Commander 2021

Commander 2021

 

Silverquill Statement

 

Prismari Performance

 

Witherbloom Witchcraft

 

Lorehold Legacies

 

Quantum Quandrix

 

Trivia

 

Commander 2021
Set Information
Set symbol
Design	Taymoor Rehman Ethan Fleischer Daniel Holt Ken Nagle Noah Millrod Sheldon Menery Ari Nieh Chris Mooney
Release date	April 23, 2021
Set size	Five 100-card decks
Expansion code	C21
Commander series
Kaldheim Commander Decks Commander 2021 N/A
Magic: The Gathering Chronology
Mystical Archive Commander 2021 Secret Lair: Ultimate Edition 2

Commander 2021, also referred to as Strixhaven Commander, officially styled as Commander (2021 Edition) and marketed as the Strixhaven: School of Mages Commander decks, is a product in the Commander series released by Wizards of the Coast. The set will be released on the same day as Strixhaven: School of Mages, and is marketed as an integral part of that set. It is scheduled to be released on April 23, 2021.

Set details

Commander 2021 consists of five preconstructed theme decks, similar to Ikoria Commander, and features 15 premium foil commanders. The five enemy colored 100-card decks contain TBA different cards in total. There are 81 new cards legal in Vintage and Legacy (1 commons, 70 rares, 10 mythic rares). These are set on the same plane as Strixhaven, though the reprints can be from anywhere.

As part of a larger push toward moving away from plastic packaging, this product features reduced plastic packaging. Each package contains 1 foil-etched display commander card (replacing the oversized cards from previous Commander sets), a 100 card deck (including 2 regular foils), 10 double-sided tokens, 1 deck box and 1 life wheel. Each deck features 17 new cards, with one of them (Study Hall) appearing in each deck.

The 70 new rares and ten new mythic rares from the Commander 2021 decks are available in an extended-art version (#TBA-TBA). These may be found in a dedicated single slot of the Strixhaven: School of Mages Collector Booster. These extended-art cards are only available in non-foil. Of note, the rares and mythic rares that are reprints in the Commander 2021 decks aren't found in Strixhaven Collector Boosters.

Themes and mechanics

Each deck focuses on the colors and themes of its associated college.

• Silverquill (): TBA
• Prismari (): TBA
• Witherbloom (): TBA
• Lorehold (): Artifacts and graveyard recursion.
• Quandrix (): TBA

Commander 2021 introduces the political mechanic Demonstrate, which allows players to copy a spell when they cast it by allowing an opponent to have a copy as well.

Preconstructed decks

Commander 2021 consists of five college-themed decks.

Theme deck name	Color Identity					Commander
Silverquill Statement	W		B			Breena, the Demagogue
Prismari Performance		U		R		Zaffai, Thunder Conductor
Witherbloom Witchcraft			B		G	Willowdusk, Essence Seer
Lorehold Legacies	W			R		Osgir, the Reconstructor
Quantum Quandrix		U			G	Adrix and Nev, Twincasters

Tokens

Commander 2021 features at least eleven tokens and emblems.

1. 4/4 Elemental creature, for Zaffai, Thunder Conductor.
2. 0/0 Construct artifact creature with "This creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control," for Digsite Engineer.
3. 3/3 Golem artifact creature with flying, for Triplicate Titan.
4. 3/3 Golem artifact creature with trample, for Triplicate Titan.
5. 3/3 Golem artifact creature with vigilance, for Triplicate Titan.
6. 1/1 Myr artifact creature, for Myr Battlesphere.
7. 1/1 Thopter artifact creature with flying, for Pia Nalaar and Thopter Engineer.
8. Food artifact.
9. Treasure artifact, for Excavation Technique and Monologue Tax.
10. Copy, for Osgir, the Reconstructor.
11. Emblem for Daretti, Scrap Savant.

Cycles

Commander 2021 has at least five cycles of new cards:

Cycle name
Demonstrations	Excavation Technique			Creative Technique
	Five rare spells with demonstrate.
Cycle name
Face commanders	Breena, the Demagogue	Zaffai, Thunder Conductor	Willowdusk, Essence Seer	Osgir, the Reconstructor	Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
	Five bi-colored mythic rare legendary creatures, each teaching at one of the colleges of Strixhaven.
Alternate commanders		Veyran, Voice of Duality		Alibou, Ancient Witness
	Five bi-colored mythic rare legendary creatures, each supporting a deck's theme.
Monocolored commanders	()	Octavia, Living Thesis ()	()	Laelia, the Blade Reforged ()	()
	()	Rionya, Fire Dancer ()	()	Losheel, Clockwork Scholar ()	()
	Five pairs of monocolored rare legendary creatures, each supporting a deck's theme.