MTG Head Designer Says "We Didn't Announce Everything" At Gen Con

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Magic: the Gathering fans certainly aren't hurting for news right now, getting an avalanche of announcements at Gen Con over the weekend. Our tabletop editor Joe Parlock covered it all, so you can check out anything you missed. But you better catch up soon, because there are somehow even more announcements on the horizon.

This comes straight from MTG's head designer, Mark Rosewater. On his blog, Rosewater reveals that they didn't announce everything that we'll be getting in the next three years at Gen Con. This means we're in for a busy period in the MTG community, with plans set out for the next few years.

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We get this news courtesy of a fan question sent to Rosewater's Tumblr: "Were the announcements yesterday everything that’s coming out in that span of time? Or just major releases? Like there’s no Jumpstart set in the announcements but does that mean that we definitely won’t be getting a Jumpstart set till 2027? [sic]"

Rosewater doesn't go into much detail at all, but the response is very telling, "We didn’t announce absolutely everything." This means that anything that wasn't announced at Gen Con hasn't necessarily been pushed back into 2028 and beyond, as there are still announcements to come from MTG.

This isn't too surprising, given the news we got earlier in the year. Commander Masters wasn't announced until February of this year, despite launching on August 4. The announcement was also six months after the rest of the 2023 reveals. This proves that MTG isn't afraid to leave announcements until relatively close to launch, so some 2027 releases may only get revealed in a couple of years' time.

Of course, the current lineup seems