Published May 7, 2026, 2:15 PM EDT

The set will be Hobbit-sized

Magic's The Hobbit set will repeat the worst thing about the Spider-Man crossover

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Magic: The Gathering ’s Spider-Man crossover set from last year is widely regarded as one of the game’s worst in recent memory. One of its biggest flaws was its considerably smaller size compared to other major Universes Beyond crossovers. Following new reveals at MagicCon: Las Vegas 2026 of the upcoming crossover with The Hobbit , due out in August, it’s become apparent that the second J.R.R. Tolkien Universes Beyond set will also be worryingly small.

While this wasn’t always the case in Magic , there are numbers in the bottom-left corner of every card face that indicate that card’s place in a given set. In recent years, the full art basic lands come immediately after the main set cards, with plains coming first.…