Quick Hits

• Star Trek preview season is officially live. Tuesday's debut stream revealed the set's new mechanics and all four Commander precon face commanders — MTGGoldfish and EDHREC have full recaps, and Draftsim has already ranked the faces.
• Magic cracked $600 million in quarterly earnings for the first time, and NPR's Marketplace flagged MTG as Hasbro's main growth driver (EDHREC).
• Kicker is now deciduous, per Rosewater — expect it to keep cropping up across sets, including on a Dimir rare already spoiled from Star Trek (Blogatog).
• Azorius Control handily owned RC Los Angeles, and MTGStocks runs down the cards to watch for price movement.
• A FedEx truck carrying PSA-graded cards was burglarized, reportedly including Golden Headliner copies of Smaug the Magnificent (Draftsim).

Set News

The Star Trek debut stream is the story of the week, with new mechanics front and center — MTGGoldfish's spoiler roundup and EDHREC's stream recap are your one-stop shops. Rosewater also published his first Star Trek "Making Magic" preview column, mixing his personal Trek history with a preview card.

Scheduling scoop: when asked why Star Trek was added to this year's lineup rather than keeping the year at a different cadence, Rosewater explained they had to do seven sets because two weren't full size.

Spoilers keep trickling — Commander's Adjunct (via @mtgjp) is a one-mana 2/1 Borg artifact creature that grants your artifact creatures vigilance. And in a nice flavor tidbit, Rosewater confirmed basic lands get flavor text on occasion — previews for Marvel's Darkhold Destiny show that set is doing it.

Meanwhile, Final Fantasy accessories are landing: Aerith and Tifa binders are showing up at LGSs, with the Tifa binder on GameStop.

Commander Corner

With the four Star Trek precon face commanders revealed, Draftsim has a ranking of all four to help you pick your first upgrade target. New to the format (or teaching someone)? EDHREC's Spock, Logical Choice primer uses the new legend to teach the value of playing at instant speed.

Important rules PSA before you jam your Universes Beyond decks together: the Doctor Who mechanic Doctor's companion doesn't work with Star Trek cards, so no mixing Doctors with Starfleet.

Reality Fracture content is rolling too: EDHREC builds Denzilore Fatehold as a +1/+1 counters deck and asks which Jace is best for Commander now that everyone's favorite mind-mage is back. The 60 to 100 column converts Izzet Spellementals to the format, and Draftsim settles the eternal ramp debate with Talismans vs. Signets. Voting is also open for October's deckbuilding contest finalists.

Competitive Scene

Joe Dyer's This Week in Legacy surveys the many colors of Tron in the format's older staples. For the jank-inclined, Against the Odds tries to go infinite in Standard with Denzilore Fatehold and some super janky combo pieces.

Finance & Market

Magic topping $600 million in a quarter for the first time is the headline — EDHREC notes it follows a July report where Magic was the clearest reason Hasbro had a good quarter, and it earned an NPR Marketplace mention as the company's growth engine.

On the singles side, MTGStocks flags Azorius Control pieces as cards to watch after the deck's dominant RC Los Angeles showing. In wilder news: the PSA truck burglary reportedly made off with Golden Headliner Smaugs, and yet another Secret Lair instant sellout has pushed Mystery Booster Commander boxes toward $700 on the secondary market.

Design & Lore

Q, Stacking the Deck is getting early favorite-card-of-all-time buzz — multiple players asked Rosewater for high fives for the design, and he's delivering them. He also logged high fives for Thrór's Map (early fixing that becomes a cheap Jalum Tome) and Tam the Possibility.

Rules minutiae worth filing away: flavor words can be added or removed on reprints, and readers dug up examples in both directions — Shadowspear → Totec's Spear adds them, Black Market Connections drops them.

Finally, a delightful pop culture crossover: the new Street Fighter movie — set in 1993 — features Magic cards on a character's desk, including a Limited Edition Mox Ruby tucked under a monitor. Whether that's set dressing or a crime scene is up to you.