2026 features seven Standard-legal sets, the most in a single year: Lorwyn Eclipsed (23 January) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (6 March) Secrets of Strixhaven (24 April) Marvel Super Heroes (26 June) The Hobbit (14 August) Reality Fracture (2 October) Star Trek (20 November) Alpha's print run was around 2.6 million cards, compared to modern estimated print runs of about 2.5 billion
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However, with a 2 draw effect and a 4 negate effect that doesn't target opponent's monsters, if you're lucky, you may be able to play an active role above rank 4
While you can always immediately jump into loading your deck up with powerful (and expensive!) cards, sometimes a more budget-friendly approach is best
Its also a good addition to a deck that has +1/+1 counter synergies going on
This is a fun deep dive into the world of this set, and we'll spend a few weeks on these lists as this is a very top-heavy set with loads of powerhouses printed, since they won't go to the Standard or Modern formats first, they are pretty powerful in threat level