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|aka=College of Numeromancy
|aka=College of Numeromancy
|plane= [[Arcavios]]
|plane= [[Arcavios]]
|founders=[[Tanazir Quandrix]]
|leader=[[Kianne]] & [[Imbraham]]
|colors= GU
|timepoint=
|timepoint=
|members=[[Adrix and Nev]], [[Imbraham]], [[Kianne]], [[Tanazir Quandrix]], [[Zimone Wola]]
|members=[[Adrix and Nev]], [[Deekah]], [[Esix]], [[List of secondary characters#Arcavios|Nimiroti Wola]], [[Ruxa]], [[Zimone Wola]]
}}'''Quandrix''' is the College of Numeromancy at [[Strixhaven]] University on the plane of [[Arcavios]]. It is {{G}}{{U}} aligned and uses [[Fractal]]s as mascots. The founder of the college is the [[elder dragon]] [[Tanazir Quandrix]].<ref name="Tour">{{YouTubeRef|b23oHHziMto|Strixhaven: School of Mages Campus Tour|channel=[[Magic: The Gathering]]|date=March 25, 2021}}</ref>
|races=[[Aven]], [[Bear]]folk, [[Elves]], [[Fractal]]s, [[Human]]s, [[Merfolk]]
|status=Active
}}
'''Quandrix''' is the College of Numeromancy at [[Strixhaven]] University on the plane of [[Arcavios]]. It is {{G}}{{U}} aligned and uses [[Fractal]]s as mascots. The founder of the college is the [[elder]] [[dragon]] [[Tanazir Quandrix]].<ref name="Tour">{{YouTubeRef|b23oHHziMto|Strixhaven: School of Mages Campus Tour|channel=[[Magic: The Gathering]]|date=March 25, 2021}}</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
Quandrix mages are ingenious math magicians. They study patterns, fractals, and symmetries underneath reality to command power over the fundamental forces of nature.<ref name="Tour"/> They'll solve a Rubik's Cube while contemplating the metaphysical properties of the universe. They can also recite every number of Pi backwards.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/first-lesson-introduction-strixhaven-2021-02-18|The First Lesson: Introduction to Strixhaven|[[Blake Rasmussen]]|February 18, 2021}}</ref>
[[File:Quandrix map.jpg|left|thumb|252x252px|Map of the Quandrix campus]]
Quandrix mages are ingenious math magicians. They study patterns, fractals, and symmetries underneath reality to command power over the fundamental forces of nature.<ref name="Tour"/> They'll solve intricate puzzles while contemplating the metaphysical properties of the universe. They can also recite every number of [[wikipedia:Pi|Pi]] backwards.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/first-lesson-introduction-strixhaven-2021-02-18|The First Lesson: Introduction to Strixhaven|[[Blake Rasmussen]]|February 18, 2021}}</ref> Their color combination ponders whether the sciences are a feat of ingenuity (the blue perception) or merely a lens to observe nature's majesty (the green perception).


Quandrix is filled with highly intellectual nature-mathematicians. The students of Quandrix wield their power from the fundamental mathematics of nature, studying fractals, patterns, and symmetries. Quandrix mage-students have the ability to summon creatures that are made up of [[fractal]]s. They are also able to expand their knowledge and even their physical size through the manipulation and bending of numbers. Their college motto is 'Math is Magic'.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://mashable.com/article/magic-the-gathering-strixhaven-zimone-reveal/|title='Magic: The Gathering' is adding math nerds and making them cool|author=Amanda Yeo|date=March 24, 2021|publisher=Mashable.com}}</ref>
Quandrix is filled with highly intellectual nature-mathematicians. The students of Quandrix wield their power from the fundamental mathematics of nature, studying fractals, patterns, and symmetries. Quandrix mage-students have the ability to summon creatures that are made up of [[fractal]]s. They are also able to expand their knowledge and even their physical size through the manipulation and bending of numbers. Their college motto is 'Math is Magic'.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://mashable.com/article/magic-the-gathering-strixhaven-zimone-reveal/|title='Magic: The Gathering' is adding math nerds and making them cool|author=Amanda Yeo|date=March 24, 2021|publisher=Mashable.com}}</ref> Their magic is formulaic, blending math into their spellcasting.
 
==Colors dichotomy==
'''Green'''
The [[green]] side of Quandrix is focused on bringing numerical possibilities to life, creating physical reality out of mathematical possibilities. Vivifiers, zoetimancers, and figurists conjure [[fractal]] [[creature]]s based on biological life. Augmentors and scale [[druid]]s, simply put, enjoy [[ramp|making things bigger]].<ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/strixhaven-part-2-2021-04-05|In the Strixhaven, Part 2|[[Mark Rosewater]]|April 5, 2021}}</ref>  The famed Quandrix mana scholars investigate the nature and possibilities of [[mana]] itself and give lectures on [[leyline]]s, Snarls, spellcasting, and other mana phenomena across the [[plane]]. [[Kianne]] is the green-aligned Elf dean of Quandrix.
 
'''Blue'''
The [[blue]] side of Quandrix attracts those who delve into the abstract realms of theory, conjecture, and possibility. Abstractors and proofspinners conjure wild magic that stretches the possibilities of space. Spiralmancers and fractalologists create beautiful patterns and odd optical [[illusion]]s with uncertain relationships to reality. Echognosts and sequence prophets learn by studying infinite repeating patterns that bend the mind. Metamancers, phenomenologists, and void theorists go beyond numbers to study and tweak the fundamental nature of reality itself, learning or altering essential truths about the world. Sometimes this generates "impossibles," which are strange, surreal beings born of paradoxes.<ref name="Guide">{{DailyRef|feature/planeswalkers-guide-strixhaven-2021-04-01|Planeswalker's Guide to Strixhaven| [[Doug Beyer]] and [[Ari Zirulnik]] |April 01, 2021}}</ref> [[Imbraham]] is Quandrix's blue-aligned Owlin dean.
 
==Mascots==
Quandrix magic can abstract and replicate the patterns of nature into artificial life forms called [[fractal]]s. Because they are essentially formulaic representations of [[creature]]s brought to life, they can be mathematically scaled in size from tiny to enormous, making them effective companions for [[wizard|mages]] who use them as playthings, pets, helpers, and allies in combat.<ref name="Guide"</>
 
==College locations==
*The '''Torus Hall''' is a central hall of Quandrix campus that lies at the end of a geometric series of walkways, ending in the ascending ramps to the towering building. Inside, Torus Hall's architecture is mapped to an ever-changing three-dimensional grid that slowly changes and evolves over time. Some Quandrix professors insist that mage-students shouldn't linger too long inside the Hall, lest its geometry eventually turns itself inside out while they're still within it.
 
*The Quandrix campus is alive with dynamic sculptures made of water behaving in odd ways: cube-shaped fountains, arching aqueducts that flow through the air, towers of solid-seeming water. One water structure holds a secret: a mysterious inner expanse called the '''Arithmodrome'''. From the outside, the Arithmodrome looks like a large cube of water, 10 feet on each side. Inside, it's an infinite-seeming theory-space where the rules of reality are suspended. Mages use this space to explore theoretical numerical possibilities.
 
*The '''Cultivarium''' is a eye-popping, sun-drenched garden of spiraling, cyclical [[plant]]s and [[Fractal|fractalized]] animals. Quandrix professors have repeatedly taught growth spells in this part of campus, and over the centuries, the area has come to intensify any growth magic cast within it.<ref name="Guide"</>


==Quandrix Majors==
==Quandrix Majors==
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*Accounting
*Accounting
*Astronomy
*Astronomy
*Aviation
*Aviation
*Biomathematics
*Economics
*Economics
*Engineering
*Engineering
*Fractal Theory
*Geometry
*Math
*Math
*Statistics
*Physics<ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|tumblr=Blogatog|url=https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/647043635681099776/hi-mark-i-really-enjoyed-your-list-of-witherbloom|title=I really enjoyed your list of Witherbloom majors|date=March 29, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|tumblr=Blogatog|url=https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/646847318305423360/are-all-these-college-sortings-youve-been-doing|title=Are all these college sortings you've been doing coming off the top or your head|date=March 27, 2021}}</ref>
*Physics<ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|tumblr=Blogatog|url=https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/647043635681099776/hi-mark-i-really-enjoyed-your-list-of-witherbloom|title=I really enjoyed your list of Witherbloom majors|date=March 29, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|tumblr=Blogatog|url=https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/646847318305423360/are-all-these-college-sortings-youve-been-doing|title=Are all these college sortings you've been doing coming off the top or your head|date=March 27, 2021}}</ref>
}}
==Faculty==
===Founder Dragon===
*[[Tanazir Quandrix]]
===Deans===
*[[Kianne]] (Green)
*[[Imbraham]] (Blue)
===Professors===
*[[Adrix and Nev]]
*[[Deekah]]
*[[Ruxa]]
==Known students==
*[[Zimone Wola]]
==Associated races==
*[[Elf|Elves]]
*[[Drake]]s
*[[Fractal]]s
*[[Human]]s
*[[Kelpie]]s
*[[Merfolk]]s
*[[Owlin]] (Owl Avens)
*[[Rhino]]s
*[[Troll]]s
*[[Turtle|Turtle-folk]]


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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File:Quandrix.png|Quandrix students.
File:Quandrix.png|Quandrix students.
File:Quandrix Campus.jpg|<c>Quandrix Campus</c>
File:Quandrix Campus.jpg|<c>Quandrix Campus</c>
File:Students Quandrix.jpg|Conceptual art Quandrix students.
File:QuandrixCampus.jpg|Quandrix campus concept
</gallery>
</gallery>


==In-game references==
==In-game references==
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|referred=
|referred=
*<c>Aether Helix</c>
*<c>Aether Helix</c>
*<c>Big Play</c>
*{{Card|Blue Sun's Zenith|Mystical Archive|STA}}
*{{Card|Counterspell|Mystical Archive|STA}}
*<c>Exponential Growth</c>
*<c>Fractal Summoning</c>
*<c>Golden Ratio</c>
*{{Card|Growth Spiral|Mystical Archive|STA}}
*<c>Kelpie Guide</c>
*<c>Kelpie Guide</c>
*<c>Leyline Invocation</c>
*<c>Manifestation Sage</c>
*<c>Manifestation Sage</c>
*{{card|Rejuvenating Springs|Commander Masters|CMM|#=662}}
*<c>Theoretical Duplication</c>
}}
}}


Latest revision as of 03:20, 17 May 2024

Quandrix College
College of Numeromancy
[[File:{{#setmainimage:Quandrix insignia.jpg}}|150px]]
Math is Magic.
History
Founded on Arcavios
Status Active
Membership
Founded by Tanazir Quandrix
Leader Kianne & Imbraham
Notable members Adrix and Nev, Deekah, Esix, Nimiroti Wola, Ruxa, Zimone Wola
Races Aven, Bearfolk, Elves, Fractals, Humans, Merfolk
Associated Colors
{G}{U}

Quandrix is the College of Numeromancy at Strixhaven University on the plane of Arcavios. It is {G}{U} aligned and uses Fractals as mascots. The founder of the college is the elder dragon Tanazir Quandrix.[1]

Description

Map of the Quandrix campus

Quandrix mages are ingenious math magicians. They study patterns, fractals, and symmetries underneath reality to command power over the fundamental forces of nature.[1] They'll solve intricate puzzles while contemplating the metaphysical properties of the universe. They can also recite every number of Pi backwards.[2] Their color combination ponders whether the sciences are a feat of ingenuity (the blue perception) or merely a lens to observe nature's majesty (the green perception).

Quandrix is filled with highly intellectual nature-mathematicians. The students of Quandrix wield their power from the fundamental mathematics of nature, studying fractals, patterns, and symmetries. Quandrix mage-students have the ability to summon creatures that are made up of fractals. They are also able to expand their knowledge and even their physical size through the manipulation and bending of numbers. Their college motto is 'Math is Magic'.[3] Their magic is formulaic, blending math into their spellcasting.

Colors dichotomy

Green The green side of Quandrix is focused on bringing numerical possibilities to life, creating physical reality out of mathematical possibilities. Vivifiers, zoetimancers, and figurists conjure fractal creatures based on biological life. Augmentors and scale druids, simply put, enjoy making things bigger.[4] The famed Quandrix mana scholars investigate the nature and possibilities of mana itself and give lectures on leylines, Snarls, spellcasting, and other mana phenomena across the plane. Kianne is the green-aligned Elf dean of Quandrix.

Blue The blue side of Quandrix attracts those who delve into the abstract realms of theory, conjecture, and possibility. Abstractors and proofspinners conjure wild magic that stretches the possibilities of space. Spiralmancers and fractalologists create beautiful patterns and odd optical illusions with uncertain relationships to reality. Echognosts and sequence prophets learn by studying infinite repeating patterns that bend the mind. Metamancers, phenomenologists, and void theorists go beyond numbers to study and tweak the fundamental nature of reality itself, learning or altering essential truths about the world. Sometimes this generates "impossibles," which are strange, surreal beings born of paradoxes.[5] Imbraham is Quandrix's blue-aligned Owlin dean.

Mascots

Quandrix magic can abstract and replicate the patterns of nature into artificial life forms called fractals. Because they are essentially formulaic representations of creatures brought to life, they can be mathematically scaled in size from tiny to enormous, making them effective companions for mages who use them as playthings, pets, helpers, and allies in combat.[5]

College locations

  • The Torus Hall is a central hall of Quandrix campus that lies at the end of a geometric series of walkways, ending in the ascending ramps to the towering building. Inside, Torus Hall's architecture is mapped to an ever-changing three-dimensional grid that slowly changes and evolves over time. Some Quandrix professors insist that mage-students shouldn't linger too long inside the Hall, lest its geometry eventually turns itself inside out while they're still within it.
  • The Quandrix campus is alive with dynamic sculptures made of water behaving in odd ways: cube-shaped fountains, arching aqueducts that flow through the air, towers of solid-seeming water. One water structure holds a secret: a mysterious inner expanse called the Arithmodrome. From the outside, the Arithmodrome looks like a large cube of water, 10 feet on each side. Inside, it's an infinite-seeming theory-space where the rules of reality are suspended. Mages use this space to explore theoretical numerical possibilities.
  • The Cultivarium is a eye-popping, sun-drenched garden of spiraling, cyclical plants and fractalized animals. Quandrix professors have repeatedly taught growth spells in this part of campus, and over the centuries, the area has come to intensify any growth magic cast within it.[5]

Quandrix Majors

  • Accounting
  • Astronomy
  • Aviation
  • Biomathematics
  • Economics
  • Engineering
  • Fractal Theory
  • Geometry
  • Math
  • Statistics
  • Physics[6][7]

Faculty

Founder Dragon

Deans

Professors

Known students

Associated races

Gallery

  • Quandrix students.

    Quandrix students.

  • Quandrix Campus

    Quandrix Campus

  • Conceptual art Quandrix students.

    Conceptual art Quandrix students.

  • Quandrix campus concept

    Quandrix campus concept

In-game references

Represented in:
Associated cards:
Referred to:

References

  1. ↑ a b Strixhaven: School of Mages Campus Tour (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (March 25, 2021).
  2. ↑ Blake Rasmussen (February 18, 2021). "The First Lesson: Introduction to Strixhaven". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. ↑ Amanda Yeo (March 24, 2021). "'Magic: The Gathering' is adding math nerds and making them cool". Mashable.com.
  4. ↑ Mark Rosewater (April 5, 2021). "In the Strixhaven, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  5. ↑ a b c Doug Beyer and Ari Zirulnik (April 01, 2021). "Planeswalker's Guide to Strixhaven". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  6. ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 29, 2021). "I really enjoyed your list of Witherbloom majors". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  7. ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 27, 2021). "Are all these college sortings you've been doing coming off the top or your head". Blogatog. Tumblr.
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