Unfinity Release Date: When is MTG Unfinity Coming Out?

Unfinity is the next un-set in Magic the Gathering. Here is when the MTG Set Unfinity Release Date will be.

Unfinity Release Date: October 7, 2022

Originally set for an April 1 release, Unfinity is coming out on October 7, 2022. The MTG expansion set is sold in booster packs and is currently only slated for a physical release with no presence in Magic the Gathering: Arena.

Unfinity is the next un-set of Magic the Gathering, light-hearted supplemental sets that are meant for casual play. However, unlike previous un-sets, Unfinity has cards within that are legal for eternal formats. Unfinity is also the first un-set not to have silver-bordered cards. Instead, cards have black borders. Cards that are too wonky for eternal formats will instead have acorn-shaped holofoil stamps, signifying that they're not meant to be played with in eternal formats. However, the rest of the cards that have the normal oval-shaped holofoil stamps can be used in regular eternal formats. Oval-shpaed holofoil stamped cards from Unfinity are slated to be included in Magic Online.

Unfinity cards are sold in Draft Booster Packs and Collector Booster Packs – the first time in any un-set to have Collector Booster Packs. The Draft Boosters contain fourteen cards with one additional play object called stickers. The fifteen-card Collector Booster Packs are 100% foil. Twelve out of fifteen of the cards are traditional foil, and three have “galaxy foil” treatment, a new foil treatment introduced in this set.

In terms of flavor, Unfinity features retro sci-fi high fantasy setting, with a lot of science and magic mingling, as well as inter-planetary concepts also being used. There is also a whimsical taste in the flavor, with space circus, amusement park, and carnival tropes.

Unfinity Storyline

Unfinity's wacky circus-themed design centers on “Myra the Magnificent's Intergalactic Astrotorium of Fun,” a space carnival that travels the galaxy. The whole park is a series of interconnected flying spaceships that can move from planet to planet, whose employees and guests include Goblins, Elves, Vampires, and Zombies.

Unfinity Themes and Mechanics

So far, we've seen the following themes and mechanics revealed through Unfinity spoilers.

Shock Lands – Unfinity will be featuring the Ravnica Shock Lands, lands that can tap mana from a choice of two different colors than can enter the battlefield untapped if the player chooses to take two points of damage upon playing the card. Borderless Shock Lands are featured as Box Toppers for draft booster boxes.

Die Rolling – Die rolling as a mechanic returns in Unfinity.

Dexterity Cards – Cards that require players to do a feat of dexterity and requires players to have average hand-eye coordination to fill the requirements of the cards return in Unfinity.

Hats – Some cards care about Hats. A Hat is defined as a garment worn on the head that's not part of another garment (so hoodies don't count). Anything that cares about text or other features of a card uses the actual card you're playing with to determine that information.

Stickers – Unfinity introduces the Stickers mechanic for names, art, abilities and stats, allowing players to create new cards. There are 48 sticker sheets. You can only put a sticker on cards you own. The glue is like a “Post-it” note glue so it won’t damage the card and is reusable. Stickers remain on cards even as they move between zones except when going to a hidden zone like your deck, making them similar to the MTGA mechanic of perpetually. Some Stickers modify card names, some Stickers modify Power and Toughness, and some Stickers add text to a card's text box.

Sticker Kicker – A related mechanic to the Stickers. You may pay an additional (1) as you cast a creature spell. If you do, you get [ticket], then you may put a sticker on it.

Tickets – Keeping true to the carnival theme, Tickets are a type of resource counter that may be placed on a player.

Attractions – Attraction is an artifact type introduced in Unfinity. There are 35 Attractions and are distinguished by a card frame featuring circled numbers 1 to 6 from top to bottom on the right of the text box. They are kept in a separate deck (not side deck!) like the older Contraptions and don't have normal Magic card backs. Attraction cards are put into play when a player plays a card that has “open an attraction.” When they do, they put the top card of their Attraction Deck on the battlefield. An Attraction Deck is a Singleton Deck with at least ten cards.

At the beginning of your main phase on each of your turns, you roll a six-sided die. When a lit-up number is rolled, you visit the attraction, and that attraction's visit ability is triggered. Some Attractions offer “prizes” that are triggered if the player “wins” the minigame featured in the visit ability. Attractions are closed down after you claim their prize, but you get to open a new attraction to replace them. Any Attraction that leaves the battlefield to go to any zone other than exile goes to the junkyard instead of the graveyard.

Promotional Cards

Draft Weekend Launch Promo – Water Gun Balloon Game

The List – Unfinity features its own The List with 60 cards coming from previous Un-sets.

One-off Mechanics – Unfinity also features a variety of one-off mechanics that will most likely be a 9 on the Storm Scale.

Alpha strike — grants a creature first strike if it's alphabetically ahead of the creature(s) it's fighting in combat.
Alliterative — a card name is alliterative when two or more capitalized words in its name begin with the same letter.
Best in show — Copies spells and then targets that same creature
Crash Land — Whenever this Vehicle deals damage, roll a six-sided die. If the result is equal to this Vehicle’s mana value, it deals that much damage to any target, then sacrifice this Vehicle.
Gear up — roll two six-sided dice. For each Magic-branded Item you’re wearing, roll an additional six-sided die. Choose two of those results.
Gobble — take a bite of food or sacrifice a food token.
Jump — flipping a card over other cards to gain a bonus.
Just a second — As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't move cards on the battlefield. Previously seen in Unstable.
Parade! — organize your creatures into an ordered list. They gain an increasing bonus.
Rangeling — grants a card all land types.
Sticker kicker — you may pay an additional [ticket] as you cast a creature spell. If you do, you get [ticket], then you may put a sticker on it.
Space sculptor — divides the battlefield into separate sectors.

Returning non-Evergreen Mechanics – A variety of non-evergreen mechanics are also returning in Unfinity.

Unfinity was supposed to come out on April 1, 2022, but the release date was pushed back to October 7, 2022, due to supply chain challenges Wizards of the Coast is experiencing due to the global pandemic.