I’m excited to showcase the Strixhaven Blue Paradigm card secrets in these exclusive previews

Following the recent release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the next Magic: The Gathering series returns to one of its beloved worlds. Secrets of Strixhaven takes players back to the magical academy that debuted five years ago. This time, we’ll get to see more of the world outside school, as students explore dangers like fields of conflict and huge, mysterious creatures called the Ancients.

The new set is still built around the five schools that defined the original Strixhaven release, and I’m excited about the two new cards I’ll be revealing – both showcasing advanced magic from Quandrix, the math-focused college of Strixhaven. The original Strixhaven was a fun mix of flavors and factions, and I’m looking forward to exploring it in more depth with the new collection.

It may be hard to believe that an editor like me would recognize a little more about cards that exploit Silverquill College’s word magic, but Quandrix’s math-focused mechanics were fun for me during the original Strixhaven set, and my new preview cards have certainly renewed my interest. (Maybe that’s enough interest to get a double major?)

Here’s my Quandrix-themed preview card and why I’m excited for Secrets of Strixhaven, which will be released in full on April 24.

Echo symposium

First up in the new set of cards is Echocasting Symposium, which is part of the Legends cycle with a new archetype mechanic. If you resolve a spell with Paradigm, you get it for free on each of your next turns. In this case, the free spell allows you (or another player) to create a copy of one of your creatures.

You can use the Paradigm effect to double, then triple and quadruple the effects of the mill by copying a card like Tidal Galleryforcing your opponent to quickly empty the cards in his library into his graveyard. But the really fun thing is producing versions of it Pride in repetition And give yourself more ways to cast your prepared version of summoning the ancestors. Is your opponent likely to allow the honorary one to sit to be imitated? No, and you might win outright if you manage to, but Quandrix is ​​all about imagining what could happen, so let’s have fun with the idea.

Note that Echocasting Symposium has a lesson subtype, but lessons only appear in the cycle of model cards.

Mind in matter

Mind into Matter lets you draw permanents like creature, magic, and planeswalker cards and place them directly on the battlefield. If you’re behind, you’re trading your turn in hopes of pulling something you need and bluffing something on the field. If you are ahead, you either press your advantage or hold an insurance piece in case your opponent disrupts your game plan. Either way, it’s a fun flavor that fits well with the Quandrix concept.

Collect the secrets of Strixhaven

Both cards are also available in other treatments, with Mind into Matter getting a standard no-limit version. Echocasting Symposium is available in Limitless Field Note Processing – one of only 12 cards from the set. Field Notes art shows a Quandrix student drawing how to create copies using fractal magic.

Secrets of Strixhaven will be released later this month, with pre-releases occurring the weekend of April 17, and the collection set to release on April 24. Packages and Booster boxes Available for pre-order, as is Five floors CommanderLed by returning students from the original Strixhaven group.