This Week in Magic: Friday, May 23rd

Posted on May 23, 2025

Magic: the Gathering - Final Fantasy Previews Continue

Magic: The Gathering - Final Fantasy previews are still going strong! We're now two weeks into an unusually long preview season with one more round of previews left to come. Between the main set itself, the Commander decks, the Through the Ages bonus sheet, and all the variants, we've thus far seen over 900 unique prints of cards! The set is looking massive, incredibly on-the-mark flavorwise, and boasts some really cool cards players are excited to get their hands on. Be sure to check with your local store for what their plans are for this popular release, or check out the Magic: The Gathering - Final Fantasy page right here on CoolStuffInc and preorder your cards today!

Theros Beyond Death Story Getting Comic Treatment

Go to hell and back in Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories--Elspeth, an all new comic mini-series coming from Dark Horse In collaboration with Hasbro & Wizards of the Coast this September! @ign.com has the exclusive details: bit.ly/4dAd0He

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— Dark Horse Comics (@darkhorse.com) May 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM

Announced on IGN.com yesterday alongside Dark Horse Comics, a new series of Magic: The Gathering comics was revealed. This series is to be called Untold Stories, and unlike the BOOM! comics will be canon stories set within the MTG universe. The first iteration of this will be "Untold Stories - Elspeth" and will be a canonical telling of the story of Theros Beyond Death. This story was famously scrapped following the disastrous War of the Spark books and the tepid reception to the Throne of Eldraine stories. Only a summary of this story was shared publicly at the time of Theros Beyond Death's release, so this is quite an exciting turn for Vorthoses everywhere. Check out the post linked above for all the information!

Recbecca Guay Coming to MagicCon Vegas

Many of you have been asking, and it's finally here!

The Featured Artists list for #MCVegas is here! Art of Magic is one of the most popular parts of every MagicCon and #MCVegas is going to be amazing! mtg.social/oga

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— MTG Festivals (@mtgfestivals.com) May 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM

This week saw the announcement of several featured artists at MagicCon Las Vegas next month. Headlining them was the legendary Rebecca Guay, making her first public event signing in years. Chief among others announced alongside them are the likes of Dan Frazier and Scott M. Fischer. If you're going to the event and are looking to get stuff signed, make a plan now because those lines are sure to be crazy long!

You can find all the details for MagicCon Las Vegas artists, panels, events, and more here.

Decklist of the Week

Mono-Red Aggro | TDM Standard | Percy Fang, 1st Place US Regional Championship Hartford

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This weekend saw yet another round of Regional Championships come and go! Hartford got perhaps the most attention, with a massive showing by Izzet Prowess dominating the numbers. In spite of this, though, it was Mono-Red Aggro piloted by Percy Fang that came out on top of the event. I personally got to watch several of his games while attending the event and his phenomenal skill was extremely apparent throughout the weekend and proves that the Mice package can still hang in a world of Cori-Steel Cutter. Congratulations Percy on the tremendous finish!

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