Magic: The Gathering’s Fallout Set Makes One Crossover Seem…

Magic: The Gathering has been gathering its strength recently, with the imminent release of the newest mainline expansion, Edge of Eternities, fast approaching. This set will follow the phenomenally successful Final Fantasy crossover, the latest in the Universes Beyond collections that capture the style and feel of other popular IPs and translate them into Magic: The Gathering' s world and rules. These crossovers, specifically within video game franchises, have experienced great reception. The FF x MTG collection put up eye-catching profits, earning $200 million in a single day as well as breaking player records on Magic: The Gathering Arena, the free-to-play digital version of the CCG.

Last year, Magic: The Gathering's Fallout set premiered, and brought the iconic post-apocalyptic setting to life with a set of four themed Commander decks depicting and adapting some of FO's most recognized aspects. With all this being the case, it makes a compelling argument for Bethesda's other wildly popular series, The Elder Scrolls, to make its way into MTG sooner rather than later.

The upcoming MTG Spider-Man set, scheduled to drop on September 26, has also been gathering plenty of buzz.

Magic: The Gathering Video Game Crossover Wish List

Magic: The Gathering has been on a hot streak of video game collaborations, and there's a couple that would be great to see in the future.

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By J. Scott Thurlow

After Magic: The Gathering's Fallout Set, The Elder Scrolls Should Be a Shoo-in to Cross Over Next

Magic: The Gathering's Fallout Decks Perfectly Pave the Path for The Elder Scrolls to be Next in Line

Featuring Commander decks based around some of Fallout's most iconic characters and other elements, along with versions of classic powerful and other popular cards reprinted and repurposed to fit the set's spirit and aesthetic design, Magic: The Gathering' s crossover with Fallout seemed like itself was long overdue. Given the widespread appeal and brand recognition that both franchises share, fitting Fallout into MTG for Universes Beyond seems almost a no-brainer in retrospect. And with The Elder Scrolls being equally, if not arguably more popular, a collection based on it would likely go over incredibly well with fans of either, or both, on top of continuing the great work that Wizards of the Coast has been doing with these projects.

How The Elder Scrolls Could Work in Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering was, originally at least, largely based around and took heavy inspiration from classic high fantasy. While it certainly had its own distinct lore, with Planeswalkers and the multiverse being integral components, the iconography and art of the initial editions leaned upon this facet quite a bit. Similarly, The Elder Scrolls has deeply channeled the genre, and thus there is a huge range of material to draw from and adapt TES for an MTG set.

Some possible ideas would be for WOTC to follow in the footsteps of Magic: The Gathering's Fallout Commander decks by featuring some of The Elder Scrolls' most notable figures from each entry. As just one example, dragon creatures go back to the earliest days of MTG, well before it became a juggernaut in the CCG scene. The Elder Scrolls, particularly Skyrim, has some dragons of its own that would be right at home in a set. Alduin and Paarthurnax would make great commanders, tying into MTG's general presentation and paying homage to its history.

Other related ideas could be Stormcloak or Imperial-themed decks led by characters such as Ulric Stormcloak and Martin Septim. There's also great potential for The Elder Scrolls' well-known organizations like The Dark Brotherhood, Mages Guild, or The Blades, to be incorporated into a hypothetical collection. Regardless of the exact direction chosen, though, nearly everything in The Elder Scrolls would fit into Magic: The Gathering like a glove. Wizards could work with Bethesda to bring the entire breadth of TES into MTG, and deliver another knockout collection that keeps the bar set high for these crossovers.