The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are cherished, epic icons in the childhood memories of many, and they are paving a new chapter in the world of Magic: The Gathering! Created by dedicated TMNT fans, attendees at New York Comic Con were the first to see a handful of cards and get an early glimpse of what products to expect from this new set. During the Magic panel held at New York Comic Con on October 10th, the latest collaboration with Nickelodeon was announced. Previous collaborations with Nickelodeon include other beloved series such as Avatar: The Last Airbender and SpongeBob SquarePants.
We had the pleasure of talking with some of the designers for this new set and are here with a first look at some of the cards, full of chaotic combos, witty nods, and stunning illustrations.
Beyond The Sewers
The theme draws inspiration from the concept of video game mechanics, specifically the TMNT arcade games, which feature tropes, a beat-em-up style, and power-ups. Designs will thrill beloved fans of any TMNT generation with fresh styles that stay true to their personalities.
Kevin Eastman, the original illustrator of TMNT, has also teamed up with Magic to bestow his artwork on the set’s headliner card and each of the four main Turtles headliner cards. His signature is stamped in shiny foil along the borderless artwork, which is truly a collector’s and top fan piece. Kevin Eastman headliner cards are available only in English in Magic: The Gathering | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Collector Boosters of any language.
There are 20 different source material cards in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Non-foil source material cards appear in Play Booster and Collector Boosters. Traditional foil source material cards are exclusive to Collector Boosters.
“Sneak is a new mechanic, but it is very similar to the existing Magic mechanic called ninjutsu. When we started this set, the very first mechanic we put in was ninjutsu. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set is kind of built around ninjutsu. We took this opportunity to clean up the ninjutsu mechanic and make it work within the rules. But the primary reason we did this is so we could make a new, cool card that allows you to put Sneak on Instants and Sorceries. You can sneak attack past your enemy’s defenses.” – Eric Engelhard, lead game designer for the Magic: The Gathering | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set.
Turtle Power Commander Deck
This Commander Deck offers a unique perspective for any Magic commander player. It features multiple commanders, each with their own distinct mechanics. Additionally, the introduction of mutagen tokens brings a new dynamic to this set and will play a significant role throughout the deck.
“Each Turtle maps extremely well to exactly one color of Magic. Leo is White, Donatello is Blue, and we stayed consistent with the entire suite of Turtles.” – Eric Engelhard, lead game designer
Partner with Allies & Buff your Team
Furthermore, with five colors of Magic and only four turtles, that left the last color for the Turtles’ sensei, Master Splinter. Black has always been associated with rats in the history of Magic, so it felt like fate for the team to tie it together.
The Commander deck: Turtle Power includes:
- 1 Ready-to-play 100-card Commander deck (1 Traditional foil face commander wth borderless art, 5 Traditional foil featured commanders with borderless art, and 94 Non-foil cards)
- 10 Double-sided tokens or punch-out counters
- 1 Deck box
There’s Always Time for Pizza
The connection between the Turtles and their love for pizza is known throughout their journey, and Magic brought that love to the set’s basic lands. The full-art basic lands feature pizza artwork with an array of pizza toppings across all 5 basic lands. Each Turtle even holds their own color-accurate land!
But, wait, there’s more Pizza! The Pizza Bundle is a gift bundle presented in a pizza box, containing Play Boosters, a Collector Booster, a custom life counter die, and numerous pizza lands.
- 9 Magic: The Gathering | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Play Boosters
- 1 Magic: The Gathering | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Collector Booster
- 25 Non-foil pizza lands
- 5 Traditional foil pizza basics lands
- 2 Traditional foil Pizza Bundle promo cards
- 2 Reference cards
- 1 Oversized spindown life counter
- 1 Card-Storage box
Turtle Team-up
Form your own team of heroes in a half shell with this co-op play experience! Each Turtle Team-Up includes the following:
- 4 Magic: The Gathering | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Play Boosters
- 4 Themed decks
- Each deck is themed around one of the four main Turtles.
- Each deck consists of 60 cards, including cards from TMT and TMC.
- 1 Enemy deck
- Includes 39 cards designed exclusively for the Turtle Team-Up experience
- 6 Punch-out counter sheets
- 4 Deck boxes
- 1 Tutorial booklet
Play Boosters
Each Magic: The Gathering | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Play Booster box includes 30 Play Boosters, each of which contains the following:
- 14 Magic: The Gathering cards
- 7 Commons
- In 1 out of 28 Play Boosters, 1 of 20 non-foil source material cards will replace a common.
- 2 Uncommons
- 1 Legendary Turtle card of any rarity
- 1 Wildcard of any rarity
- 1 Rare or mythic rare card
- 1 Traditional foil card of any rarity
- 1 Land card
- 7 Commons
- 1 Non-foil double-sided token
The Magic: The Gathering | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set releases worldwide on March 6, 2026. The set is available for preorder now from your local game store, TCGplayer, Amazon, and anywhere Magic products are sold.
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