Warhammer 40K’s latest legend improves one of Magic’s oldest cards

polygon.com:

Magic: The Gathering’songoing series of creative crossovers, Universes Beyond, has turned fan-favorite characters from intellectual properties such as The Walking Dead, Street Fighter, and Stranger Thingsinto Magic cards for both casual and competitive play. The latest venture into an established and beloved IP introduces the lore and carnage of Warhammer 40,000 to Magic players in the form of five new preconstructed decks ready to play right out of the box.

Fans of Warhammer can expect a variety of characters from the game’s history to appear in the upcoming release, including a certain three-armed gunslinger that’s designed to power up cards in his preconstructed deck, along with a ton of classic Magic staples that more enfranchised players can build entire decks around. Say hello to Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph.

There’s plenty to unpack about this card, both in its relationship to Warhammer’s history and its applications for ongoing Magic play. To help put this card into creative perspective, Ethan Fleischer, senior designer at Wizards of the Coast, shared some insights into this card’s design process and role in the upcoming Warhammer 40,000 release.

“Normally, when we design a Commander preconstructed deck, we emphasize mechanical themes over creative consistency,” Fleischer explained. “For the Warhammer 40,000 Universes Beyond Commander decks, our priorities were different. While each deck has a mechanical theme, we focused more on making sure that each of the decks is strongly creatively themed, with every creature belonging to one of Warhammer 40,000’s factions.”

Unlike previous Universes Beyond releases, which were primarily small assortments of several cards released in limited runs, the Warhammer products