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Magic 2015 to feature cards designed by the creators of Super Meat Boy, Plants vs. Zombies, Minecraft, and others

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Magic 2015 to feature cards designed by the creators of Super Meat Boy, Plants vs. Zombies, Minecraft, and others
By Matthew Diener
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| Magic 2015: Duels of the Planeswalkers

The card-battling faithful are no doubt counting down the days to the July 18 release of Magic 2015: Duels of the Planeswalkers, and Wizards of the Coast has given them a whole new reason to get excited.

This new iteration of the seminal card-battler will add 14 cards designed by some of the biggest names in the industry into its core set.

The full list of who's signed up - and what you might know them from - follows.

  • Markus 'Notch' Persson, creator of Minecraft.
  • Mike Krahulik (Gabe) and Jerry Holkins (Tycho), creators of Penny Arcade.
  • Richard Garriot - aka Lord British - creator of the Ultima series.
  • George Fan, designer of Plants vs Zombies.
  • Edmund McMillen, indie developer of Super Meat Boy.
  • Isaiah Cartwright, lead game designer of Guild Wars 2.
  • Brian Fargo, director of Wasteland, Bard's Tale, and executive producer of Fallout.
  • Brad Muir, game designer at Double Fine Productions leading Massive Chalice.
  • Stone Librande, lead designer at Riot Games, designer of Diablo 3, creative director of SimCity.
  • James Ernest, owner and lead designer for Cheapass Games, designer of Kill Doctor Lucky.
  • Justin Gary, designer of Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer and Solforge.
  • Mike Neumann, Gearbox Software, creative director on Borderlands.
  • Rob Pardo, chief creative officer at Blizzard, lead designer of World of Warcraft.
  • David Sirlin. designer on Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix, Yomi.

So far, we've only seen one card from the lot - Genesis Hydra, by PvZ designer George Fan below - but it's enough to get us excited to see what the rest cook up.

If you'd like to know more about Magic 2015, and why we think it’s “shaping up to be the deepest, fastest, and most accessible Magic release yet”, you can check out our hands-on from last week.

Magic 2015: Duels of the Planeswalkers will launch alongside the 2015 Core Set on July 18 for Android, iOS, and Kindle Fire (plus PC, Xbox One, and Xbox 360).

Matthew Diener
Matthew Diener
Representing the former colonies, Matt keeps the Pocket Gamer news feed updated when sleepy Europeans are sleeping. As a frustrated journalist, diehard gamer and recovering MMO addict, this is pretty much his dream job.