Headliner
| Headliner | |
|---|---|
| Card Treatment | |
| Introduced | Innistrad Remastered |
| Last used | Avatar: The Last Airbender |
The Headliner program is a series of Magic: The Gathering cards that was introduced for Innistrad Remastered in 2025.[1] Each set features a unique headliner, that is essentially a chase card.[2]
Description
The design team picks one card for a specific set and "cranks all the exciting knobs for awesome collectability", making a card feel super special by producing dedicated illustrations, treatments and foilings. Serialization will show up regularly.[3] Serialized versions can appear in Collector Boosters of any language, but the cards will always be in English. They are mechanically identical to their non-serialized counterparts.
The Headliner-program was inspired by the commercial success of The One Ring and its many variants (cards) from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth.[4]
Gallery
- Headliner treatments for Edgar Markov (Innistrad Remastered)
List of headliners
| Set | Date | Headliner card | Serialized | Treatment | Additional treatments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innistrad Remastered | 2025-01[5] | Edgar Markov | 1-500 | Horror movie poster | |
| Aetherdrift | 2025-02[6] | The Aetherspark | 1-500 | Borderless | |
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm | 2025-04[7] | Mox Jasper | 1-500 | Retro frame double rainbow foil[8] |
|
| Final Fantasy | 2025-06 | Traveling Chocobo | 1-77 | Textless gold foil[9] |
|
| Edge of Eternities | 2025-08 | Sothera, the Supervoid | No | Textless singularity foil[10] |
|
| Marvel's Spider-Man | 2025-09 | The Soul Stone | No | Cosmic foil[11] |
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| Avatar: The Last Airbender | 2025-11 | Avatar Aang // Aang, Master of Elements | TBA | Raised foil[12] | TBA |
References
- ↑ Adam Styborski & Jubilee Finnegan (October 25, 2024). "The Foundations of Magic's Next Era". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (February 21, 2025). "The Preview Panel - MagicCon: Chicago 2025 (Video)". Magic: The Gathering. YouTube.
- ↑ Magic: The Gathering (October 25, 2024). "Innistrad Remastered will be the first set for the Headliner program.". Twitter.
- ↑ Blake Rasmussen, Athena Froehlich (December 2, 2024). "Innistrad Remastered Previews". Twitch.
- ↑ Jubilee Finnegan & Athena Froehlich (December 3, 2024). "Collecting Innistrad Remastered: The Four Most Important Things to Know". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Jubilee Finnegan & Max McCall (January 21, 2025). "Collecting Aetherdrift: The Four Most Important Things to Know". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (February 21, 2025). "Of course, with it being the Headliner of the set it gets a few special treatments and a serialized version!". Bluesky.
- ↑ Athena Froehlich & Jubilee Finnegan (February 21, 2025). "Collecting Tarkir: Dragonstorm – A First Look". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Zakeel Gordon & Jubilee Finnegan (May 10, 2025). "Collecting Magic: The Gathering®—FINAL FANTASY™: The Four Most Important Things to Know". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic: The Gathering (June 20, 2025). "Now a look at the different treatments of Sothera in #MTGEternities.". Twitter.
- ↑ Magic: The Gathering (August 1, 2025). "Revealed earlier today by Marvel as part of #SpiderManDay:". Bluesky.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (June 10, 2025). "Magic: The Gathering® - Avatar: The Last Airbender™ Arrives This November". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.