Mark Rosewater's infectious love of Marvel has changed my mind on Magic: The Gathering's next Universes Beyond…

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What you’re reading started as yet another takedown of Universes Beyond.

Maybe not a takedown, but certainly something fuelled by fatigue.

After Magic: The Gathering’s Secret of Strixhaven set, I was riding high. The original Arcavios visit — Strixhaven: School of Mages — was the very first MtG pack I ever opened, and I instantly fell in love with the world and art (the sweet-looking Mystical Archive cards certainly helped, too). Last year, I even ran a short Dungeons and Dragons campaign set in Strixhaven. That’s how much I loved the cards.

This return, now as an over five-year veteran, was delightful. Thanks to Wizards of the Coast, I’d been sent several packs to open and experience the set a little early, and I dropped into a few prerelease events as well, and just like the original set, the world felt so alive. The splashy elder dragon cards truly...

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