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As any X-Men fan can tell you, there is enough lore built into Marvel's Merry Mutants to spawn several tabletop games. We've all got our favorite obscure mutant (Hijack, you legend), and we all want our favorites to get their chance in the spotlight. As exciting as the upcoming Magic: The Gathering x Marvel Super Heroes set is, don't expect it to be a set that goes heavy on X-Men lore. It's going to be more of an Avengers affair. 

In a press event for the set, Magic: The Gathering Head of Design, Mark Rosewater, characterized Marvel Super Heroes as "Avengers plus."

"The Avengers are a very popular set of characters from Marvel, and that was kind of the center piece of what we did [on this set]. There's extensions to that, you'll see the Fantastic Four, Heroes for Hire, a lot of the street heroes, and a lot of associated villains. But this set is kind of centered on the Avengers," Rosewater said. 

Now, that isn't to say that you won't see any X-Men characters or related villains in the set. There is a card called Wolverine, Fierce Fighter, featuring art by Todd Nauck that has the mutant's iconic trade dress behind him. A Commander card called Captain Marvel, Apex Avenger (art by Julie Bell), Carol dukes it out with a horde of Brood aliens, harkening back to her famous battle with them in the pages of Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum's Uncanny X-Men. Of course, Captain Marvel is a major Avengers character, but it's still good to see some Brood representation in the Marvel Super Heroes set, even if the chances are extremely low that we'll get a card featuring the bestest boy of X-Men allies, Broo. 

We haven't seen all the cards for Marvel Super Heroes yet, but we'll get a better idea of how the chips fall when the set releases on June 26, 2026. 

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