The universe of Final Fantasy will receive its own set of cards for Magic: The Gathering in June 2025. Included is also a card of the favorite character of one of the heads of Warframe. But when she cannot pull him, but another card for the x-time, she simply eats it.
Who is the head of Warframe? The creative director of Warframe is Rebecca Ford. She has been leading Warframe for three years, taking over from Steve Sinclair. However, she has been with Digital Extremes, the developers of Warframe, since 2011, starting as a studio assistant.
In addition to her work on Warframe, Rebecca Ford is also a fan of Final Fantasy XIV, the MMORPG by Square Enix. She is particularly fond of the character Emet-Selch, who plays the antagonist in the Shadowbringers expansion.
Now, a Final Fantasy set for the popular card game Magic: The Gathering is being released, which also includes a double-sided card of Emet-Selch. Armed with a whole bunch of boosters and a starter set, Rebecca Ford started a stream on Twitch, where she unpacked her cards.
Dancing so mad, she eats one of her cards
What kind of stream was that? The stream of Rebecca Ford on her Twitch channel was an unboxing stream, in which she opened her Magic: The Gathering Collector Booster. The occasion was the Final Fantasy sets coming out on June 13, 2025.
She started according to her X account on June 7 at around 9 PM German time with the event. Her goal was likely to obtain the double-sided card of Emet-Selch. At 12:53 AM on June 8, she posted (via X) that she was already at hour four of the stream, but had not yet drawn the card.
At one point, she even took the time to dress up as Kefka, the villain from Final Fantasy VI. She drew so many cards of him that she simply ate one out of protest:
On June 8 at almost 5 AM German time, Rebecca Ford finally reported success: after almost 8 hours, we pulled emet it was a ride, and by the end we were LAUGHING MAD!
(via X)
What kind of card set is this? The collectible card game Magic: The Gathering belongs to Wizards of the Coast, the company behind Dungeons & Dragons. For a few years now, crossover card sets with other IPs have been released, including Fallout from Bethesda, Assassin’s Creed from Ubisoft, and also a set for The Lord of the Rings.
Final Fantasy is just the latest collaboration of the card game with an external universe. In an investors’ call from Hasbro, the parent company of Wizards of the Coast, Chief Executive Officer and Hasbro board member Chris Cocks stated that the Final Fantasy cards are the best-selling in the entire history of Magic (via Hasbro).
In fact, fans often accuse Magic: The Gathering and Wizards of the Coast of greed and money-making. In particular, the collaborations with external universes are viewed critically here. In 2024, one of the heads of the TCG spoke up to reassure: Players are concerned about Magic: The Gathering – One of the heads wants to reassure: greed is not the motivation
