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Lorwyn Eclipsed is Magic: The Gathering's upcoming 109th expansion and is to be released on January 23, 2026. It sees a return to the plane of Lorwyn-Shadowmoor for the first time since 2008. Similar to Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, Lorwyn Eclipsed brings modern design sensibilities to a setting that under-performed on its first outing, while keeping some nostalgic elements of the original block such as goblins, kithkin, faeries, and elves.

Lorwyn and Shadowmoor now coexisting was the core premise the design started with. Nonmodal double-faced cards with Transform are used to thematically represent the alternating between Lorwyn's charm and Shadowmoor's malevolence. The design of the transformation offers players more control than usual by having a mana cost to transform once each turn. Evoke is used on a series of Elemental Incarnations that are a callback to Lorwyn, but now with different effects depending on the color that is spent for the cost. Persist is reused from Shadowmoor, and with it the return of −1/−1 counters. The set also sees the return of Changeling as typal glue for the various creature type themes in limited.

Although R&D had retired the Kindred card type, they felt that a return to Lorwyn, the world where the card type began (as "Tribal"), would be the right place to strategically re-use it. The set also sees the reintroduction of the Sorcerer creature type since its removal during the Grand Creature Type Update in 2007. It is added to replace Shaman as the default red spellcaster.

In the news

• 2025-11-26: After sixteen years, Wizards of the Coast ends the Buy-a-Box Program with Lorwyn Eclipsed.
• 2025-11-26: Due to disappointed reactions, Wizards of the Coast postpones the release of the Monster Hunter Superdrop and will rework it entirely.
• 2025-11-26: The publication date of Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos is delayed to April 7, 2026 to accommodate unexpected pre-order demand.
• 2025-11-21: Release of Universes Beyond Avatar: The Last Airbender (Standard legal).
• 2025-11-18: Release of D&D Lorwyn: First Light.
• 2025-11-17: Starting in 2026, Arena Open tournaments are replaced by an Arena Limited Championship with a system of Qualifiers that offer players the opportunity to earn entry to the 2027 Magic Limited Championship.
• 2025-11-17: Release of Secret Lair Drop Series: Avatar: The Last Airbender Superdrop.
• 2025-11-10: In the quarterly banned/restricted list update, Vivi Ornitier as expected is banned in Standard, together with Screaming Nemesis and Proft's Eidetic Memory. Heartfire Hero is banned in Pioneer, Entomb and Nadu, Winged Wisdom are banned Legacy, and High Tide is banned in Pauper. There are also multiple bans for Brawl and pre-bans for Historic.
• 2025-11-03: Release of Secret Lair: An Encyclopedia of Magic.
• 2025-11-02: Spotlight Spider-Man at Liverpool, UK, is won by Alexey Paulot playing Izzet Cauldron.
• 2025-10-28: Introduction of the Powered Cube and Cube Prize Packs on MTG Arena.

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Upcoming events and releases

• December 5: Final Fantasy Holiday Release
• December 5-7: 2025 World Championship at Bellevue, Washington, USA.
• January 9-11: Spotlight: The Avatar at Atlanta, USA and Lyon, France.
• January 23: Release of Lorwyn Eclipsed.
• January 30–February 1: Pro Tour Lorwyn Eclipsed.
• February 4: Release of Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories - Jace (Volume # 1) by Dark Horse
• February 9: Regular B&R update
• End of February: Update from the Commander Format Panel about the Commander Brackets and the Game Changers.
• March 6: Release of Universes Beyond Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Standard legal).
• March 23: B&R update
• April 7: Release of Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos, a novel written by Seanan McGuire.
• April 24: Release of Secrets of Strixhaven.
• May 1-3: MagicCon Las Vegas, USA.
  • Pro Tour Secrets of Strixhaven
• May 18: B&R update
• June 23: Release of Through the Omenpaths 2, the equivalent of Marvel Super Heroes on MTG Arena and Magic Online.
• June 26: Release of Universes Beyond Marvel Super Heroes (Standard legal).
• June 30: B&R update
• July 17-19: MagicCon Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Pro Tour Marvel Super Heroes
• July 23 – 26: San Diego Comic-Con
• July 30 – August 2: Gen Con at Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
• August 10: B&R update
• August 14: Release of Universes Beyond The Hobbit (Standard legal).
• October 2: Release of Reality Fracture, an event set that caps off the Metronome storyline. (Standard legal).
• October 12: B&R update
• November 13-15: MagicCon Atlanta, USA.
  • 2026 World Championship
• November 20: Release of Universes Beyond Star Trek (Standard legal).
• December, 2026 (date TBD): B&R update
• Late 2026 (date TBD): Arena Limited Championship.
• January, 2027: Standard Rotation — Wilds of Eldraine, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, Murders at Karlov Manor, Outlaws of Thunder Junction, The Big Score, Bloomburrow and Duskmourn: House of Horror leave the format.
• 2027 (date TBD) : the Magic Limited Championship.

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