WotC says there are no plans for a Harry Potter Magic set, 'The Magic Multiverse has its own school of Magic at Strixhaven'

Hasbro recently announced a multi-year licensing partnership with Warner Bros. to bring the world even more Harry Potter merch than it already has, a thing I struggle to believe is actually possible. The announcement promises “products featuring dolls, role play, action figures & collectibles, interactive plush, board games and more to be revealed later this year.”

This made Magic: The Gathering players a little concerned. We just had an Avatar: The Last Airbender set, and we’re three weeks out from a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set. But while some of the crossovers called Universes Beyond have been embraced by players—almost every middle-aged Magic player I know bought a bunch of Avatar cards “for my kids,” no really—those aren’t ones created by a leading voice in anti-trans panic.

Which is comforting to hear. Strixhaven is a magical university that was the subject of a Magic set released in 2021, as well as a Dungeons & Dragons supplement, an upcoming Magic set called Secrets of Strixhaven scheduled for April, and an upcoming YA novel called Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos by Seanan McGuire. As well as not being created by a figurehead of hate speech, the fact it’s a university rather than a high school means Strixhaven also dodges all that sketchy child endangerment stuff that makes Harry Potter seem like a satire of British boarding schools until you get about four books in and realize it’s actually a weird celebration of them instead.

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