Away From Keyboard - Magic: The Gathering - Star Trek
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To boldly go where no one has drafted before
Whether you're looking to assemble a crew of legendary captains, build a terrifying Borg collective, or just figure out what a "Spacecraft" card does during your Friday Night Magic, we've scanned the horizon to break down everything you need to know about Magic: The Gathering - Star Trek.
The Final Frontier Meets The Gathering
Following in the footsteps of previous crossover sets, Star Trek brings an entirely new aesthetic to the table. The set introduces a staggering array of new creature types representing the galaxy's diverse inhabitants alongside iconic starships and unforgettable adversaries.
Of course, a brand-new universe means a fresh batch of mechanics to warp the rules of standard play. Here are the core tools you'll need to command your deck:
New Keywords and Actions
Beam Me Up: A new keyword ability found on select spells. If a card with beam me up is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it straight from the graveyard under specific conditions, letting your personnel report back to active duty for round two.
Assimilate: Resistance is futile. This new keyword action allows you to pull an opponent's card (usually from outside the battlefield) straight onto your side of the board as a Borg artifact creature equipped with a +1/+1 counter.
Face a Dilemma: A new term governing specific modal triggers and choices that test your tactical decision-making under pressure.
Strange New Worlds: An ability word that scales effects or counts power based on the number of differently named lands you control, encouraging deep planetary exploration across your mana base.
Seek out: Triggers powerful effects whenever you draw your second card each turn, rewarding players who keep their hands full and their engines running.
Federation and Battlefront: Ability words that emphasize cooperative species traits and coordinate aggressive multi-opponent strategies on the tactical grid.
Artifacts That Drive The Fleet: Spacecraft
One of the most notable visual and mechanical additions to the card types is Spacecraft. These new artifact subtypes start out as standard starships on the table, but with the help of your crew, they can transform into lethal artifact creatures ready to dominate the combat phase. Featuring multi-tiered text boxes and distinct operational striations, managing your fleet's power will be vital to maintaining space superiority.
Product Types
No Magic release is complete without a wide array of products tailored for collectors, casual kitchen-table groups, and competitive grinders alike. Here is what you will find on store shelves:
Play Boosters: The ultimate all-in-one pack for opening, collecting, and diving straight into Limited formats like Draft and Sealed, letting you assemble your own fleet of crews, adversaries, and starships.
Collector Boosters: The premier product for high-end collectors and die-hard Trekkies. Packed with Rares, Traditional Foils, a Full-Art land, and the exclusive chance to pull one-of-a-kind Headliner Signed cards - featuring authentic autographs from franchise icons including William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Kate Mulgrew, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Jeri Ryan, and Ethan Peck.
Bundle: Perfect for gifts or a quick collection jump-start, containing a stack of Play Boosters alongside thematic Magic goodies to fuel your expedition toward strange new worlds.
Beam Me Up Bundle: A feature-packed upgrade built for dedicated fans, housing Play Boosters, a Collector Booster, exclusive ship schematics, Full-Art Away Team lands, and more in one energized package.
Draft Night Box: A self-contained, all-in-one kit designed for hosting a fast, dynamic four-player Pick-Two Draft experience right out of the box.
Commander Decks and Collector's Edition Commander Decks: Four ready-to-play 100-card decks built for Magic's most popular multiplayer format, each themed after iconic crews, fleets, and armies from Star Trek history - also available in a Collector's Edition boasting full Surge Foil treatments.
Scene Boxes (Divergent Timeline & Enterprise-Q): Collectible sets featuring six Borderless Scene cards each that piece together to reveal iconic moments - whether following James T. Kirk's first voyage in the Kelvin timeline or the U.S.S. Enterprise's clash with Picard's longtime adversary, Q.
Final Thoughts
Whether you're dropping a warp core into your favorite Commander deck or drafting at your local game store, Magic: The Gathering - Star Trek is officially out now. Even if you can't tell a Klingon Bird-of-Prey from a Romulan Warbird, the mechanics are tight, the flavour is deeply embedded, and the galaxy is yours to explore - just keep your shields up and watch out for Borg assimilation.
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