Strixhaven: School of Mages/Trivia

Strixhaven: School of Mages/Trivia

 

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Trivia

 

Maro's Strixhaven Teaser

Mark Rosewater gave his traditional teaser with the following hints.

First up, here are some things you can expect:

• a white card with the rules text “draw three cards” —
• a planeswalker you know, but not as you know them — Professor Onyx (Liliana under a new identity)
• a card featuring Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa’s likeness (for winning the World Championship) —
• a spell with three X’s in its mana cost —
• introduction of a new evergreen keyword —
• a red sorcery that you can have as many copies in your deck as you want —
• a futureshifted card (appearing for the first time in a premier set other than Future Sight) —
• an MDFC with the same card type on both sides that hasn’t been printed before —
• a card sharing something never shared before — Kasmina, Enigma Sage (Loyalty abilities of Kasmina to other Planeswalkers)
• a cycle of enemy dual lands finishing off a ten-card cycle —

Here are snippets of rules text, you’ll see:

• “Search your library and graveyard for up to four creature cards with different names” —
• “Otherwise, put a study counter on it.” —
• “Whenever a permanent entering the battlefield causes a triggered ability to trigger” —
• “untap each creature you control, then tap any number of creatures you control” —
• “Pay 10 life:” —
• “Repeat this process six more times.” — Professor Onyx
• “Pests, Bats, Insects, Snakes, and Spiders” —
• “Each mode must target a different player.” —
• “Whenever an opponent activates an ability that isn’t a mana ability” —
• “where X is the number of cards in your library” —

And finally, here are some creature type lines you’ll see:

• Creature – Turtle Druid —
• Creature – Bird Warlock —
• Creature – Frog Wizard —
• Creature – Spirit Dwarf —
• Creature – Troll Druid —
• Creature – Eye Bat —
• Legendary Creature – Vampire Warlock —
• Legendary Creature – Orc Shaman —
• Legendary Creature – Dryad Druid —
• Legendary Artifact Creature – Construct —

Gavin Verhey's Teaser

Things to expect:

• There is a monowhite card that creates treasure. —
• There are two cards which call back to the same mechanical reference as something in Future Sight. —
• There is a chef that makes food tokens. —
• There is a card which gives you a bonus when you cast a spell with mana value 10 or greater. —
• There is a red creature with flash that, upon entering the battlefield, casts a popular, old multiplayer spell. —
• There is a card that creates face down permanents that are not morphs. (Or manifests, or similar.) —
• There is a permanent with an ability that begins, "Whenever a Kraken, Leviathan, Octopus, or Serpent…" —
• There is a card which does something for X, where X is your commander's mana value. —
• There is a card that asks you to secretly choose an opponent. —
• There is a card which gives named counters that act like a popular multiplayer cycle. —
• There is a legendary creature with 3 different tap abilities. —
• There is a new card with… the Storm mechanic?!?!?!? —

Card names:

• Inferno Project
• Bold Plagiarist
• Paradox Zone
• Geometric Nexus
• Perplexing Test
• Monologue Tax