266 cards|138 creatures|avg mv 3.22
The set’s own mechanics, and every card that carries them

Secrets of Strixhaven MTG Mechanics & Keywords

The mechanics Secrets of Strixhaven leans on most are Paradigm (5 cards, 148× its rate across Magic), Infusion (12 cards, 136×) and Opus (10 cards, 134×). Flying is on 24 cards. Each of the set’s own mechanics is shown below with its reminder text and every card that carries it, by color and rarity.

Paradigm

5 cardsnone at commontypically 6 mana

Then exile this spell. After you first resolve a spell with this name, you may cast a copy of it from exile without paying its mana cost at the beginning of each of your first main phases.

All colors
common0
uncommon0
rare0
mythic5
Decorum Dissertation
Germination Practicum
Echocasting Symposium
Improvisation Capstone
Restoration Seminar

Infusion

12 cards4 at commontypically 3 mana

All colors
common4
Follow the Lumarets
Efflorescence
Ulna Alley Shopkeep
Tenured Concocter
uncommon5
Lumaret's Favor
Foolish Fate
Poisoner's Apprentice
Thornfist Striker
Old-Growth Educator
rare2
Moseo, Vein's New Dean
Tragedy Feaster
mythic1
Withering Curse

Opus

10 cards4 at commontypically 3 mana

All colors
common4
Expressive Firedancer
Deluge Virtuoso
Elemental Mascot
Tackle Artist
uncommon3
Muse Seeker
Thunderdrum Soloist
Spectacular Skywhale
rare3
Exhibition Tidecaller
Molten-Core Maestro
Colorstorm Stallion

Increment

9 cards2 at commontypically 3 mana

Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana you spent is greater than this creature's power or toughness, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

All colors
common2
Textbook Tabulator
Hungry Graffalon
uncommon4
Cuboid Colony
Tester of the Tangential
Topiary Lecturer
Fractal Tender
rare3
Ambitious Augmenter
Pensive Professor
Berta, Wise Extrapolator

Repartee

12 cards3 at commontypically 3 mana

Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.

All colors
common3
Inkling Mascot
Melancholic Poet
Rehearsed Debater
uncommon6
Graduation Day
Lecturing Scornmage
Scolding Administrator
Snooping Page
Inkshape Demonstrator
Forum Necroscribe
rare3
Informed Inkwright
Stirring Hopesinger
Conciliator's Duelist

Prepared

38 cards10 at commontypically 3 mana

While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.

All colors
common10
Elite Interceptor // Rejoinder
Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
Goblin Glasswright // Craft with Pride
Landscape Painter // Vibrant Idea
Adventurous Eater // Have a Bite
Strife Scholar // Awaken the Ages
Biblioplex Tomekeeper
Cheerful Osteomancer // Raise Dead
Honorbound Page // Forum's Favor
Spellbook Seeker // Careful Study
uncommon15
Skycoach Waypoint
Infirmary Healer // Stream of Life
Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch
Leech Collector // Bloodletting
Quill-Blade Laureate // Twofold Intent
Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea
Abigale, Poet Laureate // Heroic Stanza
Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song
Encouraging Aviator // Jump
Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost
Campus Composer // Aqueous Aria
Lluwen, Exchange Student // Pest Friend
Tam, Observant Sequencer // Deep Sight
Pigment Wrangler // Striking Palette
Scathing Shadelock // Venomous Words
rare8
Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
Joined Researchers // Secret Rendezvous
Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
Grave Researcher // Reanimate
Jadzi, Steward of Fate // Oracle's Gift
Maelstrom Artisan // Rocket Volley
Skycoach Conductor // All Aboard
Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life
mythic5
Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt
Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth
Emeritus of Truce // Swords to Plowshares
Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall

Converge

9 cards1 at commontypically 6 mana

All colors
common1
Rancorous Archaic
uncommon5
Arcane Omens
Archaic's Agony
Snarl Song
Sundering Archaic
Transcendent Archaic
rare3
Wildgrowth Archaic
Magmablood Archaic
Together as One

Surveil

17 cards14 at commontypically 3 mana

Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.

All colors
common14
Fields of Strife
Forum of Amity
Paradox Gardens
Spectacle Summit
Titan's Grave
Wild Hypothesis
Banishing Betrayal
Inkling Mascot
Stone Docent
Imperious Inkmage
Owlin Historian
Textbook Tabulator
Unsubtle Mockery
Muse's Encouragement
uncommon1
Prismari Charm
rare1
Grave Researcher // Reanimate
mythic1
Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer

Ward

11 cards1 at commontypically 4 mana

Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays 3 life.

All colors
common1
Strife Scholar // Awaken the Ages
uncommon6
Thornfist Striker
Campus Composer // Aqueous Aria
Inkshape Demonstrator
Mica, Reader of Ruins
Fractal Tender
Forum Necroscribe
rare2
Colorstorm Stallion
Tragedy Feaster
mythic2
Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall
Prismari, the Inspiration

Flashback

9 cards3 at commontypically 2 mana

You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.

All colors
common3
Dig Site Inventory
Pursue the Past
Tome Blast
uncommon4
Daydream
Duel Tactics
Group Project
Molten Note
rare2
Antiquities on the Loose
Practiced Offense