Last updated on March 14, 2024
MTG x Fallout Announcement Image
Magic has always loved visiting new realms and new planes, so it shouldn’t be too surprising that its Universes Beyond products take players to other fantastical and sometimes horrifying worlds. We’ve fought off hordes of The Walking Dead with Rick and Michonne. Transformers have shown us that they’re more than meets the eye. We’ve even had our Second Breakfast, and what a feast it was.
And this time set our multiversal-time-traveler-thingy (I’m sure there’s a better word for this) forward and a lil sideways, to an alternate future where it rains radiation and the mosquitoes are as big as your cat.
Strap on your Big Iron and grab some Radaway: we head to the wastelands of Fallout!
Fallout: Basic Information
Set Details
| Set Symbol |  |
| Set Code | PIP |
| Hashtag | #MTGFallout |
| Number of Cards | Four 100-card decks, 154 new-to-Magic cards |
| Rarities | Mythic Rare, Rare, Uncommon, Common |
| Mechanics | Energy Counters, Junk, Proliferate, Rad Counters, Squad |
Important Dates
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Previews start | February 20, 2024 |
| Full Gallery Available | February 24, 2024 |
| Debut | February 20, 2024 |
| Global Launch | March 8, 2024 |
About the Set
Walking Ballista | Illustration by Bad Flip Productions, Inc.
Fallout came to Magic in the form of preconstructed Commander decks, to represent the different factions grappling for power and survival in a post-apocalyptic wasteland that was once an alt-universe United States.
2024 is a pretty big Fallout year for Bethesda. Not only is the game now a part of Magic: The Gathering, but the long-awaited Fallout TV series joins Amazon Prime in the first half of 2024. It makes sense that Bethesda gives this franchise some love this year: It’s the 20th anniversary of the year that they acquired the rights to Fallout from Interplay. Maybe we’ll get something more substantial about Fallout 5 too!
The Story
Fallout is set in the irradiated wasteland that used to be the United States of America. It’s a desolate land known for mutated monsters and frequent radiation storms. Across the continent (and at slightly different times), many groups jockey for power and resources. Some of the most iconic factions include the Enclave, the self-proclaimed continuation of the American government; the Brotherhood of Steel, a code-bound group of soldiers who aim to keep technology out of “the wrong hands;” and the New California Republic or NCR, a republic that has risen from the ashes on the West Coast that idealizes democracy and freedom.
These three factions aren’t the only ones to call the wasteland home. Humans can turn into zombie-like ghouls when exposed to too much radiation too suddenly or for too long. Some factions have also developed a forced evolutionary virus (or F.E.V.) that turns a regular human into a hulking, usually green super mutant. Not to mention deathclaws, yao guai, radscorpions, mirelurks, and the many other fearsome wasteland creatures.
Set Mechanics
Junk Tokens
One of the brand new mechanics in the Fallout release is a Junk token! These tokens can be sacrificed to get a bit of card advantage off the top of your library. As you might expect, the impulse draw focuses junk in and the accumulating artifact tokens in Magic pile up.
Radiation
Rad counters are the most on-theme mechanic in the Fallout release. They begin to add up from other sources, and at the beginning of your precombat main phase, you mill cards equal to the number of Rads you have. After that, you lose rad counters (and life!) equal to the number of nonland cards milled. Pretty simple, right?
Energy Counters
Energy counters aren't new by any means, but they're back for the first time in a long time with Fallout. They're specifically contained to the “Science!” precon, which uses them for everything , and from card advantage to artifact reanimation.
More Tokens
We get a Wasteland Survival Guide that looks for quest counters involved in eight cards in Fallout. We also see some ways to show Magic actions with Fallout style, like unique food and treasure.
Full Card Gallery
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Multicolored
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Lands
Special Cards and Promos
Among the treatments, we can open full-art lands, foil-etched commanders, surge foils, borderless, extended-art, and showcase Pip-Boy.
The borderless Vault Boy and serialized bobblehead cards are exclusive to Fallout's collector boosters.
Available Products
Commander Deck Bundle
The primary release for MTG x Fallout is four, unique preconstructed Commander decks. The deck names are “Hail, Caesar” (), “Mutant Menace” (), “Science!” (), and “Scrappy Survivors” (). They each have about 40 new Magic cards, two foil commanders, a life tracker, and a sample collector booster with two alternate frame cards, at least one of which is rare or mythic.
- THE VAULTS ARE OPEN—Journey through the wastes with four 100-card decks, each introducing never-before-seen Magic cards featuring fan-favorite characters, thematic game mechanics, and art that explores the post-nuclear world of the Fallout series
- GET ALL 4 FALLOUT COMMANDER DECKS—This bundle includes all 4 Magic: The Gathering Fallout Commander Decks, with 1 Hail Caesar deck, 1 Scrappy Survivors deck, 1 Science! deck, and 1 Mutant Menace deck
- BATTLE YOUR FELLOW WASTELANDERS—Battle your friends in epic 3–5 player MTG games full of strategic plays and social intrigue; ready-to-play right out of the box, these preconstructed decks let you jump straight into the action
- COLLECT SPECIAL FALLOUT CARD TREATMENTS—Each deck comes with a Collector Booster Sample pack containing 2 special alt-frame cards, including 1 Rare or Mythic Rare card
- EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO PLAY AND MORE—Each deck also comes with 10 double-sided tokens, 1 life tracker, 1 strategy guide, and 1 deck box (can hold 100 sleeved cards)
Hail, Caesar
Hail, Caesar features the classic villain from the Fallout franchise in a Mardu tokens strategy complete with soldiers, raiders, and the squad mechanic. It has 37 new cards and its commander, Caesar, Legion's Emperor, gives you a choice of multiple options in the format of an on-attack triggered ability. You can either create some attacking creatures, draw a card, or deal damage equal to the total number of creature tokens you control to an opponent!
Just about all of those options are good, and it hinges on being able to keep on the offensive.
- THE VAULTS ARE OPEN—Journey through the wastes with a 100-card deck introducing 37 never-before-seen Magic cards featuring fan-favorite characters, thematic game mechanics, and art that explores the post-nuclear world of the Fallout series
- BATTLE YOUR FELLOW WASTELANDERS—Battle your friends in epic 3–5 player MTG games full of strategic plays and social intrigue; ready-to-play right out of the box, these preconstructed decks let you jump straight into the action
- HAIL, CAESAR—Choose the Hail, Caesar deck to battle beside Caesar, a shrewd tactician who will lead your army to a ruthless military victory
- COLLECT SPECIAL FALLOUT CARD TREATMENTS—Each deck comes with a Collector Booster Sample pack containing 2 special alt-frame cards, including 1 Rare or Mythic Rare card
- EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO PLAY AND MORE—Each deck also comes with 10 double-sided tokens, 1 life tracker, 1 strategy guide, and 1 deck box (can hold 100 sleeved cards)
Scrappy Survivors
Scrappy Survivors takes auras and equipment to a whole new level in Naya with 38 new cards. Its commander is Dogmeat, Ever Loyal, which gives you easier access to your equipment and auras throughout the game. It also creates Junk tokens, which give you instant-speed card advantage!
I really like this one. A cheap commander, card advantage, and a clear synergy are all great things to see on a precon legendary. The second commander is pretty exciting too Preston Garvey, Minuteman does a gradual Chromatic Lantern impression, and swings it into the ramp by attacking and untapping all your enchanted permanents.
- THE VAULTS ARE OPEN—Journey through the wastes with a 100-card deck introducing 38 never-before-seen Magic cards featuring fan-favorite characters, thematic game mechanics, and art that explores the post-nuclear world of the Fallout series
- BATTLE YOUR FELLOW WASTELANDERS—Battle your friends in epic 3–5 player MTG games full of strategic plays and social intrigue; ready-to-play right out of the box, these preconstructed decks let you jump straight into the action
- SCRAPPY SURVIVORS—Choose the Scrappy Survivors deck to scrounge up everything you need to defeat your enemies with the help of your loyal German Shepherd sidekick, Dogmeat
- COLLECT SPECIAL FALLOUT CARD TREATMENTS—Each deck comes with a Collector Booster Sample pack containing 2 special alt-frame cards, including 1 Rare or Mythic Rare card
- EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO PLAY AND MORE—Each deck also comes with 10 double-sided tokens, 1 life tracker, 1 strategy guide, and 1 deck box (can hold 100 sleeved cards)
Mutant Menace
The Sultai precon is Mutant Menace (with 41 new cards and has less mutate and menace than you might think). The Wise Mothman is its commander. Our mothman is a 3/3 flyer for four that gives players rad counters every time it ETB‘s or attacks. Rad counters mark radiation buildup, and each player mills cards equal to the number of rad counters in their first main phase. Then, they lose one life and a rad counter for each nonland card milled that way. Fun!
The second half of our commander puts one +1/+1 counter on X creatures whenever cards are milled where X is the number of nonland cards milled. The secondary commander The Master, Transcendent can to pull milled creatures onto the battlefield. See the interaction?
- THE VAULTS ARE OPEN—Journey through the wastes with a 100-card deck introducing 41 never-before-seen Magic cards featuring fan-favorite characters, thematic game mechanics, and art that explores the post-nuclear world of the Fallout series
- BATTLE YOUR FELLOW WASTELANDERS—Battle your friends in epic 3–5 player MTG games full of strategic plays and social intrigue; ready-to-play right out of the box, these preconstructed decks let you jump straight into the action
- MUTANT MENACE—Choose the Mutant Menace deck to place your belief in The Wise Mothman and prove that humanity’s time at the top of the food chain is over
- COLLECT SPECIAL FALLOUT CARD TREATMENTS—Each deck comes with a Collector Booster Sample pack containing 2 special alt-frame cards, including 1 Rare or Mythic Rare card
- EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO PLAY AND MORE—Each deck also comes with 10 double-sided tokens, 1 life tracker, 1 strategy guide, and 1 deck box (can hold 100 sleeved cards)
Science!
Last, but certainly not least, is Science! This Jeskai deck with 38 new cards recharges your drive to use energy counters. It contains a bunch of ways to generate energy counters, including its commander's triggered ability, and more than enough ways to spend them. Specifically, the alternate commander Liberty Prime, Recharged is a conditionally huge body that turns artifacts into clues that also provide a pair of energy. Dr. Madison Li can buff creatures, draw cards, and reanimate artifacts! Wow, that last one is certainly something.
- THE VAULTS ARE OPEN—Journey through the wastes with a 100-card deck introducing 38 never-before-seen Magic cards featuring fan-favorite characters, thematic game mechanics, and art that explores the post-nuclear world of the Fallout series
- BATTLE YOUR FELLOW WASTELANDERS—Battle your friends in epic 3–5 player MTG games full of strategic plays and social intrigue; ready-to-play right out of the box, these preconstructed decks let you jump straight into the action
- SCIENCE!—Choose the Science! deck to ally with the brilliant Dr. Madison Li, harnessing the power of technology to fight for the fate of earth
- COLLECT SPECIAL FALLOUT CARD TREATMENTS—Each deck comes with a Collector Booster Sample pack containing 2 special alt-frame cards, including 1 Rare or Mythic Rare card
- EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO PLAY AND MORE—Each deck also comes with 10 double-sided tokens, 1 life tracker, 1 strategy guide, and 1 deck box (can hold 100 sleeved cards)
Collector Boosters
It wouldn't be an MTG product release without collector boosters of Fallout cards, that's for sure. Each pack contains 15 cards including at least three surge foils, multiple rares, and extended art cards.
One of the most desirable possible findings in collector boosters are the borderless Vault Boy cards. These are only from Collector Boosters, and feature full-art versions of some incredible EDH staples. There are also 500 serialized copies of each of the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Bobblehead mana rocks foiled out in double rainbows.
- THE VAULTS ARE OPEN—Collect Magic cards featuring fan-favorite characters, thematic game mechanics, and art that explores the post-nuclear world of the Fallout series
- SCAVANGE THE WASTELAND’S MOST S.P.E.C.I.A.L. CARDS—Get Collector Boosters full of Rare cards, special Fallout alt-art, alt-frame cards, and a total of 6–7 Extended-Art cards
- HOLD ONTO ANYTHING SHINY—Every pack contains 12 cards with a foil treatment that will gleam in the harsh light of the nuclear wastes, including 3–10 special Surge Foil cards with a rippling shine—it’s tomorrow’s technology today!
- PLAY A GAME THAT FUSES ART, STORIES & STRATEGY—Magic: The Gathering is a collectible card game that weaves deep strategy with art and mechanics that explore the themes of a particular world and story—whether you want to play a casual game with friends, collect cool cards, or get competitive, Magic welcomes you to The Gathering
- CONTENTS—12 Magic: The Gathering - Fallout Collector Boosters, with 15 MTG cards in each pack
War… War Never Changes
One with the Multiverse | Illustration by Liiga Smilshkalne
Fallout is high on my personal ranking of Universes Beyond crossovers. It was a little unexpected to see one, but I'm pretty happy with all the cards and resourceful legendaries!
What do you want to see from the Universes Beyond products? Are you excited to get your hands on one of the precons, or are you just going to buy some fun crossover singles? Let me know in the comments below or over on Discord.
Until next time, save up your bottle caps!
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