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Magic's Lead Designer On Cards That Didn't Make It In, 'Budget Darth Vader,' And A Secret Sci-Fi Easter Egg

Jake Kleinman

created: Aug. 15, 2025, 4:15 p.m. | updated: Aug. 20, 2025, 12:35 p.m.

Why make budget Darth Vader when you might want to make real Darth Vader?”Edge of Eternities is definitely its own thing, mixing classic sci-fi tropes with Magic: The Gathering creatures and archetypes. Why make budget Darth Vader when you might want to make real Darth Vader?”The result wasn’t exactly what Fleischer originally imagined. Another recent Magic set, Streets of New Capenna, had already leaned into the Art Deco style. However, his retro vision lives on in some of the special card variants included in Edge of Eternities. “I won’t deny the resemblance.”What’s Next for Edge of EternitiesBeyond its spacecrafts and single-biome planets, Edge of Eternities is full of otherworldly possibilities.

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