Lorehold, the Historian | Art by <a href="https://raymondswanland.com/magic-the-gathering-gallery">Raymond Swanland</a>
On Tuesday, Wizards of the Coast unveiled the new sealed products for two upcoming sets. These sets are Secrets of Strixhaven and Marvel Super Heroes. This particular set of previews was revealed at the Nuremberg Toy Fair in Germany. With that, let's look at some of the revealed information, which includes a few preview cards!
<h2>Secrets of Strixhaven</h2>
For starters, let's look at Secrets of Strixhaven, out on April 24th. Wizards of the Coast revealed the following products at the Nuremberg Toy Fair. Some of these may seem obvious, but it's simply good to know that they're continuing:
<ul>
<li>Play Boosters (MSRP: $5.49 per pack)</li>
<li>Collector Boosters (MSRP: $26.99 per pack)</li>
<li>Draft Night (MSRP: $89.99)</li>
<li>Bundle (MSRP: $57.99)</li>
<li>Codex Bundle (MSRP: $89.99)</li>
<li>Commander Decks (MSRP: $49.99 per deck)</li>
</ul>
We expect you have a few questions. For one, what in the world is a Codex Bundle? And, how many Commander decks are featuring in MTGSOS? We can easily answer both of those questions for you!
The Codex Bundle, a similar product to Gift Bundles and the like, contains six Play Boosters, two Collector Boosters, and a Codex Booster. Like the Avatar: The Last Airbender Gift Bundles' innovation, the Codex Booster contains two cards out of a possible six in the following subset of cards:
<a href="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/sos-codex-bundle-packs.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-174847" src="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/sos-codex-bundle-packs.png" alt="Secrets of Strixhaven Codex Bundle promos." width="600" height="559" srcset="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/sos-codex-bundle-packs.png 1280w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/sos-codex-bundle-packs-300x279.png 300w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/sos-codex-bundle-packs-1024x954.png 1024w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/sos-codex-bundle-packs-768x715.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></a>
While this group of cards isn't the most exciting subset of promos ever, the Talisman cycle and <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sol Ring" href="#" target="_blank">Sol Ring</a> are still used quite frequently in Commander decks across the board. And speaking of Commander decks...
<a href="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SOC-commander-decks.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-174849" src="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SOC-commander-decks.jpg" alt="Secrets of Strixhaven Commander decks." width="994" height="559" srcset="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SOC-commander-decks.jpg 1920w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SOC-commander-decks-300x169.jpg 300w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SOC-commander-decks-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SOC-commander-decks-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SOC-commander-decks-1536x864.jpg 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 994px) 100vw, 994px" /></a>
<h3>Secrets of Strixhaven Commander Decks</h3>
There are going to be five Commander decks released alongside Secrets of Strixhaven. These decks are respectively themed after the five Houses of Strixhaven, a prestigious school of magic housed on the plane of Arcavios. More details are below:
<blockquote>
<ul>
<li>Lorehold Spirit
<ul>
<li>Red/White</li>
<li>Commander: Quintorius</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Prismari Artistry
<ul>
<li>Blue/Red</li>
<li>Commander: Rootha</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Quandrix Unlimited
<ul>
<li>Green/Blue</li>
<li>Commander: Zimone</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Silverquill Influence
<ul>
<li>White/Black</li>
<li>Commander: Killian</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Witherbloom Pestilence
<ul>
<li>Black/Green</li>
<li>Commander: Dina</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
There is no confirmation that <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Quintorius Kand" href="#" target="_blank">Quintorius Kand</a> will be a planeswalker commander in the Lorehold Spirit deck, but we'll surely find out soon!
<h3>MTGSOS Previews</h3>
There were a couple of cards previewed within Secrets. These previews also include one from the new iteration of the Mystical Archive. Let's take a look!
<a href="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Lorehold-the-Historian-SOS.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-174852" src="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Lorehold-the-Historian-SOS.png" alt="Lorehold, the Historian, a card from Secrets of Strixhaven." width="800" height="559" srcset="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Lorehold-the-Historian-SOS.png 1280w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Lorehold-the-Historian-SOS-300x210.png 300w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Lorehold-the-Historian-SOS-1024x715.png 1024w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Lorehold-the-Historian-SOS-768x536.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a> <a href="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Mathemagics-SOS.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-174853" src="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Mathemagics-SOS.png" alt="Mathemagics, a card from Secrets of Strixhaven." width="800" height="559" srcset="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Mathemagics-SOS.png 1280w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Mathemagics-SOS-300x210.png 300w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Mathemagics-SOS-1024x715.png 1024w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Mathemagics-SOS-768x536.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a> <a href="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Stock-Up-mystical-archive.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-174854" src="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Stock-Up-mystical-archive.png" alt="Stock Up, a card from Secrets of Strixhaven's Mystical Archive, previously from Aetherdrift." width="400" height="559" srcset="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Stock-Up-mystical-archive.png 773w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Stock-Up-mystical-archive-215x300.png 215w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Stock-Up-mystical-archive-733x1024.png 733w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Stock-Up-mystical-archive-768x1073.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></a> <a href="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/stock-up-jp-mystical-archive.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-174855" src="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/stock-up-jp-mystical-archive.png" alt="The Japanese version of Stock Up, a card from Secrets of Strixhaven's Mystical Archive, previously from Aetherdrift." width="800" height="559" srcset="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/stock-up-jp-mystical-archive.png 1280w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/stock-up-jp-mystical-archive-300x210.png 300w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/stock-up-jp-mystical-archive-1024x715.png 1024w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/stock-up-jp-mystical-archive-768x536.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a>
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Naturally, we'd like to know if the Japanese Foil Etched cards in this set's Mystical Archive are a bit more standout than the ones from Strixhaven proper. Again, we'll know when we see more from the set!
<h2>Marvel Super Heroes</h2>
This brings us to the next set in the queue. Marvel Super Heroes comes out on June 26th. It contains the following products (shown here with MSRP included):
<ul>
<li>Play Boosters (MSRP: $6.99 per pack)</li>
<li>Collector Boosters (MSRP: $37.99 per pack)</li>
<li>Bundle (MSRP: $69.99)</li>
<li>Gift Bundle (MSRP: $89.99)</li>
<li>Draft Night (MSRP: $119.99)</li>
<li>Scene Boxes (MSRP: $41.99)</li>
<li>Commander Decks (MSRP: $69.99 per deck)</li>
<li>Collector Commander Decks (MSRP: $149.99 per deck)</li>
<li>Jumpstart Boosters (MSRP: $6.99 per pack)</li>
<li>Beginner Box (MSRP: $34.99)</li>
</ul>
Considerably more expensive than the cards from Secrets of Strixhaven, Marvel Super Heroes continues some of the trends that other Universes Beyond products started, presumably based on licensing fees. But let's look at some of these products!
<a href="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MTGMSH-commander-decks.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-174858" src="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MTGMSH-commander-decks.jpg" alt="Marvel Super Heroes Commander precons." width="994" height="559" srcset="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MTGMSH-commander-decks.jpg 1920w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MTGMSH-commander-decks-300x169.jpg 300w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MTGMSH-commander-decks-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MTGMSH-commander-decks-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MTGMSH-commander-decks-1536x864.jpg 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 994px) 100vw, 994px" /></a>
There are four Commander precons for Marvel Super Heroes, each priced at a solid $69.99 apiece. The decks are as such:
<blockquote>
<ul>
<li>Avengers Assemble
<ul>
<li>Red/White/Blue</li>
<li>Characters pictured: Captain America, Nick Fury</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Wakanda Forever
<ul>
<li>Green/White</li>
<li>Characters pictured: Black Panther, Shuri</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>The Fantastic Four
<ul>
<li>Red/Green/White/Blue</li>
<li>Characters pictured: Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, Thing</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Doom Prevails
<ul>
<li>Blue/Black/Red</li>
<li>Characters pictured: Doctor Doom, Loki</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
There are also Collector Commander decks for this set. They're the same cards as in the base decks, only included with a Surge Foil treatment. These collector-targeted decks have an MSRP of $149.99 each.
<h2>Conclusion</h2>
I am super-excited for Secrets of Strixhaven! Marvel Super Heroes' Commander decks look pretty neat as well. But let's ipen the floor to you now, dear readers! Are you excited for any of these new sets? What about them might drive you to picking the cards up? Sound off in the comments below!

Secrets of Strixhaven and Marvel Super Heroes Products Revealed

<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Namor the Sub-Mariner" href="#" target="_blank">Namor the Sub-Mariner</a> | Illustrated by <a href="https://www.rallisart.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Rallis</a>
Whenever a legendary creature is revealed in Magic previews, even ahead of its set's preview season, there will always be someone hoping to build it in Commander. Let's face facts: There's always someone who wants to be ahead of the curve. Trendsetters exist, plain and simple.
But what happens when a set like <a href="https://edhrec.com/sets/msh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marvel Super Heroes</a> gets previews? The property is clearly popular among comic book fans of many walks of life (except maybe for DC Comics diehards, but we won't get into that here). But are the legendary creatures <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/marvel-super-heroes-a-first-look-at-the-new-set" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previewed on December 9th</a> exciting enough to build around?
According to our data, one shone above the rest in the past 24 hours, so let's dive into that analysis!
<h2>Spoiler Alert: It Ain't <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Namor the Sub-Mariner" href="#" target="_blank">Namor</a></h2>
While cards like <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Namor the Sub-Mariner" href="#" target="_blank">Namor the Sub-Mariner</a> are, in fact, behind the most prolific Marvel Super Heroes legend previewed yesterday, the numbers are actually not close at all.
Right now, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Bruce Banner" href="#" target="_blank">Bruce Banner</a>, also known as The Incredible Hulk, leads 82 Commander decks databased by EDHREC. Namor, as well as <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Doctor Doom" href="#" target="_blank">Doctor Doom</a>, both lead 19 decks. <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Baron Helmut Zemo" href="#" target="_blank">Baron Helmut Zemo</a> leads 18 decks, and <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Super-Skrull" href="#" target="_blank">Super-Skrull</a> commands a measly nine decks.
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Namor the Sub-Mariner"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Doctor Doom"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Baron Helmut Zemo"></div></div>
<h2>The Breakdown of Marvel Super Heroes Commanders</h2>
Why is this? There are a variety of reasons that the lower four of the top five decks are doing so poorly. There are also several reasons that Bruce Banner is doing so well:
<ul>
<li>Doctor Doom costs a lot of mana to cast. Right now, mana value three is the new mana value four in terms of ideal maximum mana value for a commander. As a consequence of this upswing in speed, a mana value of six often has no place in the command zone.</li>
<li>Namor has to deal with a ton of competition in the Merfolk typal department. Granted, this fact may be affected (or eclipsed) by how much we see from <a href="https://edhrec.com/sets/ecl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lorwyn Eclipsed</a>. He's decent and could work very nicely in any Merfolk pile's 99. However, as a monocolor legend, other legendary creatures with more colors at their disposal can often offer better resources for Merfolk themes.</li>
<li>Zemo is going to have stiff competition as well. Other mono-black commanders often recur cards, and they don’t exile to do it, especially with less of a devotion theme. Even at an easy mana value of three, players will inevitably prefer commanders like <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Toshiro Umezawa" href="#" target="_blank">Toshiro Umezawa</a> or <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Kaervek, the Punisher" href="#" target="_blank">Kaervek, the Punisher</a> (a card with a potentially ironic epithet considering the source material we're talking about). Even at a higher mana value, some players might even prefer <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Chainer, Dementia Master" href="#" target="_blank">Chainer, Dementia Master</a>. Heck, even <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed" href="#" target="_blank">Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed</a> is more conservative of resources if their playgroup is more chill with certain practices.</li>
</ul>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Toshiro Umezawa"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Kenrith, the Returned King"></div></div>
<ul>
<li>Super-Skrull has to contend with <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Kenrith, the Returned King" href="#" target="_blank">Kenrith, the Returned King</a>, who is infinitely easier to cast and already has precedent as a massively popular commander. Currently, Kenrith is fighting tooth and nail to stay at the very bottom of the <a href="https://edhrec.com/commanders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Top 10 Most Popular Commanders on EDHREC</a> (<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Y&#039;shtola, Night&#039;s Blessed" href="#" target="_blank">Y&#039;shtola, Night&#039;s Blessed</a> is close to outpacing him, however, and we will report on that when she does). For whatever it's worth, both Kenrith and Super-Skrull can kill while on an infinite mana bender. However, since Kenrith only costs one white pip and the rest in generic mana, Kenrith does it way more easily.</li>
</ul>
<h2>We Have a Hulk</h2>
As for why Bruce Banner and The Incredible Hulk break this trend of semi-mediocre commanders so handily, one need only watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-Xnuym1wqY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WeeklyMTG stream from yesterday</a>.
In it, Blake Rasmussen, Rachel Weeks, and Gabriel Luna go on pretty extensively about the ways you can combo off with the Hulk. These include the use of <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Pyrohemia" href="#" target="_blank">Pyrohemia</a> and <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Caltrops" href="#" target="_blank">Caltrops</a> to engage in either infinite or near-infinite combat steps with the Hulk.
In related news, the uncommon <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Caltrops" href="#" target="_blank">Caltrops</a> spiked (if you'll pardon the wordplay) yesterday to almost $11. The foil iteration of Caltrops from Seventh Edition also skyrocketed to $108. This was almost certainly due to the stream's discussion of the card.
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Caltrops"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Pyrohemia"></div></div>
Does this mean anything for a card that comes out in June? It may be too early to tell, honestly. But frankly, my takeaway is that, even if Wizards of the Coast is unable to acknowledge the secondary market, they should play a bit less loose with cards that can soar like Caltrops now has.
Regardless of the spikes, Bruce Banner is clearly a hit with some Commander players. We'll have to see how well that sticks before June, but either way, the card is good.
<div class="edhrecp__cards side-by-side"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Bruce Banner"></div></div>
<h2>Conclusion</h2>
And now, let's open the floor to you, dear readers! Why do you think Bruce Banner is the top Marvel Super Heroes commander at this time? Also, given that <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Captain America, Super-Soldier" href="#" target="_blank">Captain America, Super-Soldier</a> currently has no decks built around him, why do you think that is? Sound off with your speculations in the comments below!

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