Wizards of the Coast has announced that the set will feature fourteen cards from some of the world’s most renowned game developers! The Magic 2015 – Core Set releases July 18, 2014.

The announcement was made last week at PAX East with George Fan, designer of Plants vs Zombies, revealing the card he designed, Genesis Hydra:

The developers who contributed their card ideas for Magic 2015 include:

• George Fan: designer of Plants vs Zombies
• Mike Krahulik & Jerry Holkins: Gabe and Tycho, creators of Penny Arcade
• Markus Persson: “Notch,” creator of Minecraft and founder of Mojang
• Richard Garriot: “Lord British,” creator of the Ultima series
• David Sirlin: designer on Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Yomi
• Rob Pardo: chief creative officer at Blizzard, lead designer of World of Warcraft
• Isaiah Cartwright: lead game designer for Guild Wars 2
• Justin Gary: designer of Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer and Solforge
• Stone Librande: lead designer at Riot Games, designer of Diablo 3, creative director of SimCity
• Brian Fargo: founder and CEO of inXile Entertainment, director of Bard’s Tale, Wasteland, executive producer of Fallout
• Mike Neumann: Gearbox Software, creative director on Borderlands
• James Ernest: owner and lead designer for Cheapass Games, designer of Kill Doctor Lucky
• Edmund McMillen: indie designer of Super Meat Boy, featured in Indie Game: The Movie
• Brad Muir: game designer at Double Fine Productions leading Massive Chalice, project lead on Iron Brigade

In addition to the cards designed by the 14 game developers, Magic 2015 will feature a card designed by the Magic community. The card, Waste Not, was a result of “You Make the Card,” a six-month long event during which the Magic community worked together to design a brand-new Magic card.

Press release courtesy of Alfred Cloutier.

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