XMage news

New release contains improved AI with modal spells support, scryfall images download fix, and many hot-fixes for some newly added cards. Also it includes 377 new cards from MSH, MSC, TRK, TRC, HOB, HOC and others.

🛠️ If you find any bugs or has ideas on new features or changes then report it on github.

😍 If you like the project then you can support it by patreon.

Improved AI

• added support of multi-modal abilities (computer can simulate and activate ability with multiple modes);
• added support of multi-modal abilities with paw prints budget (cards from Bloomburrow);
• added support of multi-modal abilities with “may choose same mode more than once”;
• fixed that computer was able to activate bad options on modal abilities (due wrong usage of game sims);

Other

• images: fixed images download from scryfall source (#15744);
• images: added new reprints and promo sets;
• game: updated banned and restricted for Standard, Legacy, and Vintage per August 10, 2026 announcement;
• game: added max modes selection limit to 5 due performance optimization (can be increased in next releases);
• app: improved compatibility with bad or outdated launchers (can’t connect to local server, can’t download some images, etc);
• app: improved performance, improved startup time for client and server apps;
• deck editor: fixed broken/empty deck on too fast sideboarding e.g. instant loose (#11877);
• deck editor: added deck file overwrite confirm on save;
• deck editor: now it use deck name as file name on save by default (#12813);
• deck editor: improved stability while selection decks and sets (#15871, #15623);
• deck editor: added commander decks for new sets, see launcher/xmage/mage-client/sample-decks (#15646);
• server: fixed miss game mode Custom Pillar of the Paruns (#10633);
• server: improved library names, fixed typos in config, added more config checks on startup;
• server: WARNING for public servers, if you keep configs between updates then make sure it uses actual jar names (take it from fresh install’s config.xml);

Abilities fixes

• Ability counters - fixed that it doesn’t stacked to multiple instances (example: exalted counter);
• Choose left or right - added card hints with left-right players info (#15848);
• City’s blessing - improved card hint with detail conditional and stats (#15677);
• Copy abilities - fixed that “if it was cast” triggers doesn’t work for copied cards (example: Baron Helmut Zemo with Shard of the Nightbringer, #15240);
• Don’t cause abilities to trigger - fixed miss restriction for “one or more” triggers (example: Torpor Orb with Moonshadow, #15681);
• Infinity Stones - added card hints for harnessed status of the stones (#15738);
• Mutate tokens - improved compatibility with some triggers, fixed max tokens limit (#14980);
• Warp ability - improved combo support with phased out permanents (#15595, #15612);

Cards fixes

• Baron Helmut Zemo - fixed that it was able to cast cards from previous boast (#15240);
• Cold-Blooded Crew - fixed wrong trigger;
• Evendo Brushrazer - fixed game error on usage (#15621);
• Fall of Gil-galad - fixed wrongly required target in “fights up to one” effect;
• Garland, Royal Kidnapper - fixed that it doesn’t give can’t sacrifice ability (#15911, #15915);
• Gisa’s Favorite Shovel - fixed game error on some use cases (on leave player or game draw);
• Haktos the Unscarred - fixed that it gives protection from chosen mana value too;
• Human Torch - fixed game error on usage;
• Invisible Woman - added card hint;
• Jennifer Walters - fixed that back side was missing can’t cast effect (#15795);
• Kinscaer Sentry - fixed that it should only let you put Creature cards onto the battlefield (#15917);
• Nashi, Moon Sage’s Scion - fixed useless popup exile window after usage;
• Ratchet, Field Medic - added card hint with life gained info;
• Restless Bloodseeker - fixed game error on usage;
• Talion, the Kindly Lord - fixed not working trigger for the chosen mana value (#14073, #14158);

New cards

• Total new cards: 377;
• Marvel Super Heroes - added 34 new cards;
• Marvel Super Heroes Commander - added 65 new cards;
• Star Trek - added 49 new cards;
• Star Trek Commander - added 34 new cards;
• The Hobbit - added 142 new cards;
• The Hobbit Eternal - added 21 new cards;
• Marvel’s Spider-Man:
  • SP//dr, Piloted by Peni
• Mystery Booster Commander Edition:
  • Arzakon
  • Autumn Willow, Harmony
  • Balefang the Unslayable
  • Blor the Impervious
  • Boss Uramon, Shadow’s Reach
  • Davvol, Evincar of Rath
  • Dyfed, the Guiding Hand
  • Emerald Collector
  • Istvan, Butcher of Eln
  • Joven and Chandler
  • Ruby Collector
  • Tsagan, Raider Warlord
• Reality Fracture:
  • Ajani Resolute
  • Ajani Unrelenting
  • Craterclaw Colossus
  • Garruk, Curse Breaker
  • Garruk, Veiled Butcher
  • Liliana the Faultless
  • Liliana the Repentant
  • Paradox Shaper
  • Prudent Fateseer
  • Stingerquill Voxmancer
  • The Theorist, Jace Beleren
  • Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance
  • Titanbones, Towering Heart
  • Vigorbloom Vanguard
  • Woodwork Prodigy
• Reality Fracture Commander:
  • Darksteel Angel
• 2021 Heroes of the Realm:
  • Arteeoh, Dread Scavenger
• Secret Lair Drop:
  • Stardew Valley

Full change history available on GitHub as commits history or as wiki page

New release contains dozens of card and ability fixes, including copies, casts and dfc. It also improved GUI selection and auto-selection in some use cases, better game logs and many more.

If you find any bugs or has ideas on new features or changes then report it on github.

If you like the project then you can support it by patreon.

Other

• GUI, game: added detail logs about SBA actions (player lost reason, aura/battle/world move to graveyard reason, etc);
• GUI, game: fixed not working partly selected cards list in some dialogs (example: Eerie Ultimatum, #14413);
• GUI, game: fixed that auto-choose doesn’t work in some dialogs with one possible selection (1 of 1, 2 of 2, example: Orvar, the All-Form, #14804);
• GUI, deck editor: updated bans and restrictions on June 29 2026;
• GUI, deck editor: improved app stability on file selection in some Windows (#15495);
• GUI, cards viewer: fixed error on empty sets list (#15575);
• images: added reprints from M3C;
• images: improved scryfall download support by latest api (#15552);
• server, API: fixed and simplified user settings change like avatar;
• test mode: improved quick test games, now it allow spectators (use wait for me and connect by another name);

Ability fixes

• Companion ability - fixed that it was marked as playable in some use cases;
• Cast from copied cards - fixed that it can’t be selected (example: Mizzix’s Mastery, Baron Helmut Zemo, #15240, #14005, #14366);
• Cloak-disguised abilities - fixed miss ward text (#15190, #15470);
• Cloak-disguised abilities - fixed card type leak to opponent by face up cost (#13431);
• Copy abilities: fixed that flickering copied tokens can affect original permanents (example: rooms or saga, #14409, #14548);
• Modal double faced commanders - fixed that it was able to shuffle it without replacement effect (example: Glimpse of Tomorrow, #14991, #14992);
• Modal double faced cards: fixed wrong mana value for copied permanents (#15415, #15471);
• Non-modal double faced cards: fixed wrong mana value for back sides, for copied permanents (#15471);

Card fixes

• Ant-Man, Elusive Avenger - fixed game error on usage (#15457);
• Aurelia, the Warleader - fixed wrong card name (#15581);
• Binding Geist // Spectral Binding - fixed not working aura face (#15472);
• Black Panther, Vanguard - fixed that it affect opponent’s permanents;
• Blaster Hulk - fixed game error on usage;
• Deathbringer Regent - fixed that it count only controlled creatures;
• Shadowfax, Lord of Horse - fixed miss Haste ability (#15567);
• Stalwart Successor - fixed game error on non-creature tokens;
• Sword of the Meek - fixed that their combo was preventable by Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines and other (#15220, #15231);
• Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar - fixed that it can’t trigger on self exile or blink (#15583);
• Thalakos Deceiver - fixed wrong effect’s duration, must be until end game (#15324);
• Thanos, the Mad Titan - fixed miss choosing by players;
• The Wondrous Wasp - fixed wrong lose abilities effect duration;
• Vibranium token - fixed miss vibranium subtype;
• With Great Power… - fixed not workable effect on die;

Full change history available on GitHub as commits history or as wiki page

New release contains improved game error dialog and hot-fixes for some newly added cards. Also it includes 39 new cards from MSH and MSC.

If you find any bugs or has ideas on new features or changes then report it on github.

If you like the project then you can support it by patreon.

Other

• GUI, game: improved error dialog for github reports (added time, game/stack state and latest game logs);
• GUI, deck editor: fixed that CLU and TMC were legal in modern format (#15409);
• GUI, cards viewer: improved performance on big set opening like SLD;
• images: added MSC tokens to download;
• images: added new SLD reprints;

Ability fixes

• Create a token that’s a copy - fixed game error on some use cases with with double faced cards (example: Grist, the Plague Swarm, #13343);
• Zone change triggers - fixed game error on some mutated permanents and cards (#15438);

Card fixes

• Mysterios Mirage - fixed game error on usage;
• Ragged Recluse - fixed game error on usage;
• That’s Rough Buddy - fixed game error on usage

New cards

• Total new cards: 39;
• Marvel Super Heroes:
  • Absorbing Man
  • Alien Invasion
  • Call Damage Control
  • Captain America, Living Legend
  • Crowd of True Believers
  • Echo, Perceptive Prodigy
  • Fin Fang Foom
  • HULK SMASH!
  • Hawkeye’s Bow
  • I Am Iron Man
  • Jennifer Walters
  • Jessica Jones, Private Eye
  • Rapid Rescue
  • Reptil, Dinomorpher
  • Repulsor Blast
  • Restorative Technique
  • Rewrite History
  • Speed, Young Avenger
  • Stature, Size Shifter
  • Stolen Stark Tech
  • Super-Soldier Serum
  • Swordsman, Sharp Scoundrel
  • Team Tactics
  • Thanos, the Mad Titan
  • The Kingpin of Crime
  • The Ruinous Wrecking Crew
  • The Serpent Society
  • Thor, God of Thunder
  • Tony Stark
  • Trickster’s Stratagem
  • U.S.Agent, John Walker
  • Vision Quest
  • Wakandan Royal Guard
  • Whiplash, Vengeful Engineer
  • Winter Soldier, Icy Assassin
• Marvel Super Heroes Commander - added 4 new cards:
  • Accelerated Evolution
  • Ancestral Communion
  • Astonishing Spider-Man
  • The Fantasticar

Full change history available on GitHub as commits history or as wiki page

New release contains ~430 new cards from old and new sets, 30+ cards with mutate mechanic from Ikoria and other. It also has some fixes for cards, abilities, gui’s card selection and deck editor.

If you find any bugs or has ideas on new features or changes then report it on github.

If you like the project then you can support it by patreon.

Other

• game: fixed game freeze on auto-choose and 1 available card to select (example: Inquisition of Kozilek, #14018, #14420, #14630);
• deck editor: improved check and error messages on importing of bad deck file or cards;
• deck editor: fixed layout errors on loading some decks (#11157);
• deck editor: fixed deck corruption (cards duplication) on oldest cards replacement use with O button, improved replace stats (#8104);

Ability fixes

• Alternate casting - fixed that it was able to activate some alternate cost (example: Cyclonic Rift with Bolas’s Citadel, #14934);
• Fateseal ability - fixed that it can’t to put any cards to the bottom (example: Mesmeric Sliver, #14167);
• Squad costs - fixed that it require payments in some use cases (example: Space Marine Devastator with Etali, Primal Storm, #14940, #14966);
• Type adding effects - fixed that it doesn’t apply to some MDFC and other multi faces creatures (example: Biotransference, Conspiracy, Leyline of Transformation, and Maskwood Nexus, #14817, #14925);
• X-cost spell with alternative cost - fixed that some effects can’t see X value (example: Geometer’s Arthropod, #14989);

Card fixes

• Ennis, Debate Moderator - fixed game error on usage;
• Fix Flow State - fixed wrong effect’s conditional (#14959);
• Hall of the Bandit Lord - fixed game error on usage (#12162);
• Maralen, Fae Ascendant - added outdated window cleanup, added card hints;
• Mishra, Excavation Prodigy - fixed wrong multi-triggers on discard effects;
• Old-Growth Educator - fixed that infusion ability only adds one +1/+1 counter (#14984);
• Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers - fixed game error on usage (#15191);
• Raphael, Most Attitude - fixed game error on usage;
• Seifer Almasy - fixed game error on usage (#14943);
• Seifer, Balamb Rival - fixed game error on usage (#14942);
• Spider-Man Noir - fixed game error on usage (#14935);
• Taster of Wares - fixed not working card targeting (#14932);
• The Ooze - fixed not working trigger (#15166);
• Urza, Powerstone Prodigy - fixed wrong multi-triggers on discard effects;

New cards

• Total new cards: 424;
• Alchemy: Secrets of Strixhaven:
  • Corpseweaver Prodigy
  • Glorifying Verse
  • Grave Studies
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
• Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate:
  • Grell Philosopher
• Fallout:
  • Cass, Hand of Vengeance
  • Strong Back
• Ice Age:
  • Mercenaries
• Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths - added 31 new cards with mutate:
• Marvel Super Heroes - added 158 new cards;
• Marvel Super Heroes Commander - added 214 new cards;
• Mirage - added 1 new cards:
  • Cycle of Life
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
  • Brilliance Unleashed
  • Novel Nunchaku
  • Turtles Forever
• Tempest:
  • No Quarter
• The Hobbit:
  • An Unexpected Party
  • Bilbo, Luckwearer
  • Bilbo, Thief in the Night
  • My Precious
  • Smaug the Magnificent
  • The Arkenstone
  • Tom, Bert, and William

Full change history available on GitHub as commits history or as wiki page

New release contains ~1200 new cards from old and new sets, rooms mechanic from Duskmourn, ticket mechanic from Unfinity, transforming double faced cards, waterbend and much more. It also contains 300+ changes and fixes for old cards and abilities.

If you find any bugs or has ideas on new features or changes then report it on github.

If you like the project then you can support it by patreon.

Other

• deck editor: fixed missing images, full arts, reorganized promo sets and reprints, boosters generation;
• deck editor: improved brackets calculations for x2 combos, removed tutors and improved game changers (#14003);
• deck editor: improved commander colors checking with detail info on wrong color (#14450);
• deck editor: updated bans list;
• AI: improved performance and server stability for big games with many permanents and targets (#9539, #14031, #14044);
• AI: fixed that it doesn’t generate add target events in some use cases (#14918);
• GUI, app: improved small background image drawing (#14049);
• GUI, app: fixed wrong game error messages about unit tests;
• GUI, app: fixed error with miss tray icon in some linux systems like gnome (#14130);
• GUI, game: improved stack’s hint with targets list (added player name and sorted by it);
• cheats: improved init.txt commands with me/opponent/ai params;

Ability fixes

• Amass - improved and simplified UX for one target battlefields;
• Blights - fixed that it wrongly trigger for another player (example: Morcant, High Perfect, #14421, #14437);
• Blink/flicker - fixed that some ETB triggers doesn’t work for suppressed permanents (example: Cloudblazer with Frogify, #9839, #14898);
• Can’t be sacrificed - improved support with cost payment (example: Hithlain Rope, #14194);
• Can’t block alone - improved support like Orcish Conscripts;
• Can’t have counters - improved support with cost payment (example: Tatterkite, #14194);
• Cascade - fixed that it use card mana value instead spell mana value (example: Fireball with Quandrix, the Proof, #14693, #14687);
• Cast from hand conditional - fixed that it trigger for other players (example: Omniscience with Sen Triplets, #14813);
• Commander - added MDFc cards support as commander and commander damage calculation (#7530, #7637, #7699, #7773);
• Copy cards - fixed that bestow on the stack not resolving into a token;
• Copy cards - improved combo support with copies and move to exile zone (example: Mizzix’s Mastery, #14005);
• Damage triggers - fixed duplicated triggers like Armadillo Cloak on Granger Guildmage (#14078);
• Delirium, non combat damage triggers - fixed that it doesn’t trigger (example: Fear of Burning Alive, Chandra’s Incinerator, #14429);
• Don’t cause abilities to trigger - fixed that it doesn’t prevent “one or more” events;
• Double faced cards - improved support and many bugs/combos fixed (#14061);
• Earthbend - fixed that it raise triggers for first target only (example: Dai Li Agents, #14426, #14436);
• Exile and return this abilities - improved support with aura cards (example: Estrid’s Invocation, #14626, #14755);
• For each card type targets - fixed that human and AI were able to choose any cards amount (example: Atraxa, Grand Unifier, #13964);
• Mana abilities - improved ability activator support from 113.8 rules (example: Mana Cache, #14382, #14381);
• Manifest - fixed game error on manifesting a non-permanents with counters (#13683, #14619);
• Saga cards - improved ETB triggers support that doesn’t work (example: Battle at the Helvault Saga, #13710, #11728);
• Soulbond - improved combo support, including paired creatures (#14542);

Card fixes

• 300+ improvements and fixes for old and new cards;

New cards

• Total new cards: 1218;
• Assassin’s Creed:
  • Shaun & Rebecca, Agents
• Avatar: The Last Airbender - added 194 new cards;
• Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal - added 87 new cards;
• Duskmourn: House of Horror:
  • Bottomless Pool // Locker Room
  • Central Elevator // Promising Stairs
  • Charred Foyer // Warped Space
  • Creeping Peeper
  • Dazzling Theater // Prop Room
  • Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab
  • Derelict Attic // Widow’s Walk
  • Dollmaker’s Shop // Porcelain Gallery
  • Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
  • Ghostly Keybearer
  • Glassworks // Shattered Yard
  • Grand Entryway // Elegant Rotunda
  • Greenhouse // Rickety Gazebo
  • Inquisitive Glimmer
  • Meat Locker // Drowned Diner
  • Mirror Room // Fractured Realm
  • Moldering Gym // Weight Room
  • Overgrown Zealot
  • Painter’s Studio // Defaced Gallery
  • Rampaging Soulrager
  • Restricted Office // Lecture Hall
  • Roaring Furnace // Steaming Sauna
  • Say Its Name
  • Smoky Lounge // Misty Salon
  • Surgical Suite // Hospital Room
  • Ticket Booth // Tunnel of Hate
  • Underwater Tunnel // Slimy Aquarium
  • Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
  • Walk-In Closet // Forgotten Cellar
• Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander:
  • Cramped Vents // Access Maze
  • Experimental Lab // Staff Room
  • Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette
  • Secret Arcade // Dusty Parlor
  • Spiked Corridor // Torture Pit
• Fallout:
  • Aradesh, the Founder
  • Harold and Bob, First Numens
• Final Fantasy Commander:
  • Chaos Shrine’s Black Crystal
  • Chocobo Camp
  • Edea, Possessed Sorceress
  • Fishing Gear
  • Garland, Royal Kidnapper
  • Judgment of Alexander
  • Mega Flare
  • Noctis, Heir Apparent
  • Rinoa, Angel Wing
  • Seifer, Balamb Rival
  • Squall, Gunblade Duelist
  • Vivi’s Persistence
• Ice Age:
  • Arcum’s Weathervane
  • Bone Shaman
• Lorwyn Eclipsed - added 241 new cards;
• Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander - added 21 new cards;
• Marvel Super Heroes - added 19 new cards;
• Marvel Super Heroes Commander - added 8 new cards;
• Masters Edition II:
  • Lava Burst
  • Orcish Conscripts
  • Orcish Farmer
  • Sacred Boon
  • Scars of the Veteran
• Modern Horizons 3 Commander:
  • Hourglass of the Lost
  • Sunken Palace
• Murders at Karlov Manor Commander:
  • Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
  • Take the Bait
  • True Identity
  • Veiled Ascension
• Reality Fracture:
  • Chandra, Chill of Compliance
  • Stingcaster Mage
• Secret Lair Drop:
  • Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
  • Kratos, Stoic Father
  • Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed
  • Maximus, Knight Apparent
  • Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter
  • The Ghoul, Gunslinger
• Secrets of Strixhaven - added 254 new cards;
• Secrets of Strixhaven Commander - added 63 new cards;
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - added 184 new cards;
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal - added 66 new cards;
• The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander:
  • Paleontologist’s Pick-Axe
• Unfinity:
  • Blorbian Buddy
  • Ticket Turbotubes
• Other sets:
  • Abomination, Irradiated Brute
  • Gleemox
  • Loki, God of Lies
  • M.O.D.O.K., Evil Intellect
  • Thanos, Death’s Consort
  • The Ice Dancer
  • Ultron, Machine Overlord

Full change history available on GitHub as commits history or as wiki page