Wizards of the Coast goes to show as a lot paper into gold as it might with Magic: The Gathering, and main the best way is its best-selling Last Fantasy Universes Past set. The corporate just lately introduced at MagicCon Atlanta 2025 that will probably be releasing further Last Fantasy field units with new playing cards that includes extra lovely artwork spanning the Sq. Enix RPG franchise’s historical past. When you’re apprehensive about your pockets, loosen up! The preliminary wave of pre-orders offered out immediately.
This mini-expansion features a new Chocobo Bundle, a brand new Commander Deck, and 4 new Scene Packing containers. All of them arrive on December 5 and all of them are mainly unattainable to search out on-line proper now. Hopefully, followers have higher luck with the stock that comes on to their native interest outlets. The Chocobo Bundle is $110 and comes with a bunch of booster packs, Chocobo-themed lands, alt-art reprints, a brand new promo card, and an extremely neat life complete click-wheel:
Then there’s the brand new $100 FFVII Restrict Break Commander Deck that comes with a PC obtain code for the HD remaster of the unique sport and an unique Conventional Foil promo card that exhibits Cloud wanting up at Shinra HQ. It appears means over-priced however can also be fully offered out proper now on Amazon.
The brand new Scene Packing containers are what actually have my consideration. There’s one every for Last Fantasy, Last Fantasy VIII, Last Fantasy IX, and Last Fantasy XV. Every comes with six Foil Borderless Scene Playing cards, six Artwork Playing cards, three Play Boosters, and one Show Easel for $42. The six playing cards go collectively to recreate scenes from every sport. These new playing cards aren’t authorized in normal play however look cool as heck. The artwork on the packing containers alone makes me need one.
There was no scarcity of Lord of the Rings Scene Packing containers after they arrived in 2023, providing hope that after the preliminary frenzy subsides, followers will have the ability to get entry to the brand new Last Fantasy ones with out an excessive amount of hassle, and with out paying over MSRP for them. Are the packing containers value even that? Within the grand scheme of issues, most likely not. However that’s the entire level of Universes Past: subverting logic with ardour.
The outcome has been very profitable for Wizards however a ache for a lot of followers. “This entire collab has been so complicated,” wrote one after the most recent Last Fantasy merchandise have been introduced. “Each try I’ve made at really buying playing cards has proven that the set is offered out in every single place, they usually don’t appear to be printing any new ones. However there’s new playing cards nonetheless popping out too?” Sure. And I think these gained’t be the final ones both.
