Death Race
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| Design | Mark Rosewater (lead) | ||||
| Art direction | Vic Ochoa | ||||
| Release date | Q1, 2025 | ||||
| Development codename | Tennis | ||||
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Death Race is the working title for the upcoming Magic: The Gathering set codenamed "Tennis". It is the 103rd Magic expansion and is expected to be released in Q1, 2025.[1] It is a multiplanar twist on the racing genre.[2]
Set details
The set was first teased during the 2023 Announcement Day panel at Gen Con Indiana where it was revealed that it would feature a Death Race across three planes.[1] Two of the featured planes will be planes from premier sets that have not been revisited since their debut. The third plane will be an existing location that has never been featured as a premier set before. Mark Rosewater calls it a "travelogue set".[3]
The death race idea had been in discussion for over a decade. It was the omenpath idea (travel through multiple worlds) that finally helped it get made.[4] Some of its inspirations were Death Race 2000, Speed Racer, Wacky Races, and The Fast And The Furious.[5][6]
Storyline
The set is the third in the Dragonstorm Arc.
The cards that represent the Story Spotlights in Tennis are: TBA
Magic Story
Marketing
Events
Promos
Tokens, emblems and markers
Tennis has TBA tokens, emblems, and markers.
Themes and mechanics
TBA
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| Ten uncommon dual-colored cards, each a signpost for one of the draft archetypes. These are payoffs, which reward the playstyle of the archetype.[7] | ||||||||||
Reprinted cards
TBA
Preconstructed decks
Tennis features TBA Commander decks that are released as a regular part of a set's product line.
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References
- ↑ a b Jess Lanzillo, Chris Kiritz, Athena Froehlich & Mark Rosewater (August 5, 2023). "Magic: The Gathering 30th Anniversary Panel at GenCon – A Recap of MTG's Past, Present & Future (Video)". Magic: The Gathering. YouTube.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (August 6, 2023). "Is Tennis more Death Race 2000, Rat Race, or Wacky Races?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 17, 2024). "Would you say the Death Race Set is a Backdrop Set, an Event Set or neither?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (August 6, 2023). "One set I'd like to single out is the Death Race set (Tennis).". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (September 29, 2023). "Would you say Death Race is going to be more like Speed Racer, Wacky Races, or Fast And The Furious?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (December 2, 2023). "Did you mean that as a reference to the 1975 movie "Death Race 2000"?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ a b Mark Rosewater (March 4, 2024). "Nuts & Bolts #16: Play Boosters". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.