10 Perfectly Designed Final Fantasy Magic Cards That Are 10/10, No Notes

Magic: The Gathering’s Final Fantasy crossover set adapts characters, creatures and moments from across the role-playing game series into cards. This article selects ten designs it considers especially successful, praising how their mechanics capture the source material’s themes and abilities.

Examples include Sin, whose graveyard-triggered ability evokes the cycle of destruction and renewal in Final Fantasy X; Cloud’s Buster Sword, which rewards a direct hit with a card draw and a free spell; and Jumbo Cactuar, a modest-looking creature that gains 9,999 power when it attacks. The set spans 16 mainline games, and the article also highlights cards such as Bahamut, Phoenix Down and Primal Odin. The supplied article text ends partway through the Jumbo Cactuar section, so the other selections are not detailed here.