Magic: The Gathering is racking up a lot of interesting crossovers lately. Recent memory includes Magic cards representing characters from Godzilla and The Walking Dead, and there's more interesting crossovers up ahead. Wizards of the Coast has struck deals for Magic: The Gathering to represent franchises like Warhammer 40k and Lord of the Rings via its classic trading cards. It's always interesting to see how Magic's crossovers interact with very different brands and push the boundaries of the Magic formula. However, Magic's new collaboration with Rocklove might be completely different from anything it's done before.
For those who don't know Rocklove, it's a jewelry line started by Allison Cimino in 2008. While the carefully crafted accessories sold by Rocklove are impressive in their own right, it's much more than a usual jewelry brand. Rocklove has built a reputation for collaboration with huge parts of pop culture to make jewelry that fans can wear to show their support for their favorite shows, games, and movies. Star Trek has been a close friend of Rocklove's for years, and there's merchandise for Star Wars, Pokemon, League of Legends, and much more. The next big team-up for Rocklove is with Magic: The Gathering, and there's lots of interesting pieces available in this line.
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Most of the Magic: The Gathering jewelry that Rocklove is selling was designed around a particular theme: four of the six pieces are styled after iconic artifacts from Magic history. While the Mox Diamond necklace uses cubic zirconia instead of a real diamond, the final result looks shockingly like the Mox Diamond's card art. The same goes for the other artifacts represented in the collection. Fans of Kamigawa can pick up a Sensei's Divining Top necklace, while more classically minded Magic fans can look into Mana Vault or Black Vise accessories. Considering the impact these artifacts have had on Magic's meta before, it's more than appropriate that they're being immortalized as jewelry.
The other two pieces in Rocklove's Magic: The Gathering collection are a little different. They're a necklace and a signet ring, both made from sterling silver and inlaid with five colored crystals depicting the cycle of mana colors in Magic. While these aren't as elaborate as the artifact necklaces, they're a little more affordable, and still seem like a fun accessory for showing off a love for Magic. Plus, after all these years of Magic cards using jewels to represent the five colors of mana, it only seems right that one of Rocklove's pieces brings them together in the same way.
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It should be noted that Rocklove's Magic jewelry isn't going to be around forever. Rocklove is only producing a few hundred or up to a thousand of each piece, so availability is very limited. It's selling the pieces in waves, and some of the pieces are already sold out for the first wave. It'll be a little while before Magic fans can claim a piece from the next wave of the collection. Fans interested in this jewelry had better keep their eye on the collection and pick up a piece whenever they can. They'll surely be pretty rare after a while.
Magic: The Gathering isn't a franchise that's short on merchandise. It's represented in everything from T-shirts to Funko pops to novelizations of the story. Still, that doesn't mean it's collaboration with Rocklove is anything less special. In fact, the Rocklove collaboration is really unique. These pieces of jewelry physically bring to life classic artifacts and symbology in a way that's hard to compare to any other Magic merch. It's certainly a good idea for a team-up. Considering how many other famous artifacts there are in Magic's history, maybe Wizards of the Coast will strike a deal with Rocklove to bring more artifacts to life.
Magic: The Gathering is available now in game stores and digitally through Magic Arena. Rocklove's Magic: The Gathering jewelry is also available now on the Rocklove website.
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