I wonder how the Ur-dragon made these 5 elder dragons personalities and is even involved
My pet theory right now is that all these Strixhaven elder dragons are descendants of Ugin.
Ugin's mere dragon tempests on Tarkir already birthed dragons that grew impressive enough to become elder dragons (e.g. Dragonlord Dromoka), so why can't Ugin be personally involved in another batch of non-Dominarian elder dragons? Maybe the teacherly tendencies are actually from their planeswalker dragon father....
As for the colleges, I feel liek Quandrix is the only one that works well. Fractals and math make sense as a "subject" (since that is what they appear to be going for). Lorehold also works somewhat but an archeology based organisation that's bound to one lcoation is really awkward. Prismari doesn't jive well for me in a Magic setting (what use is there for performance art? Unless the plane of Strixhaven is Ravnica-like). Silverquill appears to be closer to a "clique"-based grouping than a subject based one, similar to the houses in Harry Potter? And Witherbloom is literally just Golgari, lol.
Also, Lorehold has the only good motto. What the hell is "Express yourself with the elements." supposed to be. That's an awful motto that means literally nothing.
You sound like one of those people who think universities shouldn't teach art because it has "no value in the real world."
I think Prismari works fine, there's no reason for a branch of a school to fill a super pressing societal need. And I reckon that when you're doing "art" with fireballs and blasts of ice, you can still hold yourself pretty well in a fight. I do agree on the motto though, it sucks.
I mean, most Magic settings tend to be fairly survivalist to some degree with monsters and evil necromancers trying to kill everyone and stuff. Which is why I said that the Prismari only really make sense if the world of Strixhaven is a world with less conflict, a bit like Ravnica.
Even then, it's odd to make an entire college not just about art but performance art? It's just so hyper specialized. If it was art only, I could be like "Okay maaaayyybe", though really why couldn't they have given each college a broader subject. Why is Prismari not about elemental summons in general with a leaning towards artistic applications but not exclusively? Silverquill could have similarly been the "philosophy/politics" college. It's just really weird to me to base the foundation of each college in a Magic School setting not on school things (Silverquill, Witherbloom) or narrow them down too much (like Prismari).
What? Silverquill is language arts (more the elementary school type where they make you write short stories, though some elements of making you write articles and essays are still there) and Witherbloom is (rather blatantly Golgari) biology. Those are totally school subjects.
It is a bit refreshing to see "magic school" primarily try to teach you mundane subjects, at least this once. Definitely distinguishes Strixhaven from those literary magic schools (or that X-Men school).
And that's why the Kenrith twins went to Kylem to get their exercise.
I think at least one person in this thread made or implied an argument that Strixhaven is based on college/university, which has no mandatory gym class (at least in Canada). Heck, searching for "university phys ed course" on Google mainly gets me web pages on physical education courses that aim to disseminate information to teach to others (such as sports injury prevention) instead of provide constant exercise.
Ingenious method of reprinting cards at a steady clip in a standard set without making them standard legal. Should provide a very helpful reprint method in the future both to help with much needed reprints and also to help boost the value of standard in-print sets, both of which have been issues of late.
I remember the Amonkhet Masterpieces reception on this forum was primarily that we were tired of the Masterpieces reprint method and its happening for consecutive sets drained away its impact. The Amonkhet Masterpieces having an unclear, if any, overarching theme and being to the unreadable side didn't help.
This set seems very fluffy and lighthearted, which is a nice contrast to the grim and harsh tones of Kkaldheim, but will get some getting used to. The art on the Lorehold Command and the Witherbloom Theme Booster could be straigh from Unsanctioned set art.
Honestly, given the name Strixhaven, the association of the word Strix and related words with witches, and the flavour of existing MTG Strixes like Baleful Strix and Parasitic Strix, I was expecting this set to be more grimdark.
Based on Will and Rowan Kenrith likely being on the art:
"The first thing they told the Kenrith twins after they played too much sports in Kylem was to go back to school."
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My pet theory right now is that all these Strixhaven elder dragons are descendants of Ugin.
Ugin's mere dragon tempests on Tarkir already birthed dragons that grew impressive enough to become elder dragons (e.g. Dragonlord Dromoka), so why can't Ugin be personally involved in another batch of non-Dominarian elder dragons? Maybe the teacherly tendencies are actually from their planeswalker dragon father....
What? Silverquill is language arts (more the elementary school type where they make you write short stories, though some elements of making you write articles and essays are still there) and Witherbloom is (rather blatantly Golgari) biology. Those are totally school subjects.
It is a bit refreshing to see "magic school" primarily try to teach you mundane subjects, at least this once. Definitely distinguishes Strixhaven from those literary magic schools (or that X-Men school).
And that's why the Kenrith twins went to Kylem to get their exercise.
I think at least one person in this thread made or implied an argument that Strixhaven is based on college/university, which has no mandatory gym class (at least in Canada). Heck, searching for "university phys ed course" on Google mainly gets me web pages on physical education courses that aim to disseminate information to teach to others (such as sports injury prevention) instead of provide constant exercise.
I remember the Amonkhet Masterpieces reception on this forum was primarily that we were tired of the Masterpieces reprint method and its happening for consecutive sets drained away its impact. The Amonkhet Masterpieces having an unclear, if any, overarching theme and being to the unreadable side didn't help.
Honestly, given the name Strixhaven, the association of the word Strix and related words with witches, and the flavour of existing MTG Strixes like Baleful Strix and Parasitic Strix, I was expecting this set to be more grimdark.
"The first thing they told the Kenrith twins after they played too much sports in Kylem was to go back to school."