After revealing almost the entire 2026 schedule at MagicCon Atlanta, Wizards of the Coast set their sights on NYCC 2025 and announced the one hidden Nickelodeon Universes Beyond Set yet to be revealed.
It has been confirmed at NYCC 2025. Soon, fans will be able to see their favourite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters on Magic: The Gathering cards in 2026. Back at MagicCon Atlanta, the seven expansion sets for 2026 have been revealed alongside their suspected release dates, and that includes an announced/unannounced mysterious unannounced Universes Beyond set scheduled to launch in March 2026. While speculation pointed fans in the direction of TMNT (due to the Nickelodeon logo), today’s confirmation at NYCC 2025 means the Heroes in a Half Shell will be crashing into the tabletops of MTG.
Like every other set release, MTG | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles introduces new (and returning) mechanics to the tabletops of Magic: the Gathering. While previous set spoiler seasons have given fans a taste of what the bonus sheet would look like (with Final Fantasy: Through The Ages, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Spider-Man‘s Marvel Universe Bonus Sheets), WOTC’s reveal today is all about TMNT, mechanics, and multiple art treatments for card designs that fans of the series will be thrilled with. Like with past Universes Beyond, a Bonus Sheet for TMNT has been prepared, and it features artwork from the Turtles’ storied history.
NYCC 2025 Magic: The Gathering – New & Returning Mechanics in TMNT
Mutagen Tokens: This new-to-TMNT Artifact Token allows players to pay one and tap and sacrifice the artifact to put a +1/+1 counter on a target creature. This allows players to tinker with another token artifact in play, adding to the pool of Artifact Tokens available to swarm the tabletop with.
Sneak: This is an updated version of the “Ninjutsu” keyword introduced in Betrayers of Kamigawa back in 2005. Where the keyword previously had restrictions (Ninjutsu was required to have been played from the hand to activate), Sneak removes previous hangups and lets players use Sneak on their instant and sorcery cards, as well as cards not in hand. To use Sneak, an attacking creature needs to be unblocked, and then you can cast a card for its Sneak ability by putting the unblocked attacking card into the player’s hand and paying the Sneak cost.
Boss Cards: In a new co-op-based product introduced with MTG Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at NYCC 2025, WOTC revealed Boss cards for a Turtle Team Up bundle. These cards operate like Arch Enemy cards that don’t require a player, and they play against a group of up to four players. Each boss card imposes harsh status effects on the players, bringing longstanding fans of the TMNT arcade games into the fold with a co-op-based experience.
Partner – Character Select: Previous Partner abilities (like the Stranger Things Secret Lair) allow players to play two commanders in the command zone at once if both creatures have Partner – Character Select. This returning mechanic lets players choose their turtle partners however they like at the commander table.
Team-up Character Cards: Team-up cards were introduced in March of the Machines, and at the NYCC 2025 panel for TMNT, it has been confirmed to make a comeback in a big way. For MTG TMNT, the team-up cards are designed with diplomacy and 2 vs. 2 player games in mind. Donnie & April, Adorkable Duo allows players to choose two good effects that target themselves and another target player, allowing for diplomacy at the commander table.
Magic: The Gathering | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Collectible Card Treatments Revealed
Specialized treatments have continued to grow in popularity with each MTG launch, and the “Bonus Sheet” (which is a group of reprints from MTG, printed with new artwork) from the previous MTG Final Fantasy set featured artwork pulled from the years of drawings, sketches, and concept art from the franchise’s history.
The bonus sheet is denoted by an expansion symbol separate from the main set (the main set has TMT, the bonus sheet has PZA as an identifier), and it excavates the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles history all the way from Mirage #1. These Bonus Sheet cards are called Source Material cards in the TMNT set, and they feature some of the most iconic moments in TMNT captured on Magic: The Gathering reprints, and the first one revealed at NYCC 2025 embodies the powerful card Doubling Season. This card uses the cover artwork from Turtles creator Kevin Eastman, and it is the cover of the very first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book.
Embracing the headliner cards from the previous MTG Spider-Man and Final Fantasy Universes Beyond sets, TMNT Collector Booster packs will have the potential of hosting a Borderless Headliner Card with artwork from Kevin Eastman, complete with a gloss signature present on the front text box of the card.
These will come as four different variants for each turtle, and be represented by vintage artwork inspired by the Mirage Comics TMNT run. Magic: The Gathering Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles notably skips the individual headliner (as seen with Spider-Man‘s Soul Stone) for these four headliner cards.
A single new preconstructed Commander Deck has been made for MTG TMNT, and the design team elected to make one with all of the Turtles instead of four different decks featuring a different Turtle, to embody their all-as-one teamup spirit.
The face of the deck is the Turtle Leader, Leonardo, and he is featured in all five colours of MTG‘s colour pie to keep the rest of the gang intact in the deck. Speaking of colour pie, the full art basic lands for TMNT are called Pizza Lands, and they feature a dripping slice of pizza with mana sign toppings for each of MTG‘s main colours to coincide with the Turtles’ love for pizza (these can be seen in the gallery below).
MSRPs for the entire set, all products, and pricing have been revealed, and they can be seen listed below as shown at NYCC 2025.
- Play Booster: $6.99
- Collector Booster: $37.99
- Commander Deck: $69.99
- Bundle: $69.99
- Pizza Bundle: $99.99
- Draft Night: $119.99
- Team-Up: $49.99
For MTG TMNT, the designers also included a single card called Turtles Forever, and it features four distinctive art styles for each of the heroes embracing with a hug spanning the entire history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This card, along with the rest as revealed at NYCC 2025, can be seen below.
Magic: The Gathering | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles debuts on March 6, 2026, and WOTC will likely reveal many more cards before then.
