The first big spoiler for Magic: The Gathering's first set of 2027 just came from the most unlikely of sources: a schedule for MagicCon Detroit. The Ticketed Play schedule, still live on the MagicCon Detroit website under the "Leagues" category, lists five events, each linked to a different creature type: Humans, Merfolk, Sharks, Decalids, and Desolators.

While some of these types were expected, this is the first potential confirmation for some, and for the ones we're unfamiliar with, each event includes a handy mini-description that hints at what to expect.

Given that there is going to be an unusually long gap between when Star Trek releases and the start of previews for Nauctis: The Sunken Realm, at least by 2026 standards, we weren't expecting to learn anything substantial about the first set of 2027 until the new year. It just so happens that MagicCon Detroit had other ideas, as the Ticketed Play schedule has revealed five separate events, each one dedicated to a creature type from Nauctis.

While we're more than familiar with three of these types, and we've even seen on some of the early key art for the sets that Merfolk, Sharks, and Humans would be part of the Nauctis plane. Decalids and Desolators, however, are new to Magic, but thankfully, the event descriptions give us a small hint of what to expect. For Decalids, it states, "Tentacles unite. " This seems fairly straightforward and likely houses octopuses, squids, and other tentacled sea creatures.

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