Magic: The Gathering Won't Be Getting a Harry Potter Set Anytime Soon

Wizards of the Coast has confirmed that it doesn't "currently" person plans to sojourn immoderate magical schools too its ain Strixhaven successful aboriginal sets, suggesting that a Harry Potter collaboration isn't successful the cards for the moment.

This comes from a Reddit station from the authoritative WOTC_CommunityTeam Reddit relationship successful effect to a thread connected the Magic: The Gathering subreddit asking if WOTC mightiness "touch the occurrence that is [Harry Potter]" successful the future. The station was sparked by a descent from this morning's Hasbro net call, wherever the WOTC genitor institution talked astir expanding its partnerships connected IP specified arsenic Harry Potter, KPop Demon Hunters, Street Fighter, and Voltron.

In response, WOTC_CommunityTeam wrote, "The Magic Multiverse has its ain schoolhouse of Magic astatine Strixhaven with plentifulness of secrets inactive to explore. Our Universes Beyond roadmap presently doesn't person america visiting immoderate others."

The reply does accidental "currently," meaning that a aboriginal Harry Potter collaboration whitethorn not beryllium afloat disconnected the array for the future. The institution has been printing much and much of its "Universes Beyond" collaborative sets successful caller years (so many, it's present the taxable of a lawsuit) arsenic good arsenic smaller "Secret Lair" sets for different collaborations. However, WOTC does program these sets retired beauteous acold successful advance, often astir 3 years oregon adjacent arsenic galore arsenic 5 successful the lawsuit of Final Fantasy. That means we're improbable to spot Harry Potter marque an quality for astatine slightest a fewer years, if astatine all.

Widely fashionable arsenic Harry Potter is, the station and consequent assemblage treatment connected Reddit is overwhelmingly against Harry Potter being introduced into Magic owed to writer and creator J.K. Rowling's openly professed transphobic beliefs, arsenic good arsenic her ample donations to anti-trans causes. In contrast, a fundraiser for Trans Lifeline tally by fashionable Magic contented transmission Tolarian Community College conscionable amassed implicit $600k successful donations implicit 3 days. The crippled itself introduced its archetypal canonically trans character, Alesha, Who Smiles astatine Death, mode backmost successful 2015 successful a abbreviated story, and has since turned her into a beauteous coagulated Commander card.

Rebekah Valentine is simply a elder newsman for IGN. Got a communicative tip? Send it to [email protected].