Fans of Magic: The Gathering and Avatar: The Last Airbender are in for a treat this year, as Wizards of the Coast has revealed a highly anticipated first look at the crossover Universes Beyond set launching November 21, 2025.
The Magic: The Gathering x Avatar: The Last Airbender (“MTG x ATLA“) promises to merge the strategic depth of Magic with the beloved world of Avatar, introducing iconic characters, elemental-themed mechanics, and collectible treatments inspired by the hit animated series.
Key Dates and Release Details
- Magic: The Gathering | Avatar: The Last Airbender Debut Stream: October 28
- Full Card Image Gallery: November 7
- Prerelease Events: November 14–20
- MTG Arena Release Date: November 18
- Tabletop Release Date: November 21
- Magic World Championship 31: December 5–7
- Magic Spotlight: The Avatar: January 9–11, 2026
Gameplay: Mastering the Four Elements
The MTG x ATLA set brings bending to the battlefield, with new mechanics that reflect the four core elements from Avatar:
Airbending
Airbend is a keyword action that helps you control the board without getting violent. When you airbend a permanent, you exile it. As long as it remains exiled, its owner may cast it for 2 rather than its mana cost. While Appa only airbends your permanents, there are other cards that airbend your opponent’s permanents as well.
Waterbending
Some spells and abilities have you waterbend as part of their costs. The activated ability of Katara, Water Tribe’s Hope requires that you waterbend X. You must pay X, and for each generic mana in that cost, you may tap an untapped artifact or creature you control rather than pay that mana.
Earthbending
Earthbending is a keyword action. Much like how Earthbenders turn the terrain into weapons, you can do the same with the help of spells and abilities that instruct you to earthbend. Toph, the First Metalbender lets you earthbend 2, which turns a target land you control into a 0/0 land creature with haste, then puts two +1/+1 counters on that land. And don’t worry; when that land dies or is exiled, it returns as a tapped noncreature land.
Firebending
Firebending is a keyword ability that turns your aggression into a source of power. That’s very flavorful for Firebenders! When a creature with firebending N attacks, you add N {R} mana. That mana doesn’t go away until the end of combat, letting you use it on any instant-speed activated abilities or spells.
Collectible Card Treatments
The Magic: The Gathering x Avatar: The Last Airbender set offers a range of visually striking cards for collectors and fans
Borderless Raised Foil Avatar Aang
Harness the elements and transform Avatar Aang into Aang, Master of Elements! This stunning borderless version of Aang brings the artwork of one of the series’ creators, Bryan Konietzko, to Magic for the very first time. As Aang fulfills his cosmic destiny to bring balance to the four nations, this raised foil treatment draws inspiration from past Booster Fun designs to create the ultimate Avatar: The Last Airbender collectible.
This version of Avatar Aang appears only in raised foil and only in English-language Magic: The Gathering | Avatar: The Last Airbender Collector Boosters.
Borderless Battle Pose Cards
Your favorite Avatar: The Last Airbender characters are showing off their bending abilities on borderless battle pose cards. This set features 4 neon ink foil borderless battle pose cards. These cards are available only in neon ink foil and only in Collector Boosters. These neon ink cards appear in English in all languages of Collector Boosters.
There are 5 additional borderless battle pose cards that can be found in Play Boosters and Collector Boosters in non-foil and traditional foil. These do not appear in neon ink foil. We’ll share those cards when the set debuts!
Borderless Double-Faced Sagas
By the time we meet Aang in the original series, the prior Avatars and their foes are mythical figures. We’re depicting their stories on a cycle of mythic rare borderless Sagas. These Sagas, upon reaching their final chapter, transform into powerful legendary creatures worthy of their fables.
Borderless double-faced Sagas appear in non-foil and traditional foil in Play Boosters and Collector Boosters.
Borderless Field Notes
The world of Avatar: The Last Airbender is full of friendly (and sometimes frightening) creatures. We’re depicting some of our favorite creatures and creations on borderless field notes cards. This artwork looks straight out of an explorer’s sketchbook. The marginalia even points out some of the features and quirks of the Avatar: The Last Airbender world.
Borderless field notes cards appear in non-foil and traditional foil in Play Boosters and Collector Boosters.
Elemental Frame Cards
Combining the in-universe aesthetics of the Avatar: The Last Airbender series with the Magic card frame, elemental frame cards depict your favorite characters and moments in Booster Fun style. With different etchings in the text-box frame depending on the element being depicted, this treatment complements the artwork of the series beautifully.
Elemental frame cards appear in non-foil and traditional foil in Play Boosters and Collector Boosters.
Full-Art Appa Lands
Yip yip! Take flight alongside Appa on this series of full-art Appa basic lands. Depicting various moments during Aang’s journey, these lands let you follow Appa’s path across the skies of Avatar: The Last Airbender‘s world. Can you name the moments from the original series that each card depicts?
Full-art Appa lands can be found in Play Boosters, Collector Boosters, Bundles, Commander’s Bundles, and Jumpstart Boosters in non-foil and traditional foil.
Prerelease Experience
Prerelease Packs will be themed after fan-favorite characters Aang, Katara, Toph, Azula, or Zuko and include Play Boosters, a themed character booster, tokens, a foil promo card, and a matching spindown die.
A Crossover for Fans and Collectors
With its blend of faithful worldbuilding, unique mechanics, and striking art, MTG x ATLA aims to capture the imagination of both card game veterans and newcomers drawn in by the animated series. Between its rich thematic gameplay and high-end collectibles, this release could be one of Magic’s most memorable crossovers yet.
Preorders are open now, with more card reveals and gameplay showcases expected as the debut stream and full gallery drop approach.