Digital 'Magic: The Gathering' Games Will Omit Spider-Man And Future Marvel Sets, Replace Them With "Mechanically Identical" Cards

Digital 'Magic: The Gathering' Games Will Omit Spider-Man And Future Marvel Sets, Replace Them With "Mechanically Identical" Cards

In a move so typical of the wall-crawler’s struggles that one can’t help but smirk before being annoyed by it, Wizards of the Coast has announced that rather than being able to play with either the upcoming Spider-Man set or any potential future Marvel Entertainment-themed cards, players of their digital Magic: The Gathering: Online and Magic: The Gathering: Arena offerings will instead be receiving IP-less-but-“mechanically identical” replaceme…

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