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
Keywords/​ability words	Demonstrate
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 (): Instants and Sorceries with high mana value
• Witherbloom (): TBA
• Lorehold (): Artifacts and graveyard recursion.
• Quandrix (): Tokens and +1/+1 counters

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 33 tokens and emblems.

1. 10/10 Eldrazi creature, for Desolation Twin and Idol of Oblivion.
2. 2/2 Drake creature with flying, for Talrand, Sky Summoner.
3. 3/3 Fish creature, for Reef Worm.
4. 9/9 Kraken creature, for Reef Worm and Spawning Kraken.
5. 6/6 Whale creature, for Reef Worm.
6. 4/4 Horror creature, for Hunted Lammasu.
7. 2/2 Zombie creature, for Curse of Disturbance.
8. 3/3 Beast creature, for Beast Within.
9. 4/4 Beast creature, for Rampaging Baloths.
10. 2/2 Boar creature, for Curse of the Swine.
11. 3/3 Elephant creature, for Kazandu Tuskcaller and Terastodon.
12. 3/3 Frog Lizard creature, for Incubation // Incongruity and Rapid Hybridization.
13. */* Hydra creature for Hydra Broodmaster.
14. 1/1 Insect creature with flying and deathtouch, for Hornet Nest and Hornet Queen.
15. 2/1 Inkling creature with flying, for Combat Calligrapher, Fain, the Broker, Felisa, Fang of Silverquill, and Inkshield.
16. 1/1 Spirit creature with flying, for Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts,
17. 4/4 Elemental creature, for Zaffai, Thunder Conductor.
18. 5/5 Elemental creature with flying, for Call the Skybreaker.
19. 2/1 Inkling creature with flying, for Combat Caligrapher, Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
20. 0/0 Fractal creature, for Deekah, Fractal Theorist, Fractal Harness, Geometric Nexus, Oversimplify, Paradox Zone and Sequence Engine.
21. 0/0 Construct artifact creature with "This creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control," for Digsite Engineer.
22. X/X Construct artifact creature, for Metallurgic Summonings.
23. 3/3 Golem artifact creature with flying, for Triplicate Titan.
24. 3/3 Golem artifact creature with trample, for Triplicate Titan.
25. 3/3 Golem artifact creature with vigilance, for Triplicate Titan.
26. 1/1 Myr artifact creature, for Myr Battlesphere.
27. 1/1 Thopter artifact creature with flying, for Pia Nalaar and Thopter Engineer.
28. Food artifact.
29. Treasure artifact, for Brass’s Bounty, Excavation Technique, Fain, the Broker, Monologue Tax, and Tempting Contract.
30. Copy, for Feldon of the Third Path, Osgir, the Reconstructor and Rionya, Fire Dancer.
31. Emblem for Daretti, Scrap Savant.
32. Emblem for Garruk, Primal Hunter.
33. Emblem for Jaya Ballard.

Cycles

Commander 2021 has at least seven cycles of new cards:

Cycle name
Demonstrations	Excavation Technique	Replication Technique	Incarnation 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 two-colored mythic rare legendary creatures, each teaching at one of the colleges of Strixhaven.
Alternate commanders	Felisa, Fang of Silverquill	Veyran, Voice of Duality		Alibou, Ancient Witness	Esix, Fractal Bloom
	Five two-colored mythic rare legendary creatures, each supporting a deck's theme.
Gold rares	Inkshield	Reinterpret		Wake the Past	Oversimplify
	Five two-colored rare spells, each supporting a deck's theme.
Monocolored commanders	Nils, Discipline Enforcer ()	Octavia, Living Thesis ()	()	Laelia, the Blade Reforged ()	Ruxa, Patient Professor ()
	Fain, the Broker ()	Rionya, Fire Dancer ()	()	Losheel, Clockwork Scholar ()	Deekah, Fractal Theorist ()
	Five pairs of monocolored rare legendary creatures, each supporting a deck's theme.
Keyword callbacks	()	Inspiring Refrain ()	()	Ruin Grinder ()	Guardian Augmenter ()
	()	Rousing Refrain ()	()	Angel of the Ruins ()	Commander’s Insight ()
	Five pairs of monocolored rare spells, each bringing back an old keyword (TBA, suspend, TBA, cycling, commander interaction).