Edge of Eternities
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| Symbol description | A supervoid. | ||||
| Vision Design | Ethan Fleischer (lead), Jeremy Geist, Mark Rosewater, Megan Smith, Dan Musser, Doug Beyer, Andrew Brown | ||||
| Set Design | Andrew Brown (lead), Jeremy Geist, Ethan Fleischer. Reggie Valk, Cameron Williams, Eric Levine, Arya Karamchandani, Jadine Klomparens, Jules Robins, Liam Etelson | ||||
| Art direction | Taylor Ingvarsson (co-lead), Vic Ochoa (co-lead) | ||||
| Release date | August 1, 2025 | ||||
| Plane | The Edge (Though the Edge itself is not a plane as it is set outside the Multiverse, it acts as the setting of this expansion.) | ||||
| Themes and mechanics | "Land matters", "Artifact matters", Sacrifice, Lander tokens, Spacecraft, Planets | ||||
| Keywords/ability words | Landfall, Station, Warp, Void | ||||
| Set size | 276 + 123 | ||||
| Expansion code | EOE[1] | ||||
| Development codename | Volleyball | ||||
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Edge of Eternities is the 106th Magic expansion and was released on August 1, 2025.[2][3] Unlike most sets, the setting is not a plane but rather a region of outer space covering the multiverse called the Edge. It is inspired by space opera and is intended to be science fantasy.[4][5][6]
Product details
Edge of Eternities contains 276 regular cards (81 commons, 100 uncommons, 60 rares, 20 mythic rares, 15 basic lands), and includes randomly inserted traditional foil versions of all cards.[7] Edge of Eternities is available in Play Boosters, Collector Boosters, two Commander decks, and the Edge of Eternities Bundle. Starting with this set, the art cards are moved from the Play Booster to the Collector Booster.[7]
The regular set includes full-art "Celestial" basic lands (#262-266). Alternate card frames have a different card number than the original version. Borderless "viewport lands" are 277-286. Borderless "Triumphant" cards (featuring some of the most noteworthy faces of the set in a heroic pose) are #287-~302, and borderless "Surreal Space" cards are #~303-316. Extended art cards are #317-356. Japan Showcase cards in traditional foil are #357-366. Galaxy foil basic lands are #367-371. Galaxy foil "Viewport lands" are #372-381. The headliner is #382. Fracture foils are #383-392. Promo cards are #393-399.
Bonus sheet
Edge of Eternities features a bonus sheet of 45 land cards with the set code EOS. These can be found in Play Boosters, with alternate and foil versions in Collector Boosters.[8]
Headliner
The Headliner for this set is Sothera, the Supervoid.[9][7] The textless singularity foil version of this card[10] can be found only in Collector Boosters. This version of the card is extremely rare, appearing in a low number of Collector Boosters of any language and always in English. Sothera, the Supervoid also appears in the main set at Mythic Rare and as 1 of 10 Japan Showcase cards.
Special Guests
Edge of Eternities features 10 Special Guests in Science Fiction magazine card frame (SPG #119-128).[7] These may be found in Play Boosters and may be played in Limited games. Starting with this set, the mythic expansion symbol is omitted. The rarity can only be deduced from the M in the Information below the text box.
Commander decks
Edge of Eternities features two Commander decks that are released as a regular part of the set's product line.[11]
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| Counter Intelligence | W | U | – | R | – | Inspirit, Flagship Vessel |
| World Shaper | – | – | B | R | G | Hearthhull, the Worldseed |
Magic Arena decks
Two Brawl decks were released alongside Edge of Eternities on July 29, 2025.[12] Both used the same Spacecraft commanders as the physical Commander decks.
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| Foundation Deck: Brawl Hearthhull, the Worldseed | – | – | B | R | G | Hearthhull, the Worldseed |
| Foundation Deck: Brawl Inspirit, Flagship Vessel | W | U | – | R | – | Inspirit, Flagship Vessel |
Tokens, emblems, and markers
Edge of Eternities features 10 tokens and one emblem.[13]
1/1 Sliver creature for Thrumming Hivepool.- 1/1 Human Soldier creature for Cosmogrand Zenith; Honored Knight-Captain, Knight Luminary and Rayblade Trooper.
- 1/1 Drone artifact creature with flying and "This token can block only creatures with flying." for Desculpting Blast; Pinnacle Emissary and Station Monitor.
- Lander artifact (Summists) with "
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, Sacrifice this token: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle." for Beamsaw Prospector; Bioengineered Future; Biomechan Engineer; Biotech Specialist; Dauntless Scrapbot; Divert Disaster; Edge Rover; Emergency Eject; Galactic Wayfarer; Glacier Godmaw; Kav Landseeker; Lithobraking; Orbital Plunge; Sami's Curiosity; Scrounge for Eternity; Seedship Agrarian; Seedship Impact; Sunstar Expansionist and Terrapact Intimidator - Lander artifact (Illvoi).
- Lander artifact (Monoists).
- Lander artifact (Kavaronic Federal Empire).
- Lander artifact (Eumidians).
- Munitions, an artifact with "When this token leaves the battlefield, it deals 2 damage to any target." for Weapons Manufacturing.
- 2/2 Robot artifact creature for Auxiliary Boosters; Biomechan Engineer; Dyadrine, Synthesis Amalgam; Elegy Acolyte; Eusocial Engineering; Gravpack Monoist; Infinite Guideline Station; Kavaron Harrier; Kavaron, Memorial World; Mechan Assembler; Melded Moxite; Pinnacle Starcage; Sami, Ship's Engineer; Secluded Starforge and Wedgelight Rammer.
- Emblem for Tezzeret, Cruel Captain.
There is also a punch card for this set, which includes +1/+1 counters, charge counters, and larger punch-outs to represent 5 counters for both kinds.
Themes and mechanics
"Lands matter" is a major theme of Edge of Eternities, with Landfall being more present and thus found on 12 cards.[14][15] "Artifacts matter" is another major theme. Sacrifice is a minor theme.[14]
Station is a new keyword ability found on Spacecraft artifacts and a cycle of Planet lands.[16][17] This allows its controller to tap creatures (including ones that came under their control this turn) to put charge counters equal to the creatures' power onto the card as a sorcery, "stationing" the card. After reaching a certain threshold of charge counters, the card gains extra abilities, sometimes permanently becoming a creature with a specific power and toughness. A single card can have multiple thresholds and thus can gain more than one set of abilities and/or stats.
Warp is an alternate cost for permanents, usually creatures. It offers a faster way to get permanents out, but they are exiled at the beginning of the next end step; however, they can be cast on a later turn from exile. When a spell is cast by paying its warp cost, it means it has been "warped". Since warped permanents are temporary, they usually have enters or leaves the battlefield abilities, strong static abilities, haste, and/or efficiently large sizes for its Warp cost which is ideal for stationing cards.
Void is a new ability word for abilities that trigger if a nonland permanent has left the battlefield or a spell has been warped this turn, i.e., a spell has been cast for its warp cost. These include alternative or additional effects on instants and sorceries, and triggered abilities on permanents. Void abilities trigger irrespective of who controls the nonland permanent, who warped the spell, whether or not the spell resolves, or whatever happens to that permanent after it leaves or to that spell after it is warped. Since they represent Monoists' entropic magic, they are mostly found on black cards.
The set also introduces another variant of Devour with Devour land on Famished Worldsire.
Card subtypes
As mentioned above, Spacecraft is a new artifact type and Planet is a new nonbasic land type. Both can be stationed in this set.
Tying the main themes of the set together ("artifacts matter", "lands matter", and sacrifice), the set introduces a new predefined token type: Lander token. It is a colorless artifact token with ", , Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle."
Another new artifact token is called Munitions, found only on Weapons Manufacturing.
Edge of Eternities features 5 factions each with their own creature types.[18] Summists () include the Astelli Angels. The Illvoi Bloom () include Illvoi Jellyfish. Monoists () include the Susurian Vampires. The Kavaronic Federal Empire () include Kavu. The Eumidians () include Insects. Humans are mainly found as Summists and Monoists, but are also in all colors as Pinnacle socients.
A new creature type introduced in the Edge is Drix, an ancient alien race that guards against Eldrazi, which also appear in the set nearly ten years after their last appearance in a premier set (Eldritch Moon).
Lobster becomes an eternal-legal creature type. Scientist is used for the first time in-universe. There are also classic Magic creatures depicted in a sci-fi aesthetic, such as Dragons, Lhurgoyf, and Sliver tokens.[19][20][21]
Counter types
Charge counters are used for the Station ability. Poison counters make a cameo reappearance on one card, Virulent Silencer.
Limited archetypes
Edge of Eternities features the following limited archetypes:[22]
- : Second spell
- : Artifact control
- : Void
- : Landers & landfall
- : +1/+1 counters
- : Go Wide
- : Artifact aggro
- : Graveyard
- : Space stations
- : Ramp
Rules change
Starting with this set, Legendary Spacecraft and Legendary Vehicles with a power and toughness box became eligible to be played as your Commander.[23][24][25]
Storyline
The set marks the beginning of the third and final story arc of the Metronome storyline. It is, however, "relatively disconnected" from the ongoing storyline.[26] It introduces the Edge, at the edge of the known Multiverse, bordering the Blind Eternities.[27] Harness the advanced technology of the Sothera system as forces vie for cosmic power, and discover what lies at the heart of this turbulent galaxy.[3] Chart a course through Sothera and explore distant planets, wield dazzling magic, and wage war with alien factions. Just steer clear of the unstable supervoid at the center of the system — unless you choose to harness the vast chaotic energies within! Tezzeret is featured in the story.[19]
The cards that represent the Story Spotlights in Edge of Eternities are:
None of these cards are at all related to the actual content of the story save Temporal Intervention and The Seriema. The reason for this is unknown.
Magic Story
Of note, the Magic Story for Edge of Eternities takes a minor choose-your-own-adventure approach, hinting at the nature of the narrator.
Marketing
| “ | Find Magic Among the Stars | ” |
Edge of Eternities was first teased during the August 2023 Announcement Day panel at Gen Con Indiana.[2] It was marketed as a "space" set within the science fantasy genre.[6] A similar environment was earlier explored in Unfinity.[14]
Events
- Prerelease: July 25, 2025[28]
- MTG Arena Release: July 29, 2025
- Commander Box League: July 25–31, 2025
- Two-Headed Giant Commander Night: August 1–September 18, 2025
- Magic Academy Events: August 1–September 18, 2025
- Standard Showdown: August 1–September 18, 2025
- Friday Night Magic: August 1–September 12, 2025
- Commander Party: August 15–21 and September 5–11, 2025
- Store Championship: August 23–September 14, 2025
Promos
- Prerelease: a stamped card that can be any rare or mythic rare of Edge of Eternities.
- The seasonal dark-frame promos are: Starfield Shepherd, Annul, Umbral Collar Zealot, Kavaron Harrier, and Pull Through the Weft.
- Buy-a-Box: alternate art Singularity Rupture
- Bundle promo: alternate art Emissary Escort
- Store Championship: alternate art Bitter Triumph (participation), Slickshot Show-Off (Top 8) and Fable of the Mirror-Breaker (winner).[29]
- Commander Play: retro frame Palladium Myr[29]
- Standard Showdown: retro frame Monstrous Rage[29] (already banned in Standard)
- Magic Academy: retro frame Trinket Mage[29]
- Venture into the Unknown — starting with the Prerelease, eligible events at participating Australia and New Zealand WPN retailers feature exclusive new rewards. By returning to play in multiple events throughout the Edge of Eternities season, players get better and better rewards. By participating in at least four events, players can obtain an Edge of Eternities tracking card to assist with the new station mechanic, one of five patches themed for the major factions of the Edge, an ID tag, and an Endstone fridge magnet.[30]
Cycles
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| Mythic Planets | Adagia, Windswept Bastion | Uthros, Titanic Godcore | Susur Secundi, Void Altar | Kavaron, Memorial World | Evendo, Waking Haven |
| Five mythic rare taplands with the Planet subtype that have station. Each has a powerful activated ability once fully stationed. They represent the Sothera system's planets, each a home to one of the five factions. | |||||
| Rare Nonlegendary Spacecraft | Lumen-Class Frigate | Synthesizer Labship | Entropic Battlecruiser | Warmaker Gunship | Sledge-Class Seedship |
| Five rare nonlegendary Spacecraft. | |||||
| Uncommon Spacecraft | Rescue Skiff | Specimen Freighter | Fell Gravship | Debris Field Crusher | Atmospheric Greenhouse |
| Wedgelight Rammer | Uthros Scanship | Susurian Dirgecraft | Galvanizing Sawship | Larval Scoutlander | |
| Ten uncommon Spacecraft. All except Galvanizing Sawship have Enters effects. | |||||
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| Shock Lands | Sacred Foundry | Watery Grave | Godless Shrine | Stomping Ground | Breeding Pool |
| Five rare dual lands with basic land types that enter tapped unless their controller pays 2 life. Unlike most dual land cycles, there is a mix of allied and enemy color pairs. Each depicts a minor celestial body within the Sothera system, as described by the flavor text, which are all logs from Maisie's Edge Chronicles. Each land's art also portrays an ongoing spacecraft battle between two factions whose colors are produced by this land. | |||||
Double cycles
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| Gold Rares | Space-Time Anomaly | Singularity Rupture | Mutinous Massacre | Biotech Specialist | Dyadrine, Synthesis Amalgam | Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar | Pinnacle Emissary | Cosmogoyf | Ragost, Deft Gastronaut | Genemorph Imago |
| Ten powerful rare dual-colored cards. | ||||||||||
| Gold Signposts | Station Monitor | Alpharael, Dreaming Acolyte | Interceptor Mechan | Tannuk, Memorial Ensign | Haliya, Ascendant Cadet | Syr Vondam, the Lucent | Mm'menon, Uthros Exile | Seedship Broodtender | Sami, Ship's Engineer | Biomechan Engineer |
| Ten uncommon dual-colored cards, each a signpost for one of the draft archetypes. The legendary creatures are characters within the Magic story and have a version of higher rarity to show how they changed throughout the story. | ||||||||||
Pairs
Edge of Eternities features matched pairs of legendary creatures that represent the growth and change of the major characters in the set's story. The past, or beginning, version is an uncommon two-color signpost, while the present version is either rare or mythic rare. Each present version shares at least one color with its past version. For the protagonists, the present version's Triumphant variant features flavor text in the form of "Beyond the edge of X lies eternal Y." as a play on words of the set and setting's name.
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| Alpharael, Dreaming Acolyte ( )
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Alpharael, Stonechosen ( )
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A human cleric named Alpharael. Beyond the edge of devotion lies eternal ambition. |
| Haliya, Ascendant Cadet ( )
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Haliya, Guided by Light ( )
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A human soldier named Haliya. Beyond the edge of faith lies eternal hope. |
| Mm'menon, Uthros Exile ( )
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Mm'menon, the Right Hand ( )
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A jellyfish advisor named Mm'menon. |
| Tannuk, Memorial Ensign ( )
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Tannuk, Steadfast Second ( )
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A kavu pilot named Tannuk. Beyond the edge of doubt lies eternal loyalty. |
| Sami, Ship's Engineer ( )
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Sami, Wildcat Captain ( )
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A human artificer named Sami. Beyond the edge of desperation lies eternal ingenuity. |
| Syr Vondam, the Lucent ( )
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Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar ( )
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A human knight named Syr Vondam. |
Reprinted cards
- Annul — first printed in Urza's Saga, last seen in Kaldheim.
- Banishing Light — first printed in Journey into Nyx, last seen in Foundations Jumpstart.
- Bombard — first printed in Rivals of Ixalan, last seen in Mystery Booster (Convention edition).
- Virus Beetle — first printed in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, last seen in Foundations Jumpstart.
- Five of the shock lands, all last seen in Ravnica: Clue Edition:
- Breeding Pool — first printed in Dissension.
- Godless Shrine — first printed in Guildpact.
- Sacred Foundry — first printed in Ravnica: City of Guilds.
- Stomping Ground — first printed in Guildpact.
- Watery Grave — first printed in Ravnica: City of Guilds.
Notable cards
- Diplomatic Relations was printed reading "Target creature gets +1/+0..." rather than "Target creature you control gets +1/+0...", allowing players to use the spell as removal. It received errata to fix this unintended functionality before the set's release.[31]
Misprints
- The Triumphant showcase variant of Alpharael, Stonechosen has an additional "the" in its flavor text.
- The Triumphant showcase variant of Genemorph Imago was printed with the legendary "crown" despite not being legendary.
Gallery
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Initial concept art for the set. -
All colors/factions in Edge of Eternities have a dedicated Lander token. -
The Baseball minigame from mtg-jp.com.
Arena avatars
References
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (October 25, 2024). "Our Fall set takes us further than we have ever gone before; the Edge of Eternities.". Twitter.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ a b Adam Styborski & Jubilee Finnegan (October 25, 2024). "The Foundations of Magic's Next Era". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ WPN (August 7, 2023). "Magic at GenCon: Celebrating 30 Years and Casting Foresee on Years Ahead". Wizards Play Network.
- ↑ Stan Golovchuk (March 13, 2025). "How Magic: The Gathering’s space opera found its voice". Polygon.com.
- ↑ a b Magic: The Gathering (October 25, 2024). "While #MTGEternities is a "space" set, it is very much science fantasy.". Twitter.
- ↑ a b c d Mike Turian & Jubilee Finnegan (July 8, 2025). "Collecting Edge of Eternities". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ WPN (February 21, 2025). "Edge of Eternities Product Info". Wizards Play Network.
- ↑ Magic: The Gathering (October 25, 2024). "Headliners are slated to appear in future sets as well.". Twitter.
- ↑ Magic: The Gathering (June 20, 2025). "Now a look at the different treatments of Sothera in #MTGEternities.". Twitter.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (February 21, 2025). "Edge of Eternities: What Lies Among the Stars?". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ John Schork (July 28, 2025). "MTG Arena Announcements – July 28, 2025 (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on July 29, 2025.
- ↑ Jubilee Finnegan (July 18, 2025). "The Tokens of Edge of Eternities". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c Mark Rosewater (July 8, 2025). "Giving the Players an Edge, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic: The Gathering (June 20, 2025). "Mike gets asked about the themes and what brings the Edge into Magic as a set.". Twitter.
- ↑ Matt Tabak (July 8, 2025). "Edge of Eternities Mechanics". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (July 14, 2025). "Giving the Players an Edge, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Miguel Lopez, Jay Annelli, Laurel Pratt, and Amanda LaFranco (June 20, 2025). "Planeswalkers Guide to Edge of Eternities". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b The Preview Panel - MagicCon: Chicago 2025 (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (February 21 2025).
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (August 5, 2023). "How much shared DNA is there between Unfinity and the unnamed outer space set?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Jay Annelli (February 22, 2025). "a seemingly sapient Kavu as an "alien" in Edge of Erternities seems weird.". Ask Jay. Tumblr.
- ↑ Jubilee Finnegan (July 18, 2025). "Edge of Eternities Prerelease Guide". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Gavin Verhey (June 20, 2025). "Why Are We Changing the Rules of Commander with Edge of Eternities?? - Magic Vehicles & Spacecraft (Video)". Good Morning Magic. YouTube.
- ↑ Eric Levine (July 21, 2025). "Edge of Eternities Release Notes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Eliana Rabinowitz (August 21, 2025). "Edge of Eternities Update Bulletin". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Roy Graham (June 2, 2025). "I wanted to take a minute to talk about the upcoming EoE story and set expectations". Bluesky.
- ↑ Magic: The Gathering (October 25, 2024). "This set will introduce fans to "the Edge"". Twitter.
- ↑ Jubilee Finnegan (July 18, 2025). "Edge of Eternities Prerelease Guide". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c d Wizards of the Coast (July 9, 2025). "Where and How to Play Edge of Eternities". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Clayton Kroh (July 1, 2025). "Venture Into the Unknown at Your Local WPN Store". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (July 21, 2025). "A Statement on the Rules Text of Diplomatic Relations from Edge of Eternities". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
External links
- Official product page.
- WPN product page.
- Edge of Eternities - Official Trailer (Video). Magic: the Gathering. YouTube (July 8, 2025).
- Mark Rosewater & Ethan Fleischer (July 21, 2025). "Edge of Eternities Vision Design Handoff, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- Mark Rosewater & Ethan Fleischer (July 28, 2025). "Edge of Eternities Vision Design Handoff, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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