Polygon.com / 31.07.25

MTG's upcoming Spider-Man set is worrying draft players

After diving into the depths of the universe with its space-opera-inspired set, Edge of Eternities, Magic: The Gathering will go back to its Universes Beyond for the much-anticipated Marvels Spider-Man, releasing on Sept. 26, 2025. However, a recent announcement from MTGs head designer, Mark Rosewater, has caused a stir among players of the Limited format, who are worried about how well this Spider-Man set will play in draft.When a player noticed that Marvels Spider-Man will have a smaller card pool compared to other sets, worrying about how this could affect the drafting experience, Rosewater answered on his blog that Marvels Spider-Man is the first MTG set designed with the new Pick Two draft format in mind. Players can thus expect to draft the upcoming set with only four people at the table (while a typical draft pod usually consists of eight players), each making two picks at a time out of a booster, instead of the usual single pick.Pick Two draft is a new format, designed to make ...
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