MTG Star Trek Set Guide: Release Date, Commander Decks, and Everything Confirmed

Magic: The Gathering is going where no crossover has gone before. Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek is a full Universes Beyond expansion arriving late 2026, and it's the biggest sci-fi release the game has ever attempted. The full card list is now revealed — here's everything you need to know.

Release Date

Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek releases in tabletop on November 13, 2026, with prerelease events running November 6–12 at local game stores. It lands on MTG Arena a few days earlier, on November 10. It's the final Magic set of 2026 — our 2027 set release schedule covers what comes next.

If you see third-party sites listing a November 20 or "Q1 2027" date, ignore them — Wizards of the Coast's official date is November 13.

What's in the Set

Star Trek is a full premier-style Universes Beyond set — Play Boosters and Collector Boosters you can draft — plus four preconstructed Commander decks. It is not a Secret Lair or a one-off drop. The release also includes a Beam Me Up Bundle, Scene Boxes, a Beginner Box, and Draft Night support.

The Three Factions

The set is built around a conflict between three iconic Star Trek factions:

• - The Federation / Starfleet — the heroes, spanning multiple series and crews (Human and Officer are the set's biggest creature types, with Vulcans, Betazoids, Trill, and more alongside)
• - The Klingons — the warrior culture, led by Worf (41 Klingon creatures)
• - The Borg — the villain faction, led by the Borg Queen (33 Borg creatures)

Ferengi, Bajoran, and Cardassian characters round out the cast — think Quark, Humble Proprietor, Kira Nerys, Firebrand, and Gul Dukat, Colonial Prefect.

New Mechanics

The set's mechanics, now confirmed on the actual cards:

• - Assimilate — the Borg keyword action. You put a creature card (usually from an opponent's graveyard or library) onto the battlefield under your control with a +1/+1 counter, and it becomes a Borg artifact creature. Reanimation theft, very on-flavor for the Collective.
• - Face a Dilemma — you face a dilemma whenever you choose one or more modes for a spell or ability. Payoffs like Elim Garak, Simple Tailor trigger each time, making it a modal-spells-matter theme.
• - Seek Out — an ability word that triggers whenever you draw your second card each turn.
• - Strange New Worlds — an ability word that scales with the number of differently named lands you control, backed by a cycle of Planet lands like Vulcan, Bajor, and Qo'noS.
• - Battlefront — the Klingon ability word, scaling with the number of opponents you attacked this turn.
• - Federation — a small ability word (seven cards) that counts the creature types among your non-Borg creatures, rewarding a diverse crew.
• - Beam Me Up — cast a card from your graveyard if you also return a creature you control to your hand.
• - Spacecraft & Station (returning) — artifact starships that charge up with charge counters (via the Station keyword, not Crew) and become creatures once they hit the counter threshold printed on the card. See our Spacecraft & Station rules explainer for exactly how it works.

For a plain-English deep dive on each one, see our Star Trek mechanics explained guide.

The Four Commander Decks

Wizards has published all four decklists. Each has a mythic face commander plus a mythic alternate commander:

• - Federation Fleet — Jeskai (White-Blue-Red), commanded by Jean-Luc Picard, Luminary (alternate: Captain Janeway, Endgame)
• - Landing Party — Bant (Green-White-Blue), commanded by Commander Spock (alternate: Captain Kirk, Boldly Going)
• - Klingon Fury — Mardu (White-Black-Red), commanded by Worf, Defiant Commander (alternate: Kor, Cause of Vengeance)
• - We Are the Borg — Esper (White-Blue-Black), commanded by The Borg Queen (alternate: Locutus of Borg)

For a deeper look at each deck's strategy and upgrade path, see our guide to every Star Trek Commander deck.

Autographed Headliner Cards

For the first time ever, Magic is printing actor-autographed "Headliner" cards — ultra-rare cards signed by the actors themselves, with roughly 250 copies each. William Shatner (Captain Kirk) and Kate Mulgrew (Captain Janeway) are confirmed signers. These will be some of the most sought-after chase cards in Magic history.

Other special treatments include LCARS-frame Surge foils, Klingon Script cards, and Stardate cards.

What It Means for Commander

Star Trek is a goldmine of new legendary creatures: 493 brand-new cards across the main set and Commander decks, and 198 cards that can lead a Commander deck. Beyond the precon faces, standouts include Captain Jean-Luc Picard (an anthem and Officer-token engine that tutors Spacecraft), Captain James T. Kirk, Captain Kathryn Janeway (extra land drops plus explore), the five-color Captain Benjamin Sisko, Mr. Spock, Science Officer (draw two instead of one), Seven of Nine, Unassimilated, and Khan, Vengeful Heart.

Expect the community to gravitate toward:

• - Borg artifact decks that assimilate creatures out of opponents' graveyards and pump them with artifact anthems
• - Klingon aggro in Mardu colors, attacking every opponent for Battlefront value
• - Spacecraft / artifact decks built around the returning Station mechanic
• - Lands-matter "Strange New Worlds" decks packed with Planets and other nonbasic lands
• - Modal-spell "Face a Dilemma" decks in Dimir colors around Elim Garak and Seven of Nine

Build Your Star Trek Deck

Every Star Trek card is already on Scryfall, so you can build a Commander deck around Picard, Spock, Worf, the Borg Queen, or any Star Trek legend on Tapped Decks right now — ahead of the November 13 release.