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Dungeons and Dragons and Magic the Gathering 2023


It was 2AM on the 19th of August and whilst the rest of my household was sleeping, I was watching YouTube. Am I a chronic insomniac? Yes. Am I currently typing this in my cardboard box that I now live in at EPIC? Also yes. Am I excited to tell you about the new and upcoming stuff from Magic the Gathering and Dungeon and Dragons parent company Wizards of the Coast?....

If you haven't been able to infer what I'm saying, Wizards of the Coast recently did a live stream to promote their upcoming material they're releasing for their major games MTG and D&D, this was at 2AM Australian Time on YouTube. Some super exciting things on the horizon for both games and some that left me scratching my head.

There were the reveals of upcoming sets and books, guest appearances from Jimmy Wong and Ginny Di and some surprising reveals. 

D&D Announcements

Teases for the next edition of D&D codenamed One D&D and brings together an updated version of core rules, backwards compatibility with 5th Edition (5E), D&D Beyond, and a still in development D&D AR/Virtual experience. Rules and playtest for One D&D are already available on D&D Beyond.

From 90's Kids to present day, Drizzt has been the most iconic D&D adventurer, thanks to the genius mind of R.A.Salvatore. Celebrating 35 Years of the Legend of Drizzt book series, Wizards of the Coast is releasing The Legend of Drizzt Visual Dictionary containing chronicle lore, creatures, enemies, weapons and allies (including the champions of the hall). It gets better as the original books are being reprinted with new covers - yes thats all The Legend of Drizzt books!

For D&D we had a bunch of titles revealed including Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragonqueen which will be released at the end of this year. 

As for the books being released in 2023:
  • Keys from the Golden Vault
  • Bigby presents: Glory of the Giants
  • The Book of Many Things
  • "Phandelver Campaign"
  • "Planescape"
Source: Wizards of the Coast

MTG Announcements

Whilst MTG's Universes Beyond was revealed ages ago with sets like The Walking Dead Secret Lair & Stranger Things Secret Lair, it was announced earlier in the year that Magic would be introducing Universes Beyond Commander Decks starting with Warhammer 40,000. Whilst this was a key showcase it was revealed that there are further plans to branch into other popular franchises outside of Magics traditional Multiverse. Commander decks will continue into universes beyond with the reveal of Doctor Who Commander Decks and an entire Universes Beyond set release with Magic the gathering The Lord of the Rings: Tales from Middle Earth - try saying that name super quickly five times over.

Also announced was Magic the Gathering's 30th anniversary is being celebrated over the next year. I have mentioned some of the celebration in my previous post. The year-long celebration kicks off this year with a Magic 30 event taking place at Las Vegas EXPO at World Market on October 28-30, this event will have special promotions. 

Then there is the line up of releases coming out next year after the previously announced The Brothers War coming out later this year. 2023 will see the release of:
  • Phyrexia: All will be one
  • March of the Machines
  • March of the Machines: Aftermath
  • Wilds of Eldraine
  • Lost caverns of Ixalan
Source: Wizards of the Coast


As someone who loves Phyrexia and gets hate for my love of infect (hate me if you must), I am so excited for these sets but will save those thoughts on the upcoming D&D and MTG releases for another blog post.

Your Friend and Ally,
Lachy


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