir, and Nikolai Orelov from the Chronicles games.
Wizards seems to be aiming for two major Universes Beyond crossovers each year. In 2023, we’ve had Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth and Universes Beyond: Doctor Who. Next year, we have the Fallout Commander decks launching in March, and Assassin’s Creed a few months later. In 2025, we’ve so far only had confirmation of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a full tentpole Final Fantasy set, b🍰ut a second (perhaps a Commander-focused release) feels likely.
There is a lot we don't know about Assassin's Creed, or how Beyond Boosters will work. It hasn't been confirmed as to whether they will get a digital release on MTG Arena, nor whether Commander decks will be produced.
But with two factions already built into the core of the series, it seems like a n🉐o-brainer to do one based on the Assassins and one based on the Templars, allowing the set to bring in series favourite baddies like Haytham Kenway and Crawford Starrick. Perhaps we could also get one based on the Isu, for some more fantastical not-technically-alien fantasy?
Universes Beyond: ꦏAssassin’s Creed launches July, 2024.