<h6 style="text-align: right;"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Blood Artist" href="#" target="_blank">Blood Artist</a> | Illustrated by <a href="https://www.juliedillonart.com/">Julie Dillon</a> | Image credit: Wizards of the Coast</h6>
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According to a recent article on DailyMTG, Magic: The Gathering's main news hub, beginning with Edge of Eternities, art cards will no longer be included in Play Boosters. Instead, you can now only find art cards in Collector Boosters.
<h2>The "Collecting Edge of Eternities" Article</h2>
The article states the following about the rates for pulling art cards in Collector Boosters (section in bold typeface for relevance):
<blockquote>Each Edge of Eternities Collector Booster box contains 12 Collector Boosters, each of which contains the following:
<ul>
<li>15 Magic: The Gathering cards
<ul>
<li>5 Traditional foil commons</li>
<li>4 Traditional foil uncommons</li>
<li>1 Traditional foil or galaxy foil celestial basic land</li>
<li>1 Traditional foil rare or mythic rare</li>
<li>1 Non-foil extended-art or borderless Edge of Eternities Commander card</li>
<li>1 Non-foil Booster Fun card</li>
<li>1 Land from the Stellar Sights bonus sheet
<ul>
<li>Non-foil, traditional foil, and galaxy foil lands appear in this slot.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>1 Foil Booster Fun card</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>1 Art card or traditional foil double-sided token
<ul>
<li>A traditional foil double-sided token appears in 65% of Collector Boosters.</li>
<li>1 of 54 Art cards can appear in 30% of Collector Boosters. An additional 5% of Collector Boosters can have an art card with a gold-stamped artist signature or Planeswalker symbol.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
<h2>The Internet's Reaction</h2>
This change is largely ambivalent to whether fans like the cards or not. Many players actually liked art cards. However, they originally seemed to be firmly in the minority among players who had an opinion of the cards. According to one Redditor, "As the one person at my LGS who collects art cards this makes me very sad. Usually during drafts people just give me the art cards they open cause nobody else wants them, so I get why WotC is doing it. But still. Pain." Another said, "Oh, I must be part of the few that actually likes them, I have tons of tokens and can make more but the art cards feel distinctive and cool."
Despite my earlier statement, it seems that these comments were not drowned in an ocean of approval. This potentially leads us to believe that more players liked these cards than the public lets on. Nevertheless, you can now find art cards at a rate of approximately 1 in every 3 Collector Boosters. This potentially raises the scarcity of these aesthetic add-ins.
And speaking of add-ins, Wizards of the Coast has also officially announced <a href="https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/collecting-edge-of-eternities">an end to ad cards in Play Boosters</a> as well. Silver linings, one could suppose!
And now, we'd like to ask you: How do you feel about Magic: The Gathering's art cards? Was this a good move by Wizards of the Coast? Finally, with its gorgeous space-age landscapes, was Edge of Eternities the place for this change? Sound off below!

Edge Of Eternities Discontinues Play Booster Art Cards

<h6 style="text-align: right;">Parhelion II | Illustrated by <a href="https://www.adampaquettemtg.com/">Adam Paquette</a> | Image credit: Wizards of the Coast</h6>
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On Friday, June 20th, Wizards of the Coast announced a momentous Commander rules change. Starting with Edge of Eternities, legendary Vehicles and Spacecraft with a power/toughness box can be your commander! This change is massive and opens up a ton of design space for Magic: The Gathering.
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<div id="attachment_156844" style="width: 780px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/154848.hq_.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-156844" class="wp-image-156844" src="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/154848.hq_.jpg" alt="RMS Titanic. Illustrated by Henry Peters. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast" width="770" height="559" srcset="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/154848.hq_.jpg 551w, https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/154848.hq_-300x218.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px" /></a>RMS Titanic. Illustrated by <a href="https://www.artstation.com/htkpeh">Henry Peters</a>. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast</div>
<h2>Why This Change?</h2>
Magic Designer Gavin Verhey sums up the change to the Commander format with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w75DcnrdoTc">a six-minute Good Morning Magic video on YouTube</a>:
<iframe loading="lazy" title="Why Are We Changing the Rules of Commander with Edge of Eternities?? | Magic Vehicles &amp; Spacecraft" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/w75DcnrdoTc?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
In short, the rules change is one that Wizards wanted to apply for a while, but for a series of different reasons at different times, the format's shift had to wait until Edge of Eternities. Additionally, we have learned through this video that both precons from the new set contain a legendary Spacecraft to use as an alternate commander.
<div id="attachment_156846" style="width: 915px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Shorikai-Genesis-Engine.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-156846" class="wp-image-156846" src="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Shorikai-Genesis-Engine.jpg" alt="Shorikai, Genesis Engine. Illustrated by Wisnu Tan. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast" width="905" height="559" srcset="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Shorikai-Genesis-Engine.jpg 745w, https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Shorikai-Genesis-Engine-300x185.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px" /></a>Shorikai, Genesis Engine. Illustrated by <a href="https://www.artstation.com/wisnutan">Wisnu Tan</a>. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast</div>
<h2>What is the Rule Change?</h2>
While the Comprehensive Rules have yet to officially update with these rules, here is the main idea:
<ul>
<li>Starting with Edge of Eternities, legendary Vehicles and Spacecraft cards will be eligible to lead a Commander deck.</li>
<li>To be fully eligible, the card has to be legendary and have a power/toughness box in its card rules.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Is This Impactful?</h3>
In a word, this is currently not a highly impactful change. It's largely just for fun, but it's still foreseeable as a permanent change to the format. This doesn't change <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Shorikai, Genesis Engine" href="#" target="_blank">Shorikai, Genesis Engine</a>'s functionality, but it allows other Vehicles printed previously to share in that design space.
<div id="attachment_156847" style="width: 753px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Esikas-Chariot.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-156847" class="wp-image-156847" src="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Esikas-Chariot.jpg" alt="Esika's Chariot. Illustrated by Raoul Vitale. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast" width="743" height="559" srcset="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Esikas-Chariot.jpg 1080w, https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Esikas-Chariot-300x226.jpg 300w, https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Esikas-Chariot-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Esikas-Chariot-768x578.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px" /></a>Esika's Chariot. Illustrated by <a href="https://www.raoulvitaleart.com/">Raoul Vitale</a>. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast</div>
Some of the Vehicles now affected by this change are pretty cool, though. For one, you can now play <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Esika&#039;s Chariot" href="#" target="_blank">Esika&#039;s Chariot</a> as a commander, or <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="RMS Titanic" href="#" target="_blank">RMS Titanic</a>, or even <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Parhelion II" href="#" target="_blank">Parhelion II</a>. In fact, one interviewee I spoke with in the past for <a href="https://commandersherald.com/interview-dr-wendi-sierra-bethesda-scholar-on-the-new-fallout-decks/">Commander's Herald</a>, Dr. Wendi Sierra, has a Parhelion II "Big Angel Party Bus" deck. Frankly, I'm sure she's thrilled about this new change to the rules.
In any event, we'd like to open the floor to you, dear readers! How do you feel about this new change? Are you already planning a new Vehicle-led Commander deck? Which ones if so? Sound off below, and stay tuned for a slew of new Vehicle-centric deck techs from EDHREC in the coming weeks!

Edge Of Eternities Rules Update: Vehicles Can Be Commanders

MagicCon Las Vegas Preview Panel: Edge of Eternities And More

<h6 style="text-align: right;"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tezzeret, Cruel Captain" href="#" target="_blank">Tezzeret, Cruel Captain</a> | Illustrated by <a href="https://www.rahnart.com/">Chris Rahn</a> | Image credit: Wizards of the Coast</h6>
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On the night of Thursday, June 19th, Wizards of the Coast officially revealed the full card for <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tezzeret, Cruel Captain" href="#" target="_blank">Tezzeret, Cruel Captain</a>. This Edge of Eternities card is going to be a hit amongst artifact fans of all kinds! But what does the card do, and why is it such a hyped centerpiece for the set? Read on, and learn more!
<h2>Tezzeret's Various In-Game Applications</h2>
Currently, neither we nor Scryfall have a good render of the card handy, as most of the assets available come from photographs of the render. However, the shots we have, all thanks to fans at MagicCon Las Vegas's Black Lotus VIP Lounge, show a complete card. As such, we feel it appropriate to share it here:
<div id="attachment_156786" style="width: 411px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Tezzeret-Crual-Captain-photo.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-156786" class="wp-image-156786" src="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Tezzeret-Crual-Captain-photo.jpg" alt="A photo of the render for Tezzeret, Cruel Captain, a new card from Edge of Eternities. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast" width="401" height="559" srcset="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Tezzeret-Crual-Captain-photo.jpg 672w, https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Tezzeret-Crual-Captain-photo-215x300.jpg 215w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px" /></a>A photo of the render for Tezzeret, Cruel Captain, a new card from Edge of Eternities. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast</div>
Tezzeret, Cruel Captain is a 4-loyalty planeswalker card for with no conventional means to gain loyalty. However, he has a very strong triggered ability that gains him the loyalty needed to survive. And boy howdy, does he ever gain it! Gaining one loyalty counter whenever an artifact you control enters, Tezzeret could activate his -7 ultimate loyalty ability on the turn he comes in. However, he's more useful for his -3 ability, which tutors up an artifact of mana value 1 or less. This is powerful in so many formats. Many Commander players will automatically recognize that this Tezzeret can immediately tutor up a <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sol Ring" href="#" target="_blank">Sol Ring</a>.
And don't misunderstand me. Sol Ring is great, but Vintage players are apt to want to use Tezzeret to tutor up a Moxen card like <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mox Sapphire" href="#" target="_blank">Mox Sapphire</a>, or a <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Black Lotus" href="#" target="_blank">Black Lotus</a>. In Modern, players will be able to tutor up a <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mox Opal" href="#" target="_blank">Mox Opal</a>, previously banned until very recently. Legacy's expansive player base seems to have it best here. They are able to tutor up <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lion&#039;s Eye Diamond" href="#" target="_blank">Lion&#039;s Eye Diamond</a> or basically any Mox that's legal in the format.
<h2>Tezzeret, Living Life on the Edge of Eternities</h2>
This card is undeniably strong. Furthermore, his art, illustrated by Magic artist <a href="https://www.rahnart.com/">Chris Rahn</a>, is stunning and dramatic, perfectly fitting for a space opera-style setting.
How would you use Tezzeret, Cruel Captain? Hopefully, the card has its use in Edge of Eternities Limited, so it's not a bust to open him in your Draft or Prerelease Sealed pools. Nevertheless, the card is fantastic.
So with that, let's open the floor to you, dear readers! How do you feel about this new card from Edge of Eternities? Do you think it's strong enough to see play in formats outside of Commander? Which ones do you foresee him being used in? Sound off below!

Edge Of Eternities - Tezzeret, Cruel Captain Officially Revealed

Image by author | Logo courtesy of Wizards of the Coast
Edge of Eternities (EOE) is close to unveiling its first previews; they may arrive as soon as Friday, June 20th. The set and setting both show potential and have many implications for the known Magic Multiverse. However, since the advent of the Universes Beyond initiative, players have wondered what tie-ins might apply to a set like EOE.
This article aims to explore the potential of the space opera set and discern whether any particular intellectual properties mesh well with the potential that Magic: The Gathering could provide.
As such, I'll list a few options that seem feasible, as well as an Honorable Mention that isn't quite there for a few reasons. Before you inquire, Star Wars is a Disney property, as are Firefly, Serenity, and The Fifth Element, all by way of Fox. For that reason, we are not considering these for the potential of a tie-in. With that, let's (boldly) go!
<h2>Honorable Mention: Lost In Space (1965)</h2>
<div id="attachment_156641" style="width: 402px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/lost-in-space-poster.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-156641" class="wp-image-156641" src="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/lost-in-space-poster.png" alt="Lost In Space (1965). Image credit: CBS" width="392" height="559" srcset="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/lost-in-space-poster.png 359w, https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/lost-in-space-poster-210x300.png 210w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px" /></a>Lost In Space (1965). Image credit: CBS</div>
Lost In Space, a television show from 1965, is my choice of an Honorable Mention for this article, as it's memorable for the few major iconic aspects it has.
However, while it's been remade into multiple films and even a Netflix show, the source material is a bit obscure for modern audiences. As Magic is a game with an intended demographic of 13+ years of age, many of this show's nuances would be lost on its younger players and collectors.
Furthermore, Lost In Space is a CBS property now, and as such is owned in part by Paramount, but it was originally a 20th Century Fox production. With Disney owning Fox and developing another rival card game, Lost In Space may not get the attention it might still need to shine.
<h2>The Dune Series</h2>
<div id="attachment_156642" style="width: 383px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dune-poster.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-156642" class="wp-image-156642" src="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dune-poster.png" alt="Dune (1984). Image credit: Universal Pictures" width="373" height="559" srcset="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dune-poster.png 600w, https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dune-poster-200x300.png 200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px" /></a>Dune (1984). Image credit: Universal Pictures</div>
Author Frank Herbert's magnum opus, the Dune novel series, was such a successful series that it received multiple films adapted from it. Legendary Pictures' Dune film series seems like the shoo-in for Magic: The Gathering to adapt into Universes Beyond (and rightly so, as Legendary is adapting Magic for the screen!).
However, it's also plausible that we could get the Dune of 1984, directed by the late, great David Lynch.
The Dune series as a whole already has a ton going for it. It's a space opera, and so it fits right into the timeline for Edge of Eternities to tie it into things. We recently got a card called <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sandworm" href="#" target="_blank">Sandworm</a> in Final Fantasy (a far cry from Shai-Hulud, yes, but a Sandworm nonetheless). Not to mention, Outlaws of Thunder Junction recently gave us a plethora of cards with the Desert subtype!
For these reasons and probably more, Dune could quite possibly be a tie-in we're on the verge of seeing.
<h2>The Outer Worlds (2019)</h2>
<div id="attachment_156643" style="width: 429px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/the-outer-worlds-key-art.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-156643" class="wp-image-156643" src="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/the-outer-worlds-key-art.png" alt="The Outer Worlds (2019). Image credit: Obsidian Entertainment" width="419" height="559" srcset="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/the-outer-worlds-key-art.png 600w, https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/the-outer-worlds-key-art-225x300.png 225w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px" /></a>The Outer Worlds (2019). Image credit: Obsidian Entertainment</div>
In a world simultaneously plagued by a space race and the rat race, The Outer Worlds feels a bit on the money. However, as it has been pointed out to me, it too essentially has space operatic elements.
We already know that Wizards of the Coast really likes when a property they're adapting to Universes Beyond has something upcoming when the Universes Beyond adaptation releases. Lord of the Rings had The Rings of Power on Amazon Prime. Fallout's television show came out around the same time its Commander decks did. And Jurassic World: Dominion was relatively fresh in players' minds when Lost Caverns of Ixalan came out.
With a sequel coming out later this year, The Outer Worlds might be a great choice for a tie-in with Edge of Eternities.
<h2>The Star Trek Series</h2>
<div id="attachment_156644" style="width: 405px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/star-trek-poster.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-156644" class="wp-image-156644" src="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/star-trek-poster.png" alt="Star Trek (1966). Image credit: Paramount Global" width="395" height="559" srcset="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/star-trek-poster.png 500w, https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/star-trek-poster-212x300.png 212w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px" /></a>Star Trek (1966). Image credit: Paramount Global</div>
Finally, and what I believe might be the most apt possibility for a tie-in with Edge of Eternities, we have the Star Trek series.
As Star Wars' biggest competitor for "greatest space opera," Star Trek is also an eligible space opera that players will resonate with most out of all the others. A more utopian look at the future of galactic peace than either Star Wars or Dune, Paramount Global also owns this property.
For those at home keeping score, Paramount Global is the entity that hosts shows like SpongeBob Squarepants and Avatar: The Last Airbender on its streaming service, Paramount+. If those two seem even a little bit familiar to you, it's no surprise. We previously got a Universes Beyond property for it (in SpongeBob's case) or will later this year (in ATLA's case).
So, in many ways, Star Trek is likely the most plausible option for a tie-in for Edge of Eternities out of all of these possibilities by far.
With that, I'd like to open the floor to you, dear readers. What space opera makes the most sense for Wizards of the Coast to add to their Universes Beyond portfolio? And are you excited for Edge of Eternities? Sound off below!

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