Without a doubt, Benedict Cumberbatch is one of the greatest actors of our time. From Sherlock Holmes to Doctor Strange, the world would be infinitely more boring without Cumberbatch playing big roles, but, arguably, the only time he was truly miscast was in one of the biggest sequels of the previous decade. In Star Trek Into Darkness, Cumberbatch’s secret identity as a rebooted version of Khan was never any Star Trek fan’s favorite reveal. Though Cumberbatch was fine in the role, it was hard to imagine a character who was canonically Indian and first played by Mexican film legend Ricardo Montalban to suddenly be a British, white dude. Some IDW Trek comics did a few canonical backflips to explain why Khan looked like this, but in short, Cumberbatch’s Khan has never been anyone’s 100 percent favorite Trek villain.
And yet, with the impending release of the Magic: The Gathering/Star Trek cards, one piece of makes the Cumberbatch Khan look kinda awesome. Can cool art redeem questionable plot choices? Maybe!
