Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek Week 1 Preview Reveals Deep Space Nine Card (October 2026)
The Week 1 Making Magic preview dated October 21, 2026 shows one new Star Trek card, Deep Space Nine, and names three of the draft's ten two-color archetypes.
The first week of previews for Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek, published in a Making Magic article dated October 21, 2026, reveals one new card: Deep Space Nine. The piece is mostly a personal essay by a Wizards designer about his history with the franchise.
The set's release date does not appear in this preview, and TCGKing's preview schedule coverage tracks the wider calendar.
Star Trek Draft Archetypes and Mythic Rares
The author says the set's draft has ten two-color archetypes. Gavin, who led set design, wrote them on a whiteboard at a play day.
Three of them are described:
- White-black centers on the Borg.
- Green-blue deals with the Doctor subtype and medical teams.
- White-blue centers on engineers.
The other seven are not detailed.
Two mythic rares are named: Captain James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock, Science Officer. Characters such as Data and Worf also appear as cards, and the author drafted them in a blue-red deck at the play day.
How the Star Trek Set Was Designed
The author did not lead the design team and was not on it, though he took part in some playtesting. Ethan Fleischer led the preliminary (vision) design, and the author sits near him.
He usually works on vision design for all sets set in the Magic multiverse and about half of the Universes Beyond sets.
A play day is a full day when everyone's schedule is cleared to play the set during design. It offers draft and sealed, plus Commander decks if the set includes them. Most sets have two, one in each half of set design.
The Designer's Star Trek History
Wizards employees rate their familiarity with Universes Beyond properties on a 1 to 5 scale. The author gave himself a 4 for Star Trek.
He was hired full-time at Wizards of the Coast in October 1995.
He also pitched story ideas to Star Trek: The Next Generation three times. Only one passed the pitch stage, and the head writer ultimately rejected it.
His favorite pitch was titled 'Themata'. He later used its core idea in a Making Magic short story of the same name.
What it means for players
- Draft players can start thinking about the three named archetypes: Borg, Doctors, and engineers.
- Collectors can note two mythic rares, Kirk and Spock.
- More Star Trek details are promised in next week's article.
Commander coverage is already live, including the Federation Fleet precon.
What is still unknown
- The release date of the Star Trek set is not given in this article.
- The rules text and card type of Deep Space Nine are not given.
- Products, prices, and formats are not stated.
- Seven of the ten archetypes remain undescribed.
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