The Gathering Simply Gave Us a Tiny, Beautiful Take a look at Its Ultimate Fantasy Crossover

Magic: The Gathering has just lately been on a Fortnite-esque roll, collaborating with massive marquee franchises like The Lord of the Rings, Marvel, and Fallout. Now, we’ve simply acquired a brand new take a look at its upcoming collaboration with Sq. Enix’s best-selling position enjoying sequence, Ultimate 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 large franchises. Of their sneak peek video, Ichikawa revealed that the partnership will embody characters from the primary Ultimate Fantasy to the just lately launched Ultimate Fantasy XVI. You may take a look at their video beneath.

“We consider that this mixture of the epic storytelling of Ultimate Fantasy and the strategic gameplay of Magic: The Gathering would be the most enjoyable leisure ever on the desk,” Ichikawa mentioned.

“And for us at Wizards of the Coast, Ultimate Fantasy represents a wealthy universe that may be a pure match for Magic‘s gameplay,” Gordon added.

Arguably, a very powerful tidbit from the Magic: The Gathering‘s Ultimate Fantasy collab presentation is which characters from its expansive sequence will get nifty playing cards. Midway by the video, Ichikawa revealed that the set would come with the next characters: Terra (Ultimate Fantasy VI), Lightning (Ultimate Fantasy XIII), Noctis (Ultimate Fantasy XV), and Cloud (Ultimate 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 Ultimate 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 Ultimate Fantasy art work ever in a single sport.”

“You’ll see art work from Magic artists together with traditional illustrations from legendary Ultimate 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 superb,” Ichikawa mentioned.

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

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