The Strixhaven Star

Before previews for Magic: The Gathering | Marvel Super Heroes officially begin, I thought it would be fun to do another of my Duelist-style teasers where I give hints of things to come.

First up, here are some things you can expect:

• Some creature tokens: legendary 1/1 blue Bird Scout, 1/1 red Alien, 1/1 green Minion, legendary 2/2 green Cat, and 3/3 colorless Robot Villain artifact

• A new enchantment subtype

• A flavor word that references an Un- card

• A modal card that lets you choose up to X modes

• Another card that lets you cast a subset of cards off the top of your library

• An activation with six different mana symbols

• A CARD NAME IN ALL CAPS WITH AN EXCLAMATION POINT!

• A creature that can copy three different card types

• A subtype last seen in a Standard-legal set over two decades ago

• A card that can tap for four mana in any combination of colors

Next, some cards will feature the following rules text:

• “Enchanted creature becomes a copy of that creature until this Aura leaves the battlefield.”

• “becomes a Dinosaur Hero”

• “Exile all the cards from your hand,”

• “Ward – Get five poison counters.”

• “Until end of turn, [CARDNAME] gains [CARDNAME]’s base power is equal to the number of cards in your hand.“

• "you may pay {1} up to three times.”

• “At the beginning of your end step, if you have fewer than ten cards in hand,”

• “Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets an artifact or land,”

• “put any number of creature cards from among them onto the battlefield”

• “Equip worthy”

Here are some creature type lines from the set:

• Legendary Creature – Mutant Scientist Hero

• Legendary Creature – Demigod Warrior Hero

• Legendary Creature – Kree Skrull Hero

• Legendary Creature – Human Ninja Villain

• Legendary Creature – Gamma Doctor Hero

• Legendary Creature – Mutant Inhuman Hero

• Legendary Creature – Human Detective Hero

• Legendary Creature – Alien Dragon Villain

• Legendary Artifact Creature – Scientist Villain

• Creature – Dragon Cat Dog Bird Frog Hero

Finally, here are some card names in the set:

• Avengers Assemble!

• Crowd of True Believers

• Earth’s Mightiest Heroes

• Go Nuts!

• Hex Magic

• Pym Particles

• Repulsor Blast

• Secret Invasion

• Super-Soldier Serum

• We Say Thee Nay!