Strixhaven: School of Mages Magic 2021

U

227

Legendary Creature — Orc Shaman

1

4

2, Return Rootha, Mercurial Artist to its owner's hand: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.

"Art is never finished. Merely abandoned."

C

226

Sorcery

Exile target creature. Exile up to one target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard.

Learn (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)

With one lethal strike, Extus took control of the Oriq and took his first step toward vengeance.

U

225

Sorcery

Choose one —

• Rip Apart deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker.

• Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Torn from history. Torn from memory. Torn from reality.

U

9

Instant

You gain 3 life.

Draw a card.

“Knight Kathryn closed her eyes, bracing herself for the end. When she opened them again, she stood triumphant over her foe.” —Thadus the Healer, Memoirs

U

224

Creature — Spirit Cleric

4

2

Flying

When Returned Pastcaller enters the battlefield, return target Spirit, instant, or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Lorehold spirit statues are not forbidden from raising statues of their own.

R

113

Creature — Phoenix

2

2

Flying, haste

When Retriever Phoenix enters the battlefield, if you cast it, learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)

As long as Retriever Phoenix is in your graveyard, if you would learn, you may instead return Retriever Phoenix to the battlefield.

C

51

Instant

Exile target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature token.

Critics were struck first by the elemental's surprising grace, and then by its fists.

C

223

Creature — Beast

4

4

Vigilance

Menace (This creature can’t be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

When it comes to transporting priceless, delicate artifacts, safety is more important than speed.

C

50

Instant

Counter target creature or planeswalker spell unless its controller pays 3. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

"Grux, for the last time, you have to do more than simply shout 'Apply!' at the administrators."
—Pavil, admissions officer

U

257

2

3

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets only Reflective Golem, you may pay 2. If you do, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

"we don't cut through Sedgemoor anymore. Can't get five steps without a groff trying to fight its own reflection."

U

25

Sorcery — Lesson

Exile target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 3/2 red and white Spirit creature token.

"Do not flinch from studying the horrors of the past. History's most important lessons are cloaked in terror and tragedy."
—Augusta, Lorehold dean

U

222

Sorcery

Return up to one target artifact card, up to one target enchantment card, up to one target instant card, up to one target sorcery card, and up to one target planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand.

Exile Reconstruct History.

C

141

Creature — Elf Druid

2

2

4G: Double Reckless Amplimancer's power and toughness until end of turn.

"Linear growth? What am I, a first-year?"

R

221

Creature — Dwarf Cleric

2

4

Instant and sorcery spells you control have lifelink.

At the beginning of your upkeep, exile an instant or sorcery card at random from your graveyard. You may cast it this turn. If a spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

U

220

Legendary Creature — Elephant Cleric

2

4

Spirits you control get +1/+0.

Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, create a 3/2 red and white Spirit creature token.

"Every life has a story to tell. I won't let them be forgotten."

C

219

2

2

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, Put a +1/+1 counter on Quandrix Pledgemage

"The first step toward transcending physical limitations is discarding assumptions about what is possible."

U

218

Creature — Turtle Druid

3

4

When Quandrix Cultivator enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a basic Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

In the gardens spread across the Quandrix campus, fern turns to forest before class is even over.

R

217

Instant

Choose two —

• Return target creature or planeswalker to its owner's hand.

• Counter target artifact or enchantment spell.

• Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.

• Target player shuffles up to three target cards from their graveyard into their library.

C

271

Quandrix Campus enters the battlefield tapped.

T: Add G or U.

4, T: Scry 1

Mage-students who see the beauty in patterns and equations choose Quandrix, the college of numeromancy.

U

216

Creature — Human Wizard

2

2

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, look at the top three cards of your library. You may reveal a land card from among them and put that card into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

"The secrets of our world will be mine."

R

63

Instant

Destroy target artifact or creature. It can't be regenerated.

"From monarch to mulch as quick as could be."
—The Dethroner's Grimoire

C

85

2

3

When Promising Duskmage dies, if it had a +1/+1 counter on it, draw a card.

"Your technique is sloppy, but there is talent there. Do it again, and keep your right arm in position this time."

C

84

Choose one —

• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

• Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Professor Onyx urged the twins to prepare for the dark mage Extus, sounding very much like someone familar with the rise of tyrants.

C

140

Creature — Bear Druid

When Professor of Zoomancy enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this creature dies, you gain 1 life."

She's brilliant, if a bit overbearing