Wildly Unexpected Marvel Superheroes Announcement Coming December 9th

Last updated on December 9, 2025

The Fantastic Four | Illustration by Yasmine Putri

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Marvel Super Heroes will receive an astonishing early first look on the December 9’s WeeklyMTG livestream, with information—including card previews—presented by Blake Rasmussen, Rachel Weeks, and an unannounced secret guest.

Marvel Super Heroes is the second Universes Beyond set to bring one of the biggest comic book franchises to local game stores near you, and it has a high hurdle to clear. Marvel’s Spider-Man (SPM) was one of the worst received sets in recent memory, so this set needs to redeem Marvel in the eyes of MTG fans. Could Commander decks be the secret?

Potential Commander Decks

Marvel Super Heroes art | Illustration by Stephanie Hans

While no Commander products have been officially announced for Marvel Super Heroes, it seems likely that Commander precons or similar products will be announced on December 9 due to the presence of Rachels Weeks. One of the hosts of the Command Zone podcast and a member of the Commander Format Panel, Weeks’s inclusion is a strong indicator that the early previews include Commander-related products, with precons being the most likely suspect. This begs the question: What themes and characters could these decks feature?

To start with, it’s unlikely Wizards will print a full Spider-Man deck due to the recency of SPM. No Spider-Man cards seems unlikely, but a full EDH deck would be Spider-Man overload. A focus on Peter Parker (or Miles Morales, Gwen Stacy, etc.) would also go against one of the few crumbs of information we have about Marvel Super Heroes: It focuses on heroic teams rather than individual heroes, so any Commander decks should have a similar focus.

Potential Commander Themes

Director Nick Fury | Illustration by Javier Charro

A multicolored heroes-matter deck is an easy guess, as it both fits within the team framework and supports the many heroes running around Magic after Marvel’s Spider-Man and Final Fantasy; despite numerous cards that either have the hero type or create Hero tokens, the only current payoff is the incredibly niche Cid, Timeless Artificer. A S.H.I.E.L.D. themed deck lead by Nick Fury, likely with a five-color identity, seems like a safe bet. A more ambitious guess would be an Avengers deck that introduces a partner-adjacent ability, rather like doctor’s companion—except this would be themed around the Avengers and let you play, say, Iron Man and Captain America together. However Wizards decides to bring it together, a second set built around creatures with hero type warrants a payoff.

Another team worth an EDH deck are the X-Men. Though no official X-Men art has been associated with Marvel Super Heroes (except one image of the Scarlet Witch, who has moonlighted as an Avenger often enough she may not count), focusing on them makes sense due to typing. As demonstrated by Wolverine, Best There Is, the X-Men will use the mutant creature type, which makes perfect sense. It also seems important as the mutant type becomes more prevalent in Magic: Fallout put a big focus on them, and the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set will add even more, so mutants deserve more dedicated support than Jenova, Ancient Calamity and Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor. The only possible commander is Charles Xavier—potentially with a mutant-based tutor ability a la Sisay, Weatherlight Captain.

Wizards revealed art of the Fantastic Four, but they seem much trickier to build a 100-card Commander deck around. There’s only four of them, while the Avengers and the X-Men have deep wells of characters to draw upon. It could be a chance for Wizards to perform engaging storytelling in a Commander product: Imagine The Fantastic Four as the commander of a deck filled with variants of the four heroes that gives us a bonus for controlling a copy each of Sue, Reed, Ben, and Johnny.

Marvel Super Heroes art | Illustration by Kieran Yanner

Despite the name, Marvel Super Heroes doesn’t neglect Marvel’s villains; part of the set’s announcement included excellent art showing a slew of titanic villains. A villain-themed deck is far from unreasonable, with precedent in Doctor Who’s Masters of Evil precon. A Thanos card is the most likely commander, as the Marvel Cinematic Universe has given him a pedigree few villains rival. If the deck builds on the themes SPM associated with villains, it will focus on either villains-matter or discard/connive.

Whatever Commander products do (or don’t) get released alongside Marvel Super Heroes, this will be an important set: Wizard’s recent focus on Universes Beyond has rubbed many fans the wrong way, and multiple UB failures could be an ill omen for a game printing more sets based on external IP than Magic IP in 2026.