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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 2d

This happens in 1 hour #NYCC!

Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 2d

💥 ATTENTION #NYCC 💥 JUST ADDED 💥

We have added TWO Mark Rosewater (@maro254.bsky.social) Meet & Greets at the Magic booth: 2641.

🖊️ TODAY - 5-6pm
🖊️ Sunday - 2-3pm

Come meet Magic's Head Designer and bring stuff to get signed!

Photo of Mark Rosewater standing and smiling behind a glass display case and in front of a yellow woodslatted wall.

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 2d

💥 ATTENTION #NYCC 💥 JUST ADDED 💥

We have added TWO Mark Rosewater (@maro254.bsky.social) Meet & Greets at the Magic booth: 2641.

🖊️ TODAY - 5-6pm
🖊️ Sunday - 2-3pm

Come meet Magic's Head Designer and bring stuff to get signed!

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 2d

Get fed AND get the new #MTGxTMNT Unbreakable Formation at our pizza food truck! Get the postcard and then visit our #NYCC booth 2641 to get your promo. (1 per person, while supplies last each day.)

A photo of a hand holding the Unbreakable Formation promo and a #MTGxTMNT post card necessary for redeeming and collecting the promo. These are held in the foreground, in front of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles themed pizza food truck.

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Play Magic @playmagic.com · 3d

🐢🐢 Dudes, it's Magic in a half shell! 🐢 🐢

Grab your nun-chucks, #SpotlightTMNT is coming soon to Richmond, Virginia! Learn more: mtg.social/SpotlightTMNT

This image depicts four humanoid tutles wearing different cuts of cloth over their eyes like impromtu masks. The group is jumping over an off screen obstacle together. Each turtle is carrying a different weapon, one with a staff, one with twin sai, one with two short swords and the last with nun-chucks. Text across the top of the image reads: "Magic Spotlight Series. March 6-8. Richmond, Virginia".

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 3d

Cowabunga, turtle fans! We're stoked we got to share some slices of #MTGxTMNT with you at #NYCC.

Until next time: magic.wizards.com/en/news/feat...

This image shows the full art illustraton of a humanoid turtle wearing a hooded cloak and leather paldrons. He grasps four different bandanas in his hand as three spectral forms of other humanoid turtles stand behind him supportively.
Across the bottom of the image reads: "The Last Ronin's Technique" art by Adam Volker

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 3d

The #MTGxTMNT Pizza Bundle has everyone's favorite slice of the set, like booster packs and pizza lands. The most delicious part is that you'll find 2 (of 6 total) cards from Magic's past in each bundle, each with pizza-themed artwork.

This image depicts the product packaging for the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pizza Bundle".
The illustration on the box shows four humanoid turtles looking excitedly at a pepperoni and mushroom pizza as the turtle on the far right grabs a slice.
On the top left corner of the package reads "Magic: The Gathering" and on the bottom left of the package reads "Includes piping hot Collector Booster!"

This image depicts the card "Dark Ritual". One black mana. Instant. Mythic rarity.

Card art: This illustration shows a humanoid rat smiling maniacally as he holds a book open in one hand while the other spinkles olives onto a pizza.

Rules text: Add three black mana.

Flavor text: "Esposito, my liege, grant me the flavor I am due."
- Splinter, the Nibblemancer

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 3d

Our heroes in a half shell can't fight on an empty stomach! These flavorful full-art pizza basic lands will give you the fuel to cast some #MTGxTMNT spells.

This image depicts five full art lands.
From left to right:
Plains. This illustration shows a three fingered hand picking up a slice of pizza with banana slices arranged into the shape of a sun as toppings.

Island. This illustration shows a three fingered hand holding up a slice of pizza with sardines and an onion in the shape of a water drop as toppings.

Swamp. This illustration shows a furred hand with pointed claw-like nails grabbing a slice of pizza with a mushroom in the shape of a skull as a topping,

Mountain. This illustration shows a slice of pizza held on the blade of a sai, the peperoni on the pizza is in the shape of a fire ball.

Forest. This illustration shows a three fingered hand holding a slice of pizza in the palm of his hand, the veggie pizza has a prominent broccoli in the shape of a tree as a topping.

Along the bottom of the image reads: "Pizza Lands".

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 3d

There's nothing better than the original. Keep an eye out for 20 Borderless Source Material cards throughout the #MTGxTMNT set that feature original artwork from the TMNT franchise.

This image depicts the card "Doubling Season". Four mana, one green. Enchantment. Mythic rarity.

Card art: This full art illustration depicts four humanoid turtles in their original comic art style posing on a rooftop, prepared for battle with a city skyline behind them.

Rules text: If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead.
If an effect would put one or more counters on a permaent you control, it puts twice that many of those counters on that permanent instead.

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 3d

The #MTGxTMNT Turtle Team-Up Bundle is a new 2-4 player co-op experience that brings the half shell fun to your kitchen table. Every generation of turtle fan will see beloved characters, TMNT moments, and more.

This image depicts the product packaging for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtle Team-Up". Across the box art is four humanoid turtles fighting four different mutated creatures.
At the top left corner of the package reads "Magic: The Gathering" and at the bottom right reads "New 2-4 Player Co-Op Game Mode"

This image depicts the card "Michelangelo, On the Scene". Four mana, two green. Legendary Creature - Mutant Ninja Turtle. Mythic Rarity.

Card Art: This illustration shows a humanoid turtle riding a motorized scooter through a group of mutated creatures. He smiles a huge grin and wears headphones as the pistons on his scooter flare up.

Rules text: Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player it's attacking)
Michelangelo enters with a +1/+1 counter on him for each land you control.
When Michelangelo dies, return this card to your hand. Power two/toughness two

This image depicts the card "Donnie & April, Adorkable Duo". Four mana, one blue. Legendary Creature - Mutant Ninja Human Turtle. Rare rarity.

Card art: This illustration shows a black woman and a humanoid turtle mid-battle as the pair stands amidst on-going chaos. She holds a katana at the ready and he blocks a laser beam from hitting him with his bo staff.

Rules text: When Donnie & April enter, choose one or both. Each mode must target a different player.
- Target player draws two cards.
- Target player returns an artifact, instant or sorcery card from their graveyard to their hand.
Power three/toughness three

This image depicts the card "Baxter, Exzzperimental Zzientist". Boss. Common rarity.

Card art: This illustration depicts a mutated humanoid fly. The creature, with his bulging insect eyes and mandibles twiched into a sneer, fires a laser beam just past the viewer. Behind him, three other mutated instectoid mutants rush into battle.

Rules text: Creatures named Foot Disciple have flying.

Flavor text: "There is always opportunity to improve your useless minions, Shredder... just as you 'improved' me."

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 3d

"They're the world's most fearsome fighting team!" #MTGxTMNT

This image depicts the card "Heroes in a Half Shell". One white, one blue, one black, one red, one green. Legendary Creature - Mutant Ninja Turtle. Mythic Rarity.

Card Art: This illustration shows four humanoid turtle ninja warriors leaping towards the viewer. Each has his own specific weapon and style. From left to right: A bulky turtle weilding twin sai and yelling, a turtle with goggles on his forehead winding a bo staff to swing, a turtle with a confident smirk wields twin katana at the viewer and a seemingly carefree turtle leaps backwards with nun-chucks swirling in his hands and a wide smile on his face.

Rules text: Vigilance, menace, trample, haste.
Whenever one or more Mutants, Ninjas and/or Turtles you control deal combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on each of those creatures and draw a card.

Flavor text: "They're the world's mostfearsom fighting team!"

This image depicts the card "Turtles Forever". Three mana, one white. Instant. Rare rarity.

Card art: This illustration shows four humanoid turtles drawn in different art styles engaging and interacting with one another. Behind them, the painterly skyline of a city.

Rules text: Search your library and/or outside the game for exactly four legendary creature cards you own with different names, then reveal those cards. An opponent chooses two of them. Put the chosedn cards into your hand and shuffle the rest into your library.

Flavor text: "See you around the multiverse, bros."
- One Leonardo to another

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 3d

The turtle bros can take on almost anything but fights are easier with help from a friend. #MTGxTMNT

This image depicts the card "April O'Neil, Hacktivist". Three mana, one blue. Legendary Creature - Human Scientist. Rare Rarity.

Card art: This illustration shows a black woman with full natural shoulder length hair. The woman is surrounded by glowing screens and has her hands poised to type on a laptop as she looks over her shoulder past the viewer. In a shadow along the wall is a silhouette of a person having opened a door to find this scene happening.

Rules text: At the beginning of your end step, draw a card for each card type among spells you've cast this turn. Power one/toughness five

This image depicts the card "Casey Jones, Jury-Rig Justicar". One mana, one red. Legendary Creature - Human Berserker. Uncommon Rarity.

Card art: This illustration shows a man wearing dark jeans, a leather jacket and a full face hockey mask swinging a hockey stick with deadly force in a fight against the group of ninjas surrounding him. One of his opponent ninjas is knocked out a window, flying into the night sky to a city below.

Rules text: Haste.
When Casey Jones enters, look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal an artifact card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest ont he bottom of your library in a random order. Power two/toughness one.

This image depicts a full art illustration of a humanoid rat. He sits peacefully with his legs crossed on a mat, eyes closed and inhaling the wafting scent from the tea cup he holds in his hands. Around him, remains of robots who dared attempt to interrupt the master's quiet time.
Along the bottom of the image reads: "Splinter, Hamato Yoshi" art by April Prime

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 3d

Prepare to clash against your favorite TMNT villains! Here are a few you'll come across in #MTGxTMNT.

This image depicts the card "Super Shredder". One Mana, one black. Legendary Creature - Mutant Ninja Human. Mythic rarity.

Card Art: This is an illustration of the gigantic monterous mutated form of a man, his once well fitted armor cutting into his body like sharp metallic spines. The mutant reaches towards the viewer with a claw as it rushes through any obsticle in his way.

Rules text: Menace.
Whenever another permanent leaves the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on Super Shreder.

Flavor text: "I have molded myself into perfection, Hamato. Look upon me, and know fear."

This image depicts the card "Krang, Master Mind". Six mana, two blue. Legendary Artifact Creature - Utrom Warrior. Rare Rarity.

Card art:
This illustration shows a squid like being wearing a bipedal mechanical suit. It's head is covered by a orb helmet while its tentacles pop out of 'arm' holes to hold up two large drills. The creature laughs maniacally.

Rules text: Affinity for Artifacts. (This spell costs One Mana less to cast for each artifact you control.)
When Krang enters, if you have fewer than four cards in hand, draw cards equal to the difference.
Krang gets +1/+0 for each other artifact you control. Power one/toughness four.

This image depicts the card "Bebop & Rocksteady". One mana, two black or green. Legendary Creature - Boar Rhio Mutant. Rare rarity.

Card art: This illustration depicts two mutants: A humanoid boar and a humanoid rhino. The pair stand gloriously upon the wreckage of cars as colorful sprays of energy explode behind them. The Rhino holds a large tire above his head.

Rules text: Whenever Bebop & Rocksteady attack or block, sacrifice a permanent unless you discard a card.

Flavor text: "They'll beat you with firsts, with a bat, with a knife. / So don't try to steop them, just run for your life! / Get set and get ready, / For Bebop & Rocksteady!"

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 3d

The new #MTGxTMNT mechanic Sneak might feel familiar - it's another great way to deliver a surprise punch to your opponent for an alternate casting cost.

This image depicts the card "Raphael's Technique". Four mana, two red. Instant. Rare Rarity.

Card Art: This illustration depicts a humanoid turtle crossing his arms infront of his face, each hand holds a twin sai, as he looks at the audience. Around him, energy forms into the shape of his gritting determined face.

Rules text: Sneak two mana, one red (You may cast this spell for two mana, one red if you also return an unblocked attacker you control to hand during the declare blockers step.)
Each player may discard their hand and draw seven cards.

Flavor text: "Change of plans!"

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 3d

The #MTGxTMNT set has four borderless headliner cards that feature art by Kevin Eastman, the original illustrator of TMNT. Take a look at that shiny signature stamp! So rad.

This image shows off the card ""Leonardo, Sewer Samurai"". Three mana, white mana. Legendary Creature - Mutant Ninja Turtle. Rare Rarity.

Cart art: This full art treatment is done in the black and white comic book style of original TMNT comic creator Kevin Eastman. It depicts a humanoid turtle leaping over the rooftops of a city. The card boxes are lined in gold and the rules text box is signed in gold by Eastman with a doodle of a samurai helmet.

Rules text: Sneak Two mana, two white mana.
Double strike.
During your turn you may cast creature spells with power or toughness one or less from your graveyard. If you cast a spell this way, that creature enters with a finality counter on it. Power three/toughness three.

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 3d

Combining individual strengths to create a dream team is a core part of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Each Partner card in the #MTGxTMNT Commander Deck highlights those strengths and adds a different flair to your path to victory.

This image depicts the Leonardo, The Balance card. Three mana, one white. Legendary Creature - Mutant Ninja Turtle. Mythic Rarity.

Card art: This art depitcts a humanoid turtle warrior standing in a crouched defensive postion with two twin katana held in each hand, his arms crossed to protect his torso.

Rules text: Whenever a token you control enters, you may put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Do this only once each turn.
White mana, blue mana, black mana, red mana, green mana: Creature you control gain menace, trample and lifelinkt until end of turn.
Partner - Character select (You can have two Commanders if both have this ability) Power 3/Toughness 3

This image depicts the card "Donatello, the Brains". Two mana, one blue. Legendary Creature - Mutant Ninja Turtle. Mythic Rarity.

Card Art: This is an illustration of a humanoid turtle sitting at an L shaped desk. He has one hand hovering over a keyboard while he turns his body away from the computer and towards a small tube filled with ooze. On another part of the table, a piece of pizza sits on a plate as a rat nibbles at the toppings.

Rules text: I one or more tokens would be created under your control, those tokens plus a Mutagen token are created instead.
Partner - Character Select (You can have two Commanders if both have this ability)
Power two/toughness four

Flavor text: "I always thought there 'd be more to the ooze."

This image depicts the card of "Raphael, the Muscle". Four mana, red mana. Legendary Creature - Mutant Ninja Turtle. Mythic Rarity.

Card art: This is an illustation of a humanoid turtle with broad shoulders and a thick muscled build. His arms are frozen mid swipe as clutched in each hand is a twin sai held backwards. His mouth is set into a snarl.

Rules text: Double all damage that creature you control with counters on them would deal.
When Raphael enters, create a Mutagen token.
Partners -- Character Select (You can have two commanders if both have this ability.) Power four, toughness four.

This image depicts the card "Michelangelo, the Heart". One mana, one green. Legendary Creature - Mutant Ninja Turtle.

Card art: This is an illustration of a humanoid turtle breakdancing and frozen in a one arm hand stand in front of a well loved couch. He kicks his legs in two different directions, one in front of him, the other catching a pizza box and his other arm is holding up a pizza. Another pizza box rests on his head as he smiles.

Rules text: Trample.
Raid (the Fridge) - At the beginning of your second main phase, if you attacked this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature and create a Food token.
Partner - Character Select (You may have two commanders f you both have this ability) Power two/toughness one.

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 3d

The #MTGxTMNT Commander deck celebrates the power of teamwork. The deck will have one face Commander and five cards with the mechanic Partner, allowing you to have a second Commander in play.

This image shows the packaging for a precon commander "Turtle Power!" product. On the box is an illustration of four humanoid turtle ninjas in ready battle stances. The background is an illustrated cityscape at night.

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 3d

Cowabunga Magic players, the second set of 2026 is #MTGxTMNT!

This image depicts an illustrated city scape from a bird's eye view. Many buildings are a light with life and activity happening within. Across the image reads: "Magic: The Gathering | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 3d

Today's the day! We'll see you at the #NYCC Nickelodeon x Magic: The Gathering panel at 11am ET in North-Room 409. 👀

A promotional image with a black background. There are two brands shown that are separated by a white line. On the left side of the line in white font it says "Magic: The Gathering." On the right side of the line in white font it says "Nickelodeon."

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 4d

We'll be revealing our second 2026 set at the #NYCC Nickelodeon x Magic: The Gathering panel! Join us on 10/10 at 11am ET in North-Room 409.

Details: spr.ly/63328AsflQ

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 9d

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