Magic: The Gathering has officially revealed a plethora of cards from the upcoming Secrets of Strixhaven set, showing off some powerful cards and stunning full-art treatments. The massively popular trading card game from Wizards of the Coast has already seen an impressive start to 2026, debuting two new expansions to kick off the year. January welcomed the return to the fan-favorite Lorwyn plane with the launch of Lorwyn Eclipsed, while Magic: The Gathering launched its new crossover with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at the end of February. Now, Wizards of the Coast is returning to another beloved setting soon.
The second in-universe set of the year for Magic: The Gathering will mark the comeback of another popular plane. Secrets of Strixhaven will whisk players back to the plane of Arcavios and the titular magic academy, following the events of the Phyrexian invasion in the March of the Machine expansion. Wizards of the Coast has already teased multiple cards from the expansion, including a new set of Commander decks highlighting each of Strixhaven’s individual schools. Now, Wizards of the Coast has dropped its full reveal for the newest Strixhaven set.
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Magic: The Gathering Reveals New Cards from Secrets of Strixhaven
Wizards of the Coast dropped its first big reveal for Secrets of Strixhaven on March 31, showing off more than 40 new cards from the set. Each of Strixhaven’s five schools is receiving its own powerful new Elder Dragon card in the set, boasting keywords like affinity, casualty, and storm, among others. Secrets of Strixhaven adds two brand-new planeswalker cards to Magic: The Gathering, with Professor Dellian Fel and a new mono-Black version of popular planeswalker Ral Zarek, the first non-Izzet version of the character. Secrets of Strixhaven will also introduce the Prepare mechanic to the game, with players able to cast the secondary spells listed on the card by fulfilling certain conditions.
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Magic: The Gathering showed off plenty of special treatments of cards in the Secrets of Strixhaven reveal, teasing the return of Mystical Archive cards. Powerful Instant card Force of Will is receiving a new version as part of the subset, receiving both a base version and a special alternate art version with Japanese text. Vampiric Tutor is also expected to be one of the biggest chase cards from Secrets of Strixhaven’s Mystical Archive cards, with the card typically selling for nearly $70 on the secondary market. Secrets of Strixhaven is scheduled to officially release on April 24, with pre-release events beginning on April 17.
New Cards Revealed
- Deathcap Glade (+ borderless printing)
- Dreamroot Cascade (+ borderless printing)
- Shattered Sanctum (+ borderless printing)
- Stormcarved Coast (+ borderless printing)
- Sundown Pass (+ borderless printing)
- Forest (Full Art)
- Swamp (Full Art)
- Island (Full Art)
- Mountain (Full Art)
- Plain (Full Art)
- Lorehold, the Historian (+ borderless printing)
- Prismari, the Inspiration (+ borderless printing)
- Quandrix, the Proof (+ borderless printing)
- Silverquill, the Disputant (+ borderless printing)
- Witherbloom, the Balancer (+ borderless printing)
- Elemental Mascot
- Fractal Mascot
- Inkling Mascot
- Pest Mascot
- Spirit Mascot
- Professor Dellian Fel (+ borderless printing)
- Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer (+ borderless printing)
- Rancorous Archaic
- The Dawning Archaic
- Graduation Day
- Improvisation Capstone (+ borderless printing)
- Mathemagics
- Procrastinate
- Stress Dream
- Emeritus of Ideation (+ extended art and numbered version)
- Biblipoplex Tomekeeper
- Grave Researcher
- Hardened Academic
- Joined Researchers
- Landscape Painter
- Studious First-Year
- Conciliator’s Duelist (extended art)
- Colorstorm Stallion (+ borderless printing)
- Exhibition Tidecaller (extended art)
- Old-Growth Educator
- Lumaret’s Favor
- Molten Note
- Pensive Professor (extended art)
- Cuboid Colony
Mystical Archives
- Reprieve (+ Japanese alternate art)
- Disdainful Stroke (+ Japanese alternate art)
- Force of Will (+ Japanese alternate art)
- Smallpox (+ Japanese alternate art)
- Vampiric Tutor (+ Japanese alternate art)
- Subterranean Tremors (+ Japanese alternate art)
- Giant Growth (+ Japanese alternate art)
Secrets of Strixhaven is set to be one of the most exciting Magic: The Gathering sets of the year, with a multitude of highly sought-after cards. The Prepare mechanic will give players access to some of Magic‘s most powerful Instants and Sorceries, including the new Emeritus of Ideation, allowing players to cast Ancestral Recall, a member of the game’s “power nine” cards. Wizards of the Coast also revealed a new numbered card coming in Secrets of Strixhaven, with Emeritus of Ideation receiving an alternate art version inspired by older Magic: The Gathering promo cards.
Beyond Secrets of Strixhaven, Magic: The Gathering has lots of exciting new expansions coming throughout the remainder of 2026. Wizards of the Coast has one new in-universe set planned for 2026 after Secrets of Strixhaven, with Reality Fracture scheduled to release on October 2. The card game is also gearing up to launch three more collaborations during the year, adding crossover sets for Marvel Super Heroes, The Hobbit, and Star Trek. Magic: The Gathering is primed to have a big year in 2026, with the game continuing to release major new sets nearly every month.
