Last updated on June 8, 2026
Director Nick Fury | Illustration by Javier Charro
2026 is a busy year for Magic, with a great many sets—including more Universes Beyond sets than in-universe properties. Among these is a second Marvel crossover set, Marvel Super Heroes, which improved on Marvel’s Spider-Man—if only because SPM buried the bar like Uncle Ben.
But what are the details of this Marvel set? What mechanics does it employ? I have you covered with all the details we know.
Marvel Super Heroes Basic Information
Doctor Doom | Illustration by David Palumbo
Set Details
| Set Symbol |  |
| Set Code | MSH, MSC, MAR |
| Hashtag | #MTGxMarvel |
| Number of Cards | 266 |
| Rarities | 25 Mythic, 60 Rare, 100 Uncommon, 81 Common |
| Mechanics | Equip worthy, Power-up, Teamwork, Basic Landcycling, Boast, Connive, Enrage, Extort, Improvise, Investigate, Sagas, Shield counters, Sneak Transform |
Important Dates
| Previews Start | December 9, 2025 |
| Debut | June 2, 2026 |
| Full Gallery Available | Main set: June 8, and the rest by June 12, 2026 |
| Available on Draftsim's Draft Simulator | Right Now! |
| Learn to Play with Avengers Academy | June 12-18, 2026 |
| Prerelease Week | June 19-25, 2026 |
| Release on MTGA/MTGO | June 23, 2026 |
| Available on Arena Tutor | June 23, 2026 (Estimated) |
| Standard Showdown | June 26-Aug. 6, 2026 |
| Paper Release Date | June 26, 2026 |
| Magic Spotlight: Marvel Super Heroes | June 26-28, 2026 |
| Standard Showdown | June 26-Aug. 6, 2026 |
| Two-Headed Giant Commander | June 26-Aug. 6, 2026 |
| Standard Showdown | June 26-Aug. 6, 2026 |
| CommandFest | July 3-5, 2026 |
| Commander Party | July 3-9, 2026 |
| CommandFest | July 11-12, 2026 |
| MagicCon: Amsterdam and Pro Tour Magic: The Gathering | Marvel Super Heroes | July 17-19, 2026 |
| Magic Presents: God of Mischief | July 17-23, 2026 |
| Magic Spotlight: Marvel Super Heroes | July 24-26, 2026 |
| Commander Party | July 31-Aug. 6, 2026 |
About the Set: The Story
Marvel Super Heroes art | Illustration by Kieran Yanner
There are tons of stories from throughout Marvel’s history, and this set jumps around to what you want to see the most. Kind of like we have super fast speed and see Iron Man as Tony Stark when we can also see Iron Man, Master of Machines and I Am Iron Man.
You get snapshots of iconic moments for hopefully all your favorite characters. Let our comment section be your voice to let everyone know who got missed.
Marvel Super Heroes Mechanics
Heroes and villains matter greatly, and the mechanics reflect this in isolating groups like only red and white creatures can use equip-worthy. Non keyworded effects include draw your second card and attack alone, are not abilities, but very relevant.
Equip worthy
Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor is the only equipment in the set that requires an equip worthy creature and is kind of like The Mind Stone in that it explains a mechanic that very few cards will ever have.
Power-up
Power-up is a new mechanic that can be activated once and is reduced in cost if the card entered play during the same turn. Quicksilver, Brash Blur is far more than a Raging Goblin thanks to its leyline text and hero-version of monstrosity, with the foundation provided by exhaust.
Teamwork
The teamwork makes the dream work, or in this case, gives you more options with spells! A bit like station for nonpermanents, you tap creatures with total power of at least 4 to get extra out of the card.
Transform
What other hero would you have represent transform‘s presence in Marvel Super Heroes? Bruce Banner turning into The Incredible Hulk is quite a moment to capture, and a cool way to draw cards and get extra combats with one Temur card.
Cameo Mechanics
Basic landcyclers return and are useful as usual.
You might recognize an old mechanic like boast, enrage, extort, improvise, investigate, shield counters, or sneak. While some have shown up recently like sneak, just two sets before this, for the others, you'll be glad you have our rules articles.
Set Card Types
The Vision | Illustration by Carissa Susilo
The subtypes fill in flavor and are mechanically relevant. WotC pulls out lots of creature subtypes that infrequently show up on Magic cards, but make sense like spy, demigod, and doctor. Here are more notable types to learn about for Marvel Super Heroes beyond heroes and villains.
Eternal
Rightfully so, the eternal type is not casually thrown around. Thanos, the Mad Titan is the only card with this type.
Gamma
Abomination, Terrifying Titan, Hulk, Gamma Goliath and Leader, Super-Genius are characters, with a level of radiation exposure.
Kree
We won't see Kree outside of a Marvel set, but now you know the race of people that Captain Marvel, Earth's Protector represents.
Plan
Evil plans. You hear about these with nearly every villain, and here they are as an enchantment subtype the requires preparation and patience. Take the unique actions to add plan counters, much like quest counters, and a key difference is that the enchantment gets sacrificed. In the case of Robot Domination that action is putting creatures into your graveyard.
Thinking on this one more time, plans are a bit more like an Ordeal, ever come across Ordeal of Nylea?
Sagas
The saga World War Hulk captures multiple frames of the comic story on one card, and is a wonderful vessel for meshing comic book style with cool Magic effects.
Skrull
Super-Skrull is a cool 5-color legend, and skrulls as a race are quite powerful, even if some are mediocre in Magic.
Marvel Super Heroes Full Card Gallery
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Multicolored
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Unofficial Spoilers/Leaks
Notable Cards
The Mind Stone is the second of the Infinity Stones and another rock solid one in a color that greatly benefits from ramp. It harnesses the power of an every-turn flicker for any of your nonlands and promises extreme value. It is the textless headliner with a borderless full art, and if The Soul Stone is any indication, will retain lots of value in each treatment.
Three 5-color commanders appear in the main set of Marvel Super Heroes, but go figure, none of them cost five mana or more. Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Thanos, the Mad Titan, and Super-Skrull.
The Serpent Society is an odd one and the only card that can start poison counters in the set.Vision, Synthezoid Avenger appears in one of the Marvel Super Heroes Commander decks and keeps you engaged on opposing player's turns. This is a highly protected phasing card that can easily grow to be huge.
Warstorm Surge is a special promo card included with first printing issues of Avengers: Armageddon' #1 and the reprint remains a strong value engine tool or a game-winning combo piece. This ranks up there with the best source-material style art yet.
Some of you heartless people would pass right by Lucky the Pizza Dog, and dismiss it as a nerfed, green Ajani's Pridemate. But let me tell you, dogs are good in Magic, and getting a free food token just for playing your other creature spells is good business on this Marvel Super Heroes Commander card.
Heroic Intervention gets a bunch of reprints, so choose your art and remember Ajani's words spoken like a true hero.
“Wherever the strong would harm the weak, I will be there.”
Available Products
Wizards announced a ton of products for this, and given this is a Standard expansion, we can order these while we wait for prerelease: Play boosters, Collector boosters, Jumpstart boosters, and scene boxes among other goods. I plan to start off with the Beginner Box and four Commander decks, however am sad to report that there are several delays on varying MSH products according to Wizards, including the commander decks for North America.
Play Boosters
The Marvel Super Heroes Play Booster Box sticks 30 play boosters into one box to make it burst with a bunch of legends. Brush up on your backstories, because the brawlin' will abound.
- ASSEMBLE EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES—The Marvel Universe has arrived in full force! Build your dream super team of Heroes and Villains, then suit them up with iconic gear and unleash their earthshaking abilities
- FOIL & RARE IN EVERY PACK—Each Play Booster contains at least 1 shiny Traditional Foil card and 1–4 cards of rarity Rare or higher, including the possibility of special cards featuring beautiful borderless alternate art
- BEST BOOSTERS FOR PLAYING WITH FRIENDS—Play Boosters are the best way to discover what Magic has to offer; they're perfect for building decks, playing Limited games with friends, and are tons of fun to open
- WELCOME TO THE GATHERING—Magic: The Gathering is a collectible card game that weaves deep strategy, gorgeous art, fantastical stories, and a thriving fan community all together into a card game experience like no other
- PLAY BOOSTER BOX CONTENTS—30 Magic: The Gathering | Marvel Super Heroes Play Boosters, each containing 14 cards
Beginner Box
Marvel Super Heroes Beginner Box is a handy tool for showing players the ropes of a game of Magic. The walkthrough decks and themed half decks form 40-card decks that ease players into the game with basic tools like playboards and spindown dice.
- ANYONE CAN BE A HERO—Your Magic: The Gathering journey begins with a friend beside you! Play your very first game in a guided battle of Captain America versus Iron Man. Choose your side and send your forces into the fight while learning essential gameplay lessons
- GUIDED LEARN-TO-PLAY EXPERIENCE—Start by playing a tutorial game with two 20-card decks, each with a step-by-step guide booklet that will walk you through your first game
- CREATE THEMED DECKS—Once you’ve conquered the basics, realize your true potential by combining any two of the eight 20-card half-decks into a full 40-card Marvel Super Heroes-themed deck; mix and match to try different combos!
- EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO PLAY—This Beginner Box includes everything you and a friend need to play, including 2 Playboards that will show you where to place your cards, 2 Spindowns to track your life totals, and 1 Rules Reference booklet to answer any questions you have along the way
- WELCOME TO THE GATHERING—Magic: The Gathering is a collectible card game that weaves deep strategy, gorgeous art, fantastical stories, and a thriving fan community all together into a card game experience like no other
Draft Night
Make it a Draft Night with Marvel Super Heroes, 4 players and a Pick-Two Draft. Each player gets 3 play boosters, to start. You pick two cards, pass the pack to the next player and ultimately build a 40-card deck and play for the coveted collector booster.
- ASSEMBLE EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES—The Marvel Universe has arrived in full force! Build your dream super team of Heroes and Villains, then suit them up with iconic gear and unleash their earthshaking abilities.
- EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DRAFT WITH FOUR PLAYERS—It's a draft party in a box! Draft Night has everything you need to host a Pick-Two Draft with just four players! Bring Marvel Super Heroes to the table for an unforgettable game night.
- DRAFT—Start with three Play Boosters each. Open the first pack, pick two cards, and pass. Repeat with the remaining cards and packs.
- BUILD—Construct a 40-card deck with your draft selections, adding any number of Basic Lands (we recommend 17!)
- PLAY—Pair off and play. Winners face off for fun and the grand prize: a Collector Booster full of Rare and/or Mythic Rare cards, shiny foils, and special alt-border cards
Collector Boosters
Speaking of collector boosters, Marvel Super Heroes collector boosters contain the best cards and the most shiny and exclusive treatments. If the Infinity Stone from Spider-Man is any indication, there are extremely valuable cards in these packs.
- ASSEMBLE EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES—The Marvel Universe has arrived in full force! Build your dream super team of Heroes and Villains, then suit them up with iconic gear and unleash their earthshaking abilities.
- EARTH’S MIGHTIEST BOOSTER PACKS—Collector Boosters are the ultimate way to add unique and exclusive cards to your collection; tons of foils, special card treatments, Rares and/or Mythics, and more await you inside every pack
- COLLECTOR BOOSTER-EXCLUSIVES—Each pack may contain Collector Booster-exclusive card treatments, like Extended-Art cards or even an ultra-rare headliner card featuring a special foil treatment
- WELCOME TO THE GATHERING—Magic: The Gathering is a collectible card game that weaves deep strategy, gorgeous art, fantastical stories, and a thriving fan community all together into a card game experience like no other
- COLLECTOR BOOSTER BOX CONTENTS—12 Magic: The Gathering | Marvel Super Heroes Collector Boosters, with 15 MTG cards and 1 Art Card or Traditional Foil double-sided token
Bundle
The Marvel Super Heroes Bundle is the total package, 9 play boosters, full art lands, promo card all the way to the spindown.
- ASSEMBLE EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES—The Marvel Universe has arrived in full force! Build your dream super team of Heroes and Villains, then suit them up with iconic gear and unleash their earthshaking abilities.
- BUNDLE EXCLUSIVES—Explore the set with a Bundle full of cards and exclusive accessories, including a shiny foil card featuring Bundle-exclusive alternate art, a special die to track your life total, and a sturdy box to store it all in
- PERFECT GIFT FOR FANS—Relive iconic moments, collect cards with your favorite Marvel heroes and villains, and play with thematic new game mechanics; this Bundle makes the perfect gift for Marvel Super Heroes and Magic fans alike
- 9 BOOSTERS FOR PLAYING WITH FRIENDS—Play Boosters are the best way to discover what Magic has to offer; they're perfect for building decks, playing games with friends, and are tons of fun to open
- EXPLORE THE MARVEL UNIVERSE WITH 30 LANDS—Build decks with 30 Marvel Super Heroes Land cards (15 regular and 15 with a shiny foil treatment), including 10 Lands featuring action-packed art that fills the entire card
Gift Bundle
The gift edition of Marvel Super Heroes is a surprise waiting to happen for the super hero lover in your life. As long as they are not a DC diehard and have a Marvel favorite, this exclusive bundle combines a collector booster with 9 play boosters for an exquisite pack opening experience.
- THE PERFECT GIFT FOR FANS—The perfect present for fans of Magic and Marvel alike, this Gift Bundle is jam-packed with the usual Bundle goodies, plus a Collector Booster full of super cool cards. It’s sure to bring a smile to any fan—especially if that fan is you
- ASSEMBLE EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES—The Marvel Universe has arrived in full force! Build your dream super team of Heroes and Villains, then suit them up with iconic gear and unleash their earthshaking abilities.
- 1 BOOSTER FULL OF RARES & FOILS—Open one of earth’s mightiest booster packs with 1 Collector Booster full of foils, Rares and/or Mythics, and beautiful alt-border cards. It may even contain an ultra-rare headliner card with an extra special foil treatment
- 9 BOOSTERS FOR PLAYING WITH FRIENDS—Play Boosters are the best way to discover what Magic has to offer; they're perfect for building decks, playing games with friends, and are tons of fun to open
- EXCLUSIVE ALTERNATE-ART CARD—Each Gift Bundle contains a shiny foil promo card featuring alternate art that can’t be found anywhere else
Jumpstart
Get two packs from a Marvel Super Heroes Jumpstart Booster Box and you got one of the fastest ways to play Limited Magic. Players show up, pick the halves of their deck and go at it with 40-card decks with cohesive themes.
Have fun with the unexpected mash ups like Heroes for Hire + Tricksters in this fast way to play.
- MIX AND MATCH TO MAKE MARVEL MAGIC—The game of chaotic combinations gets mashed up with the Marvel Universe! Just grab two packs, shuffle them together, and you’re ready to battle.
- 51 MARVEL SUPER HEROES THEMES—Each pack has 1 of 51 possible Marvel Super Heroes themes; combine two to build your dream super team of Heroes and Villains and unleash their earthshaking abilities
- BEST BOOSTERS TO JUMP RIGHT IN—Jumpstart Boosters are a fast, fun way to jump into a Magic game; just shuffle two packs together for an instant deck, including all the Land cards you need to play
- BRING MAGIC TO FRIENDS & FAMILY—With instant deckbuilding and delightful theme combos, Jumpstart is great for a quick game or fun way to teach friends and family to play Magic
- WELCOME TO THE GATHERING—Magic: The Gathering is a collectible card game that weaves deep strategy, gorgeous art, fantastical stories, and a thriving fan community all together into a card game experience like no other
Commander Decks
Marvel Super Heroes Commander Deck Bundles compile four preconstructed decks, balanced to go against each other and full of a theme that you can relate to.
Connive is a great and evil mechanic that is strong whenever it shows up. The Fantastic Four tell us you are prowess without saying you're prowess, noncreature spell decks are common and powerful. Green-white artifacts is certainly less common, but the monarch mechanic gives good card draw to colors that really hunger for it, so I think the Wakanda Forever deck is sneaky good. Filter in blue, equipment and counters and your Boros aggro decks can hang in the later turns for what I think is the most flexible of the four decks in Avengers Assemble.
Here are the four decks:
- Avengers Assemble (): Grow Your Ranks | Equipment and Counters
- Doom Prevails (): Connive for Power | Drain Life
- The Fantastic Four (): Noncreature Spells | Protection Fields
- Wakanda Forever (): Power Up with Artifacts | Reign as the Monarch
- GET ALL 4 MARVEL SUPER HEROES-THEMED COMMANDER DECKS—Avengers Assemble, Wakanda Forever, The Fantastic Four, and Doom Prevails
- ASSEMBLE EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES & VILLAINS—The Marvel Universe has arrived in full force! Build your dream super teams of Heroes and Villains, then suit them up with iconic gear and unleash their earthshaking abilities
- 30 NEW COMMANDER CARDS—Each ready-to-play deck includes 30 Commander cards entirely new to Magic: The Gathering
- FOIL BORDERLESS COMMANDERS—Command your decks in style with Legendary Creature cards featuring Borderless art and a shiny Traditional Foil treatment. The Avengers Assemble, Wakanda Forever, and Doom Prevails decks each contain 1 foil Borderless card. The Fantastic Four deck contains 4 foil Borderless cards, 1 for each member of the team!
- EPIC MULTIPLAYER BATTLES—Magic’s most popular multiplayer play format, Commander is an action-packed, free-for-all battle full of strategic plays and social intrigue (best with 3–5 players)
Collector's Edition Commander Decks
High rollers shuffle up the Marvel Super Heroes Collector’s Edition Commander Decks and won't need to add more pizazz because each card is surge-foiled out. Opponents will have little choice but to gaze at the shine from your super heroes.
- GET ALL 4 COLLECTOR’S EDITION DECKS—Avengers Assemble, Wakanda Forever, The Fantastic Four, and Doom Prevails
- FOIL MORE THAN JUST THE ENEMY’S PLANS—All 100 cards in this Collector’s Edition deck feature a special Surge Foil treatment, elevating your Commander games to a superhuman level
- ASSEMBLE EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES & VILLAINS—The Marvel Universe has arrived in full force! Build your dream super teams of Heroes and Villains, then suit them up with iconic gear and unleash their earthshaking abilities
- 30 NEW COMMANDER CARDS—Each ready-to-play deck includes 30 Commander cards entirely new to Magic: The Gathering
- BORDERLESS COMMANDERS—Command your decks with a Legendary Creature card featuring special Borderless art. The Avengers Assemble, Wakanda Forever, and Doom Prevails decks each contain 1 Borderless card. The Fantastic Four deck contains 4 Borderless cards, 1 for each member of the team!
Scene Box: Heroes United
The Scene Box Marvel Super Heroes — Heroes United takes you back to the Avengers you know well and slips in 3 Play boosters along with art cards and a display easel. These 6 unique cards are borderless with a consistent art that you have to see side by side to appreciate.
- LEGENDARY SCENES COME TO LIFE—Immortalize epic conflicts and assemble your super team with cards that combine to reveal a full Marvel Super Heroes scene
- HEROES UNITED—Captain America leads his team to battle against an overwhelming threat. No force in the universe can match the might of Heroes united!
- COMBINE 6 BORDERLESS CARDS TO MAKE THIS SCENE—Power up your deck or collection with 6 Traditional Foil Borderless Scene cards and piece them together to reveal the full story
- PUT YOUR ART ON FULL DISPLAY—While each Scene Card is a playable Magic card (including game text), this box also contains 6 Art-Only Cards, allowing you to appreciate the scene in all its glory on the included display easel
- EXPLORE MORE OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE WITH PLAY BOOSTERS—Each Scene Box also comes with 3 Play Boosters; the best way to discover what Magic has to offer, they're perfect for building decks, playing games with friends, and are tons of fun to open
Scene Box: Villains Unleashed
Marvel Super Heroes Scene Box - Villains Unleashed are the necessary counterpart to the heroes, and oftentimes, with much more intriguing storylines.
Remember the only difference between a villain and a super villain is… presentation! And presentation is easy with the art cards and scene cards put together for a powerful display of six cards.
- LEGENDARY SCENES COME TO LIFE—Immortalize epic conflicts and your favorite Marvel villains with cards that combine to reveal a full Marvel Super Heroes scene
- VILLAINS UNLEASHED— The most dangerous and deadly adversaries of justice stand ready to run amok. How much damage will Doctor Doom and his corrupt cabal cause?
- COMBINE 6 BORDERLESS CARDS TO MAKE THIS SCENE—Power up your deck or collection with 6 Traditional Foil Borderless Scene cards and piece them together to reveal the full story
- PUT YOUR ART ON FULL DISPLAY—While each Scene Card is a playable Magic card (including game text), this box also contains 6 Art-Only Cards, allowing you to appreciate the scene in all its glory on the included display easel
- EXPLORE MORE OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE WITH PLAY BOOSTERS—Each Scene Box also comes with 3 Play Boosters; the best way to discover what Magic has to offer, they're perfect for building decks, playing games with friends, and are tons of fun to open
Can I Get Marvel Super Heroes on Arena?
Iron Man, Master of Machines | Illustration by John Tyler Christopher
Yes, Marvel Super Heroes does show up on Arena and MTGO in the departure from Through the Omenpaths. While we have no confirmation about why Wizards used OM1 for Marvel’s Spider-Man, the most likely explanation is some licensing conflict with Marvel SNAP having some form of digital-exclusive rights.
Wrap Up
Marvel Super Heroes art | Illustration by Stephanie Hans
Given the sour landing Marvel’s Spider-Man had, I’m surprisingly happy with the not-too-complex Marvel Super Heroes. I don't think this set redeems the comic-book franchise, or swayed many opinions when it comes to the community’s dislike of Universes Beyond. What will the next Marvel Universes Beyond property be? I must admit I’m curious to see how this set shakes out in the long term.
What do you really enjoy from Marvel Super Heroes? What do you think is being saved for an X-Men set? Which mechanic are you most excited to build around? Let me know in the comments or on the Draftsim Discord!
Be cautious near those Stark Industries buildings, and thank you for reading!
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