Netflix will bring Magic: The Gathering to television screens as an animated series titled Planeswalker, scheduled to debut on the streaming service in 2027. The announcement marks the first concrete look at a project that has been in the works in various forms for years. Roy Graham, Head of Story at Magic: The Gathering, introduced the show in a video posted a day before the announcement, telling viewers the project is genuinely moving forward.
The series was first floated in 2019 as a collaboration with Joe and Anthony Russo, who were attached to lead the adaptation, but that version ultimately collapsed. In 2024, Netflix said it still intended to produce a series based on the game and chose to rebuild the project from scratch. The current incarnation, Planeswalker, is the result of that reworked effort.
A sneak peek released with the announcement indicated that the show will give each plane its own distinct visual treatment. Because every plane in the game exists as its own pocket universe, the series will vary its design, animation, and filmmaking style from one plane to the next.
A synopsis shared with IGN describes the story as centering on Chandra Nalaar, characterized as a volatile pyromancer who is pursued for her abilities and troubled by her history. The synopsis offers few additional plot specifics beyond the mention of an insidious force. It states that Chandra and other Planeswalkers will join together to face that force, with the goal of stopping a cataclysmic war that threatens to consume their very existence.
The property is a well-known trading card game, and the Netflix project represents an effort to extend it into animated entertainment for streaming audiences. The 2027 premiere date places the debut roughly eight years after the first adaptation attempt was announced.
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