Summary

  • An Elden Ring fan spent a year creating a custom Magic: The Gathering deck based on characters from the game.
  • Queen Marika, The Eternal, Malenia, Blade of Miquella, and Godfrey, First Elden Lord all made appearances as Legendary Creature cards.
  • Magic: The Gathering has officially collaborated with popular video game IPs before, like Assassin's Creed and Fallout.

An Elden Ring fan has shared their stunning custom Magic: The Gathering deck based on the characters found in FromSoftware’s hit action RPG, and the creator has taken a year to bring them to life. The card game Magic: The Gathering has been collaborating with popular video game IPs recently, including Assassin’s Cree d and Fallout, and seeing an Elden Ring deck in the tabletop’s future would instantly accumulate a lot of interested customers.

FromSoft and Bandai Namco Entertainment released Elden Ring back in 2022, and the Soulslike went on to win Game of the Year. The dark fantasy’s popularity continued when the hefty Shadow of the Erdtree expansion was released in June 2024, and it became the first DLC to be nominated for Game of the Year. This year’s The Game Awards event also revealed the brand-new spin-off multiplayer Elden Ring: Nightreign, which will feature an original story set parallel to the base game. Elden Ring fans may have missed a few details from the Nightreign trailer, which is understandable considering it was one of the biggest surprises of the night.

Elden Ring Nightreign Lore Explained
Elden Ring: Nightreign Lore Explained

Elden Ring Nightreign is shrouded in mystery, but there is still narrative information that can be gleaned from its sparse promotional content.

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Posted on Reddit by Ric_Adbur, 18 images were shared within the Elden Ring subreddit, showcasing a series of themed Magic: The Gathering cards based on characters, bosses, and artifacts found in FromSoft’s base game. Queen Marika, The Eternal, Malenia, Blade of Miquella, and Godfrey, First Elden Lord all made appearances as Legendary Creature cards, alongside the Dark Moon Ring artifact card and the Drake Warrior Igon Creature card. This isn’t the first time the Soulslike has been linked to the card game, as another Elden Ring fan made a similar set of Magic: The Gathering cards last year, although none of them were Legendary.

Elden Ring Fan Spends a Year Creating Custom Magic: The Gathering Deck

The creator noted they had spent a year making this Elden Ring-themed deck, and Redditors were highly impressed with the card layout and artwork and also noted how well the game’s lore fit MTG’s aesthetic. From card art to comic books, another Elden Ring fan previously created a comic cover based on the game, proving the dark fantasy community is full of creative artists keen to put their spin on the Soulslike.

Magic: The Gathering was created by Richard Garfield and released in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast, and the game is notorious for its complexities and Dungeons & Dragons motifs. 2025 is going to be a packed year for the tabletop game, as Magic: The Gathering recently confirmed three Magic Multiverse sets and three Universes Beyond sets were arriving next year, alongside new Headliner cards that are expected to be as popular as The One Ring from The Lord of the Rings set.

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Elden Ring
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RPG
Action
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Systems
PC-1 PlayStation-1 Xbox-1
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Top Critic Avg: 95 /100 Critics Rec: 98%
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Released
February 25, 2022
ESRB
M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence
Developer(s)
From Software
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The Erdtree in Elden Ring
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ELDEN RING, developed by FromSoftware, Inc. And BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc., is a fantasy action-RPG adventure set within a world created by Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R.R. Martin. Danger and discovery lurk around every corner in FromSoftware’s largest game to date. Hidetaka Miyazaki - President and Game Director of FromSoftware Inc. Known for directing critically-acclaimed games in beloved franchises including Armored Core and Dark Souls.

George R.R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire - A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast For Crows, and A Dance with Dragons. As a writer-producer, he has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Engine
Proprietary
Multiplayer
Online Co-Op, Online Multiplayer
Cross-Platform Play
PS4 & PS5 and Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S
Cross Save
no
Steam Deck Compatibility
yes
Genre(s)
RPG, Action
How Long To Beat
58 Hours
X|S Optimized
yes
PS Plus Availability
N/A
OpenCritic Rating
Mighty