Secrets of Strixhaven’s Best New Cards (In the 99) | 739

The Command Zone

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🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 105 minutes

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What secret tech awaits in the new Strixhaven set? It’s time to find out as we channel our inner Lorehold students to dig up the cards you NEED to know. Prepare yourselves and your spells because there are a ton of awesome new Commander staples ready to go in the 99 and help teach your opponents a lesson. Sharpen your quills; this is info worth noting! -------- SUPPORT US ON PATREON: Support the show and become a Patron! Be a part of our community, receive awesome rewards, and more! https://www.patreon.com/commandzone -------- BOOT.DEV: Click this link → https://www.boot.dev?promo=COMMANDZONE and use our code COMMANDZONE to get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev. Thank you Boot.Dev for Sponsoring! SHOPIFY: Power your business with Shopify. Start your one-dollar-per-month trial period today by going to: https://www.shopify.com/tcz JOHANNES VOSS TOKEN COLLECTION: Our friend iconic Magic artist Johannes Voss has launched a new Kickstarter featuring OVER 50 stunning original tokens. Get your pledge in now while there’s still time at: https://tinyurl.com/JVTokens -------- CARD KINGDOM: The Command Zone is sponsored by Card Kingdom! If you want to receive your cards in one safe package and experience the best customer service, make sure to order your Magic cards, sealed product, accessories, and more at Card Kingdom: http://www.cardkingdom.com/command ARCHIDEKT: Discover, build, catalog, and playtest on Archidekt, the deck-building website that makes it easy to brew brand new lists or manage your old favorites. Go to http://www.archidekt.com/commandzone to get started today! ULTRA PRO: Huge thanks to Ultra PRO for sponsoring this episode! Be sure to check out their amazing APEX sleeves and super classy MANA 8 product line. If you want to keep your cards protected and support the show, visit: https://ultrapro.com/command -------- Relevant Links: 10 PLAYER Commander Game!: https://youtu.be/CvyRDmwOeCs?si=MIhwZWPhvrdyA_Wg PleasantKenobi: YouTube: @PleasantKenobi Instagram: @PleasantKenobi Bluesky: @pleasantkenobi.bsky.social Strixhaven Continues A Worrying Trend | PleasantKenobi: https://youtu.be/v9CmNJPu48U?si=WmRKaz0oyYpDzZKv Follow us on TikTok: @thecommandzone -------- Follow us on Instagram: @CommandCast Follow us on Bluesky: @commandcast.bsky.social Follow us on Twitter: @CommandCast @JoshLeeKwai @jfwong @wachelreeks Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/commandcast/ Email us: commandzonecast@gmail.com -------- Commander Rules and Ban List: https://magic.wizards.com/en/banned-restricted-list Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Greetings, humans, you have entered the Command Zone.
0:05.2	Your destination for all aspects of Elder Dragon Highlander.
0:10.1	Enjoy your stay.
0:13.1	Hello, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of the Command Zone podcast.
0:17.1	I'm your host, Rachel Weeks.
0:18.3	I'm Jimmy Wong.
0:19.9	And today we're talking about the coolest, newest cards from Secrets of Strix 7.
0:25.6	It's no secret. There are some spicy cards in this set.
0:29.6	A ton of really powerful stuff. We've got a lot of cards to talk about.
0:32.6	And some new mechanics that I think are a little confusing and need to spend a little bit of time talking about.
0:38.8	So we're going to start with some new mechanics, starting with prepared spells.
0:43.3	I think this is the big mechanic of the set.
0:45.3	Yeah, are you prepared to talk about how it works?
0:48.3	Yes, this is a new mechanic.
0:49.3	It looks like a lot of cards that have come from the past like adventure or omen but it is different the card basically
0:55.7	has an additional spell on it and if the card itself it's a creature if it is prepared then you can
1:02.0	cast the spell a lot of the cards enter prepared some of them have stipulations to make them prepared
1:06.1	but it's a state that they can be in and then the other part of the the card becomes active. When the card's removed, you can't cast it anymore.
1:13.2	Yeah.
1:13.9	There's something that is worth noting.
1:16.1	The way that you cast the prepared spell is very strange,
1:19.6	and it's because you can't cast an instant or sorcery from the battlefield.
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