Secrets of Strixhaven is still a few months away but thanks to an exclusive given to Jason Fanelli at GameSpot  at the Nuremberg Toy Fair, we now have our first idea of what to expect out of the next In-Multiverse set from Magic: The Gathering. April’s Secrets of Strixhaven has released most if not all of the product information for the set and shown off a few of the cards.

Products

The products for Secrets of Strixhaven aren’t re-inventing the wheel but instead offering a wide variety of options and introducing a few new ideas. The products revealed are:

• Play Boosters — $5.49 MSRP
• Collector Boosters — $26.99 MSRP
• Draft Night — $89.99 MSRP
• Bundle — $57.99 MSRP
• Codex Bundle — $89.99 MSRP
• Commander Precons —$49.99 MSRP

 Bundles

While most of the other products are their normal selves, bundles are unique in that the Codex Bundle is a new concept for Secrets of Strixhaven.  The Codex Bundle will include:

• 6 Play Boosters
• 2 Collector Boosters
• 20 Foil lands
• 1 Spin-down die
• 1 Codex Booster Pack

The Codex Booster pack will include two of six commonly played Commander artifacts that have been given an alternate foil art.  Those 6 cards are Sol Ring and the five Talisman cards to represent the 5 schools of Strixhaven.  Those cards are:

• Sol Ring
• Talisman of Conviction
• Talisman of Creativity
• Talisman of Curiosity
• Talisaman of Hierarchy
• Talisman of Resilience

Commander Precons

Commander Precons have been a mixed bag recently with Spiderman and Avatar: The Last Airbender not receiving any decks. Lorwyn Eclipsed has two available and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is expected to have one.  Secrets of Strixhaven will have one to represent each of the five schools and their theme and primary commander option have been revealed.

• Lorehold Spirit
  • White/Red — Quintorius
    • Strategy: Create Spirits as cards leave your graveyard, and then buff them in order to deal massive damage

• Prismari Artistry
• Blue/Red — Rootha
  • Strategy: Cast powerful and expensive spells, while also creating massive Elementals with each cast.
• Quandrix Unlimited
• Blue/Green — Zimone
  • Strategy: Flood the board with fractals, hydras, and other creatures with variable stats and pummel the opponent.
• Silverquill Influence
• White/Black — Killian
  • Strategy: Use Auras and other enchantments to make opposing creatures fight each other while you draw cards and grow more powerful.
• Witherbloom Pestilence
• Black/Green — Dina
  • Strategy: Create pests and strategically sacrifice them to gain life, draw cards, and drain your opponent before they can react.

Cards

Not many cards were revealed today but the few that were revealed were noteworthy for different reasons.  The first of these is Lorehold, the Historian, a 5/5 Elder Dragon.  His card text reads: 

Flying, haste

Each instant and sorcery card in your hand has miracle 2. (You may cast a card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it’s the first card you drew this turn.)

At the beginning of each opponent’s upkeep, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.

Another card revealed today encourages players to do more math.  The sorcery, Mathemagics costs XXUU.  Therefore, you can select what X is but you’ll have to pay for it twice.  For instance, if you want X to be 3, you’ll pay to cast Mathemagics, 6UU.  The card text then reads: 

Target player draws 2ˣ cards. (2º = 1, 2¹ = 2, 2² = 4, 2³ = 8, 2⁴ = 16, 2⁵ = 32, and so on.)

Lastly, the bonus sheet for Secrets of Strixhaven was teased. Mystical Archives will feature reprints of classic Magic: The Gathering cards each with two art variants. There will be an English and a Japanese version of each card with the Japanese variant also receiving a foil treatment called Silver Scroll. The first card revealed in the bonus sheet was a reprint of Stock Up.

Strixhaven still has many secrets to uncover but we’ll have to wait a little while longer. Secrets of Strixhaven will be released on April 24th.