Magic: The Gathering’s Universes Beyond sets may upset some purists, but there’s no denying the power of a crossover with another franchise.
Final Fantasy’s set was the biggest in history, while other crossovers have included Lord of the Rings, Warhammer 40K, and more. Next up, it’s a veritable pop culture goldmine with Marvel’s Spider-Man, launching next month.
Here’s everything on offer, and where you can still preorder before September 26.
Play Boosters and Bundles
Spider-Man Play Booster Box
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Play Boosters are the bread and butter of collecting the Spider-Man set, and can be purchased individually or as part of a booster box of 30 packs.
Each pack has 14 cards inside, with a foil in every pack and at least a rare guaranteed, too. Booster boxes are currently going for around $200, but if the price changes between now and launch, Amazon will adjust your payment accordingly.
Spider-Man Prerelease Box
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Expect individual packs to be readily available at your local stores after launch, while there will be prerelease bundles available at participating stores which will include a specified foil Rare or Mythic and six Play Boosters.
Spider-Man Bundle
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Collectors can also grab a bundle that includes nine Play Boosters, 15 Traditional Foil basic lands, and a deck box.
Marvel’s Spider-Man – Gift Bundle
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Finally, there’s a new Gift Bundle that has a box that evokes Spidey’s earliest comic appearance and includes a Collector Booster and 9 Play Boosters, as well as a foil alternate-art promo card and other goodies like full-art lands.
Scene Box
Spider-Man Scene Box
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We’re waiting to see how much stock there will be of this Scene Box, because at the time of writing, we don’t know if it’ll sell out instantly or be available for a while.
It includes six cards that can be displayed together as a collector’s piece or used in decks, with Spidey, Venom, Green Goblin, and Doctor Octopus represented.
The box also comes with three Play Boosters to help build your collection, and is currently around $100 at TCGPlayer for preorder.
Collector Boosters
Spider-Man Collector Booster
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Spider-Man Collector Booster Box
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Spider-Man Collector Boosters are, at the time of writing, sold out unless you want to go to the secondary market.
Doing so will cost you a whopping $88 for a single pack, or (at the time of writing) up to $1000 for a booster box.
Is it really worth it? Only you can make that call, but here’s hoping prices settle down as we get closer to launch.
Spider-Man Welcome Decks
Wizards of the Coast is holding a series of new player events in the coming weeks, and is offering Spider-Man-themed ‘Welcome Decks’ that feel a little like Jumpstart packs.
There are five to collect, with decklists available here. Each is themed after a character and has a mono color identity. Mash two decks together to make a 60-card deck.
- Spider-Man – White
- Spider-Man 2099 – Blue
- Venom – Black
- Spider-Gwen – Red
- Miles Morales – Green
You can check the store locator to see if your game store will have stock, but TCGPlayer has listings, too.
Action Figure Bundles
Something unique to the Spider-Man set is the arrival of Marvel Legends bundles that include a foil, borderless MTG card alongside the relevant action figure, with four to collect: Spider-Man, Mary Jane, Man-Wolf, and Anti-Venom.
They sold out pretty quickly, but we’re keeping an eyeout to see if more become available.
Where Are The Commander Decks?
While Final Fantasy got its own Commander Decks (as did Lord of the Rings, Doctor Who, Fallout, and Warhammer 40k), there’s no such luck with the Spider-Man set.
That’s a shame, as we’d have loved a Red/Black Symbiote Deck helmed by Carnage and Venom, or a deck that packed as many versions of Spidey together as possible.
Once the set is out, we’ll do our best to find the best cards to use in your Commander decks, though.
Lloyd Coombes is an experienced freelancer in tech, gaming and fitness seen at Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar and many more. He’s a big fan of Magic: The Gathering and other collectible card games, much to his wife’s dismay.
