Strixhaven and Commander 2021 Cube Set Review

Our Strixhaven: School of Mages and Commander 2021 prospectives are out! Thank you to everyone who participated.

Andy and Anthony are joined by Lucky Paper contributor Jett for a deep dive on what they believe to be the noteworthy cards from Strixhaven and Commander 2021. In their discussion, they reference their Strixhaven mechanics episode and their episode on Card Evaluation and the Playtesting Paradox.

Timestamps:

• 0:00 Intro
• 8:28 Elite Spellbinder
• 14:43 Leonin Lightscribe (and white Magecraft in general)
• 22:35 Clever Lumimancer
• 28:19 Professor of Symbology
• 33:20 Thunderous Orator
• 37:58 Mavinda, Students’ Advocate
• 40:32 Pillardrop Rescuer
• 42:15 Detention Vortex
• 44:33 Secret Rendezvous
• 45:32 Multiple Choice
• 51:58 Frost Trickster
• 55:23 Curate
• 59:25 Resculpt
• 59:30 Tempted by the Oriq
• 1:02:53 Sedgemoor Witch
• 1:09:12 Baleful Mastery
• 1:14:42 Unwilling Ingredient
• 1:17:14 Brackish Trudge
• 1:18:44 Oriq Loremage
• 1:19:53 Lash of Malice
• 1:23:58 Plumb the Forbidden
• 1:26:28 Eyetwitch
• 1:27:05 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
• 1:32:51 Conspiracy Theorist
• 1:37:08 Grinning Ignus
• 1:38:05 Efreet Flamepainter
• 1:40:07 Abundant Harvest (and the roles of cantrips in different kinds of decks)
• 1:49:26 Pest Infestation
• 1:52:47 Bayou Groff
• 1:54:12 Emergent Sequence
• 1:57:17 Bookwurm
• 1:58:50 Paradox Zone (and Fractal Token art criticism)
• 2:07:14 The Command Cycle, with special focus on Prismari, Witherbloom, and Quandrix Command
• 2:22:04 Rip Apart
• 2:26:23 Vanishing Verse
• 2:29:09 Expressive Iteration
• 2:35:56 Zephyr Boots
• 2:37:54 The Campuses
• 2:38:47 Modal Double Face Cards
• 2:41:59 Andy, Anthony, and Jett’s favorite cards from Strixhaven and Commander 2021
• 2:43:00 Outro
• 2:44:31 Outtakes

You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

• Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
• Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

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