“Am I excited to see the cards? I’m about to leap out of my seat.”
Star Trek fans can witness actor William Shatner officially reacting to Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek in a video posted by MTG on social media (below). And when asked in the footage if he was ready to see some of the MTG collectible cards featuring his version of Captain James T. Kirk, the legendary Trek actor replied (via the official Instagram account @wizards_magic): “Am I excited to see the cards? I’m about to leap out of my seat.”
“That’s a really romantic painting of me looking off into space,” Shatner said as he viewed a card of Captain Kirk sporting his green wraparound tunic, which was featured heavily during season 2 of Star Trek: The Original Series. “The cards should please aficionados of the show. Fantastic.”
For those Star Trek fans who aren’t as familiar with Magic: The Gathering, be sure to check out some of my favorite cards from the upcoming CCG via the collectible card game’s official website. Scroll down the page, and you will find a special six-card set inspired by The Original Series episode “Mirror, Mirror,” which, coincidentally, features Evil Captain Kirk wearing the commander’s aforementioned green tunic.
Mirror Spock is represented in one card, while “Sulu, Space Swashbuckler” features the USS Enterprise helmsman’s dark counterpart, who preferred wielding a dagger rather that Hikaru’s vaunted fencing sword.
However, my favorite of the six Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek “Mirror, Mirror” cards is the one titled “Mirror Universe Intrusion,” and it perfectly illustrates Mr. Spock throwing the Mirror characters (Kirk, Uhura, McCoy, Scotty) into the brig from the classic season 2 episode.
Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek prerelease events are currently underway, but the new collectible card game officially drops around the world on Friday, Nov. 13. Do you plan on playing the CCG and/or collecting any of the new Trek cards? Share your thoughts and comments with us on the Redshirts Always Die Facebook and X pages.
Live long and prosper, Trekkies!
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