D&D and Magic: The Gathering Are Teasing Their Next Big Crossover Project

Dungeons & Dragonsand Magic: The Gathering is preparing for a new crossover project. While D&D and Magic: The Gathering are both made by Wizards of the Coast, the two iconic gaming brands have only recently started to crossover regularly. While yearly crossovers have happened for several years, the two brands have recently taken a step back on their crossovers. However, it appears that D&D and Magic: The Gathering are prepping for a new project of some kind, focusing on an iconic and unique Magic: The Gathering plane.

This weekend at Magic Con Chicago, Wizards of the Coast announced that the D&D and Magic: The Gathering teams were collaborating on a new project involving Lorwyn–Shadowmoor. Lorwyn-Shadowmoor is notable for two reasons - it switches between Lorwyn (representing the day) and Shadowmoor (representing the night) every 300 years, and it has no humans as natural residents. No other details were provided about the project other than a new piece of key art, which can be seen on the official dndwizards Instagram page.

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In 2021, Magic: The Gathering released Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, a card set featuring iconic characters, spells, and locations from the D&D multiverse. The set featured several unique D&D themes, including cards that required rolling a D20, a dungeon-delving mechanic that sent players through different iconic D&D dungeons, and spell cards that offered players choices involving different role-playing prompts. Several Commander decks were also released with a D&D theme.

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Lorwyn-Shadowmoor Is Not Your Average D&D Setting And That's Okay

Magic: The Gathering has confirmed it's returning to Lorwyn in 2026, but no one expected the plane to get a D&D treatment as well. Honestly, this could represent a big change for D&D, as Lorwyn-Shadowmoor feels very "low fantasy" with smaller stories.

It would be pretty cool to see how the D&D design team explores this particular setting, especially as humans aren't present anywhere on the plane. I'm looking forward to seeing what this new Dungeons & Dragons/Magic: The Gathering project is, although I wouldn't expect to see it until sometime in 2026.