Over the course of the last week, we saw tons of cards from the newest Magic: the Gathering release, Marvel Super Heroes. Between the big Debut Stream on Tuesda, we received looks at the rest of the main set offerings as the week went on.

Over the weekend, Summer Game Fest 2026 took place in Los Angeles. While many gamers were drawn to the sights and reveals for tons of new video games, Magic was able to steal some of the weekend's spotlight.

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Wizards of the Coast held a major red carpet-style event in celebration of Marvel Super Heroes. Many well known Magic celebrities like Jimmy Wong and Ben Bateman made appearances, but they were far from the only big names there. Several more mainstream celebrities, like Olympic gold medalist Amber Glenn and Seattle Seahawks football player Leonard Williams, were also in attendance.

Throughout this event and over the course of the weekend, the majority of what remained in the main set, the Source Material bonus sheet cards, and the Jumpstart cards were revealed. As of today, each of these has been fully revealed in the Official Card Image Gallery.

Let's take a look through everything and see what goodies were shown off over the past few days.

The Main Set

By the time the weekend rolled around, the majority of the main set had already been revealed. However, players attending the special Summer Game Fest event got to see all the remaining goodies, providing everyone else an opportunity to check these cards out.

While several remaining Uncommons and some remaining higher rarity cards were shown off, the majority of cards were the Commons. Very few Common cards were revealed throughout the week leading up to the event and while they're often fairly unexciting, some did turn a few heads.

In particular, Hawkeye's Bow made Pauper fans perk up. It didn't take long for players to realize that the new Equipment card acts as a two-card combo with Seeker of Skybreak. This combo allows the Seeker to repeatedly tap to untap itself, dealing a point of damage to the opponent an infinite number of times.

It'll be interesting to see how this new Splinter Twin-esque combo impacts the format or if we're going to have another Basking Broodscale combo situation on our hands in the coming weeks.

A handful of remaining rares got shown off as well. Both Cloak and Dagger, Entwined and Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic provide some interesting and powerful effects that perhaps weren't quite flashy enough to act as a main preview week reveal.

The most interesting card among these was easily Vision Quest. This card provides players with a strong and flexible Artifact Creature tutor card that can be used to find whatever you might need - an effect that's perfect in a wide variety of formats. Even better, it makes the Creatures that much larger as well, providing you with a very real threat for your opponents to contend with.

Last but not least, we got a look at two of the last Mythic Rares from the set.

Black Widow, Super Spy, is one of the only major well-known Avengers characters that we hadn't seen at a higher rarity here. Her card, fittingly, allows you to sneak in for an attack and either power her up or steal something from your opponent's deck. The flexibility is great in case you don't have the ability to cast whatever spell you're going for yet allows you to do some extremely powerful things with her.

The other card - Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu - reads like he's little more than a glorified mana dork. If you know anything about Commander, though, you likely are familiar with the types of shenanigans players can get up to with the aid of Thousand-Year Elixir. Shang-Chi's first ability is the pseudo-Haste part of that card, making for a Legendary card that's sure to become a staple of the format in the coming months.

The Variants

Only a handful of alternate versions of these cards showed up amidst the previews when the Card Image Gallery updated this morning.

Each of these utilizes one of three typical variant types. These include Borderless Panel Arts reminiscent of comic books, Borderless Scene Arts which act as part of a bigger image, and the classic Extended Art frame cards.

The bigger ones are two remaining Mythic Rares. Both Black Widow, Super Spy and Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu are the final cards with the Borderless Logo Card treatment as well as the super coveted Classic Comic art treatment. The Classic Comic versions are extremely rare and are exclusive to Collector Boosters, so they're going to be in red hot demand.

Source Material Cards

We also got to see several of the remaining Source Material (aka Marvel Universe) cards that make up the set's bonus sheet.

Two of these were especially huge reprints.

Sword of Fire and Ice is a major player in Commander, Cube, and even select Constructed decks that take advantage of Stoneforge Mystic. Similarly, Archangel of Thune also makes a showing here, acting as a beloved combo piece to make a gigantic army. Neither has seen a major reprint in several years, making them highly desirable inclusions.

A small handful of other remaining cards were shown off as well. Most notable among these were the reskinned reprintings of both Aurelia, the Warleader and Narset's Reversal. Additionally, Cyberdrive Awakener gets its first reprint here since Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty and is quite welcome. Each of these are rock solid reprints, though aren't quite as high-end as the others revealed at the same time.

Jumpstart

In addition to all of the other main set cards that trickled through over the course of the weekend, Sunday brought with it an extra surprise.

Courtesy of IGN, every single new card from Marvel Super Heroes Jumpstart was unveiled. Not only were the new cards revealed, but so were the individual pack lists and their respective themes.

The Packs

Before diving into all the cool card previews from this Jumpstart release, let's take a look at some of the pack themes.

The way Jumpstart packs are sold is that each contains a unique individually themed pack within. You don't know which one you'll get until you open the pack, but once you've opened a handful, it provides you with the chance to decide which ones you'd like to play together to shuffle into a single deck.

The Jumpstart boosters for Marvel Super Heroes boast 51 possible pack types, with some more rare than others.

Several of these play up some fairly familiar Magic archetypes. Many of these strategies, such as Blink and Equipped, have appeared in previous Jumpstart releases and should be pretty straightforward for experienced players. Battalion also plays into an older mechanic from Gatecrash that cares about three or more Creatures attacking simultaneously.

Other packs play up the themes you might expect of Marvel. In this case, this means exploring the various characters and factions from throughout the greater Marvel franchise. Naturally this includes Fantastic (for The Fantastic Four) and their archnemesis Doom (or Doctor Doom), Iron Man, The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Uncanny (for The Uncanny X-Men), and many more.

The last group are what you might consider the more silly or off-beat booster themes. These aren't a particularly new concept, with many previous Jumpstart releases featuring some kind of goofy or strange theming. Here you get things like Animal and Wild to play up some more nature-based concepts or Counterargument where you can play as a lawyer.

All of the theme lists are included in the previously mentioned IGN article and will likely be shown on the Daily MTG webpage soon as well.

The New Cards

Now we can get to the brand new cards.

Jumpstart sets aren't just a fun way to experience Limited without the deck construction headaches of Draft or Sealed. They also boast several new designs, from simplistic beginner-friendly Commons and Uncommons all the way up to extremely flashy Mythic Rares.

Let's have a look at some of the ones that got players talking the most over the weekend.

Bob, Reluctant HYDRA Agent caught many fans' attention. Not only is the character somewhat fun and goofy, but the card's design also reads very much like a fun callback to fan favorite Norin the Wary.

Karolina Dean, Runaway also plays into some unique gameplay, providing some serious mana to cast spells outside of your hand. This is great for casting spells out of your graveyard, exile, or even the Command Zone. It's great for something like Multiversal Recruitment, which can let you double up on copies of Karolina Dean or the many other Legends throughout Marvel Super Heroes.

The Rares also provide some fun new designs. Cards like Devil Dinosaur are just the kind of thing that can appeal to plenty of different Magic players. This doesn't strictly read as a Marvel card and can be played rather straight as just a fun Dinosaur lord.

Other cards lean a bit more into the silly approach of what makes Marvel fun. If you're like me, someone who only ever really knew Thanos from Infinity War and Endgame, the idea of The Thanos-Copter probably seems downright ridiculous. Yet it's little things like this that make the franchise so endearing for many and it's great to see them lean into it a bit.

Some cards also represent characters we haven't had a chance to see otherwise. For example, Doctor Strange has become a fan favorite yet he's almost nowhere to be seen throughout the set. Instead, he shows up here as Doctor Strange, Surgeon, displaying his simple medical roots as opposed to his more mystical accomplishments that he's come to be known for over the years.

What really makes Jumpstart releases stand out, however, are the truly unique designs at the Mythic Rare rarity.

Loki, Lord of Misrule is a great example of this, providing a means by which to mass Clone all of your Creatures into one powerful entity turn after turn. By comparison, Doctor Doom, Unrivaled provides little more than a simple Phyrexian Arena on a large threat most of the time. However, if you can go deep into the game with him, you can potentially manage to win.

The one that caught the most attention around the internet was easily Sauron, Dino Devotee. If you've been around the internet for a while, you've likely seen the famous comic image of Spider-Man confronting this villain. Spider-Man suggests he could cure cancer to which Sauron responds by saying he doesn't want to cure cancer, he wants to turn people into dinosaurs. Now you too can have the opportunity to play out this absurd bit with a card in all your Casual games of Magic.

The Reprints

As has become a tradition for Jumpstart releases, this set comes with a myriad of reprints from across Magic's long history.

Somewhat surprisingly, many of these were cards that first showed up in Marvel's Spider-Man last year. Given the set's now infamous reputation, it's a little surprising to see so many cards returning once again. The lower power level of the set likely serves as a great way to include many of these cards in a more beginner-friendly product such as this,

Some of the inclusions are far more high-impact, though. Cards like Lightning Bolt and Farseek have become common staples among reprints in a variety of releases over the years and this provides another great place to include them with fresh artwork. Slightly more niche cards like Grapeshot and Think Twice get cool new variations as well.

The big one of the bunch is easily Time Warp. Players everywhere love taking extra turns and Time Warp is one of the best ways to do so that isn't an original copy of Time Walk. This marks the card's first reprint since Strixhaven: School of Mages, offering players a fresh opportunity to acquire copies once more.

Perhaps the coolest bunch of reprints, though, are from the Doom-themed pack. And no, I don't mean Doom as in the video game, but rather the dastardly Doctor Doom himself.

Three of the included reprints are specific cards which include the term "Doom" in their name. While Doomfall hasn't been exciting since the Hour of Devastation-era of Standard, the other two cards are quite a different story. Doom Blade is about as evergreen of a removal spell as you can hope to get. On the opposite side of the spectrum, Doomsday is a famous combo finisher for certain high end formats like Legacy and Vintage.

The pack also contains the previously revealed Dark Ritual, making the Doom booster sure to be one of the more chase options to keep your eyes peeled for.

A Special Secret Lair Release

Last but not least, Wizards also unveiled a new Marvel-themed Secret Lair release.

This lair, titled Secret Lair x Marvel: Spinner Rack Specials recreates the look of various Silver Age Marvel comics. Each piece is freshly done by artist Annie Wu and is meant to harken back to the days where you might find a spinning rack full of comics at the grocery store in days past.

This special Lair will be exclusively available in limited quantities at MagicCon Amsterdam in July, where Marvel Super Heroes will be front and center.

Conclusion

That wraps things up for yet another round of outstanding previews. A truly tremendous amount of cards were shown off over the weekend and the ones shown here represent only a small fraction of the offerings.

I highly recommend looking up the full sets, be it on the Official Card Image Gallery or right here on CoolStuffInc. That way you can take in the full scope of all the cards previewed up to this point. And while you're perusing the cards here on CoolStuffInc, you can also lock in your preorders ahead of Marvel Super Heroes' release.

The week ahead is expected to focus entirely on the Commander releases and the yet unveiled Scene Box sets. Be sure to check back in every day for all the preview coverage for this sweet new release. Prereleases kick off next week on June 19th, so check with your local game store today and find out when they'll be running their events.

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