This number has gone up massively in recent years, partly because Magic has started to produce more and more products in recent years, but also because of a pretty big uptick in special collaboration sets like Universes Beyond: The Lord of the Rings Tales From Middle-earth and the Universes Beyond: Doctor Who sets
Unlike wizards, elves, goblins, and the like, which you can find all over fantasy, some elements of Magic, like the lotus, are only iconic for their role in MTG
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In Disney Lorcana, for example, the way my collection was planned was challenged first by the introduction of the double-Ink cards and, more recently, by the introduction of Set Rotation that limits the cards that can be used in Organized events that are not using the Unlimited format
The first MTG Lord of the Rings cards are being shown off for the new set before it arrives later this year, and that preview includes a special version of the One Ring that is quite literally one of a kind
But from a Commander perspective, theres just a lot here to digest