Strixhaven: School of Mages/Trivia
 | This article documents an upcoming release. |
Mark Rosewater gave his traditional teaser with the following hints.[1]
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 —
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:
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 19, 2020). "Maro's Strixhaven Teaser". Blogatog. Tumblr.