If you are part of the Prismari Strixhaven College, you will definitely pick it up. Magic: The Gathering Secrets of Strixhaven Commander Pre-Con Deck. Based on red and blue mana, this deck is all about slinging spells and creating elemental creatures to damage your opponents.
All signs point to this being a deck for aggressive players looking to overwhelm their opponents with spells and creatures. If that sounds like your playstyle, let us walk you through the themes and possible upgrades for this exciting Commander deck.
Prismari artistic deck list
The full Prismari Artistry deck list is now available, and there are Very few surprises When it comes to theming and division of card types. However, we still can't wait to get hands-on with the deck to get a feel for how it plays.
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Card name |
Card type |
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Ruth, expert Paul |
mythical creatures |
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Talisman of creativity |
artwork |
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Soul Ring |
artwork |
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Cursed Mirror |
artwork |
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Arcane Signet |
artwork |
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Archmage Emeritus |
animal |
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Shameless debtor |
animals/ |
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Brudiclad, Telchor Eng |
Mythical artifact creature |
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Curiosity Craftsman |
animal |
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Goldspawn Dragon |
animal |
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imaginary path |
land |
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Frostboil Snarl |
land |
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Hall of Oracles |
land |
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creative techniques |
the magic |
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Dance with disaster |
the magic |
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Leap to victory |
the magic |
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Twinflame |
the magic |
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Volcanic salvo |
the magic |
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Chaotic, ever-changing |
mythical creatures |
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Inspired Skypainter |
animal |
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Dirgur Focusimage |
animal |
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Leitmotif composer |
animal |
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Prismari Pianist |
animal |
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Renegade Bull |
animal |
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Mastermind again |
animal |
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Harmonic Prodigy |
animal |
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Thunderclap Drake |
animal |
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Manaform Hellkite |
animal |
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Plarg and Nasari |
mythical creatures |
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Double Stormsinger |
animal |
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Rionya, the fire dancer |
mythical creatures |
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Galazeth Prismari |
mythical creatures |
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Veyran, the voice of duality |
mythical creatures |
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serious simulacrum |
animal |
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Rutha, the mercurial artist |
mythical creatures |
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Storm-kiln artist |
animal |
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Stormcatch Mentor |
animal |
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abstract display |
the magic |
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Furygale Flocking |
the magic |
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chain reaction |
the magic |
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Replication techniques |
the magic |
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The rite of passage |
the magic |
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Blasphemy Act |
the magic |
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The rousing refrain |
the magic |
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Aether Gale |
the magic |
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Deep analysis |
the magic |
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Treasure Cruise |
the magic |
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mind geyser |
the magic |
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A Throat of Chaos |
the magic |
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Volcanic torrent |
the magic |
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expressive repetition |
the magic |
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Fellwar Stone |
artwork |
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Lightning Greaves |
artwork |
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Dig through time |
immediately |
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Chaos Warp |
immediately |
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Magma Opus |
immediately |
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Prismary Command |
immediately |
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Prismatic charm |
immediately |
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Mysterious rejection |
immediately |
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Change reality |
immediately |
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Resculpt |
immediately |
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Abrade |
immediately |
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Big score |
immediately |
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scheduled repetition |
infatuation |
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Coastal peak |
land |
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A burning geyser |
land |
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Turbulent Springs |
land |
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Cascade Bluffs |
land |
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exotic garden |
land |
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Ferrous lake |
land |
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Restless Spire |
land |
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Sivan Reef |
land |
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Sulfur Falls |
land |
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Temple of the Epiphany |
land |
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Command Tower |
land |
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Glasses Summit |
land |
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Terramorphic expansion |
land |
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Meltwater tributary |
land |
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Mysterious sanctuary |
land |
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Line of descent |
land |
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Prismary Campus |
land |
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Relief Tower |
land |
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study hall |
land |
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Temple of a false god |
land |
The above cards include all reprints and news cards that were leaked ahead of time, confirming the legitimacy of the leak. It's always worth it Be careful with MTG leaksBut in this instance, everything from the printing plate leak to the final design of each card remained the same.
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Commander Breakdown
The Commander for this deck is Rutha, Mastering the Moment, an Orc Mage Creates a red/blue element with flight and haste at the start of combat on your turn. Its power and toughness are equal to the highest mana-cost spell (magic or instant) you cast in your first main phase.
Rutha does not display any other mana colors on her cards, meaning any cards you add to the deck must be red, blue, or a combination of both.
For example, if you were to hard cast Volcanic Salvo for 12 mana in your first main phase, Rutha Create 12/12 elemental creature tokens with haste and flight.
This forces your opponents to be ready to react any time Rutha is on the board during your turn.
Deck Themes and Strategy
Between the ability of this deck's main commander, Rutha, and the hints we've given on the packaging “Cast Splashy Spells” and “Create Elemental Attackers”We have a pretty good idea of how the Prismary Attristry deck will play.
You are expected to be Casting spells during your first main phase to activate Rootha's abilitySo it's a case of conserving your spells between turns to protect your elemental tokens or flooding the board with elemental creatures to maximize your damage.
With cards like Goldspawn Dragon in the deck, you will too Generate treasure tokensA great way to make sure you're not burning through mana too quickly, and letting you cast more expensive spells to generate dangerous element tokens.
Upgrades
We won't suggest removing any cards here, as that may be based on your playstyle and preferences, but we will list a few. Cards that fit the theme of the deck And meshes well with the commander's abilities.
Vivi Ornithier
This powerful card from the Final Fantasy set is an Izzet staple and will fit well with this spell-slinging theme from Prismari Atristry.
It can add any mix of red and blue mana equal to its total power, and you can Anytime you cast a non-creature spell put a +1/+1 counter on it.
This card can become very powerful very quickly, and it increases your mana pool You can cast even more spells as a bonusHowever it can only do this once per turn. There's a good reason this card was banned in Standard, but thankfully it's free to cause mayhem in Commander for now.
Twinflame travelers
From Lorwyn this elemental being was adopted Triggers the abilities of any other elements you have extra time on.
While Rootha's elemental token is not an ability, and Rootha itself is not an elemental, you still can Pack some powerful elements with useful abilities into the deckWhich will then be activated more time when paired with Twinflame passengers.
Galvanic repulsion
This two-mana instant spell allows you to Copy your next spell and choose a new target for it.
Even better, it has a flashback, which means you can Throw it from your graveThis time cost three mana, then exile the card.
This card completely tore up the standard meta when it was first released, and still has a home in many Commander decks in 2026.
Wizard class
This class charm allows you to Draw two cards, then discard two cards When it reaches the battlefield. At level two, it lets you tap creatures to add red or blue mana, just instant or magic spells, or class upgrades.
Finally, at level three, every time you cast an instant or sorcerer spell, sorcerer class Deals damage to each opponent equal to the number of spells you cast that turn and instant spell.
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