Secrets of Strixhaven’s Most Powerful New Commanders | 736

The Command Zone

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🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 143 minutes

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Ready to teach your opponents a lesson at the Commander table? Then check out which new legends of Secrets of Strixhaven have made their way to the top of the class. We’ll be breaking down how to make the most of these scholastic instant classics, laying out the synergies and strategies that’ll put your new deck on the Dean’s list, and in the winner’s circle. There are a ton of cool new commanders in Magic’s new back-to-school set, so don’t miss it! -------- GAME KNIGHTS LIVE RETURNS TO LAS VEGAS: Game Knights Live is back in session at MagicCon Las Vegas with a few Strixhaven secrets of our own! This is going to be our biggest Commander game yet, so don't miss the greatest show in the Multiverse! It's coming up fast, so enroll now before badges are gone: https://mtg.social/MCLV26GKL -------- 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 RAYCON: Celebrate the moms in your life with Raycon’s Everyday Earbuds Classic now featuring Active Noise Cancellation! To get 15% off go to: https://www.buyraycon.com/command SHOPIFY: Power your business with Shopify. Start your one-dollar-per-month trial period today by going to: https://www.shopify.com/tcz -------- 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: Game Knights Avatar w/Brian David Gilbert | #82: https://youtu.be/_zBpEXgHNkU?si=EiLHG4zLR63wx_Hf Danny Phantom Exe: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DannyPhantomexe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danny.phantom.exe/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dannyphantom.exe The Best Commander Card from EVERY Magic Set Ever | The Command Zone 729: https://youtu.be/8LfhhUD3lVc?si=5jQUooMqmoaTNCvj -------- 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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0:31.5	Greetings, humans.
0:33.2	You have entered the command zone.
0:35.5	Your destination for all aspects of Elder Dragon Highlander.
0:40.1	Enjoy your stay.
0:43.3	Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Command Zone podcast.
0:46.8	I'm your host, Rachel Weeks.
0:48.2	How's it?
0:48.7	It's Josh Lee Kwai.
0:50.0	Oh, and we're talking about some secrets today.
0:53.5	Yes.
0:54.1	Specifically, Strickshaven secrets. Yes, very excited about Strickson. Very excited about these commanders. A lot of spellslinger commanders, which is right at my alley. Absolutely. A lot of spells, which makes sense for this plane. We're going to be talking about many of the new commanders for secrets of Strick-Saven, the ones that we think will be the most popular, the most powerful. We won't talk about the face commanders in this episode. We're dedicating full episodes to each of those as we roll out all of our episodes of strict saving. So, if there's one that you're excited about, go check out that episode. We go deep into what we expect to be in the deck and what we would add to make
1:27.6	it really awesome. Yeah, and we are doing a video for every single pre-con, so don't worry. Okay. If that hasn't, if it hasn't come out yet, it will. We will do a video for every single one of the strict saving school precons. There's a lot of them. Yeah. Give us a second. Yeah, but in this one, we're just, we're talking about some of the ones that just caught our eye, I guess.
1:47.0	Yeah, some of us a second. Yeah, but in this one, we're just, we're talking about some of the ones that just caught our eye, I guess.
1:47.0	Yeah, some of the cool ones, some of the ones that we think that you guys will be the most excited about.
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