Secrets of Strixhaven preview season is ramping up, and today is packed with tons of goodies for Commander fans.

In fact, it's not just some Commander cards being previewed. All five Commander precons have been previewed in full, showing off tons of awesome new cards and lots of stellar reprints.

Today, I'm going to take a brief look at these decks, share the decklists, and cover some of the cooler cards as time to preorder SOS is upon us.

Awesome New Cycles

Cycles are one of the most satisfying parts of Magic design, and Secrets of Strixhaven delivers by both completing long-awaited Dual Land sets and introducing Guest Lecturers visiting Arcavios.

Finishing the Existing Dual Land Cycles

As Wizards has been doing for a while now, these Commander decks finally complete a pair of classic Dual Land cycles.

Both the Battle for Zendikar and Amonkhet Dual Land sets started receiving their enemy color counterparts starting with two color pairs in Edge of Eternities and one more in Lorwyn Eclipsed.

We're getting the final two for each cycle to round out this new batch of Lands and provide each Secrets of Strixhaven deck with a powerful mana base.

Eclipsed Steppe and Scorched Geyser are the White-Black and Blue-Red versions of the Battle for Zendikar Dual Lands, respectively. These Lands, affectionately called the Battle Lands or Tango Lands, come into play untapped so long as you have two or more Basic Lands on the battlefield.

The other two, Umbral Expanse and Coastal Peak, cover the same color pairs for the Amonkhet cycle of Lands. These come into play tapped but can be Cycled away for two generic mana.

Both pairs of Lands feature their respective Basic types to make them easier to grab with Fetch Lands. Having access to these Land types also offers better synergies for a variety of strategies, making them fantastic additions for any deck - especially precons.

All-New Dual Land Cycles

These decks also contain a brand new cycle of Dual Lands which also boast Basic types on them. The Turbulent cycle provides a new batch of enemy colored Dual Lands that enter untapped if there are eight or more Lands controlled by your opponents.

This might sound like a lot but, in reality, is pretty simple. If each of your opponents has three Lands, then this enters untapped, meaning you'll frequently have it come in untapped on turn three or four in most Commander games.

They're substantially worse for one-on-one games, so they make total sense for Commander precons.

Additionally, a cycle of common Dual Lands from the main Secrets of Strixhaven set were revealed. These Lands are a slightly different take on the original common Dual Lands from the first Strixhaven set, which let you Scry 1 instead of Surveil 1.

Guest Lecturers Have Powerful Spells

During yesterday's stream, along with the precon Commanders, Eiganjo Dynastorian was revealed as the first of five Guest Lecturer cards.

Each Guest Lecturer is coming to Strixhaven to teach from another plane. These cards all feature an iconic spell from the game's long history, with some more powerful than others.

Dirgur Focusmage is the Blue one of this cycle. It depicts a Tarkir Djinn and allows you to cast the iconic Alpha card Braingeyser. If you cast that Braingeyser where X is four or greater (since the cost is lowered) you can repeatedly re-Prepare the Focusmage again with ease.

The Black one in the cycle is Stensian Sanguinist, an Innistrad Vampire.

While most cards in this cycle cast a spell that's either on the Reserved List or completely banned, this casts a powerful staple of the Commander format instead. Who doesn't love to repeatedly drain away their opponents' life totals with Exsanguinate?

The Red one, Naktamun Lorespinner, features an Amonkhet Jackal as the Guest Lecturer. This card not only provides the powerful Wheel of Fortune, but does so in a fun and flavorful way.

Amonkhet and Hour of Devastation featured a bunch of cards that used an unnamed pseudo-mechanic called "Heckbent" which cared about having one or fewer cards in your hand.

This continues that mechanic in a fun way that enriches the deck and the design itself.

Last but not least is Yavimaya Bloomsage in Green, depicting a Dominarian Dryad.

This card cares about making your cards big - something Quandrix is more than happy to do - and gives you the opportunity to cast Channel.

This powerful spell is famously banned in Commander but it's a bit more modest when relegated to the late-game like it could be here.

Silverquill Influence

Silverquill Influence leans into an Aggro plan enriched with tons of Auras, combining fresh new cards with a suite of powerful reprints.

The Decklist

The Silverquill Influence precon highlights a focus on the school's Aggro strategies. Wizards designer Daniel Holt noted that this deck takes an Aura-heavy approach in how it happens, since that's how many players used the original Killian, Ink Duelist card.

Silverquill Influence | Commander | Wizards of the Coast

• Commander (1)
• 1 Killian, Decisive Mentor

• Creatures (25)
• 1 Ajani's Chosen
• 1 Archon of Sun's Grace
• 1 Armored Skyhunter
• 1 Breena, the Demagogue
• 1 Combat Calligrapher
• 1 Defacing Duskmage
• 1 Doomwake Giant
• 1 Eidolon of Countless Battles
• 1 Eiganjo Dynastorian
• 1 Eriette of the Charmed Apple
• 1 Firemane Commando
• 1 Hateful Eidolon
• 1 Herald of Amity
• 1 Keen Duelist
• 1 Killian, Ink Duelist
• 1 Kor Spiritdancer
• 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1 Nils, Discipline Enforcer
• 1 Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor
• 1 Scriv, the Obligator
• 1 Shadrix Silverquill
• 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
• 1 Starfield Mystic
• 1 Tomik, Wielder of Law
• 1 Transcendent Envoy

• Instants (4)
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Fracture
• 1 Inkshield
• 1 Vanishing Verse

• Sorceries (3)
• 1 Promise of Loyalty
• 1 Secret Rendezvous
• 1 Winds of Rath

• Enchantments (26)
• 1 Angelic Destiny
• 1 Animate Dead
• 1 Chains of Custody
• 1 Changing Loyalty
• 1 Coercive Impetus
• 1 Darksteel Mutation
• 1 Eldrazi Conscription
• 1 Fallen Ideal
• 1 Flickering Ward
• 1 Forum Filibuster
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Ghoulish Impetus
• 1 Gift of Immortality
• 1 Intermediate Chirography
• 1 Land Tax
• 1 Martial Impetus
• 1 Parasitic Impetus
• 1 Raffine's Guidance
• 1 Redemption Arc
• 1 Sage's Reverie
• 1 Screams from Within
• 1 Sentinel's Eyes
• 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
• 1 Shielded by Faith
• 1 Songbirds' Blessing
• 1 Spirit Mantle

• Artifacts (4)
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy

• Lands (37)
• 8 Plains
• 8 Swamp
• 1 Arcane Lighthouse
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Desolate Mire
• 1 Eclipsed Steppe
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Fetid Heath
• 1 Forum of Amity
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Shineshadow Snarl
• 1 Silverquill Campus
• 1 Study Hall
• 1 Sunlit Marsh
• 1 Temple of Silence
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Turbulent Moor
• 1 Umbral Expanse
• 1 War Room

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New Cards

There's plenty of new stuff to love in this deck. Defacing Duskmage instantly caught a number of players' attention, not for featuring and adorable humanoid Dog, either. It looks like a solid card.

Changing Loyalty is an interesting Black take on Control and Forum Filibuster ensures you always have an army of tokens at your disposal.

Great Reprints

Multiple cards from the original Silverquill Commander 2021 deck show up here, with major cards Breena, the Demagogue and Inkshield leading the pack.

Somewhat expensive cards like Firemane Commando and Songbirds' Blessing also make an appearance. Most surprising is the lone copy of Land Tax - which commonly goes for over $25 a copy.

The Silverquill Influence deck sees these three sweet Auras get a fresh new look. Each is from a set originating in the 2000s or earlier, making these excellent reprints well-deserving of some new artwork.

Prismari Artistry

If Silverquill was about precision, Prismari is all about excess, and that shows up across the list, its new cards, and the reprints supporting them.

The Decklist

Prismari Artistry leans into what the Prismari do best: casting big spells. This was the core theme the first time around and takes it to 11 with the new Opus mechanic that encourages the casting of these big spells more than ever.

Prismari Artistry | Commander | Wizards of the Coast

• Commander (1)
• 1 Rootha, Mastering the Moment

• Creatures (25)
• 1 Archmage Emeritus
• 1 Brazen Borrower
• 1 Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
• 1 Curiosity Crafter
• 1 Dirgur Focusmage
• 1 Faerie Mastermind
• 1 Galazeth Prismari
• 1 Goldspan Dragon
• 1 Harmonic Prodigy
• 1 Inspired Skypainter
• 1 Leitmotif Composer
• 1 Manaform Hellkite
• 1 Mirrorwing Dragon
• 1 Muddle, the Ever-Changing
• 1 Plargg and Nassari
• 1 Prismari Pianist
• 1 Redoubled Stormsinger
• 1 Renegade Bull
• 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
• 1 Rootha, Mercurial Artist
• 1 Solemn Simulacrum
• 1 Stormcatch Mentor
• 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
• 1 Thunderclap Drake
• 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality

• Instants (10)
• 1 Abrade
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Big Score
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Dig Through Time
• 1 Magma Opus
• 1 Prismari Charm
• 1 Prismari Command
• 1 Reality Shift
• 1 Resculpt

• Sorceries (19)
• 1 Abstract Performance
• 1 Aether Gale
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Chain Reaction
• 1 Creative Technique
• 1 Dance with Calamity
• 1 Deep Analysis
• 1 Expressive Iteration
• 1 Furygale Flocking
• 1 Mana Geyser
• 1 Replication Technique
• 1 Rite of Replication
• 1 Rousing Refrain
• 1 Surge to Victory
• 1 Throes of Chaos
• 1 Treasure Cruise
• 1 Twinflame
• 1 Volcanic Salvo
• 1 Volcanic Torrent

• Enchantments (1)
• 1 Determined Iteration

• Artifacts (6)
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Cursed Mirror
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Talisman of Creativity

• Lands (38)
• 7 Mountain
• 8 Island
• 1 Cascade Bluffs
• 1 Coastal Peak
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Ferrous Lake
• 1 Frostboil Snarl
• 1 Hall of Oracles
• 1 Molten Tributary
• 1 Mystic Sanctuary
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Prismari Campus
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Restless Spire
• 1 Scorched Geyser
• 1 Shivan Reef
• 1 Spectacle Summit
• 1 Study Hall
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Temple of Epiphany
• 1 Temple of the False God
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Turbulent Springs

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Renegade Bull provides a fantastic payoff for these huge spells. Not only does it let you cast one for free when it attacks, but it gets even bigger as you do. You could even cast something like Abstract Performance, a new Fact or Fiction variant that's sure to draw you lots of cards.

Inspired Skypainter is another card with the Prepare mechanic that once again has an outstanding Creature type on it. How often do you get to say Lizard Wizard like this?

Great Reprints

There's several great reprints here as well. Cards like Goldspan Dragon and Twinflame are excellent additions, as are some Commander 2021 favorites in Veyran, Voice of Duality and Rionya, Fire Dancer.

Even the lower end still offers some great cards. After all, who could resist another reprint of Storm-Kiln Artist or Brazen Borrower?

The real meat of this deck comes in the new art treatments. Harmonic Prodigy and Determined Iteration both hover cleanly around the $10 mark, making for excellent reprints.

Faerie Mastermind has been continuously climbing in price as well, and this new art provides a version that doesn't have the face of World Champion Yuta Takahashi.

Witherbloom Pestilence

This time it's less about flash and more about attrition. Witherbloom builds value over time through life gain, Creature synergies, and carefully chosen new and returning cards that support its methodical game plan.

The Decklist

As with the last time we visited Strixhaven, the Witherbloom are all about gaining life. While this school can lean quite a bit into sacrifice as a theme, here it's all about the life gain.

Letting your Creatures die to trigger Blood Artist and Zulaport Cutthroat effects are always welcome, though.

Witherbloom Pestilence | Commander | Wizards of the Coast

• Commander (1)
• 1 Dina, Essence Brewer

• Creatures (39)
• 1 Beledros Witherbloom
• 1 Blood Artist
• 1 Bloodghast
• 1 Blossoming Bogbeast
• 1 Mycoloth
• 1 Creakwood Liege
• 1 Defiling Daemogoth
• 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
• 1 Eccentric Pestfinder
• 1 Elvish Mystic
• 1 Gilded Goose
• 1 Gorma, the Gullet
• 1 Gyome, Master Chef
• 1 Haywire Mite
• 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
• 1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• 1 Merchant of Venom
• 1 Morbid Opportunist
• 1 Nether Traitor
• 1 Ohran Frostfang
• 1 Ophiomancer
• 1 Pawn of Ulamog
• 1 Pest Rescuer
• 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1 Ribtruss Roaster
• 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1 Smothering Abomination
• 1 Springbloom Druid
• 1 Stensian Sanguinist
• 1 Teacher's Pest
• 1 Tendershoot Dryad
• 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
• 1 Veinwitch Coven
• 1 Viscera Seer
• 1 Wight of the Reliquary
• 1 Witch of the Moors
• 1 Woe Strider
• 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1 Zulaport Cutthroat

• Instants (5)
• 1 Assassin's Trophy
• 1 Infernal Grasp
• 1 Mortality Spear
• 1 Plumb the Forbidden
• 1 Witherbloom Charm

• Sorceries (11)
• 1 Casualties of War
• 1 Culling Ritual
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Deadly Brew
• 1 Final Act
• 1 Immoral Bargain
• 1 Night's Whisper
• 1 Ominous Harvest
• 1 Pest Infestation
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Witherbloom Command

• Enchantments (5)
• 1 Awakening Zone
• 1 Blight Mound
• 1 Feral Appetite
• 1 Moldervine Reclamation
• 1 Trudge Garden

• Artifacts (2)
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Sol Ring

• Lands (37)
• 8 Forest
• 8 Swamp
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Festering Thicket
• 1 Grim Backwoods
• 1 Haunted Mire
• 1 High Market
• 1 Llanowar Wastes
• 1 Necroblossom Snarl
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Study Hall
• 1 Temple of Malady
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Titan's Grave
• 1 Turbulent Fen
• 1 Twilight Mire
• 1 Vernal Fen
• 1 Viridescent Bog
• 1 Witherbloom Campus
• 1 Woodland Cemetery

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Immoral Bargain is one of the great examples of why you might want to sacrifice some Creatures along the way. The more you sacrifice, the more permanents you get to blow up.

Ominous Harvest also shows off a mechanic not seen in years: Gravestorm. This mechanic allows you to get more and more copies for each card that was put into a graveyard this turn and has only been seen on two cards before now.

Pest Rescuer acts as a fun take on Ophiomancer, but also acts as a means of gaining extra life off of your life gain abilities.

Great Reprints

Gyome, Master Chef is another great example of an expensive card from the Commander 2021 decks getting a much needed reprint here. Cards like Nether Traitor and Ohran Frostfang are also quite welcome as they're staples of various Commander decks.

Hey, speaking of Ophiomancer, it is in this deck and gets great new art to go with it. Tendershoot Dryad, another card that creates a token for you every turn, also gets a face lift this time around.

The real winner, though, is the new art printing of Toxic Deluge, a card that always goes for a solid amount and plays great with the deck's life gain theme.

Lorehold Spirit

Lorehold Spirit takes a slower, more deliberate approach compared to typical Red-White decks. Its game plan revolves around returning Creatures and spells from the graveyard to the battlefield.

The Decklist

Lorehold features a fairly unique take on the Red-White color pair. This color combination is often known for its hyper Aggro strategies, often involving Auras and Equipment. Lorehold turns this on its head by taking a slower approach that relies on resurrection.

Lorehold Spirit | Commander | Wizards of the Coast

• Commander (1)
• 1 Quintorius, History Chaser

• Creatures (36)
• 1 Angel of Indemnity
• 1 Anger
• 1 Ao, the Dawn Sky
• 1 Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
• 1 Augusta, Order Returned
• 1 Balefire Liege
• 1 Claim Jumper
• 1 Conspiracy Theorist
• 1 Containment Construct
• 1 Drumbellower
• 1 Excava, the Risen Past
• 1 Guardian of Faith
• 1 Guardian Scalelord
• 1 Hofri Ghostforge
• 1 Kami of Ancient Law
• 1 Karmic Guide
• 1 Kirol, History Buff
• 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
• 1 Lorehold Archivist
• 1 Millikin
• 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
• 1 Naktamun Lorespinner
• 1 Quintorius, Field Historian
• 1 Quintorius, Loremaster
• 1 Relic Retriever
• 1 Remorseful Cleric
• 1 Selfless Spirit
• 1 Serra Paragon
• 1 Skyclave Apparition
• 1 Spirit of Resilience
• 1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
• 1 Sun Titan
• 1 Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
• 1 Vanguard of the Restless
• 1 Venerable Warsinger
• 1 White Orchid Phantom

• Instants (3)
• 1 Lorehold Charm
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Swords to Plowshares

• Sorceries (9)
• 1 Ceaseless Conflict
• 1 Faithless Looting
• 1 Fateful Tempest
• 1 Rip Apart
• 1 Secret Rendezvous
• 1 Seize the Spoils
• 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1 Tragic Arrogance
• 1 Wave of Reckoning

• Enchantments (4)
• 1 Advanced Reconstruction
• 1 Monologue Tax
• 1 Primary Research
• 1 Tocasia's Welcome

• Artifacts (10)
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archaeomancer's Map
• 1 Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus
• 1 Currency Converter
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Mind Stone
• 1 Patchwork Banner
• 1 Perpetual Timepiece
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Staff of the Storyteller

• Lands (37)
• 6 Mountain
• 11 Plains
• 1 Battlefield Forge
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Fields of Strife
• 1 Furycalm Snarl
• 1 Glittering Massif
• 1 Lorehold Campus
• 1 Lotus Field
• 1 Mistveil Plains
• 1 Radiant Summit
• 1 Rugged Prairie
• 1 Sacred Peaks
• 1 Study Hall
• 1 Sunscorched Divide
• 1 Temple of Triumph
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Turbulent Steppe

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Advanced Reconstruction is a fantastic example of this. Not only will it allow you to cast cards at random from your graveyard, but it also rewards you for doing so.

Ceaseless Conflict provides an interesting take on a board wipe, leaving you with plenty of Spirit tokens in the wake of devastation. You can then use Vanguard of the Restless as a means of pumping all of those Spirits after.

Great Reprints

The deck is full of great and valuable reprints. Drumbellower is a constant fan favorite for letting you untap all of your Creatures every turn. Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus provides a powerful mana ramp effect for a color pair that usually can't do that.

Currency Converter allows you to fill your graveyard while simultaneously enabling the synergies of the deck.

The three new art reprints in this deck are especially notable. Both Moonshaker Cavalry and Wave of Reckoning are very expensive cards, each sitting at over $15 apiece.

Staff of the Storyteller is much more affordable by comparison, but is still an extremely popular card, making for an excellent inclusion here.

Quandrix Unlimited

Prismari may love casting big spells, but so do the Quandrix. Quandrix Unlimited is all about ramping and building massive Creatures incrementally with counters, really leaning into the idea of being a force of nature.

The Decklist

Ramping up with lots of mana often allows you to cast big threats and then load them up with tons of +1/+1 counters along the way.

Quandrix Unlimited | Commander | Wizards of the Coast

• Commander (1)
• 1 Zimone, Infinite Analyst

• Creatures (27)
• 1 Altered Ego
• 1 Benevolent Hydra
• 1 Deekah, Fractal Theorist
• 1 Elusive Otter
• 1 Forgotten Ancient
• 1 Goldvein Hydra
• 1 Guardian Augmenter
• 1 Hangarback Walker
• 1 Hydroid Krasis
• 1 Ingenious Prodigy
• 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
• 1 Kinetic Ooze
• 1 Lifeblood Hydra
• 1 Nev, the Practical Dean
• 1 Owlin Spiralmancer
• 1 Primordial Hydra
• 1 Primo, the Unbounded
• 1 Quandrix Apprentice
• 1 Steelbane Hydra
• 1 Stonecoil Serpent
• 1 Striding Shotcaller
• 1 Tanazir Quandrix
• 1 The Goose Mother
• 1 Troyan, Gutsy Explorer
• 1 Yavimaya Bloomsage
• 1 Zimone, All-Questioning
• 1 Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy

• Instants (15)
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Biomass Mutation
• 1 Commander's Insight
• 1 Decisive Denial
• 1 Eureka Moment
• 1 Nexus Mentality
• 1 Perplexing Test
• 1 Pull from Tomorrow
• 1 Quandrix Charm
• 1 Quandrix Command
• 1 Rapid Hybridization
• 1 Silkguard
• 1 Stroke of Genius
• 1 Tyvar's Stand
• 1 Zimone's Hypothesis

• Sorceries (9)
• 1 Animist's Awakening
• 1 Curse of the Swine
• 1 Entrancing Melody
• 1 Expansion Algorithm
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Open the Way
• 1 Oversimplify
• 1 Primal Might
• 1 Three Visits

• Enchantments (4)
• 1 Hardened Scales
• 1 Lattice Library
• 1 Mana Bloom
• 1 Unbound Flourishing

• Artifacts (7)
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Astral Cornucopia
• 1 Brass Infiniscope
• 1 Elementalist's Palette
• 1 Fractal Harness
• 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
• 1 Sol Ring

• Lands (37)
• 6 Forest
• 7 Island
• 1 Alchemist's Refuge
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Flooded Grove
• 1 Hinterland Harbor
• 1 Opal Palace
• 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1 Overflowing Basin
• 1 Paradox Gardens
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Quandrix Campus
• 1 Rain-Slicked Copse
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Sodden Verdure
• 1 Study Hall
• 1 Tangled Islet
• 1 Temple of Mystery
• 1 Temple of the False God
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Turbulent Wilderness
• 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
• 1 Yavimaya Coast

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Nev, the Practical Dean is a great showcase of the strategy. Casting spells with an {X} in their cost allows you to go as big as you want, and the bigger you go, the bigger Nev gets.

Casting Expansion Algorithm is great for this, as it not only makes Nev bigger, but everything else that you have with +1/+1 counters.

You can also copy it and your other {X} spells further using the powerful Owlin Spiralmancer.

Great Reprints

Quandrix Unlimited once more contains excellent cards. The likes of Guardian Augmenter, Primordial Hydra, and Goldvein Hydra are fantastic reprints that all work astoundingly with the deck['s theme.

The same goes for Ozolith, the Shattered Spire - a card that not only acts as a Hardened Scales (also in this deck) but lets you get the ball rolling on the counter distribution outright.

Both Benevolent Hydra and Unbound Flourishing round out the higher end reprints from these decks that get new art, and they're fantastic inclusions.

Commander's Insight, Ingenious Prodigy, and Pull from Tomorrow all get new art, too.

A Few Promo Previews

In addition to the Commander previews, a handful of promos for upcoming events were revealed by DailyMTG. These highlighted a handful of cool promo cards that you can acquire by attending various events.

Standard Showdown events have recently leaned heavily into printing fun Retro Frame versions of various staple cards. During the Secrets of Strixhaven season, Standard Showdown winners will earn special foil Retro Frame versions of Into the Flood Maw. This powerful bounce spell is not just a Standard staple, but shows up in older formats like Pioneer and Modern as well.

Players who attend Commander Party and Two-Headed Giant Commander Nights will obtain this fancy Retro Frame Access Tunnel. That should provide you with a perfect method to make sure your critical attacks hit their mark with style.

In addition to the seasonal shifts in Standard Showdown, we're also getting a new round of Store Championship promos. This set continues the trend of providing powerful Modern staples, featuring three cards that fuel the Dimir Oculus/Murktide deck in the format.

Participants all can win a full-art Unearth while top-eight players will receive a full-art Psychic Frog.

Winners get a coveted foil, textless Abhorrent Oculus - a trophy perfect for not only Modern but multiple other formats as well.

Conclusion

That wraps things up for the second day of Secrets of Strixhaven previews. The Commander focus brought with it a tremendous amount of new stuff, providing everyone with lots of great cards to discuss.

If anything in particular catches your eye, be sure to preorder your scholarly goods today.

Deck information sourced from Gamespot, Polygon, and IGN with additional previews coming via Elder Dragon Highjinks and RobertRedBeard on YouTube.

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