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Home»News»Entertainment News»Culture»Magic: The Gathering goes back to school in new set Strixhaven

Magic: The Gathering goes back to school in new set Strixhaven

By Karl SmartApril 16, 2021

Undertake your magical studies at the most elite university in the Multiverse

Friday 16 April, 2021 — Wizards of the Coast today released Strixhaven: School of Mages, the newest set for the world’s oldest and best trading card game, Magic: The Gathering. Centered around an elite academy for magecraft, Strixhaven releases on MTG Arena today and for tabletop on 23 April. The new set features five unique colleges of magic, several new mechanics and special cards from Magic’s past for players to explore.

Set in the world of Arcavios, the new set introduces powerful new spells and mages hailing from the five schools of Strixhaven colleges: Lorehold, Prismari, Quandrix, Silverquill and Witherbloom. A campus tour was streamed on Wizard of the Coast’s YouTube and Twitch channels last month, introducing players to the five major colleges. Each college is unique with its own magic prowess and players can pledge allegiance to one based on their expertise and playstyle using an online quiz.

With a large focus on instants, sorceries, and color pairings, Strixhaven introduces new spell-based mechanics to give students an edge in battle. This includes “Magecraft”, an ability word that offers bonuses or effects for casting instant and sorcery spells, and “Learn”, which allows any Lesson cards owned by the player to be drawn from outside the game. Through creature tokens, players can also summon mascots from their college to aid them during a match.

Magic: The Gathering fans will also be given the chance to explore Strixhaven’s Mystical Archive which contains a vast collection of Magic: The Gathering’s most famous instants and sorceries from throughout the game’s history. 63 cards featured in showcase frames are up for collection, with a minimum of one non-foil Archive spell hidden within each Set Booster or Draft Booster, and at least three variations in every Collector Booster. Players can also obtain special Japanese Mystical Archive variations with alternate artwork by Japanese artists by purchasing Strixhaven Collector Boosters or Japanese language Boosters, as well as in the MTG Arena store.

For more information on Strixhaven: School of Mages, visit https://magic.wizards.com/en/products/strixhaven or watch Wizard of the Coast’s YouTube series on Strixhaven here.

The Outerhaven will have more information on Strixhaven: School of Mages appearing soon on our YouTube channel, including an unboxing of a promotional box, and 12 booster packs.

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