Hailing frequencies open! Wizards of the Coast kicked off Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek preview season today, October 20, with a full debut stream: brand-new mechanics, a wave of new cards, and some of the most ambitious collector treatments Magic has ever done — including cards hand-signed by the actors themselves.

This page is our running log for the whole season. New cards drop every day through October 29, the four Commander decks get their own spotlight days October 26–29, and the complete card gallery lands October 30. Bookmark it and check back — we'll keep it updated.

Key Dates

Want to follow along live? Wizards lists every day's preview sources on its official preview schedule.

New Mechanics, Explained

Here's everything Wizards confirmed today, in plain English:

Beam Me Up

Some spells can be cast again from your graveyard — return a creature you control to its owner's hand and pay an extra cost. Think of it as beaming a crew member back aboard to get the spell one more time.

Face a Dilemma

Whenever you choose one or more modes on a spell or ability, you're "facing a dilemma" — and some cards reward you every time you make that call.

Federation

An ability word that counts how many different creature types you have among your non-Borg creatures. A diverse crew makes these cards hit harder.

Strange New Worlds

Counts how many differently named lands you control. It pairs with the set's 10 common Planet lands, which enter tapped and gain you life — explore more worlds, get more value.

Assimilate

Resistance is futile. Assimilate puts a creature onto the battlefield under your control as a Borg artifact creature, replacing its other creature types.

Spacecraft & Station (returning)

Back from Edge of Eternities. Tap creatures to put charge counters on a Spacecraft; once it has enough, it becomes an artifact creature with extra abilities.

Commander-only: Battlefront & Seek Out

• Battlefront — perks based on how many opponents you attack in a combat.
• Seek Out — a bonus whenever you draw your second card in a turn.

Cards Revealed in Today's Debut

Here are today's standouts. We'll add more as the gallery fills in.

Captains & Crew

• Captain Jonathan Archer — tap Archer and pay G to give another creature +X/+X until end of turn.
• Captain Pike, Fullness of Time — power and toughness equal to the number of differently named lands you control (Strange New Worlds in action).
• Seven of Nine — draw a card whenever you choose a mode on a modal spell.
• Jean-Luc Picard, Luminary — whenever you draw your second card in a turn, put a +1/+1 counter on a creature and two charge counters on a Spacecraft.
• Worf, Defiant Commander — from the Klingon Fury deck; exile cards from your library equal to the number of opponents you attacked and play them until your next turn.
• Khan, Vengeful of Heart — revealed during the stream; we'll add details once the gallery shows the full text.

Ships & Places

• Borg Cube — exiles a creature when it enters, then assimilates it onto your side when the Cube attacks. Yes, it keeps happening.
• D-7 Battle Cruiser — at three charge counters it makes a 2/1 Klingon Warrior each combat; at eight or more it becomes a 3/3 flier.
• Starfleet Academy — pay five and tap for one mana of a chosen color per creature type you control.
• The Holodeck — revealed during the stream; full details coming.

Spells & Scenarios

• Kobayashi Maru Scenario — an enchantment where you pick a different one of four effects each turn… and lose if you can't get rid of it after four turns. The no-win scenario, perfectly captured.
• Open Communications — a one-blue-mana spell you can cast again from your graveyard with Beam Me Up.
• Deep Space Scan — draw a card for each differently named land you control.
• Hit It! — ramp plus haste for your creatures.

From the July First Look

Still on the board from the original First Look: mythic captains Captain James T. Kirk and Captain Kathryn Janeway, the multi-rarity U.S.S. Enterprise-D, Galaxy-Class, Highly Illogical, Salt Vampire, Crystalline Entity, Dr. Beverly Crusher, Lower Decks favorites Brad Boimler and Beckett Mariner, and Borg Queen, Perfection Manifest.

Booster Fun & Signed Headliners

This is where collectors should pay attention. For the first time ever, Magic is putting real actor signatures on cards.

• Signed Headliners — seven cards hand-signed by William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Kate Mulgrew, LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner, Jeri Ryan and Ethan Peck. Fewer than 250 of each, randomly inserted in Collector Boosters.
• LCARS frames — The Next Generation's computer-interface look, including all 10 shock lands in LCARS frames.
• Classic Enterprise — Original Series-style treatments on Kirk, Uhura, Spock and more.
• Klingon frames — including Klingon Script versions with card text written in Klingon.
• Schematics — blueprint-style Spacecraft, featured in the Beam Me Up Bundle promos.
• Stardates — 30 classic Magic cards reimagined with Star Trek art, like General Picard, Earth Warlord (Kenrith), Leonard McCoy, Country Doctor (Bristly Bill), Spock, Mirror Malefactor (Prosper) and Academy on the Bay (Minamo).
• Scene cards — 25 borderless cards that link into four panoramic scenes, plus two Scene Boxes.
• Surge Foils return across a range of cards.

Commander Decks

Each deck comes with 31 rare and 2 mythic rare new-to-Magic cards. Wizards reveals one full deck per day, and we'll add each one here the day it drops.

PRE-ORDER · SHIPS NOV 13 We Are the Borg Commander Deck (Esper) Assimilation, artifacts and an ever-growing Collective. Full preview: Oct 26 — check back! $74.99 Pre-Order Now

PRE-ORDER · SHIPS NOV 13 Federation Fleet Commander Deck (Jeskai) Starships, stations and a crew of many creature types. Full preview: Oct 27 — check back! $79.99 Pre-Order Now

PRE-ORDER · SHIPS NOV 13 Klingon Fury Commander Deck (Mardu) Aggressive attacks — Worf, Defiant Commander is confirmed in this deck. Full preview: Oct 28 — check back! $74.99 Pre-Order Now

PRE-ORDER · SHIPS NOV 13 Landing Party Commander Deck (Bant) Away teams and exploring strange new worlds. Full preview: Oct 29 — check back! $79.99 Pre-Order Now

Collector's Editions

Each Collector's Edition adds a surge foil borderless commander. We have very few of these, so don't wait.

LIMITED Federation Fleet Collector's Edition $219.99 Pre-Order	LIMITED Klingon Fury Collector's Edition $219.99 Pre-Order
LIMITED Landing Party Collector's Edition $219.99 Pre-Order	LIMITED We Are the Borg Collector's Edition $219.99 Pre-Order

PRE-ORDER · SHIPS NOV 13 Commander Deck Display — All 4 Decks Can't pick one crew? Take the whole fleet. $299.99 Pre-Order Now

Pre-Order Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek

PRE-ORDER · SHIPS NOV 13 Play Booster Display (30) The core way to open the set — and the same packs you'll draft and play at prerelease. $134.99 Pre-Order Now

PRE-ORDER · SHIPS NOV 13 Bundle A great entry point for new and returning players. $59.99 Pre-Order Now

PRE-ORDER · SHIPS NOV 13 Draft Night A ready-made Star Trek draft for your playgroup. $98.99 Pre-Order Now

Scene Boxes

Each Scene Box holds six traditional foil, new-to-Magic scene cards that line up into one panoramic piece of art. They're made for the display shelf.

PRE-ORDER Enterprise-Q Scene Box $41.99 Pre-Order

PRE-ORDER Divergent Timeline Scene Box $41.99 Pre-Order

Keep your new Signed Headliners and LCARS shock lands mission-ready with sleeves and storage from our card protection collection.

Play Star Trek at Saga

Magic is better with friends, and our Englewood store is ready to beam you in:

• Prerelease — Saturday, November 7, 9am. Crack six Play Boosters, build a deck, and play the set a week before release.
• Star Trek 3-Pack Draft — Sunday, November 29, 12pm. Draft the new set with the community.

Seats are limited and sign-ups will be posted on our MTG Events page. New to Magic? Our Magic Academy and Beginner Commander events are a friendly place to start.

MTG Star Trek FAQ