Commander 2021
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| Release date | April 23, 2021 | ||||
| Set size | Five 100-card decks | ||||
| Expansion code | C21[1] | ||||
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Commander 2021, also referred to as Strixhaven Commander[2] 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.[3] 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 TBA 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. 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.
Themes and mechanics
Each deck focuses on the colors and themes of its associated college.
- Silverquill (
): TBA - Prismari (
): TBA - Witherbloom (
): TBA - Lorehold (): TBA
- Quandrix (): TBA
Preconstructed decks
Commander 2021 consists of five college-themed decks featuring TBA premium foil commanders. Each deck contains 100 cards.
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| Silverquill Statement | W | B | Breena | |||
| Prismari Performance | U | R | Zaffai | |||
| Witherbloom Witchcraft | B | G | Willowdusk | |||
| Lorehold Legacies | W | R | Osgir | |||
| Quantum Quandrix | U | G | Adrix and Nev | |||
Tokens
Commander 2021 features TBA tokens.
Cycles
Commander 2021 has at least one cycles of new cards:
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| Face Commanders | Breena | Zaffai | Willowdusk | Osgir | Adrix and Nev |
| Five Professors, each teaching at one of the colleges of Strixhaven. | |||||
Gavin Verhey gave a teaser about cards in the decks with the following hints.[4]
- A mono-white card that creates Treasure —
- Two cards which callback to the same mechanical reference as something in Future Sight —
- A Chef who makes Food tokens —
- A card that grants a bonus for casting a spell with a Mana value of 10 or greater —
- A red creature with Flash that casts an old and popular multiplayer spell when it enters the battlefield —
- A card that creates face down, non-Morph/manifest permanents —
- A permanent with an ability that begins with "Whenever a Kraken, Leviathan, Octopus or Serpents" {{-]]
- A card with "X is equal to your commander's mana value" —
- A card with "Secretly choose an opponent" —
- A card that gives named counters that act like a popular multiplayer cycle —
- A legendary creature with three different tap abilities —
- A new card with the Storm mechanic —
And gave the following names of cards:
References
- ↑ Printed on the card frame
- ↑ Strixhaven Commander Sneak Peek: Legendaries, Hints, Art & More! Part 1 (Video). Good Morning Magic. YouTube (March 22, 2021).
- ↑ Blake Rasmussen (February 18, 2021). "The First Lesson: Introduction to Strixhaven". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Strixhaven Commander Sneak Peek: Legendaries, Hints, Art & More! Part 1 (Video). Good Morning Magic. YouTube (March 22, 2021).
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