Last year’s annual set got merged with the Ikoria release, giving us five decks that represented the plane and the struggles between its humans and beasts. After all, the latter ended up costing about half the price. But even more concern was raised because there was a steep difference in price between the five Commander 2020 decks and all the other precons. After all, we had an enormous total of 11 decks in just one year, not to mention we also got a Commander-centric set. There was a lot of talk last year around all the Commander precons released with each set. Exactly as you might do in real-life college, but here you can at least throw spells at each other.ĭazzling Sphinx | Illustration by Oriana Menendez With five 2-colored decks, this set lets us pick our major and compare ourselves against our fellow students. The new Strixhaven Commander 2021 decks are a great way to explore this new world. And finally, the Silverquill intellectuals are the furthest from the Orzhov’s corruption-ridden church they could possibly be, at least lore wise. Witherbloom are probably the least different from their Golgari counterpart, with them being biologists who live in swamps and care about the life and death dynamic. Lorehold being historians and archaeologists feels really in line with the Boros’ grandeur while bringing a new flavor to it. Simic leaving biology on the side for a while to become Quandrix and focus on math also feels like a logical path to follow. Prismari being artists instead of crazy scientists and engineers like the Izzet seems like an almost natural evolution. I really like the way they’re trying to take the five color pairings in new and interesting directions instead of rehashing older identities and themes. Not to mention that having a set that’s all about attending college when most, if not all of us, have had to stick to online classes for the past year feels almost like a gift from the Magic team. I have to admit that, as a college student myself, I’m super excited for the new Strixhaven cards and lore. Elemental Masterpiece | Illustration by Marta Nael
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