WizKids lines up May 2026 Dungeons & Dragons minis, expansions, and dragon releases

WizKids packed May’s Dungeons & Dragons slate with monsters players can put on the table immediately, led by D&D Icons of the Realms: Monster Manual Collection II, a 10-count Booster Brick that landed with 47 pre-painted miniatures in the set and 160 miniatures per Booster Case. The brick went up at $199.90, and the lineup is built around the new 2025/2024 Monster Manual art, with creatures such as Air Elementals, Werebears, Goblin Hexers, and the Hezrou giving DMs a deep bench of recognizable threats instead of another one-off release.

The most useful part of the schedule is how clearly it splits jobs. D&D Icons of the Realms: Dire Worg and D&D Icons of the Realms: Kraken both arrived on May 6, which makes them easy buys for anyone stocking encounters, while D&D Nolzur’s Marvelous Miniatures: Dire Worg gives painters an unpainted version of the same threat. The Kraken is the obvious centerpiece monster here, the kind of model that can carry a big session or a set-piece battle. The Dire Worg sits lower on the totem pole, but that is exactly why it matters, because DMs need filler pieces that still look dangerous on the map.

WizKids also kept the Onslaught ecosystem moving. Dungeons & Dragons Onslaught: Expansion - Custom Character Kit lets players mix and match role dial cards to create personalized characters for all six Onslaught roles, which is a stronger pitch than a generic add-on because it changes how existing parties are built. Dungeons & Dragons Onslaught: Tomb of Horrors - Maps & Monsters Expansion pushes in the opposite direction, back toward classic dungeon play, with a solo or co-op format, randomly generated map layouts and dangers, and a hard requirement for either the Dungeons & Dragons Onslaught: Tendrils of the Lichen Lich Starter Set or the original Core Set.

That starter set is the real gateway purchase at $99.99, with six scenarios, eight fully painted miniatures, four map tiles, 17 terrain elements, and 95 tokens, so Tomb of Horrors is not a blind buy. It is the kind of expansion that makes sense only if Onslaught is already on your shelf.

The month closes with D&D Nolzur’s Marvelous Miniatures: Adult Amethyst Dragon on May 13, and that one reads less like encounter filler and more like shelf candy for painters and dragon collectors. Taken together, the May releases do more than pad the catalog. They give DMs a ready-made boss, a few workhorse monsters, and one of the clearest signs yet that WizKids wants the D&D miniature line to serve both the game table and the display case at the same time.