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Secrets of Strixhaven 2026
Find your place among the five colleges as we put down the books and delve into the real world! Uncover the Secrets of Strixhaven and prove your college is the best with every spell you cast. This is the 111th Magic: The Gathering expansion (codenamed “Yachting”) and it drops April 24, 2026. Get ready for a magical campus adventure that's bigger and badder than ever—Elder Dragons awakening, Mystical Archive unleashing classics, and college rivalries hitting fever pitch. Whether you're drafting with friends or building that killer Commander deck, this set's got the goods to level up your game!
Release Date & Prerelease Hype
Global Release: April 24, 2026—mark your calendars, geeks!
Prerelease Events: April 17–23, 2026—head to your local game store for sealed play and early access to the set's spells.
MTG Arena & Online: April 24, 2026—digital launch with events and bundles.
The founding dragons are calling—study these preview cards from Lorehold, Quandrix, and the other three colleges to prep your deck. You might even snag rarities from the Mystical Archive as you unravel the set's secrets. Preorders are live now, with bundles and boosters flying off shelves!
Official Play Booster Box
Play Boosters are the heart of the set—each pack has 14-15 cards: 6-7 commons, 3-4 uncommons, 1 rare/mythic, 1 wild card (any rarity), 1 basic land, and the big draw: 1 Mystical Archive spell. Boxes come with 36 packs, perfect for drafts where you build around your favorite college or sealed events that test your adaptability. Collector Boosters amp it up with 4-5 rares/mythics, extended-art variants, and foil treatments. The Campus Codex bundle includes 9 Play Boosters, storage box, life counter, and promo card—ideal for new students diving into the plane.
The Five Colleges & New Mechanics
The five legendary colleges are back with fresh twists: Lorehold (red-white, history & math—reanimate the past), Prismari (blue-red, art & fire—big spells, big elementals), Quandrix (blue-green, math & growth—multiply tokens like fractals), Silverquill (white-black, words & shadow—goad and control with discourse), and Witherbloom (black-green, life & death—sacrifice for gains). New mechanics like “Scholarship” let spells grow stronger based on your college cards in play, “Arcane Math” adds multiplying counters for explosive turns, and the Elder Dragons cycle ties it all together with massive, game-ending abilities. The Mystical Archive returns with 63 classic spells in college-themed frames—think Time Warp styled for Prismari or Demonic Tutor for Silverquill. This set's mechanics are designed for dynamic play, rewarding clever combos and college loyalty.
Key Cards & Elder Dragons
The Elder Dragons are the set's stars—five mythic rares, one for each college, with abilities that supercharge your strategy. Lorehold the Historian (red-white) lets you miracle historic cards from exile, perfect for graveyard recursion decks. Other standouts include college-themed sorceries that scale with your board (e.g., a Quandrix spell that creates X/X tokens where X is your math counters) and powerful rares like Biblioplex Riddle (a puzzle mechanic that rewards topdeck mastery). With the Mystical Archive sprinkling in classics, expect meta-shaking reprints that fit the college themes—making this set a must for Standard, Pioneer, and Modern brewers.
5 Commander Precons
Dive into Magic's most popular multiplayer format with five ready-to-play, 100-card decks, each with a unique two-color play style. Choose your college of magical study and expand your education in the greater world of Arcavios. Every Secrets of Strixhaven Commander Deck includes two traditional foil mythic rare legendary creature cards featuring borderless art that can be played as your commander, and each deck introduces 12 never-before-seen Commander cards to Magic: The Gathering.
Silverquill Influence
Weaponize your words with Silverquill standout Killian, who encourages the rest of the table to attack targets that aren't you. Tap, goad, and control creatures with every enchantment you cast while you sit back, draw cards, and savor the mayhem.
Prismari Artistry
Let your creativity run wild with Rootha as your artist-in-residence and cast expensive, bombastic spells. Bigger spells let you generate bigger Elementals poised to attack, so pull out all the stops and go for broke!
Witherbloom Pestilence
There's trouble brewing when Dina leads your Witherbloom forces, so prepare the Pests for sacrifice! Sacrifices grant life, cards, and stackable counters that prepare your next victim for gainful harvesting or pump your attackers for a deadly push.
Lorehold Spirit
Set out on a Lorehold expedition with Quintorius and planeswalk a lethal path across the table. Create Spirits when cards leave your graveyard, then pile on typal Spirit bonuses and buffs to bury your opponents six feet deep!
Quandrix Unlimited
In Quandrix, when solving for X, the solution is clear—bigger is better! Calculate victory with Zimone using Fractals, Hydras, and other variable creatures to swarm the battlefield with powers so profound your opponents will be absolutely perplexed.
Case Contents:
• 5 Commander Decks; one of each type
Commander Deck Contents:
• 1 ready-to-play deck of 100 Magic cards
• 12 new-to-Magic cards, including 2 traditional foil cards
• 10 double-sided token cards
• Deck box
• Strategy insert
• Reference card
The Story & How to Play
Five years after the original Strixhaven events, a new mystery has awakened in the Biblioplex. Students from all five colleges must put down their books and step into the real world to uncover hidden secrets and prove their college is the best. Draft tip: Focus on 2–3 colleges for synergy. Limited play rewards college-themed spells, while Commander shines with the new Elder Dragons. This set is built for both casual fun and competitive tables.
