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Magic: The Gathering used the Universes Beyond line to collaborate with plenty of franchises across gaming and TV; Fallout, Doctor Who, and Warhammer, for example. Somehow, FromSoftware hasn’t yet met cardboard, though both Elden Ring and MTG fans alike are ready for the games to greet each other.
Last year, on the @Wizards_Magic account, the card art for Gorex, the Tombshell was revealed. Gorex is a giant shell creature housing a tomb on its back. It’s grotesque and eldritch, without a doubt touching on the same notes as many of the gods and beasts featured across FromSoftware’s games. You might have heard of Elden Ring, it’s a fairly underground indie title from the studio most well known for King’s Field. In this game, there are Turtles peppered across the world. Often accompanied by a player message: “Behold, Dog,” which has become a pretty viral meme since. The Wizards social media post was subtitled with this exact phrase, leading to plenty of speculation of a collaboration.
With the past year having been quiet on the Elden Ring and MTG collaboration front, there hasn’t been a better time to reveal a partnership than now. With Elden Ring about to see its first DLC, Shadows of the Erdtree, in a matter of weeks, there hasn’t been more interest in the game since it first launched. Our first preview of the game is also live, if you’re interested.
With the Fallout / Magic collaboration coming weeks before the TV show dropped, alongside major updates to many of the mainline Wasteland games, the franchise’s popularity has never been bigger. If either FromSoftware or Wizards of the Coast wanted to capitalise on the incoming DLC – now’s the best time to announce it.
The mythos of Magic: The Gathering spans multiple decades. Though it’s complex, deep, and impossibly interlaced, the truth is that it can easily dry up. I’m a big proponent of the MTG Universes Beyond crossovers. They offer up a casual way to introduce new players to the franchise, all the while summoning new myths and tales to cardboard. This is fresh and exciting. Fun, too.
It’s a give and take relationship, too. As spotted by CBR, the ending of the 2016 MTG set – Eldritch Moon – flips Bloodborne’s ending on its head depicting a “cosmic creature being imprisoned in Innistrad’s moon.”
To further excite fans about a possible Magic: The Gathering collaboration with FromSoft, Hidetaka Miyazaki has said in various interviews that he admires Magic, and even plays it. When you look at the character designs for the Artificial Undead, a mob in Dark Souls II (not actually directed by Miyazaki) there are undeniable parallels to the Grimgrin, Corpse-Born by Peter Mohrbacher.
Similarly, in Bloodborne, the Church Servants in the Cathedral Ward wield violet lanterns that – provided you have enough insight – will be speckled with eyeballs.
With all of the collaborations that Magic: The Gathering has done, and the absolute titans that all of FromSoftware’s games are in the gaming world, there’s no doubt that this collaboration would be well received. Hell, we’re probably more likely to get it than Bloodborne 2.
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