According to comments from Magic's head designer Mark Rosewater in May 2026, the "new normal" from next year onwards will be a "three and three" split between Universes Beyond crossover sets (like Lord of the Rings and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and sets based in Magic's own fiction (like Lorwyn Eclipsed and Secrets of Strixhaven)
"It's best to let sleeping dragons lie", and the Elder Land Wurm can only attack after it's been blocked once
This was meant to coincide with the release of Ixalan which introduced far more dinosaurs to Magic
All that withstanding, there have been some exceptional pieces of art released in the last nine months, from names on this list (looking at you Pancoast), names that will one day be on this list (youre killing it Martina), and names that should be on this list but I ran out of space (cheers, Victor)
4 Anguished Unmaking Is Incredibly Flexible & Losing Life Is Worth It Newer MTG players might not view their life total as the resource it is
