A new Magic: The Gathering leak has revealed the first card from the game’s upcoming crossover with Star Trek, revealing a card based on Captain Kirk. The iconic starship captain’s Magic debut will benefit Spacecraft-themed decks, and searches for another flavorful new card.
The beloved trading card game from Wizards of the Coast has gone all-in on its crossover content, with numerous new collabs releasing throughout 2026. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles serves as Magic‘s first crossover set in March, adding cards based on the four Turtles, Splinter, Shredder, and more. Wizards of the Coast has already confirmed several upcoming collabs releasing as Standard-legal expansions, including sets based on Marvel Super Heroes, The Hobbit, and Star Trek. Now, one of the first cards from the Star Trek collaboration has been leaked months ahead of the set’s release.
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Magic: The Gathering Leak Reveals Captain Kirk Card
Captain Kirk, Boldly Going
- {1}{G}{W}{U}
- Legendary Creature – Human Officer
- 3/4
- Vigilance
- Spacecraft creatures you control get +3/+3.
- Whenever Captain Kirk enters or attacks, search your library and/or graveyard for a basic land card or a card named Starship Enterprise, reveal it, and put it in your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle.
A recent Magic: The Gathering leak officially reveals the new Captain Kirk, Boldly Going card from the Star Trek set. The Captain Kirk card is a Legendary Creature with the Human Officer type and costs one White, Green, and Blue mana, alongside one generic mana, to cast. Captain Kirk features a powerful mana ramping ability, searching for either a basic land or the new Starship Enterprise card when he enters the battlefield or attacks, while also giving Spacecraft creatures +3/+3. The leak also reveals that the Captain Kirk card is included as part of the Commander subset for Star Trek, and likely serves as the ‘face Commander’ of a pre-constructed deck.
Who’s That Character?
Identify the silhouettes before time runs out.
Identify the silhouettes before time runs out.
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The new Captain Kirk card gives more hints about what kinds of cards may be the focus of the Star Trek set. Magic: The Gathering is expected to introduce more cards in the recently introduced Spacecraft Artifact type, given Star Trek‘s focus on interstellar travel. The second ability of the Captain Kirk card also hints at another card likely included as part of the captain’s pre-constructed deck, referencing a card based on the Starship Enterprise. Magic: The Gathering‘s Star Trek crossover set is currently scheduled to release on November 13.
Magic: The Gathering‘s Star Trek crossover will likely follow the example of another recent space-themed set. Edge of Eternities, released in August 2025, launched as Magic‘s take on the space opera genre, taking inspiration from franchises like Star Wars. The set introduced the previously mentioned Spacecraft cards, alongside a major change to the Commander format, allowing both Vehicle and Spacecraft cards to be used as Commanders. Edge of Eternities also marked the return of the popular “shock lands,” seeing the powerful dual lands become Standard-legal for the first time since 2019.
Scratch & Peek
Identify the cover art while scratching off as little foil as
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Identify the cover art while scratching off as little foil as possible.
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Star Trek will debut as the last set of a year filled with big new expansions for Magic: The Gathering. Wizards of the Coast has already launched two new in-universe sets alongside the previously-mentioned TMNT crossover, returning to a pair of fan-favorite settings in Lorwyn and Strixhaven. Magic also has one more in-universe set planned for 2026, with Reality Fracture focusing on the story of popular planeswalker Jace and a parallel universe he created. Magic fans and players should have plenty to look forward to throughout the rest of 2026, between new crossovers and in-universe content.
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