What is the MTG Final Fantasy release date? The third premier Magic: The Gathering set of 2025 will be the crossover with Square Enix’s Final Fantasy franchise. There’s plenty of ground to cover, with sixteen games all taking place in their own unique fantasy universes, and Wizards has promised to hit on every single one of them.
Not a huge amount has been revealed about this set yet, despite the fact that it’s not super far away, but we can definitely tell you when it’s coming out. You can also check out the MTG release schedule, to see where Final Fantasy fits in with the rest of 2025’s Magic: The Gathering sets.
MTG Final Fantasy release date
The global release date for MTG Final Fantasy is June 13, 2025. That’s when it’ll be coming out in paper form, though it’ll most likely drop on Arena a couple of days earlier. Assuming this set sticks to Wizards’ usual release cadence, we’d expect prerelease to begin the week before launch, on June 6.
Spoiler season should be a little while before that, with previews flying throughout the last week of May. These days, sets are revealed pretty fast – with generally just seven days before we’ve seen the whole thing.
Final Fantasy news and speculation
Though no MTG Final Fantasy spoilers have been shown just yet, we have seen a bunch of card art – some of it with card names attached. For instance, Lighting Army of One and Emet-Selch, Unsundered reveal that these two characters have legendary creature cards.
What kind of cards do we expect? Well as well as tons of famous characters and memorable monsters that’ll show up on creatures, Final Fantasy is known for its enormous swords, so a heavy equipment subtheme seems like a no brainer.
We’ve also seen art for a reprint of Together Forever featuring Yuna and Tidus, perhaps hinting at a +1/+1 counter theme for the set. As a result, we wouldn’t be surprised if the Modified mechanic made a comeback.
Final Fantasy has been revealed to be the first Universes Beyond set with cards that are legal in all formats, from Standard to Legacy. As a result it’s been designed with a lower power level than prior UB products, which were built either for Commander or Modern.
It’ll be a full Standard set, however, with it’s own draft environment and MTG Commander precon decks. When it comes to size, Wizards has compared the release to MTG Lord of the Rings.
Wizards says it has made this change partly to make set legality simpler and partly to avoid the on-ramp of Universes Beyond leading to the more complex formats of Modern or Commander.
To find out about other MTG sets coming out next year, take a look at our guides for Aetherdrift or Tarkir Dragonstorm.