Magic: The Gathering

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Magic: The Gathering is a trading card game by Wizards of the Coast, with an ongoing storyline spanning over 30 years. It has on occasions included characters from the Transformers franchise, as well as other Hasbro franchises such as Nerf and My Little Pony, which has been met with mixed reception by players. Magic cards come in five colors, a mechanic that translates into flavor as philosophical alignments. Most Autobot cards have been printed in Red (the color of passion and freedom), Green (the color of acceptance and community), and White (the color of order and morality) cards, while Deceptions have been mostly in Red, Black (the color of ambition and free will), and Blue (the color of perfection and intellect), though White Deceptions have occasionally appeared given the color's association with tyranny.

Merchandise

HasCon 2017

Me Grimlock tribal commander!

Alongside other Hasbro related crossover cards, such as Nerf War and Sword of Dungeons and Dragons, Grimlock was included in the "2017 Magic: The Gathering HasCon Collection" three-card promo set. A double-faced card with a silver border, indicating it is not legal in sanctioned events but fine for casual play, Grimlock, Dinobot Leader could change faces to become Grimlock, Ferocious King by "converting" a Transformers toy you have to its other mode. Notably, unlike many other double-faced cards, , Grimlock "becomes" his other form rather than "transforms" to it, per ongoing Hasbro efforts to protect their trademark.

Heroes of the Realm

Every year, Wizards of the Coast would give teams specific Magic: The Gathering cards for their efforts, such as for their work on a team or a project.[1] For the 2018 Heroes of the Realm, the team behind the Transformers Trading Card Game were given a specific card called "Optimus Prime, Inspiring Leader" which is a Magic card on the front side and a Transformers Trading Card Game card on the opposite side. Although presumably, they are meant to be two separate things, the Magic: The Gathering side has an ability to "flip target permanently to it's other face" (which might include itself, although how its other side would work in a game of Magic is unknown).

Universes Beyond Cards

Introducing newcomers on the sacred Magic art of debating whether White can be bad ad nauseam.

"Universes Beyond" is the official designation for cards that feature franchises outside of the Magic: the Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons universe.

For the premier set The Brothers War, Wizards of the Coast Announced that 15 new doubled-faced Universes Beyond Transformers cards will be in booster packs at Hasbro Pulse Con 2022, with each one having "Generation 1" and Shattered Glass variants to coincide with the Shattered Glass Collection and the 2021 comic series. The color alignments remain the same regardless of if the character is their original or Shattered Glass incarnation.

"Generation 1"


Shattered Glass

References

  1. ↑ Gavin Verhey from Wizards of the Coast explains Heroes of the Realm
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