Last week’s reveal of Magic: The Gathering’s Final Fantasy crossover got you thinking, “Games are great, but where are the superheroes?” Well, get ready: we've got a sneak peek at six new cards from Magic’s upcoming Spider-Man set, plus a look at all the accompanying products and packaging.

Browse the image gallery below to see the Spider-Man cards featured in the Commander-focused Scene Box, booster packs, Welcome Decks, and more. Read on to learn more from Wizards of the Coast.

Marvel's Spider-Man x Magic: The Gathering - First Card and Packaging Reveal

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Arriving September 26th, Marvel’s Spider-Man will be the second fully draftable, Standard-legal set in Magic’s Universes Beyond line after Final Fantasy, and the third overall following 2023's Modern-legal Lord of the Rings set. While you might expect preconstructed Commander decks, the cards in the Scene Box above are *not* Standard-legal and are designed specifically for Commander play.

Following last year's Secret Lair featuring Wolverine, Captain America, and others, Spider-Man marks Magic's first full set inspired by Marvel comics. Wizards of the Coast Executive Producer, Max McCall, explains this choice: "Spider-Man needs a full set to do justice to the character and incorporate the many villains he’s faced. Picking characters for a smaller product would leave too many out. We could fit Gwen Stacy and Miles Morales in a non-Spider-Man set, but there wouldn’t have been room for Aunt May."

McCall describes designing a Universes Beyond set as "flipping worldbuilding on its head." Typical Magic sets build their worlds from scratch, while most people are already familiar with Spider-Man. "When we make a card representing 'great power, great responsibility,' we can add mechanical complexity because players understand the story. We don’t need Universes Beyond cards to be 'simple'—we just need recognizable moments for fans to connect with."

Head Designer Mark Rosewater explains how they translate these moments into Magic: Magic's color pie "is robust enough to show heroism and villainy in all five colors." He uses Spider-Man as an example: "His obligation to help people is core to white. His scientific background and inventions are blue. His powers, based on an animal and a sense of destiny, are green."

“We're not limiting ourselves to any one [comic] run or series.”

Besides the Scene Box, the set includes Play Boosters, Collector Boosters, Bundles, and Prerelease Packs (shown in the gallery). While there are no preconstructed Commander decks, Welcome Decks return—introductory decks for new players, often offered free by game stores.

Following this year's Final Fantasy set, Wizards of the Coast recently announced an Avatar: The Last Airbender set. Two more in-universe sets precede it: Tarkir: Dragonstorm and the space-themed Edge of Eternities.

Read the full, unedited interview with Wizards of the Coast’s Max McCall and Mark Rosewater below: