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

Magic: The Gathering has not too long ago been on a Fortnite-esque roll, collaborating with huge marquee franchises like The Lord of the Rings, Marvel, and Fallout. Now, we’ve simply obtained a brand new take a look at its upcoming collaboration with Sq. Enix’s best-selling function 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 massive franchises. Of their sneak peek video, Ichikawa revealed that the partnership will embody characters from the primary Remaining Fantasy to the not too long ago launched Remaining Fantasy XVI. You may take a look at their video under.

“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 mentioned.

“And for us at Wizards of the Coast, Remaining Fantasy represents a wealthy universe that may 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 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 shall be part of the set. Right here’s a more in-depth take 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 in regards to the impending collab, Gordon continued to sweeten the pot by revealing that the team-up will characteristic the “largest assortment of Remaining Fantasy paintings ever in a single recreation.”

“You’ll see paintings 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 mentioned.

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

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

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