D&D 5E Vecna new art was a collaboration with Stranger Things!

[Parmandur]

??? Current season of Stranger Things is in '86, well before MTG. Are there Stranger Thing MTG themed cards?

There are:

 

[Maxperson]

??? Current season of Stranger Things is in '86, well before MTG. Are there Stranger Thing MTG themed cards?

They put out some, yes.

Stranger Things Are Happening in the Secret Lair

Watch your head as you step into the latest strange, mind-melting drops from Secret Lair.

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[Yaarel]

I'm still annoyed that the creature that Stranger Things named after D&D's Demogorgon is now what everybody not into D&D thinks of when they hear his name.

Heh. Karma!

Look at what Gygax did to the actual Greek Gorgon. From Medusa to Cattle?

The Demogorgon can justifiably transmogrify into anything.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

Vecna in Stranger Things is the nickname of the monster, but not the original D&D Vecna. Agatha Christie's character Hercules Poirot isn't the same character from classic mythology. Athena from the SNK videogame isn't the deity from the classic mythology. Calisto, the leader of the morlocks from X-Men comics isn't the witch from the "Odissey". Pac-Man was the nickname of Sean Penn's character in the movie "Colors" (because he drove a yellow car).

Hasbro realises Netflix is very useful to promote their brands, but we can't know the future strategy. In the last year Netflix has lost a lot of subscribers.

 

[dave2008]

Interesting

 

[AverageMojito]

So the Hand of Vecna is now the Infinity Gauntlet?

The Gauntlet is missing a spot. That makes the Sixth Stone their eye. Huh, not bad, not bad...

 

[Umbran]

Also, the D&D Stranger Things starter set (which I havent read personally) seems would imply that Stranger Things is part of the D&D multiverse.

Not at all. The D&D Stranger Things Starter Set contains a short adventure with the conceit that it was written by Mike Wheeler, one of the kids in the show. It seems written to evoke the feeling that you and the kids have played the same adventure, not that the kids are in a D&D world themselves.

 

[Weiley31]

there's no Vecna card in the Baldur's Gate set

Technically, there is the Vecna card in the previous MtG dnd crossover set. But it's an 8/8 Indestructible Zombie god Token Creature.

 

[Bill Zebub]

It is the name Dustin gives the monster, like they've named the monsters in previous seasons after D&D monsters - the Demogorgon, the Mind Flayer, and now Vecna.

All further proof that D&D prepares children for life’s challenges.

 

[bedir than]

Not at all. The D&D Stranger Things Starter Set contains a short adventure with the conceit that it was written by Mike Wheeler, one of the kids in the show. It seems written to evoke the feeling that you and the kids have played the same adventure, not that the kids are in a D&D world themselves.

I ran it for a group of 3, two who'd never played and the very basic concepts were easy to understand for everyone.