2026 features seven Standard-legal sets, the most in a single year: Lorwyn Eclipsed (23 January) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (6 March) Secrets of Strixhaven (24 April) Marvel Super Heroes (26 June) The Hobbit (14 August) Reality Fracture (2 October) Star Trek (20 November) Alpha's print run was around 2.6 million cards, compared to modern estimated print runs of about 2.5 billion
Nasty mass recursion
Of course, a servant of Erebos would also have the right to enter the realms of the living in order to carry out his divine will and to command the spirits in his keeping when they do This cthonic role seems to be spelled out by Aniktheas unique mechanics, which give us an unusual recursion engine for non-Aura enchantments
In the best case, players discover that hating on Storm, Burn, TitanShift, and random token decks is enough to put Amulet of Safekeeping into their sideboards, while in the worst case, Amulet of Safekeeping provide an interesting budget substitute to the very expensive Leyline of Sanctity
Two new decks will be released
If you play with Blacker Lotus, you accept all its risks
