Planeswalker Unveiled as Magic: The Gathering Series

Netflix today announced that the animated series Planeswalker, based on Magic: The Gathering, will debut on the streaming service in 2027.

Planeswalker, an epic fantasy saga from the world of Magic: The Gathering, chronicles the fierce clash between formidable mages known as Planeswalkers. At the center of this struggle for power and survival burns Chandra, a volatile pyromancer hunted for her gifts and haunted by her past.

Confronted by an insidious force, Chandra and some of the most legendary Planeswalkers must harness their extraordinary abilities, navigate treacherous alliances, and battle their own inner demons to prevent a cataclysmic war that threatens to consume their very existence.

As the line between victory and annihilation grows thinner, a single spark determines the fate of thousands of worlds.

The upcoming Netflix saga, created in partnership with Hasbro Entertainment and Wizards of the Coast, is a fresh adaptation of the popular card game that’s enchanted players for more than 30 years. In the first-look video below, you can get a taste of what to expect on the battlefield.

“We have the ability to bring these characters to life in ways that the audience hasn’t seen before,” showrunner Terry Matalas (VisionQuest, Star Trek: Picard) told the Netflix blog Tudum. “It’s really exciting.”

A stacked creative team was enlisted to bring the show to life. Picard and VisionQuest writer Cindy Appel is the co-showrunner, while Oscar winner Patrick Osborne (Feast) serves as supervising director and executive producer.

Appel embraced the opportunity to dive into Magic: The Gathering’s expansive universe. “It is such a vast world,” she said. “What we have to go off of are thousands of cards.” Matalas added, “Each one of these cards is a window into this incredible world. It’s not just world-building — it’s worlds-building.”

Matalas, Appel, and Osborne executive produce alongside Gabriel Marano, and Lauren Chavez-Myers is a co-executive producer for Hasbro Entertainment.

Daisy May West (The Twits, Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight) is a producer, and DIGIC Pictures is the animation studio behind the series.

As a Magic: The Gathering fan, West finds it “really fun to bring something incredibly special to life.”