# MTG returns to its roots with new set focusing on an iconic setting

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/mtg-returns-to-its-roots-with-new-set-focusing-on-an-iconic-setting/
- Published: 2026-07-17T17:30:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-21T18:14:18+00:00
- Original publisher: Polygon
- Original article: https://www.polygon.com/magic-mtg-zhalfir-new-set-teferi/
- Topics: Gaming

## Key points

- New MTG set "Zhalfir" arrives 1 October 2027, set on Dominaria-linked plane
- Focuses on Teferi's homeland and its tangled multiverse history
- Marks a shift back from crossover sets to Magic's original lore

## Summary

Magic: The Gathering will return to Zhalfir, the birthplace of iconic time wizard Teferi and once part of the game's original setting, Dominaria, in a new expansion due for release in autumn 2027. The set marks a deliberate return to Magic's foundational lore after a long run of "Universes Beyond" crossovers featuring franchises such as spaceships, mutant ninja turtles and superheroes, and is likely to appeal strongly to longstanding fans of the game's original story.

Zhalfir has a convoluted history within Magic's fiction: Teferi phased it out of normal space-time to save it from a Phyrexian invasion, later attempts to restore it went badly wrong, and it was eventually reunited with the multiverse during the second Phyrexian invasion, swapping places with New Phyrexia. As a result, Zhalfir is now its own plane, orbited by the five suns of Mirrodin, and is expected to feature returning characters such as Teferi and Karn, along with refugees and possible card mechanics from the old Mirrodin set. The expansion, named Zhalfir, is scheduled for release on 1 October 2027.

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