Yet-unnamed art by Raymond Swanland. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and CBS

On Tuesday, July 14th, Wizards of the Coast revealed a bunch of stunning new cards for their November 13th Universes Beyond set, Star Trek. They did this via their WeeklyMTG stream, featuring Blake Rasmussen, Gavin Verhey, and Tom Jenkot. Now that the stream has ended, we'll boldly go where only they have gone before and recap some of the cards and concepts they outlined and revealed! Are you ready? Set phasers for fun, and let's dive in!

Autographed Cards

The first really notable concept that the team revealed in their stream is the notion of autographed cards. Seven different cards (in multiple copies, though we don't know the overall population of each) are autographed by the actors who portrayed the respective characters depicted on these cards. Two of them, Captain James T. Kirk and Captain Kathryn Janeway, have been revealed so far, with the cards signed by William Shatner and Kate Mulgrew, respectively. The other five remain a guessing game for anyone daring enough to venture a guess. While the real autograph cards are, as expected, autographed, the renders below are what the cards look like without those Hancocks gracing them:

Card Previews

Now, it's clear that the above autographed cards don't have any rules text. However, we did get the cards in their normal frames as well, with the rules also provided. Those are right below:

Additionally, we got a smattering of other card renders to gaze upon. These are here:

Oh, and Shocklands are back for an even more extended span in Standard!

Furthermore, we got word of something called the Stardate Series, which is a pseudo-Source Material-type subset of cards. Only one has been revealed at this time, and boy howdy, it is a doozy!

Welcome Decks

This time around, the Welcome Deck cards are not quite as generic as they were during Marvel's Spider-Man. In fact, we won't say which, but one of them in particular might even be good as your next commander! (Please kindly note that the assimilate mechanic does not show up in the set itself, but rather in the Borg Commander deck, which we will show off the packaging for in this article's "Products" section.)

Products

Finally, here are some of the products you will be able to find when Star Trek releases on November 13th of this year:

Booster Displays and Bundles

First off, here are the usual Booster Displays and Bundles. This includes Collector Booster Displays as well:

Beginner Box

Next, we have the Beginner Box. Note that there is no Jumpstart booster product for this release; the Beginner Box is currently the only Jumpstart product within the Star Trek line at all.

Draft Night

After that, there's Draft Night. This product has been cropping up with many of the releases lately, and we expect it to stick around!

Beam Me Up Bundle

The Beam Me Up Bundle is Star Trek's "Gift Bundle" product, in essence:

Scene Boxes

There are two Scene Box options for this set: Divergent Timeline, which features JJ Abrams' movie iterations of the characters, and Enterprise-Q, which showcases the crew from Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Commander Decks

Finally, we have the packaging for the four Commander decks, as well as the themes and colors of these precons. Each has a Collector Edition counterpart. The four decks are below:

• Federation Fleet is a Jeskai () deck based on Star Trek: TNG. Captain Picard appears to be the face commander of this precon.

• Landing Party is a Bant () deck based on the original Star Trek television series. Mr. Spock is the face commander here.

• Klingon Fury is a Mardu () deck headed by Worf, Lieutenant on the USS Enterprise-D.

• Finally, We Are the Borg is an Esper () deck headed by the Borg Queen. Assimilate, as a mechanic, will only be shown here beyond the black Welcome Deck.

Conclusion

And now, we'd like to open the floor to you, dear readers! Are you excited for these new cards from Star Trek? Do they inspire you to build anything new? Sound off in the comments below!