The Final Fantasy Magic: The Gathering set is undoubtedly the biggest release on the 2025 MTG release calendar. Upon release, this set sold over $200,000,000 of product, and it hardly stopped there. Combining fantastic flavor and incredible mechanics, while pulling out all the stops, the Final Fantasy set was a true slam dunk.
Much like The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth before it, MTG Final Fantasy isn’t a done and done release. Later on, in 2025, Wizards is doubling up with the MTG x Final Fantasy Holiday Release. Launching in December, this second release offers new products with brand-new cards, so it’s definitely worth watching.
Thanks to the MTG Final Fantasy Holiday Release coming soon, it’s well worth brushing up on everything the set has to offer. Thankfully, you’re in the right place to do exactly that, as we’ve got you covered. Here’s everything you need to know about the MTG Final Fantasy set.
MTG Final Fantasy Release Date
Officially, the Final Fantasy MTG set was released on June 13th, 2025. As usual, prerelease events happened a week before this, with spoilers running a few weeks prior. Afterwards, players got to enjoy plenty of events celebrating the set’s release, but these have since concluded.
Following on from the main set’s release, the MTG Final Fantasy Holiday Release will take place on December 5th. It’s unlikely there will be any additional play events around this time, due to the nature of new products.
In case you’re curious about how it all went down, here are the most important dates for the Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy Set.
- Final Fantasy Previews Start: May 10th – May 30th
- Card Image Gallery Complete: May 30th
- Final Fantasy Prerelease Events: June 6th – June 12th
- MTG Final Fantasy Global Release Date: June 13th, 2025
- MTG Final Fantasy Holiday Release Date: December 5th
MTG Final Fantasy Holiday Release
Officially announced during the MagicCon: Atlanta Preview Panel, the MTG Final Fantasy Holiday Release launches on December 5th. This extra holiday release consists of four Scene Boxes, a new Chocobo Bundle, and a tweaked Commander deck. Prices at $41.99, $109.99, and $99.99, respectively, sadly, these products don’t come cheap, but they don’t disappoint either.
Each of the four Final Fantasy Scene Boxes contains six brand-new cards with art that comes together to create a larger piece. Beyond just being flavorful, these new scene boxes contain some pretty powerful cards and unique Commander options. Each Final Fantasy Scene Box celebrates a different game and moment from the franchise.
- Final Fantasy – Garland at the Chaos Shrine
- Final Fantasy VIII – Children of Fate
- Final Fantasy XI – The Siege of Alexandria
Final Fantasy XV – Camp Comrades
Moving sharply up in price tag, the MTG Final Fantasy Chocobo Bundle offers a lot for your money. On top of ten Play Boosters, this Bundle contains 42 unique lands, a click wheel, and three chase promos. One promo is a reskinned Birds of Paradise reprint, while the others are two of the twenty possible “Borderless Chocobo Bundle cards.”
Finally, Wizards of the Coast is releasing a new Final Fantasy VII Commander Deck – Game Edition. As the name somewhat suggests, this unique Commander precon comes with a code to redeem the original Final Fantasy VII game. Additionally, this new product also offers a unique Cloud, Midgar Mercenary promo, which would be quite pricey.
MTG Final Fantasy Spoilers
Final Fantasy MTG’s main set offers a whopping 310 cards in the main set, and another 100 mechanically unique new Eternal Legal Commander cards. Considering how much you have to choose from, figuring out exactly what you’re looking for might prove difficult. Fortunately, we’ve compiled some lists of cards to help you find the highlights of the set depending on your purpose. You can find those below:
- Best MTG Final Fantasy Constructed Cards
- Best MTG Final Fantasy New Commanders
- Best MTG Final Fantasy Commander Cards
- Most Expensive MTG Final Fantasy Cards
- Most Expensive MTG Final Fantasy Bonus Sheet Cards
If you’re instead interested in checking out some of the new game pieces introduced in Magic’s Final Fantasy crossover, we have a list of new mechanics introduced in the set.
MTG Final Fantasy Set Information
As expected, the Final Fantasy Magic: The Gathering set will draw from all main entries into the franchise. This means everything from the original 1987 Final Fantasy to 2023’s Final Fantasy XVI is fair game. Just like The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, this means Wizards has no end of content to pull from.
In a somewhat controversial move, Wizards of the Coast has decided to represent the main series games at severely lopsided amounts throughout the set. Final Fantasy VI, VII, X, and XIV got way more representation than the rest of the games in the series. In addition to these games getting their own themed Commander precon, they also represent a majority of cards in the main set.
While this is great for fans of those sets, Final Fantasy fans of less popular games had much less to represent their favorite characters. Thanks to the nature of XIV, which kind of encompasses everything, some characters, like Shinryu, were represented by XIV instead of V. Thankfully, while some MTG players were upset by these decisions, the MTG Final Fantasy Holiday Release helps even out distribution.
In the Final Fantasy Holiday Release, the original Final Fantasy, VIII, IX, and XV are each getting Scene Boxes. While these scene boxes only contain six cards each, it nevertheless helps offset the wonky game to card distribution.
Final Fantasy Secret Lair
In addition to the main set and its Commander precons, Magic’s Final Fantasy crossover also had three Secret Lairs that went for sale on June 9. Unlike a majority of Secret Lairs nowadays, all three of these Lairs offered strong reprint value. You can find them all here.
While the Final Fantasy Secret Lairs themselves were a success, the sale was anything but. Players who queued up for the experience just seconds after the sale went live weren’t even able to acquire the Final Fantasy Secret Lairs of their choice. Hopefully, Wizards of the Coast will be able to learn from this and adjust in the future.
Secret Lair sale aside, the MTG Final Fantasy set has mostly been a success so far. Sure, there are a few problems here and there, but the flavor delivered by Wizards of the Coast is, as per usual, mostly stellar. If you can afford it, Final Fantasy’s MTG adaptation will be a blast to enjoy for everyone.
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