Reality Fracture: the set's 100 key cards

What are the key cards in Reality Fracture (FRA), the new Magic: The Gathering set? Here are 100 cards — all 26 mythics, all 64 rares and 10 uncommons worth a look — with what each one does, its market price on September 27, 2026 and what the first reviews expect from it. The set reaches MTG Arena on September 29 and stores on October 2, 2026.

What is Reality Fracture and when does it release?

Reality Fracture is the Magic expansion Wizards of the Coast releases on October 2, 2026, after prerelease week (September 25 to October 1) and the MTG Arena launch on September 29. The main set has 71 commons, 109 uncommons, 64 rares and 26 mythics, according to the official collecting article. The story takes place in the Echoverse, an alternate version of the Multiverse created by Jace Beleren.

Three ideas run through the cards below:

• Echoed pairs — 86 cards (66 uncommons, 14 rares and 6 mythics) form 43 pairs: the same character in two different colors, one from the main timeline and one from the Echoverse. That's why there are two Ajanis, two Chandras, two Garruks, two Lilianas, two Lyras, two Samuts and so on.
• Empower Jace — puts loyalty counters on a Jace planeswalker token; if you don't have one, you first create the token with "−1: Surveil 1" and "−3: Draw a card".
• Prepare — the creature becomes "prepared" and you may cast a copy of the spell printed with it; doing so unprepares it.

The set also has Heartwood tokens (artifacts that tap for {R} or {G}), Cadet tokens (2/2 Wizard Soldiers) and five legendary two-color Elder Sphinxes (Denzilore, Uldaros, Ingris, Aerid and Kwia), one for each allied color pair. For the full picture of the set, see our Reality Fracture guide.

How we picked the 100 cards

The list includes every mythic and every rare in the main set, plus 10 uncommons chosen because they show up in reviews or are famous echoed pairs. Each card's rules text was checked on Scryfall on September 27, 2026 and summarized in our own words. The price next to each name is the TCGplayer market price aggregated by Scryfall, non-foil, English, on the same date — it's still preorder season, and that number changes daily. Each card name links to its page here on Collector Union.

What are the mythics in Reality Fracture?

There are 26 mythics. Two are reprints — Tarmogoyf and Chandra, Torch of Defiance — and six make up the mythic echoed pairs (two Ajanis, two Chandras and two Garruks).

• Emrakul, the Exigent Doom ({10}, mythic, US$ 33.06) — Legendary 12/12 Eldrazi with flying, trample and ward — to target it, an opponent must sacrifice three permanents. When cast, it untaps all your lands. From your hand you can pay {3} and exile it: a land starts tapping for {C}{C} until you cast it from exile.
• Enlightened Confidant ({1}{W}, mythic, US$ 7.91) — 2/1 Kor with lifelink. At your end step, if you gained life this turn, you surveil 1; if the card you put into the graveyard has mana value less than or equal to the life you gained, it goes to your hand.
• Return to the Light Realms ({7}{W}{W}, mythic, US$ 19.46) — Nine-mana sorcery that returns every nonland permanent card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
• Seasoned Cryomancer ({1}{U}{U}, mythic, US$ 4.63) — 2/2 Wizard that draws two and discards two when it enters; for each nonland card discarded, it taps a target creature and puts a stun counter on it. Later, from the graveyard, {3}{U}{U} and exiling it draws two more.
• The Theorist, Jace Beleren ({2}{U}{U}, mythic, US$ 26.97) — Four-mana planeswalker, loyalty 3, that makes you draw a card during each opponent's draw step. +1: 1/1 Illusion token; −2: bounces up to one artifact or creature from each opponent; −6: draw three and put +1/+1 counters on your creatures based on your hand size.
• Bloodline Recollector ({1}{B} // {B}, mythic, US$ 30.87) — Two-mana 2/2 Vampire with prepare: at the end of each turn in which three or more creatures died, it becomes prepared. Its spell, Ancestral Craving ({B}, instant), makes a player draw three and lose 3 life. It has a 500-copy serialized version.
• Darklight Phoenix ({3}{B}, mythic, US$ 21.76) — Four-mana 3/2 Phoenix with flying and haste. At the beginning of combat on your turn, if two or more creatures died this turn, it returns from your graveyard to the battlefield.
• Overwrite the Multiverse ({4}{B}{B}, mythic, US$ 6.94) — Six-mana sorcery that exiles all creatures and then empowers Jace X, where X is the number of creatures exiled.
• Craterclaw Colossus ({4}{R}{R}{R}, mythic, US$ 20.54) — Seven-mana 5/5 artifact creature with haste. When it enters, your creatures gain trample and get +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of artifacts you control.
• Stingcaster Mage ({1}{R}, mythic, US$ 13.00) — Two-mana 2/1 Wizard with haste. When it enters, an instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn, at a cost equal to its mana cost.
• Hexhaven Invigorator ({G}{G}{G}{G}, mythic, US$ 43.08) — 6/6 creature with vigilance for {G}{G}{G}{G}. Whenever it is dealt damage, you may search your library for up to that many lands and put them onto the battlefield tapped.
• Omnipresence ({5}{G}{G}{G}, mythic, US$ 25.16) — Eight-mana enchantment: you may cast spells from your hand without paying their mana costs if their mana value is less than or equal to the number of creatures you control.
• Tarmogoyf ({1}{G}, mythic, US$ 4.69) — Reprint of the two-mana classic: its power is the number of card types among cards in all graveyards, and its toughness is that number plus 1.
• Aerid Konstrari ({1}{R}{G}{G}, mythic, US$ 12.22) — Legendary 5/4 red-green Elder Sphinx with flying. It creates a Heartwood token when it enters or dies; for {6}, it makes another token and gets +X/+0, where X is the number of artifacts you control.
• Avatar of Burgeoning Echoes ({G}{U}, mythic, US$ 14.99) — 2/3 Avatar for {G}{U}. Whenever a land you control enters, empower Jace 2. Your planeswalkers gain a −10 ability that puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature for each land you control.
• Denzilore Fatehold ({1}{W}{U}{U}, mythic, US$ 8.28) — White-blue 3/4 Elder Sphinx with flash and flying. Whenever you scry or surveil, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
• Ingris Stingerquill ({B}{R}{R}, mythic, US$ 13.66) — 1/4 flying Elder Sphinx for {B}{R}{R}. Whenever a creature you control attacks, it deals 1 damage to each opponent. For {4}, it creates a 2/2 Cadet token and gives your creatures haste.
• Kwia Vigorbloom ({3}{G}{W}{W}, mythic, US$ 24.81) — 6/6 Elder Sphinx with flying, vigilance, lifelink and ward {2}. Once each turn, when you gain life, it creates a Lotus token that sacrifices itself for three mana of any one color.
• Uldaros Theorix ({3}{U}{B}{B}, mythic, US$ 7.97) — Blue-black 5/5 flying Elder Sphinx. If you cast it, when it enters it exiles up to one nonland card of each card type from your graveyard, copies them, and lets you cast copies with total mana value 6 or less for free.
• The Echoverse Fulcrum ({2}, mythic, US$ 13.84) — Two-mana legendary artifact: it loots when it enters. Later, {5}, tap and exile it destroys all creatures, at sorcery speed.
• Ajani Resolute ({1}{W}, mythic, US$ 25.96) — Two-mana planeswalker, loyalty 2, that gets a loyalty counter whenever you gain life. 0: gain 1 life; −4: a 2/2 Ajani's Pridemate token; −10: an emblem giving your creatures +2/+2.
• Chandra, Chill of Compliance ({1}{U}{U}, mythic, US$ 19.53) — Three-mana blue Chandra, loyalty 3. +1: surveil 1 and get the card back if it's a noncreature, nonland card; +1: add {U} for noncreature spells; −X: tap an artifact or creature and put X stun counters on it; −6: an emblem that draws a card whenever you cast a spell.
• Garruk, Veiled Butcher ({3}{B}{B}, mythic, US$ 19.41) — Five-mana black Garruk, loyalty 5: opponents' creatures that would die are exiled instead. +2: −4/−1 on a creature until your next turn; −2: each player sacrifices a creature and, if you did, you get a 4/4 trampling Beast; −3: each opponent discards two cards.
• Ajani Unrelenting ({4}{R}{R}, mythic, US$ 14.52) — Six-mana red Ajani, loyalty 5, that makes a 2/2 Cadet token whenever you activate a loyalty ability. +1: +1/+0 and haste for your team; −2: discard your hand and draw a card per creature; −3: 4 damage to each creature except your tokens.
• Chandra, Torch of Defiance ({2}{R}{R}, mythic, US$ 11.71) — Reprint of the four-mana Chandra, loyalty 4. +1: exile the top card and cast it, or deal 2 damage to each opponent; +1: add {R}{R}; −3: 4 damage to a creature; −7: an emblem that deals 5 damage whenever you cast a spell.
• Garruk, Curse Breaker ({3}{G}{G}, mythic, US$ 13.80) — Five-mana green Garruk, loyalty 5, that draws a card whenever a creature with power 4 or greater enters under your control. +2: untap up to two lands; −3: 4/4 trampling Beast; −4: until your next turn, creatures attacking opponents get +2/+2 and trample.

Hexhaven Invigorator (FRA). Illustration: Olivier Bernard · Image: Scryfall · © Wizards of the Coast

Ajani Resolute (FRA). Illustration: Tyler Jacobson · Image: Scryfall · © Wizards of the Coast

Darklight Phoenix (FRA). Illustration: Wayne Reynolds · Image: Scryfall · © Wizards of the Coast

What are the white rares?

• Flickering Hound ({3}{W}, rare, US$ 12.43) — Four-mana 2/2 Dog: whenever you cast a creature spell, it exiles another creature you control and returns it, re-using enter effects.
• Germinate Recruits ({2}{W}, rare, US$ 3.68) — Three-mana instant that creates X 2/2 Cadet tokens, where X is the life you gained this turn.
• Guiding Hydra ({X}{W}, rare, US$ 4.50) — {X}{W} Hydra that enters with X +1/+1 counters. At the beginning of your combat, it can move one counter off itself to put one on each other creature you control.
• Kindred Judgment ({5}{W}{W}, rare, US$ 7.62) — Seven-mana sorcery: choose a creature type and destroy every creature that isn't of that type.
• Loyal Tutor ({W}, rare, US$ 9.82) — One-mana instant that searches your library for a planeswalker card and puts it on top.
• Repurposed Enforcer ({1}{W}, rare, US$ 0.95) — Two-mana 3/2 Soldier that, when it attacks, empowers Jace X, where X is the number of creatures you control.
• Gideon's Memorial ({1}{W}, rare, US$ 5.94) — Two-mana legendary artifact: creature tokens get +1/+0 and vigilance; it taps for any color only for planeswalker spells; and, discarded for {1}{W}, it deals 4 damage to an attacking or blocking creature.
• Liliana the Faultless ({W}, rare, US$ 5.37) — The Echoverse's white Liliana: a one-mana 1/1 that gains you 1 life whenever another creature or planeswalker enters under your control, and can give an ally hexproof by discarding a card.
• Lyra, Archangel of Dawn ({2}{W}, rare, US$ 4.48) — Three-mana 3/3 flying Angel: whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on each Angel you control.

What are the blue rares?

Blue holds the Jace cards and the prepare creatures with card-draw spells.

• Cruel Calculations ({2}{U}, rare, US$ 4.93) — Three-mana sorcery that draws X cards, where X is the number of cards put into a target player's graveyard from their library this turn.
• Diviner of Victory ({U} // {1}{U}, rare, US$ 2.19) — One-mana 1/1 Dwarf that enters prepared; it gets +1/+1 whenever you scry or surveil. Its spell, Unwind History, bounces an opponent's creature with mana value 3 or less and surveils 1.
• Jace's Machinations ({2}{U}, rare, US$ 8.03) — Three-mana instant that empowers Jace 8 and lets you activate Jace loyalty abilities on any turn at instant speed until end of turn.
• Sphinx of False Conclusions ({2}{U}{U}, rare, US$ 7.05) — 4/2 Sphinx with flash and flying: it loots when it attacks, and when it dies, if it isn't a token, it comes back as a token copy of itself.
• Theorist's Proxy ({1}{U}, rare, US$ 2.40) — Two-mana 0/3 Illusion with flash that empowers Jace 3 when it enters; for {U} and sacrificing it, your next spell this turn can't be countered.
• Variable Chaser ({2}{U} // {2}{U}, rare, US$ 5.82) — 2/3 Wizard with flying and prowess that enters prepared. Its spell, Arc of Fortune, lets each player discard their hand and draw seven.
• Jace, Reality Sculptor ({3}{U}{U}, rare, US$ 7.50) — Five-mana planeswalker, loyalty 5. +1: empower Jace X (X = your Islands); −3: until your next turn, creatures attacking you or your planeswalkers get −5/−0; 0: exile all but the bottom card of each opponent's library, if your Jaces have 25 or more loyalty counters.
• Lyra, Tolarian Archangel ({1}{U}{U}, rare, US$ 5.71) — The blue Lyra: a three-mana 3/3 flyer that creates a 3/3 flying Angel at the end of each turn in which you drew three or more cards; for {3}{U}{U}, it draws two when it deals combat damage.
• Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun ({1}{U}, rare, US$ 25.72) — Two-mana 2/1 Wizard that gives split second to all your instants and sorceries: while they're on the stack, nobody can respond with spells or non-mana abilities.

Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun (FRA). Illustration: Grzegorz Rutkowski · Image: Scryfall · © Wizards of the Coast

What are the black rares?

• Dark Matter Manipulator ({B}, rare, US$ 2.84) — One-mana 1/2 Warlock that mills three when it enters and gets +2/+0 for every seven cards in your graveyard.
• Extrapolate the Impossible ({1}{B}, rare, US$ 5.37) — Two-mana sorcery that reveals two differently named cards from outside the game; an opponent chooses one and it goes to your hand.
• Lich's Relic ({B}, rare, US$ 7.09) — One-mana Equipment (+2/+1, equip {2}). When it enters, if you pay {2} more, it destroys up to one creature or planeswalker from each opponent.
• Rise of the Deathbringer ({4}{B}, rare, US$ 1.86) — Five-mana instant with two modes: draw cards equal to the greatest power among your creatures (losing that much life), or give all creatures −3/−3.
• Sanctum Lurker ({2}{B}, rare, US$ 6.99) — Three-mana 3/2 Horror that empowers Jace 1 when it enters. Your planeswalkers don't die at 0 loyalty and gain +2: 1 damage to each opponent and 1 life for you.
• Vraska's Final Mercy ({B}{B}, rare, US$ 2.74) — {B}{B} sorcery: lose 2 life and destroy a creature or planeswalker, or lose 2 life and empower Jace 6.
• Gideon the Oathless ({2}{B}, rare, US$ 8.66) — The black Gideon: a three-mana 3/3 Mercenary with ward—discard a card. It deals 1 damage to an opponent whenever a creature enters under their control or they activate a loyalty ability.
• Liliana the Repentant ({1}{B}, rare, US$ 10.30) — Two-mana 2/2 Warlock that mills two whenever another creature or planeswalker enters under your control. With exhaust, {5}{B} returns a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to the battlefield (once).

What are the red rares?

• Ajani's Anguish ({X}{R}, rare, US$ 6.79) — {X}{R} enchantment that deals X damage to any target when it enters and gives your creatures trample while it stays.
• Curse-Marred Demon ({2}{R}{R}, rare, US$ 7.62) — Four-mana 4/4 Demon with flying and trample. When it enters, it tutors any card to your hand and then discards a card at random.
• Draconic Visitor ({3}{R}{R}, rare, US$ 11.87) — Five-mana 5/5 flying Dragon: any artifact token you would create becomes a 5/5 flying Dragon token instead.
• Face Yourself ({5}{R}{R}, rare, US$ 2.67) — Seven-mana sorcery that copies each creature a player controls for you, with haste; the copies are sacrificed at end of turn unless you control a planeswalker.
• Identity Echo ({2}{R}, rare, US$ 4.90) — Three-mana enchantment: for {3}{R}, exile a creature or planeswalker you control and reveal cards until you hit another creature or planeswalker, which enters in its place.
• Master of Barbs ({1}{R}, rare, US$ 4.09) — Two-mana 2/1 Lizard with menace: whenever opponents are dealt noncombat damage, your creatures get +1/+0 until end of turn.
• Pompous Battlemage ({R} // {R}, rare, US$ 3.41) — One-mana 1/1 Goblin with prowess that enters prepared. Its spell, Improvised Act, lets you discard a card to draw a card.
• Pyre Rhymer ({1}{R}{R} // {R}, rare, US$ 6.70) — 3/3 Elemental with prowess that enters prepared. Its spell, Molten Tide ({R}), makes each Mountain add an extra {R} until end of turn.
• Samut, Hazoret's Champion ({1}{R}, rare, US$ 7.43) — The red Samut: a two-mana 2/2 that gives all your creatures haste.

What are the green rares?

• Carnivorous Cultivator ({1}{G} // {G}, rare, US$ 5.78) — 2/3 Elf with deathtouch that enters prepared; when it deals combat damage to a player, it returns a land card from your graveyard to your hand. Its spell, Enroot, puts a land from your library into your graveyard.
• Gardenize ({1}{G}{G}, rare, US$ 7.61) — Three-mana enchantment that gets a charge counter whenever a creature you control dies and adds {G} per counter in your first main phase.
• Hungering Puppetbeast ({3}{G}{G}, rare, no price listed) — Five-mana 5/5 artifact creature that makes a Heartwood token when it enters; for {1} and sacrificing another artifact, it grows +1/+1 and gains trample, hexproof or haste.
• Puppet Crafting ({1}{G}, rare, US$ 2.27) — Two-mana Aura that turns an artifact or enchantment into a 5/5 creature; for {4}{G}, it returns from your graveyard to your hand.
• Simulacrum Shaper ({1}{G}{G}, rare, US$ 7.26) — Three-mana 2/2 Elf that fetches a basic land tapped when it enters and draws a card when it dies.
• Verdant Kraken ({4}{G}{G}{G}, rare, US$ 8.41) — Seven-mana 6/6 Kraken: at the beginning of each player's upkeep, you create a 3/3 Forest Tentacle token that is a land creature tapping for {G}.

What are the multicolored rares?

• Entrust the Spark ({3}{G}{U}, rare, US$ 2.84) — Five-mana green-blue sorcery: sacrifice a planeswalker to search for another one and put it straight onto the battlefield.
• Frostbite Pyromental ({U}{R}{R}, rare, US$ 0.99) — 4/4 Elemental with trample and haste for {U}{R}{R}: it draws two when it deals combat damage to a player and is sacrificed at end of turn.
• Null Summoner ({2}{U}{B}, rare, US$ 0.91) — Blue-black 4/2 Warlock: if cast, it looks at an opponent's hand and exiles a nonland card; with threshold (seven cards in your graveyard), you may cast the exiled card.
• Proctor of Potential ({W}{U}, rare, US$ 3.13) — {W}{U} 3/1 Cleric that surveils 1 whenever it or another creature enters under your control; if you scried or surveilled this turn, it returns from the graveyard for {W}{U} with a finality counter.
• Solarium Sentry ({G}{W}, rare, US$ 1.61) — {G}{W} 3/3 Cat that gains you 2 life whenever an opponent casts a spell with mana value 2 or less.
• Solitary Cell ({R}{W}, rare, no price listed) — {R}{W} artifact that exiles an opponent's nonland permanent with mana value 3 or less while it stays; for {1}, tap and discarding a legendary card, it draws a card.
• Stinging Vitriol ({B}{R}, rare, US$ 2.01) — {B}{R} sorcery that deals 2 damage to an opponent, looks at their hand and makes them discard a nonland card of your choice.
• Tenured Tethermage ({1}{R}{G}, rare, US$ 3.27) — Red-green 1/1 Artificer: when it enters, you may sacrifice a land to create two tapped Heartwood tokens; tapping two artifacts puts two +1/+1 counters on it.
• Vindictive Triumph ({W}{B}{B}, rare, US$ 1.82) — {W}{B}{B} instant that exiles a creature or planeswalker; if its mana value was 3 or less, you get to use it until the next end step, when it's exiled again.
• Tam, the Possibility ({1}{G}{U}, rare, US$ 5.33) — Green-blue 2/4 Gorgon that makes your planeswalker spells cost {1} less; for {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} and tapping, it proliferates once per planeswalker type you control.
• Vraska, Soul of Stone ({U}{R}{W}, rare, US$ 6.92) — Blue-red-white 3/3 Vraska: gives your artifact creatures vigilance and creates a 1/1 Sculpture Treasure token (a creature you can sacrifice for mana) for each noncreature spell you cast.
• Vraska, the Cutting Glare ({B}{B}{G}, rare, US$ 6.08) — {B}{B}{G} 4/4 Vraska with deathtouch: when she enters, if you control six or more lands, she destroys an opponent's permanent, and that player gets a Treasure.
• Karn, Gilded Guardian ({2/W}{2/U}{2/B}{2/R}{2/G}, rare, US$ 2.49) — 5/5 Golem with vigilance and trample and a five-color hybrid cost (each symbol can be paid with 2 generic): when it enters, it draws a card per color among your other artifacts.

Colorless rares and lands

Two colorless artifacts and eight lands round out the rares. Five of the lands are reprints of the two-color "slow lands", which enter tapped unless you control two or more other lands.

• Codie, Ravenous Codex ({3}, rare, US$ 5.93) — Three-mana 1/4 Book Construct that copies every prepared spell you cast; for {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} and tapping, it makes all your creatures prepared.
• Karn, Argent Defender ({2}, rare, US$ 9.17) — Two-mana 1/3 Golem: artifacts and creatures entering the battlefield don't cause abilities to trigger.

Karn, Argent Defender (FRA). Illustration: Scott M. Fischer · Image: Scryfall · © Wizards of the Coast

• Hall of Echoes (land, rare, US$ 8.20) — Land that taps for {C}; for {5}, it becomes a copy of a creature you control until end of turn, and the legend rule doesn't apply to your permanents that turn.
• Roiling Canopy (land, rare, US$ 8.87) — Land that enters tapped and taps for {G}; when a Forest enters and you control five other Forests, a creature you control gets +3/+3.
• Theorist's Sanctum (land, rare, US$ 3.91) — An Island that enters untapped if you behold a Jace (on the battlefield or in hand); for {2}{U} and tapping, it empowers Jace 2.
• Deserted Beach (land, rare, US$ 3.78) — Reprint (white/blue): enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
• Haunted Ridge (land, rare, US$ 3.58) — Reprint (black/red), with the same enter rule.
• Overgrown Farmland (land, rare, US$ 4.03) — Reprint (green/white), with the same enter rule.
• Rockfall Vale (land, rare, US$ 0.96) — Reprint (red/green), with the same enter rule.
• Shipwreck Marsh (land, rare, US$ 5.57) — Reprint (blue/black), with the same enter rule.

10 uncommons worth a look

Most echoed pairs are uncommons. These ten show up in reviews or are famous pairs:

• Fblthp, Impossibly Lost ({1}{U}, uncommon, US$ 1.52) — Blue 1/1 Homunculus: when opponents are dealt combat damage during your turn, you draw two; if your library is empty, you win. Then he shuffles himself into your library.
• Fblthp, Knows the Way ({X}{G}{G}, uncommon, US$ 1.57) — The green pair: {X}{G}{G}, fetches up to X differently named basic lands to your hand; its power equals the number of basic land types you control (domain).
• Countersculpt ({U}{U}, uncommon, US$ 1.50) — {U}{U} counterspell that requires you to behold a Jace or pay {1} more, and also empowers Jace 1.
• Multiply by Zero ({1}{B}, uncommon, US$ 0.95) — Two-mana instant that sets a creature's base power and toughness to 0/0 until end of turn — it handles even indestructible creatures.
• Saheeli, Consul of Oversight ({3}{W}{W}, uncommon, US$ 0.33) — Five-mana 4/4 flying Advisor that makes a 1/1 flying Thopter when you scry or surveil (once each turn).
• Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive ({1}{U}, uncommon, US$ 1.99) — Reprint: your creatures with power or toughness 1 or less can't be blocked.
• Thalia, the Survivor ({3}{W}, uncommon, US$ 1.33) — Four-mana 3/4 Thalia with lifelink: opponents' noncreature spells cost {1} more.
• Geist of Saint Thalia ({1}{U}, uncommon, US$ 0.77) — The blue pair: a two-mana 1/2 flying Spirit that makes your noncreature spells cost {1} less.
• Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance ({2}{B}, uncommon, US$ 1.69) — Three-mana 2/1 Skeleton: when it enters, each opponent discards; whenever a player discards, it deals 1 damage to each opponent.
• Yargle, Goliath of Otaria ({4}{U}, uncommon, US$ 1.05) — The set's joke: the blue Yargle is a five-mana 3/9 frog with no abilities at all — the pair of the original 9/3 Yargle, reprinted as the black version.

What about the Special Guests and Commander cards?

Outside the main set, Reality Fracture brings a 10-card Special Guests panorama (numbers 159 to 168 on Scryfall): Eye of Ugin, Austere Command, Flesh Duplicate, Consign to Memory, Sublime Epiphany, Consider, Necrodominance, Mind Twist, Splinter Twin and Root Maze. On September 27, the most expensive of them with a listed price on Scryfall was Consign to Memory, at US$ 49.62. The Commander decks (code FRC) include reprints such as Sunfall, Archon of Cruelty and Flawless Maneuver, which Draftsim listed among the best reprints of the release.

What to expect in each format?

The first reviews already point to where each card should show up. These are the cited authors' opinions, not tournament results — the set isn't even out yet.

• Commander: Kristen Gregory, on the Card Kingdom blog (September 25), says Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun is "going to make waves in cEDH", calls Loyal Tutor a huge pickup for Superfriends decks and sees Hexhaven Invigorator mostly working as a four-mana 6/6 that needs support. The same list includes Hall of Echoes, Karn, Argent Defender (compared to Torpor Orb) and Craterclaw Colossus.
• Best new cards: Draftsim's ranking, by Pedro Furtado, puts Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun first, followed by Flickering Hound, Vraska, Soul of Stone, Karn, Argent Defender, Ajani Resolute and The Theorist, Jace Beleren.
• Standard: Romeu, on Cardsrealm (September 25), names Liliana the Faultless the most promising lifegain card, considers Theorist's Proxy essential for the Jace deck and sees Darklight Phoenix as a potential high-impact card. On Tarmogoyf, the verdict is limited viability in the format.
• Against the hype: Timothy Linward, at Wargamer (September 16), called the new Emrakul "by far the weakest Emrakul" and attributed much of the demand for Tarmogoyf to nostalgia.
• Limited: Andrew Quinn's review at Draftsim (September 21) describes 10 two-color archetypes — five named after the Elder Sphinxes and five after characters (Liliana, Garruk, Jace and Vraska, Chandra and Ajani) — and gives 10/10 to Lyra, Tolarian Archangel, 9/10 to Guiding Hydra, 8/10 to Chandra, Chill of Compliance and 7/10 to Kindred Judgment.

What changes for buyers, sellers and collectors

Preorder prices keep falling. Compared with the check we ran on September 23, Emrakul, the Exigent Doom went from US$ 68.34 to US$ 33.06 (−51.6%), Hexhaven Invigorator from US$ 60.90 to US$ 43.08 (−29.3%), Garruk, Veiled Butcher from US$ 30.01 to US$ 19.41 (−35.3%) and The Theorist, Jace Beleren from US$ 35.76 to US$ 26.97 (−24.6%), always the TCGplayer market price via Scryfall, non-foil.

What you can do with that:

• Want to play a specific mythic? Compare today's price with last week's before buying; for the four cards above, waiting paid off.
• Opening boosters to sell? The most expensive card today is a green mythic (Hexhaven Invigorator, US$ 43.08); the most expensive rare, Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun, was at US$ 25.72. Of the 62 rares with a listed price, 54 were between US$ 1 and US$ 10 — most of a booster's value sits in the mythics.
• Looking for the cards in Brazil? See who is already listing them on Collector Union, such as Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun or Hexhaven Invigorator.

Our take

This section is opinion, based on the facts above.

Reality Fracture looks like a set made more for Commander than for competitive formats: the reviews we read agree that the strongest cards are the ones with unique effects — Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun, Karn, Argent Defender, Loyal Tutor, Hall of Echoes — while the names that drove preorders (Emrakul, Tarmogoyf) get cooler evaluations. The drop in those two since September 23 fits that reading. For Standard, the most cited bet is the Jace deck, which depends on many empower Jace cards together; it's worth waiting for the first tournament results before paying up for its pieces.

Quick summary

• Reality Fracture (FRA) reaches MTG Arena on September 29 and stores on October 2, 2026.
• The main set has 26 mythics and 64 rares; 86 cards form 43 echoed pairs.
• The core mechanics are empower Jace and prepare, with Heartwood and Cadet tokens.
• On September 27, the most expensive card was Hexhaven Invigorator (US$ 43.08) and the most expensive rare, Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun (US$ 25.72).
• Emrakul, the Exigent Doom fell 51.6% since September 23, to US$ 33.06.
• Reviews point to Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun as the best new card, with a Commander focus.

Frequently asked questions

When does Reality Fracture release?

Reality Fracture reaches MTG Arena on September 29, 2026 and physical stores on October 2, 2026. Prerelease runs from September 25 to October 1.

How many rares and mythics does Reality Fracture have?

The main set has 64 rares and 26 mythics, plus 71 commons and 109 uncommons. Among rares and mythics, 14 rares and 6 mythics are echoed pairs.

What is the most expensive card in Reality Fracture?

On September 27, 2026, it was Hexhaven Invigorator, at US$ 43.08 TCGplayer market price (non-foil, via Scryfall). Emrakul, the Exigent Doom, which led during preorders, was at US$ 33.06.

Is Tarmogoyf back in Standard?

Yes. Tarmogoyf is reprinted in Reality Fracture as a mythic, and Scryfall lists it as legal in Standard, Pioneer and Modern. The reviews we read, however, expect little impact from it in current Standard.

What is empower Jace?

It's the set's main mechanic: you put loyalty counters on a Jace planeswalker token and, if you don't have one, you create the token first. The token has "−1: Surveil 1" and "−3: Draw a card".

Sources

• Reality Fracture (FRA) — Scryfall
• Scryfall API: Reality Fracture cards
• Collecting Reality Fracture — Wizards of the Coast
• Reality Fracture Mechanics — Wizards of the Coast
• The Best New Reality Fracture Rares & Mythics for Commander — Card Kingdom Blog
• The 44 Best Cards in Reality Fracture Ranked — Draftsim
• The Ultimate Reality Fracture Limited Set Review — Draftsim
• Standard: Reality Fracture Highlights — Cardsrealm
• The five most hyped MTG cards in Reality Fracture — Wargamer