Magic: The Gathering Reveals New TMNT Cards, Exciting Mechanics, and a Whole Board Game

The Magic: The Gathering community really enjoyed the Lorwyn Eclipsed set in January, and it was just the beginning – seven new sets are planned for 2026! Now, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set is almost here, with pre-release events starting February 27th and the full release on March 6th. This is the first of four sets this year that bring characters and themes from other universes into the game. While some players have mixed feelings about these collaborations, the TMNT set appears to have some exciting cards, gameplay features, and even a brand new board game. TopMob got a sneak peek at everything coming in this next Magic: The Gathering release.

Every New TMNT Card Revealed for Magic: The Gathering

Here’s a rundown of all the new cards revealed today from the Magic: The Gathering and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles collaboration set:

Borderless Pixel Cards

  • Ninja Pizza
  • Shredder, Shadow Master

TMNT Commander Deck

  • Arcade Cabinet
  • Baxter, Fly in the Ointment
  • Electric Seaweed
  • Game Over
  • High Score
  • Leatherhead, Iron Gator
  • Level Up
  • Ninja Pizza
  • Shredder, Shadow Master

The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Commander deck for Magic: The Gathering is notable for including over 40 completely new cards – a significantly larger number than typically found in these releases.

Kevin Eastman Headliner Cards

  • Donatello, Mutant Mechanic
  • Michelangelo, Improviser
  • Raphael, Ninja Destroyer

Borderless Silhouette Cards

  • Krang, Utrom Warlord
  • Donatello, Mutant Mechanic
  • Michelangelo, Improviser
  • Raphael, Ninja Destroyer

Japan Showcase Cards

  • Casey Jones, Vigilante
  • Krang, Utrom Warlord

Main Set Cards

  • Cowabunga!
  • Mutagen Token
  • Mutant Chain Reaction
  • Raphael, Most Attitude
  • Raphael, Tough Turtle
  • Ravenous Robots
  • Robot Token
  • Shredder’s Technique
  • The Last Ronin’s Technique

Source Material Cards

  • All Will Be One
  • Underworld Breach
  • Brainstorm
  • Doubling Season
  • Waves of Aggression

Pizza Bundle Cards

  • Dark Ritual
  • Food Chain

For fans, the Pizza Bundle could be a great deal, especially since the Magic: The Gathering card Food Chain is usually quite expensive and is getting a special reprint. Dark Ritual, another card included, isn’t cheap either, making the bundle a potentially valuable purchase depending on what stores have in stock.

Rooftop Lands

  • Forest
  • Island
  • Mountain
  • Plains
  • Swamp

Standard Lands

  • Forest
  • Island
  • Mountain
  • Plains
  • Swamp

Turtle Team-Up Cards

  • April O’Neil, Human Element
  • Splinter, Aging Champion

TMNT’s Mechanics in MTG Explained

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A really exciting aspect of this new Magic: The Gathering set is the introduction of several new mechanics. While we’ve seen glimpses of them on a few cards, they have the potential to be incredibly strong and create amazing combinations in different types of decks and game formats. Here’s a look at what they are:

  • Alliance
  • Disappear
  • Sneak

The Alliance card lets you activate an ability whenever any creature enters the battlefield – and it works on tokens too, which is a big advantage. Many powerful Magic: The Gathering decks create extra tokens, so Alliance can be especially effective in those strategies. Cards like Slash and Reptile Rampager, for example, deal damage to opponents each time a creature enters play, making them useful in aggressive decks or the Commander format.

The cards Disappear and Sneak work well together. Sneak lets you bring an attacker back to your hand so you can play it again using its Sneak cost, and Disappear triggers at the end of your turn if a permanent you control left the battlefield that turn. Disappear even interacts with the Web-slinging ability from the Magic: The Gathering Spider-Man cards.

Say Hello to Magic: The Gathering’s New Cooperative Board Game

The new Magic: The Gathering set, Turtle Team-Up, is a fresh way to experience the game. Instead of competing against each other, players work together to achieve a common goal. While details are still emerging, it’s essentially a Magic: The Gathering board game using the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe. Each turtle will have a partner, and the game can be played alone or with up to three friends. This is an excellent way to get new players interested in Magic: The Gathering, and if it proves popular, it could become a standalone game format, with adjustable difficulty levels to suit different players.

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This product was inspired by the Magic: The Gathering format, Two-Headed Giant, which involves teams of two players competing against another team of two.

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2026-02-17 22:09