We've now got our first look at MTG Star Trek after months of waiting, and fans of the franchise should set their phasers to "holy crap" – it includes some incredibly cool but impossibly rare cards collectors will wanna get their hands on.
Alongside the reveal of a (surprisingly extensive) product lineup that ranges from Commander Decks to beginner boxes, publisher Wizards of the Coast pulled back the curtain on the set's most valuable cards: extremely limited character cards signed in person by the actors. While there are seven of these cards in total (including Captain Kirk and Captain Janeway so far), only 200 or so have been made for each one across the entire MTG Star Trek range.
As you might expect, these aren't going to turn up just anywhere. The signed autograph cards can only be found in Collector Booster packs, so fans of both Star Trek and the best card games should make a beeline for those when MTG Star Trek launches in November 2026.
Naturally, those weren't the only cards to be shown off. We also got our first look at an Enterprise card (the Enterprise D from Next Generation) that brings back the 'Station' mechanic from last year's sci-fi Edge of Eternities set. In essence, you've got to use creatures to power it up with charge counters until it activates, at which point it becomes a powerful artifact creature in its own right. This represents crew-members manning their posts.
By the looks of things, thematic mechanics such as this are laced throughout MTG Star Trek. The Borg can assimilate and take over rival creature cards, for example, letting you infect the table. (Resistance is futile, after all.) Meanwhile, Captain Janeway 'Explores' just as she does in Voyager – you reveal the top card of your library, and if it's a land, you put it into your hand.
Thematic mechanics like this will be seen in full force throughout MTG Star Trek's four Commander Decks. Speaking of which, here's everything you need to know about them along with the other products launching as part of MTG Star Trek:
We'll apparently get more details about MTG Star Trek over the next few months, with a large info dump to come in October. The set will then launch in November, 2026.
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