Star Trek spoiler season just hit its final stretch — the last mythics and the last commander precon are out, so you’ve now seen pretty much everything headed to the Enterprise’s maiden MTG voyage. Meanwhile, Pokémon stacked the calendar with Mega Evolution product news.
Magic: The Gathering
Spoiler season for the Star Trek crossover is wrapping up. MTGGoldfish rounded up the final mythics and the last commander precon, closing out the main set reveals. If you missed it, the day before brought the Klingon precon, McCoy, and more main-set rares — a solid look at the deck list and chase cards before release.
The set also debuts a new aggressive mechanic: Battlefront, currently tied to the Klingon race. Draftsim broke down how Battlefront works and its best cards if you want to get ahead of the new archetype.
On the eternal side, Eternal Weekend North America is almost here. Joe Dyer’s high-level look at the Vintage metagame heading in is worth a read before the format’s biggest weekend.
Pokémon TCG
Mega Evolution is everywhere right now. The Mega Rayquaza ex Premium Tournament Collection lands Feb. 12 — mark your calendars if you’re chasing that one for the binder or the table.
Japan gets the MEGA Hado Seeker expansion on Nov. 27, which usually means an English localization and a fresh wave of pulls down the line. And for the organized play crowd, the Pokémon Champions Mega Evolution Battle event kicks off Nov. 5.
Live long and prosper — and keep those Megas sleeved.