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During the Lorwyn Eclipsed prerelease events, a number of players found their prerelease packs contained foil cards from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, instead of the intended Lorwyn Eclipsed promos. With this, all rares and mythic rares for the set were spoiled two months before their intended release.
TMNT introduces the Sneak mechanic. Sneak represents an alternative mana cost for spells that can be paid during the declare blockers step by returning an unblocked attacking creature you control to your hand. When creatures are cast for their sneak cost, they enter tapped and attacking. Sneak is very similar to ninjutsu, but plays in new design space by being a cost instead of an ability. Most notably, noncreature spells can have sneak costs. The set also introduces the Disappear ability word. Disappear abilities trigger on the end step if a permanent their controller controlled left the battlefield this turn. They are the same as revolt abilities, but only check the condition on the end step.In the news
- 2026-01-23: Release of Lorwyn Eclipsed.
- 2026-01-22: A new lawsuit filed by shareholders of Hasbro against the company and its directors alleges that Hasbro has been overproducing Magic cards, propping up short-term results but destroying the long-term value of the brand.
- 2026-01-17: Multiple Lorwyn Eclipsed prerelease packs are found to have cards from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Wizards of the Coast announces that this is not intentional and, if possible, stores should replace these promos with the appropriate ECL promos from other prerelease kits. If stores do not have enough available, players can play with the incorrect cards.
- 2026-01-14: Three months before the release of Secrets of Strixhaven, a scrap worker leaks pictures of metal printing plates for its Prismari Commander deck. The pictures show cards partway through the printing process, with art and text on different plates.
- 2026-01-12: Two Lorwyn Eclipsed Special Guests, Devoted Druid and Painter's Servant, are preemptively banned in Historic.
- 2026-01-11:
Simon Nielsen wins Spotlight: The Avatar at Lyon, France. 
Kye Nelson wins in Atlanta. - 2026-01-11: Launch of the Magic Limited Championship Qualifiers. These Limited events include Sealed Swiss rounds followed by a draft for the top 32 players. The winner of each draft qualifies for the first-ever Limited Championship in 2027.
- 2026-01-09: The prerelease cards for Lorwyn Eclipsed are just random rares/mythics without distinguishing marks, breaking a tradition of 28 years.
- 2026-01-09: With the reintroduction of the Sorcerer spellcaster, nearly two dozen creatures from Magic's history retroactively receive the subtype. Final Fantasy sorcerers are notably excepted.
- 2026-01-02: To celebrate the release of Lorwyn Eclipsed, Wizards of the Coast has partnered with The Jim Henson Company to create a short film set in Lorwyn-Shadowmoor, starring handcrafted puppets.
Upcoming events and releases
- January 26: Release of Secret Lair Drop Series: Rad Superdrop.
- January 30–February 1: Pro Tour Lorwyn Eclipsed.
- February 9: Regular B&R update
- February 21–22: Arena Championship 11.
- End of February: Update from the Commander Format Panel about the Commander Brackets and the Game Changers.
- March 6: Release of Universes Beyond Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Standard legal).
- March: Release of Secret Lair Chaos Vault: Dandân.
- March 11: Release of Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories - Jace (Volume # 1) by Dark Horse
- March 23: B&R update
- April 7: Release of Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos, a novel written by Seanan McGuire.
- April 24: Release of Secrets of Strixhaven.
- April 28: Release of The Official Magic: The Gathering Coloring Book.
- May 1–3: MagicCon Las Vegas, USA.
- May 18: B&R update
- May 23–24: Arena Championship 12.
- June 23: Release of Through the Omenpaths 2, the equivalent of Marvel Super Heroes on MTG Arena and Magic Online.
- June 26: Release of Universes Beyond Marvel Super Heroes (Standard legal).
- June 30: B&R update
- July 17–19: MagicCon Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- July 23–26: San Diego Comic-Con
- July 30–August 2: Gen Con at Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- August 10: B&R update
- August 14: Release of Universes Beyond The Hobbit (Standard legal).
- October 2: Release of Reality Fracture, an event set that caps off the Metronome storyline. (Standard legal).
- October 12: B&R update
- October 24–25: Arena Championship 13.
- November 13–15: MagicCon Atlanta, USA.
- November 20: Release of Universes Beyond Star Trek (Standard legal).
- December, 2026 (date TBD): B&R update
- Late 2026 (date TBD): Arena Limited Championship.
2027
- January, 2027: Standard Rotation — Wilds of Eldraine, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, Murders at Karlov Manor, Outlaws of Thunder Junction, The Big Score, Bloomburrow and Duskmourn: House of Horror leave the format.
- 2027 (date TBD): the Magic Limited Championship.
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