Magic: The Gathering x Final Fantasy: Where to Buy Everything From The Insanely Popular Universes Beyond Set

Magic: The Gathering’s Universes Beyond has gone everywhere from Middle-earth to the Warhammer 40,000 universe, but Final Fantasy marked the most successful outing for Wizards’ long-running card game in its thirty-year history.

Bringing together characters, creatures, locations, and moments from all sixteen mainline games, the set is no longer the hot new inclusion (more on its legality shortly), but you can still find packs, decks, and plenty more. Here’s everything you need to know about buying Magic: The Gathering’s Final Fantasy set now that it’s not the latest one released.

All Final Fantasy Magic: The Gathering Products

Firstly, it’s worth stressing that Final Fantasy is a little different from some Universes Beyond products. Whereas the likes of Warhammer 40K and Fallout Commander Decks were never considered ‘Standard Legal’, Final Fantasy is.

That means you can use the cards in Standard until February 2028, and as a result, cards are still being printed outside of Collector Boosters, Secret Lair drops, and the foil versions of Commander Decks (more on that in a moment).

Since they’re still being printed, expect Play Boosters, Starter Kits, and Commander Decks to return to store shelves if they’re not available right now.

Play Boosters

Play Boosters contain 14 Magic: The Gathering cards.

Every pack includes 1 to 4 cards of rarity Rare or higher and 3–6 Uncommon, 6–9 Common, and a Land card, with a single foil included in each pack.

You can also buy Boosters in boxes of 30 packs, or in a Bundle that includes a life counter, card storage box, extended art cards, and both foil and nonfoil lands.

Collector Boosters

Collector Boosters offer 15 cards, including 5–6 cards of rarity Rare or higher and 3 - 6 Uncommon, 3 - 5 Common, and 1 Full-Art Land card, with a total of 8 - 12 Traditional Foil cards and 0 - 3 cards with a special foil treatment.

They’re harder to get hold of, and much pricier, but you can get them in Booster Boxes if you have the money to spend.

Starter Kit

Commander Decks

Commander is Magic’s most popular format, offering a way for two or more players to duke it out in a ‘Last Player Standing’ format.

Each Commander Deck, Final Fantasy or otherwise, comes with 100 cards and is playable right out of the box.

There are four available for Final Fantasy: Revival Trance (Final Fantasy 6), Limit Break (Final Fantasy 7), Counter Blitz (Final Fantasy 10), and Scions and Spellcraft (Final Fantasy 14).

The standard versions (with the Black boxes), will be reprinted, but the much pricier Collector’s Editions (with the white boxes) won’t be. These are functionally the same decks, but you’re paying for the entire deck to be given foil treatments.

Singles

Naturally, if you’re looking for specific cards for your deck or collection, you’ll want to buy single cards rather than gambling on opening packs.

With that in mind, we recommend a site like TCGPlayer. Not only do its sellers adjust to market value (which is visible for all), but you can view price history and see seller feedback (it’s part of eBay’s network).

Secret Lair x Final Fantasy

Secret Lair offers a series of collectible sets called ‘Drops’ that are only available for a limited time, and while Final Fantasy’s sold out quickly, they’re still available via third-party sellers like TCGPlayer.

There are three drops to look out for, each in Foil and Non-Foil versions.

Weapons:

• Yuna’s Sending Staff (Staff of the Storyteller) - Final Fantasy 10
• Clive’s Invictus Blade (Blade of Selves) - Final Fantasy 16
• Cloud’s Buster Sword (Umezawa’s Jitte) - Final Fantasy 7
• Gaia’s Dark Hammer (Colossus Hammer) - Final Fantasy 14
• Tidus’s Brotherhood Sword (Sword of Truth and Justice) - Final Fantasy 10

Grimoire:

• Yuna’s Holy Magic (Prismatic Ending) - Final Fantasy 10
• Hope’s Aero Magic (Cyclonic Rift) - Final Fantasy 13
• Noctis’s Death Magic (Damn) - Final Fantasy 15
• Vivi’s Thunder Magic (Lightning Bolt) - Final Fantasy 9
• Aerith’s Curaga Magic (Heroic Intervention) - Final Fantasy 7

Game Over:

• Spira’s Punishment (Day of Judgment) - Final Fantasy 10
• Absorb into Time (Temporal Extortion) - Final Fantasy 8
• Merciless Poisoning (Toxic Deluge) - Final Fantasy 6
• Unseat the Usurper (Praetor’s Grasp) - Final Fantasy 15
• Meteorfall (Star of Extinction) - Final Fantasy 7

The Most Valuable Singles from Final Fantasy x Magic: The Gathering

The priciest card around right now isn’t a hero or villain from the Final Fantasy set. In fact, it’s the Travelling Chocobo in Borderless Neon Ink, and it’s currently close to $5,000.

It was a Japan exclusive, but other Travelling Chocobos in different colorways go from between $1,700 and $2,200.

Elsewhere, Borderless Surge Foil treatments of characters like Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER, Cloud, Midgar Mercenary, or Yuna, Hope of Spira are in the hundreds.

Amazing Magic: The Gathering Cards That Are Still Affordable

While there are some super pricey versions, you don’t have to spend all your money (or Gil) on those fancy variants.

We’ve put together a handy list of Extended Art, Surge Foil, and other treatments that are great cards for collectors or deckbuilders but won’t break the bank.

Final Fantasy Standard Legality explained