The word ‘Lotus’ has carries a lot of weight in the world of Magic: The Gathering and the design team behind the next big set, Nauctis: The Sunken Realm, are adding a new member to the game’s long line of Lotus iterations.

Magic: The Gathering Reveals Abyssal Lotus

Magic: The Gathering hosted an exciting Preview Panel event this week and, in addition to offering the first look at the upcoming Planeswalker animated series, also offered a ton of new information about Nauctis: The Sunken Realm.

The Nauctis portion of the Preview Panel offered a first look at a handful of cards and mechanics that will be featured in the big February 2027 set. In addition to showcasing some of the creatures and archetypes that will be present in the underwater-themed set, the reveal also showcased a very exciting new Artifact.

Abyssal Lotus is a Mythic Rare in Nauctis and the card has a handful of different art treatments that collectors can attempt to hunt down. The textless raised foil Abyssal Lotus headliner card is the rarest of the bunch and will only be findable in Collector Boosters.

The announcement revealed the following details about this special edition version of the new card:

“One word captures the imagination of Magic players like no other: “lotus.” Bring the most powerful flora of Nauctis to your collection with the textless raised foil Abyssal Lotus headliner card. Available only in Collector Boosters, this version of Abyssal Lotus represents the wonder at the heart of Nauctis. Kelogsloops lovingly crafted an illustration that captures the benthic beauty of this card, and our Booster Fun team helped it bloom into the perfect centerpiece for your collection.”

There will be approximately 500 Abyssal Lotus headliner cards printed. This version of Abyssal Lotus appears only in English in Collector Boosters of any language.

In terms of utility and power level, it will be very interesting to see what players in different formats do with this card once they have it in their arsenal. How useful it is in Standard will depend a lot on the rest of the cards and archetypes present in Nauctis and the sets that follow it later in 2027, but Legacy and Vintage tinkerers can already begin trying to crack the card and put it to good use.

Be sure to check back soon for lots more Magic: The Gathering news and updates as the big tournament weekend continues and the full Nauctis spoiler season approaches.

Magic: The Gathering is available now at local game shops and digitally through Magic Arena. Nauctis: The Sunken Realm releases on February 5, 2027.

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Magic: The Gathering revealed a surprise addition to the Set Phasers to Superdrop collection right at the product launch and offered shoppers another product to consider.

Secret Lair x Star Trek: Assimilation

Magic: The Gathering announced the Set Phasers to Superdrop Secret Lair products a few weeks ago with five unique products, but the launch day included an additional reveal inspired by the Borg.

In addition to the other products, Secret Lair shoppers can also now check out the Secret Lair x Star Trek: Assimilation collection. The five collect pack is available in Non-foil for $29.99 or in Foil for $39.99.

“The Borg have never met a distinguishing characteristic they couldn’t repurpose. Empathy. Ingenuity. Command. Honor. All admirable qualities, once relieved of the inconvenience of individuality. In this alternate vision of the Enterprise-D, Skinner, Alexander Heir, Mark Riddick, Sandy Rezalmi, and Lucas Korte imagine what happens when everything that made its crew exceptional is absorbed, improved, and put to work in perfect agreement. Their interpretations leave just enough of each officer intact to make the loss of everything else impossible to ignore, while the Collective gains five formidable new voices, all speaking as one.”

Here is a full list of all the cards included in the Secret Lair x Star Trek: Assimilation pack:

• 1x Suture Priest as “PsychoMatrix”
• 1x Hive Mind
• 1x Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor as “The Negatronic Man”
• 1x K’rrik, Son of Yawgmoth as “Number One of One”
• 1x Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim as “D’k Tahg”

At this time, the Secret Lair x Star Trek: Assimilation pack is still in stock at the Secret Lair website, but shoppers will be limited to two per customer.

Now that the full Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek set is out in the wild, it should be very interesting to see how the fanbase reacts to and how the constructed and limited metagames shift in response to some of the cards included.

Be sure to check back soon for lots more Magic: The Gathering news and updates now that the new set has arrived.

Magic: The Gathering is available now at local game shops and digitally through Magic Arena. The Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek set is available now.

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Tabletop gaming fans who have been waiting for the next One Piece Card Game release only need to hold out for a few more days before The Dominance of God boosters arrive.

One Piece Card Game The Dominance of God Release Details

One Piece Card Game originally launched just a few years ago in 2022 and has been going strong ever since. The tabletop card game has capitalized on the growing popularity of the long-running manga and anime and managed to carve out its own corner of the competitive collectible card game marketplace.

This month brings the arrivial of the 18th Booster Pack release for One Piece Card Game with The Dominance of God.

“The World Government’s Greatest Power Has Arrived…! The 18th Booster Pack features Water Seven and the Holy Knights of God.”

Franchise fans will be excited to see Saint Gunko and Saint Shamrock make their One Piece Card Game debut when the new product arrives on November 20, 2026. The set also includes Super Alt Art Nico Robin that is sure to be a chase card for many players.

The Super Leader Alt Art card features Saint Gunko. There will also be an alt art card with original artwork by Yoshitaka Amano and alt-art cards featuring the Holy Knights of God to celebrate the game’s fourth anniversary.

The Dominance of God booster packs release on November 20, 2026 and will be tournament legal seven days after launch. Boosters will be available for $4.99 per back at retail price. These boosters have a chance to include Commons, Uncommons, Rares, Super Rares, Secret Rares, Leaders, Specials, Treasure Rare, and DON!! Cards.

Be sure to check back soon for lots more One Piece Card Game and other TCG and CCG news, updates, and guides in the near future.

One Piece Card Game is available now at local game shops. The Dominance of God booster packs will be available starting November 20, 2026.

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