What is the current MTG release schedule? This guide tracks all of the upcoming MTG releases in 2026, including release dates, mechanics, and story details. This year, we're revisiting a fan-favorite plane of Celtic lore, stepping off campus in a magical school, and - love 'em or hate 'em - there are a lot of Universes Beyond crossovers coming out too.
While you're filling in your calendar, our complete history of all MTG sets in order of release might come in useful too. Digital-first cardslingers should also check out our updated lists of the best MTG Arena decks.
Below we've collected all the available Magic: The Gathering release dates and windows for 2026 - starting with the upcoming releases, then moving onto the most recent.
Here's the Magic: The Gathering 2026 release schedule:
- Lorwyn Eclipsed - January 23, 2026
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - March 6, 2026
- Secrets of Strixhaven - April 24, 2026
- Marvel Superheroes - June 26, 2026
- The Hobbit - August 14, 2026
- Reality Fracture - October 2, 2026
- Star Trek - November 11, 2026
Upcoming set release dates
Marvel Superheroes - June 26, 2026
Marvel Superheroes launches as Summer kicks into gear. Perhaps the largest of several planned Magic: The Gathering Marvel sets, it seems Wizards of the Coast is really bringing in as many characters as they can, from the Avengers, to The Fantastic Four, to Daredevil. And of course, Squirrel Girl is making an appearance for the squirrel tribal lovers.
There's also a Jumpstart release for this set, themed packs that players can mash together into an instant deck. As both UB and Jumpstart are aimed at new players, WotC is experimenting with combining the two concepts.
The floodgates are now open on Marvel spoiler season, and dozens of legendary creatures have been revealed, from Marvel greats like Iron Man to obscure heroes like Reptil.
There are so many characters here that honestly we have to wonder what's been left on the table for future releases. We were guessing X-Men would be coming in 2027, but this set features Wolverine, Storm, and Quicksilver.
Another new development for this set is it's coming to Arena! Seems Wizards renegotiated its deal with Marvel and now the Marvel cards will be coming to Magic's digital platform in a Snap.
The Hobbit - August 14, 2026
There wasn't enough content in The Hobbit for a satisfying film trilogy, but there's probably enough to make a strong card set. This set will feature plenty of new versions of characters we've seen before, such as Gandalf, Bilbo, Gollum, and Elrond, and important reprints like Tom Bombadil and The One Ring are reappearing as box-toppers.
There's lots of new stuff to be excited about too, though, such as dwarves making a big appearance - a fantasy race that's oft-ignored by Magic lore. Smaug is also here as a terrifying treasure-making commander, and the stone trolls have a surprisingly powerful card too.
Given how successful the Lord of the Rings set was, I'm sure WotC has high hopes for this release.
Reality Fracture - October 2, 2026
The most mysterious set of 2026 has now been unveiled, Reality Fracture is a What If? set, where we meet alternate versions of existing characters, hailing from an Echoverse created by Jace Beleren.
Prepare to meet a fiery Ajani, ice Chandra, Benalian healer Liliana, and chain-veil wielding Garruk. Wizards has done the impossible and included regular and echoverse versions of the same character in each pack. Sometimes this includes reprints - Chandra, Torch of Defiance is back - but usually, both cards will be brand new.
The set takes place on Hexhaven, a more combat-focused version of Strixhaven, where Jace has control and seemingly rules with an iron fist, with his own faceless enforcers and eyeball-creature sentinels.
Oh yeah, Jace is a baddie now, his scheme to undo the damage done by the Phyrexians has gone way too far, and he's taken the extreme position of 'the ends justify the means'.
Star Trek - November 20, 2026
There are seven Standard-legal sets this year, good grief! There have been rumors of a Star Trek set swirling around for years, and it looks like WotC has finally decided to… make it so.
2026 marks Star Trek's 60th anniversary, and this release will explore the entire history of the show, in its every iteration. It'll be a good time for the Spacecraft mechanic from EOE to return, and we expect to see phasers that dish out stun counters, please and thank you.
Magic has already proven it can jump genres and tackle sci-fi settings, and Star Trek certainly has enough content to produce a working set. That said, the whole ethos of Star Trek seems kind of antithetical to a combat-based TCG. Not to mention those planeswalkers are violating the Prime Directive all the time.
Latest releases in 2026
Lorwyn Eclipsed - January 23, 2026
Lorwyn Eclipsed was the first set of 2026, a long-awaited return to this Celtic folklore inspired world that's every bit as beloved as Kamigawa or Tarkir. That title is a reference to the new identity of the plane. While the twin realities of Lorwyn and Shadowmoor used to alternate every 300 years, they've now fused together.
While Lorwyn is a land of eternal day and flower-filled meadows, Shadowmoor is one of endless night. This set showed off the setting in its new, combined state: part-spooky, part-nice, with its denizens shifting between two forms as the borders of the two worlds constantly move. To show that duality, Lorwyn Eclipsed is full of double-faced cards that you can pay mana to transform.
This release maintained a lot of what fans love about this MTG plane, namely the non-human races of the kithkin, faeries, elves, and merfolk. There are even a few Kindred spells!
Interestingly, this set also introduced us to the new first-year characters from Strixhaven. Are they this phase's protagonists?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - March 6, 2026
Revealed slightly later than the rest of the 2026 calendar, the second release of the year was MTG Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Featuring all your favorite heroes and villains, from Krang to April O'Neil, there's some fun stuff in here - including art from the original comic books and lands based on pizza toppings. It did put me off cheese for at least a week, though.
This was a smaller set, like the Spider-Man release that got such a frosty reception last year. However, the TMNT set came with more interesting side products, including a single five-color Commander precon (here's a handy upgrade guide for you) and a new 'Turtle Team Up' box that provides a cooperative way to play Magic.
Secrets of Strixhaven - April 24, 2026
Secrets of Strixhaven was our second look at this magical school, and featured the five distinct colleges once again - each of which had its own precon. This set introduces some new characters enrolling in the academy, and follows up on the fan-favorites who've just graduated.
While Secrets didn't try to reinvent the mold, it did see us step outside the walls of Strixhaven for the first time. Instead of moving back home to save on rent or cramming like sardines into a shared apartment, the new graduates were using their arcane skills to explore the wider world of Arcavios and broker magical peace treaties.
Secrets of Strixhaven also launched alongside a novel by Seanan Mcguire - the first Magic book in a long while!
If you're into more than just trading card games, then we can tell you what other products Wizards of the Coast is releasing this year. Head to our DnD release schedule guide for the latest on the world's biggest tabletop RPG.