Magic just revealed 47 new Strixhaven cards (including a ridiculously powerful planeswalker)

When the Phyrexian invasion hit Arcavios in the 2023 March of the Machine storyline, students at the magical school of Strixhaven had to cast a desperate spell — the Invocation of the Founders — to save the school and their plane. The spell obliterated the biomechanical invaders but left Strixhaven in ruins. Magic: The Gathering’s latest set, Secrets of Strixhaven, picks up at least two years later. The magical university has been rebuilt with new professors and new students, but some of those scars haven’t fully healed. “We are going to be exploring both the campus and the school as well as beyond it to really give a sense of more of what's going on on this plane and kind of get a glimpse at some of the aftermath of the events of March of the Machine and the Phyrexian invasion,” narrative lead Lauren Bond said during a press preview for the set. Like 2021’s Strixhaven: School of Mages, the new set puts a lot of emphasis on the university’s five colleges. Each is governed by two Magic colors and focuses on a specific kind of magic: These dynamics carry into the cards themselves. Whereas Strixhaven: School of Mages learned heavily on Lessons and its accompanying Learn mechanic, Secr