Behind the Secrets of Strixhaven: Meet the Design Teams
Magic: The Gathering’s Secrets of Strixhaven gets a deep dive into the to‑design process: the post introduces the Secrets of Strixhaven Set Design and Commander Design teams, profiles their leads and contributors, and explains how the set evolved from Vision Design handoffs into final design. It covers key mechanics and structure—five faction themes across the five schools, instants-and-sorceries matter, magecraft, prepare spells, and mascot tokens—along with changes like removing Learn and Classes, refining token mechanics, and integrating new school mechanics (repartee, opus, infusion, increment). It also explains why flashback became Lorehold-focused, the use of converge for archaics, and Epic’s transformation into Paradigm, ending with a call for feedback and a tease for next week’s handoff document.