MTG x Star Trek: Release Date, Cards, and Everything Confirmed

Magic: The Gathering is beaming up one of the biggest crossovers in its Universes Beyond history. Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek was revealed at MagicCon: Atlanta as a special tribute set celebrating Star Trek’s 60th anniversary, and Wizards of the Coast has now confirmed the release date, product lineup, and first wave of cards. Here is everything that’s actually been announced so far — no speculation, just what Wizards and Star Trek have confirmed.

Delay update (October 16): Wizards says some Star Trek products will arrive late. In North America, only the Commander decks are affected, and Play Boosters and Prerelease Packs are on track everywhere. See which products are delayed in your region.

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What Is Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek?

Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek is a Universes Beyond tribute set built to mark Star Trek’s 60th anniversary. Rather than a small Secret Lair drop, it’s a full standalone product line spanning decades of the franchise — The Original Series through The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and the Kelvin timeline films are all represented among the confirmed cards. Wizards describes the set as capturing “the spirit of exploration, discovery, and imagination” that defines Star Trek.

Release Date and Where to Buy

Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek launches worldwide on November 13, 2026. Products span a wide price range: $6.99 Play Boosters at the entry level, up to $159.99 Collector’s Edition Commander Decks at the top. Between those sit standard Commander decks, Collector Boosters, and five mono-colored Welcome Decks — one for each of Magic’s five colors — aimed at players jumping in for the first time.

New Mechanics: Spacecraft, Assimilate, and Federation

The set brings back Spacecraft and the Stationing mechanic from 2025’s Edge of Eternities, representing iconic ships like the U.S.S. Enterprise-D as vehicles that can crew up and attack. Three new keywords round out the set:

• Assimilate — when triggered, lets you take control of a creature or put a creature card onto the battlefield under your control, echoing the Borg’s signature threat.
• Face a Dilemma — triggers when a player makes a choice on a modal spell, tying into Star Trek’s long history of moral and tactical dilemmas.
• Federation — an ability word that counts the number of different creature types among non-Borg creatures you control, rewarding multi-species crews.

Assimilate is drawing the most early attention from Commander players, since it lets a Borg-themed deck turn an opponent’s board wipe or removal spell into a net gain — your creature dies, but you walk away with something new under your control. Federation rewards the opposite approach: stacking as many different creature types as possible (Human, Vulcan, Klingon, Android) onto one battlefield to scale up a single payoff card. Early previews suggest at least one of the four Commander decks is built entirely around maximizing that count.

The Signed Chase Cards: Seven Star Trek Legends

The headline chase cards are seven signed headliner cards, each hand-signed by a Star Trek actor: Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), Spock (Ethan Peck), Data (Brent Spiner), Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) and Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton). Wizards says there are about 250 copies of each, roughly 1,750 in all, and they only come in Collector Boosters. Our Star Trek chase cards page tracks their prices.

Beyond the signed cards, both captains also appear as standard non-autographed versions — Captain Kirk, Boldly Going and Kirk, Enterprising Captain among them — so players who just want the character in their deck aren’t locked out by the autograph lottery.

LCARS Frames and the Stardates Cards

Two card treatments define the set’s visual identity. LCARS frame cards — 29 of them, including 10 LCARS-framed Shock Lands — wrap the card in Starfleet’s iconic computer interface design. Separately, 30 Stardates cards take powerful reprints from Magic’s history and re-skin them with Star Trek art and characters. The best-known example: Sheoldred, the Apocalypse reimagined as Khan, Engineered Evil, depicting Khan from the Kelvin timeline films — same card text, entirely new identity.

There’s also an Enterprise treatment, a special full-art frame styled after vintage Star Trek movie posters, applied to a handful of ship and captain cards throughout the set.

How It Compares to Magic’s Other Crossovers

Star Trek joins a growing list of Universes Beyond tribute sets, and it’s worth knowing where it fits before you decide how much to spend. Unlike a Secret Lair drop — a small, limited run of alternate-art cards with no new mechanics — this is a full standalone product line with three new keywords, a complete four-deck Commander lineup, and its own Play Booster and Collector Booster structure, closer in scope to Magic’s Marvel and Lord of the Rings crossovers than to a one-off promo. If you followed NerdSnack’s coverage of MTG’s Hobbit set, the shape will feel familiar: scene-accurate reprints, faction-based Commander decks, and a handful of ultra-rare signed chase cards driving Collector Booster demand. The autographed captains play the same role Sauron’s serialized cards played in the Hobbit release — a small print run designed to pull secondary-market prices well above the box price the day the set launches.

Commander Decks: Four Factions

Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek has four ready-to-play Commander decks, each built around a faction: Federation Fleet (blue-white-red, card draw and spaceships), Landing Party (green-white-blue, landfall and differently named lands), Klingon Fury (red-white-black, attacking the whole table) and We Are the Borg (white-blue-black, Borg tokens and assimilate). They cost $74.99 each, or $159.99 for the Collector’s Edition, and in North America they arrive after the November 13 release. Our Star Trek Commander decks guide covers each one.

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Which Star Trek product should you buy?

For most people, the Play Booster Display is the best value: about $132 on TCGplayer for 30 packs, well under its $209.70 MSRP. Draft Night (about $100) is the cheapest way to get a Collector Booster and a shot at a signed card, and Collector Booster boxes sell for about $546, above their $455.88 MSRP, before release. Brand-new players can start with one of the five mono-colored Welcome Decks. Our MTG Star Trek what-to-buy guide ranks every product.

Final Verdict

Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek isn’t a token crossover — it’s a full set with new mechanics, four Commander decks, and a chase-card structure built around real franchise history rather than generic reprints. With a confirmed November 13, 2026 release date and pricing already locked in, the only open question left is which faction deck you’ll captain first. Wizards shows the full card gallery on October 30, and we’ll update this page then.

Frequently Asked Questions

When does Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek release?
November 13, 2026, worldwide.

What’s the most valuable card in MTG x Star Trek?
The seven signed headliner cards, including Kirk (William Shatner), Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), with about 250 copies of each in Collector Boosters.

How much do MTG x Star Trek products cost?
From $6.99 Play Boosters at the entry level up to $159.99 Collector’s Edition Commander Decks, with standard Commander decks, Collector Boosters, and five mono-colored Welcome Decks in between.

Why was MTG x Star Trek made?
It’s a special tribute set celebrating Star Trek’s 60th anniversary, revealed at MagicCon: Atlanta as part of Magic’s Universes Beyond line.

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