Wizkids producing miniatures for Magic: the Gathering

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**Absolutionis**

https://wizkids.com/2018/03/12/wizkids-reveals-upcoming-magic-the-gathering-board-game-and-token-miniatures/

A brand-new series of token creatures comes to life in Wizkids’ newest miniatures release, Magic: The Gathering Creature Forge: Overwhelming Swarm. Bring a new dimension of life to your battleground with these token figures that are sculpted in scale with WizKids’ D&D minis line.

The inaugural set will feature 28 tokens spanning well known creature types from Magic’s 25-year history. Discover never-before-seen three-dimensional representations of some of your favorites, like Angels, Soldiers, Goblins, Zombies, Bears, Dragons, Dinosaurs, and so much more!

Each token will come with a base that represents one of the five iconic colors that make up the foundation of Magic’s mana system. Mainstays like artifacts and multicolored creatures can also be found in the set, each with its own unique corresponding colored base. Game stats are also shown on the base, making these tokens perfect for both play and display.

Magic: The Gathering Creature Forge: Overwhelming Swarm set is expected to hit store shelves in July 2018

May actually be a continuation along the lines of their D&D and Pathfinder miniatures. They were low-cost and good quality comparable to Reaper Bones and arguably better at times.

**BobtheInquisitor**

All three of the Magic the Gathering board games were on sale for $5 each through Ross and 99c Only. The prices still aren't bad if you want serviceable Magic minis.

https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Gathering-Planeswalkers-Shadows-Innistrad/dp/B01ALHAFFQ/ref=sr_1_3?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1520896786&sr=1-3&keywords=magic+the+gathering+board+game

That said, if they have some good sculpts in Nolzur's material and price range, I'd buy some.

**highlord tamburlaine**

We'll have to see how big these figures are as well. I spent far too many years playing early Magic sets. There's a lot of nostalgia there for me, but I'm guessing most the sculpts will be newer stuff.

I was never able to get the Planeswalker expansion that cheap. The two stand alones, yeah, snatched up multiples on the cheap (to hopefully play against students on rainy days) but the expansion eluded me for some time. I had to pay a whopping SIX dollars for it finally on Amazon. SIX DOLLARS!

**BobtheInquisitor**

They overcharged you by 20%, the bastids! What, did they get bought out by Warlord or something?

**LunarSol**

highlord tamburlaine wrote:
We'll have to see how big these figures are as well. I spent far too many years playing early Magic sets. There's a lot of nostalgia there for me, but I'm guessing most the sculpts will be newer stuff.

I assume they're starting with the evergreen tokens over the more set specific stuff. Looks here like we have a 2/2 zombie and 4/4 angel. I'd expect similar stuff. 1/1 soldiers, 0/1 Thopters, etc.

It would certainly be cool to run a token deck with figures, but you'd need a LOT of figures to run a good token deck.

**ced1106**

You could always do the Axis and Allies thing with chips underneath or next to the miniatures representing how many units you have.

I didn't get the impression that the Magic boardgames had units that were tokens? Haven't played Magic in awhile, though. Hope to get some squirrel tokens, myself...!