<p>Looking to power up your <em>Prismari Artistry</em> Commander precon? We're here to give you some ideas for both budget and non-budget upgrades, as well as recommendations for cards you should cut from the precon.</p>
<p>If you're looking for an analysis on what's in the deck and how to play it, check out <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/prismari-artistry-secrets-of-strixhaven-precon-guide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Precon Guide here</a>.</p>


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<p>Here's what's in the <em>Prismari Artistry</em> precon:</p>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Prismari" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Rootha, Mastering the Moment
[/Commander]
[Creatures]
*1 Archmage Emeritus
*1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
*1 Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
*1 Curiosity Crafter
*1 Dirgur Focusmage // Braingeyser
*1 Faerie Mastermind
*1 Galazeth Prismari
*1 Goldspan Dragon
*1 Harmonic Prodigy
*1 Inspired Skypainter // Maestro&#039;s Gift
*1 Leitmotif Composer
*1 Manaform Hellkite
*1 Mirrorwing Dragon
*1 Muddle, the Ever-Changing
*1 Plargg and Nassari
*1 Prismari Pianist
*1 Redoubled Stormsinger
*1 Renegade Bull
*1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
*1 Rootha, Mercurial Artist
*1 Solemn Simulacrum
*1 Storm-Kiln Artist
*1 Stormcatch Mentor
*1 Thunderclap Drake
*1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
[/Creatures]
[Sorceries]
*1 Abstract Performance
*1 Aether Gale
*1 Blasphemous Act
*1 Chain Reaction
*1 Creative Technique
*1 Dance with Calamity
*1 Deep Analysis
*1 Expressive Iteration
*1 Furygale Flocking
*1 Mana Geyser
*1 Replication Technique
*1 Rite of Replication
*1 Rousing Refrain
*1 Surge to Victory
*1 Throes of Chaos
*1 Treasure Cruise
*1 Twinflame
*1 Volcanic Salvo
*1 Volcanic Torrent
[/Sorceries]
[Enchantments]
*1 Determined Iteration
[/Enchantments]
[Instants]
*1 Abrade
*1 Arcane Denial
*1 Big Score
*1 Chaos Warp
*1 Dig Through Time
*1 Magma Opus
*1 Prismari Charm
*1 Prismari Command
*1 Reality Shift
*1 Resculpt
[/Instants]
[Artifacts]
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Cursed Mirror
*1 Fellwar Stone
*1 Lightning Greaves
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Talisman of Creativity
[/Artifacts]
[Lands]
*1 Cascade Bluffs
*1 Coastal Peak
*1 Command Tower
*1 Exotic Orchard
*1 Fabled Passage
*1 Ferrous Lake
*1 Frostboil Snarl
*1 Hall of Oracles
*8 Island
*1 Molten Tributary
*7 Mountain
*1 Mystic Sanctuary
*1 Path of Ancestry
*1 Prismari Campus
*1 Reliquary Tower
*1 Restless Spire
*1 Scorched Geyser
*1 Shivan Reef
*1 Spectacle Summit
*1 Study Hall
*1 Sulfur Falls
*1 Temple of Epiphany
*1 Temple of the False God
*1 Terramorphic Expanse
*1 Turbulent Springs
[/Lands]"></span></div>


<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Balmor, Battlemage Captain" href="#" target="_blank">Balmor, Battlemage Captain</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Even though this is kind of a Spellslinger deck, it's also pretty aggro. So pumping creatures and giving them trample ensures we're doing everything we can to get damage in when we attack with our Elementals.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Idol of Oblivion" href="#" target="_blank">Idol of Oblivion</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Some cheap, repeatable card draw. What's not to love?</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Third Path Iconoclast" href="#" target="_blank">Third Path Iconoclast</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>The Elementals are great, but we may need a bit more. Iconoclast will be especially great if we get <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer" href="#" target="_blank">Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> on the field, turning these 1/1s into something much more threatening.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Guttersnipe" href="#" target="_blank">Guttersnipe</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>It's a classic for a reason. We're not casting tons of spells per turn, but two damage for each instant and sorcery we cast will still help move the game along.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Indomitable Creativity" href="#" target="_blank">Indomitable Creativity</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>This sorcery is incredibly versatile in this deck. We can turn our tokens into something better, turn opponents' threats into something worse, and make big Elementals with Rootha by pumping big mana into the <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-x" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span> cost.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Disrupt Decorum" href="#" target="_blank">Disrupt Decorum</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>One of the best spells ever printed in red, this gives us a turn off from being attacked. Sometimes a turn is all you need to take over the game.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Irencrag Feat" href="#" target="_blank">Irencrag Feat</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>A four-mana spell into a seven-mana spell is exactly what this deck wants to do.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirrormind Crown" href="#" target="_blank">Mirrormind Crown</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Let's turn Rootha's Elementals into something better, like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Manaform Hellkite" href="#" target="_blank">Manaform Hellkite</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Renegade Bull" href="#" target="_blank">Renegade Bull</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mizzix of the Izmagnus" href="#" target="_blank">Mizzix of the Izmagnus</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Mizzix will easily give us huge discounts on our biggest spells. Should've been in the precon.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ashling&#039;s Command" href="#" target="_blank">Ashling&#039;s Command</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>I like that Ashling's Command can copy Rootha's Elemental tokens, but the other modes can also be extremely beneficial.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tellah, Great Sage" href="#" target="_blank">Tellah, Great Sage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>More tokens and card draw. Tellah will fit right in.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Full Throttle" href="#" target="_blank">Full Throttle</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Since Rootha's token making is a combat trigger, we'll benefit greatly from extra combats. Full Throttle gives us <em>two</em>.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Blatant Thievery" href="#" target="_blank">Blatant Thievery</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>For seven mana we get the best thing off of each opponent's board, plus a 7/7 Elemental from Rootha. Not bad.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Brass&#039;s Bounty" href="#" target="_blank">Brass&#039;s Bounty</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Gotta love a spell that pays for itself. We can use the Treasures right away, or bank them for a later turn.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="One with the Multiverse" href="#" target="_blank">One with the Multiverse</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Tired of paying market price for those big spells? One with the Multiverse has got you covered. Also, I like this enchantment better than <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Omniscience" href="#" target="_blank">Omniscience</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> since it lets us look at <em>and</em> play the top card of our library - including lands!</p>
<p>Omniscience gives us unlimited free spells from our hand, but one free spell per turn is all we really need in this deck.</p>


<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Crackle with Power" href="#" target="_blank">Crackle with Power</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Crackle with Power ends games. I know, because I've ended games with it. Pump all the mana we can into it, with help from all of our cost reducers, and go straight to opponents' life totals.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Jeska&#039;s Will" href="#" target="_blank">Jeska&#039;s Will</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p><a href="https://edhrec.com/top/game-changers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Game Changer</a> for a reason, Jeska's Will is one of the best spells for getting us ahead in the game.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Seething Song" href="#" target="_blank">Seething Song</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Three mana to get five mana, and then cast something bigger. It's just what we need. It's also a $10 common.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Bria, Riptide Rogue" href="#" target="_blank">Bria, Riptide Rogue</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Straight outta <em>Bloomburrow</em>, this Otter Rogue is happy to pump up all of our Elemental tokens and other combatant creatures, <em>and</em> make them unblockable.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Nanogene Conversion" href="#" target="_blank">Nanogene Conversion</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Here's a fun one. If we've got a plethora of creature tokens on the board, we cast Nanogene Conversion and turn all of our creatures into Rootha. Go to combat and they all make us - at least - a 4/4 token; we just doubled our army.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Resonating Lute" href="#" target="_blank">Resonating Lute</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>This artifact is from the <em>Secrets of Strixhaven </em>main set, and could potentially fall into the budget adds category once prices drop after prerelease. But for now we're being cautious and throwing it here with the nonbudget cards.</p>
<p>It makes our lands tap for two mana each to cast instants and sorceries, which seems like a home run in this deck. It can potentially draw us a card, but really, it's here for the ramp.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Seize the Day" href="#" target="_blank">Seize the Day</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Seize the Day is here for the same reason as <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Full Throttle" href="#" target="_blank">Full Throttle</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Extra combat spells are just great in this deck.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Magnus the Red" href="#" target="_blank">Magnus the Red</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Another great option for reducing our spell costs, and he even makes his own tokens.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Quantum Misalignment" href="#" target="_blank">Quantum Misalignment</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Rebound is one of the best mechanics for this deck, since it ensures we'll get another token from Rootha the turn after we cast it.</p>
<p>But the icing on this cake is that we can use it to copy Rootha. Having multiple copies of your commander is great in almost every Commander deck.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Improvisation Capstone" href="#" target="_blank">Improvisation Capstone</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Another one from the main set, though this is likely to stay pricy since it's a mythic. The paradigm mechanic ensures that we're casting this large spell every turn, which means Rootha makes - at least - a 7/7 every time we go to combat.</p>
<p>Oh, it's also some pretty good card advantage!</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sea Gate Restoration" href="#" target="_blank">Sea Gate Restoration</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>MDFCs are fantastic in this deck, since so many of our spells are expensive, they might be better in the early game as a land drop. Sea Gate Restoration is one of the best - as you can probably guess by its price.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Call Forth the Tempest" href="#" target="_blank">Call Forth the Tempest</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>This does everything: a one-sided board wipe, two free spells, an 8/8 from Rootha. It also has a great name.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Insurrection" href="#" target="_blank">Insurrection</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Insurrection"></div></div>
<p>Another card that just flat out ends games.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Expropriate" href="#" target="_blank">Expropriate</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Did you know that you can play Expropriate in your Bracket 2 decks now? That's right, this former Game Changer can now be played in pretty much any deck. And it is an excellent way to take control of a game.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mnemonic Deluge" href="#" target="_blank">Mnemonic Deluge</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mnemonic Deluge"></div></div>
<p>Our mana curve topper here is gonna get our best spell - or maybe an opponent's - from the grave and cast it three times. With the huge spells we'll be having in our grave, it's likely we'll be doing something very epic with this.</p>


<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Harmonic Prodigy" href="#" target="_blank">Harmonic Prodigy</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Harmonic Prodigy"></div></div>
<p>This is a great card, except for one problem: Rootha is neither a Wizard or a Shaman. Do we have other cards in the deck with those creature types? Yes, a fair few. But if none of them are on the board, this is a dead card.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Brazen Borrower" href="#" target="_blank">Brazen Borrower</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>I don't understand why this is in the precon. Makes no sense to me.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Chaos Warp" href="#" target="_blank">Chaos Warp</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Cooper Gottfried <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/is-chaos-warp-still-worth-playing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recently wrote an article about whether or not Chaos Warp is overplayed</a>. I lean towards yes. I also lean towards cutting it from this already removal heavy deck.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Redoubled Stormsinger" href="#" target="_blank">Redoubled Stormsinger</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Redoubled Stormsinger"></div></div>
<p>I get that this guy is here because he'll copy Rootha's tokens. But to accomplish that you have to attack with a 3/3. First strike really doesn't make it any better.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rootha, Mercurial Artist" href="#" target="_blank">Rootha, Mercurial Artist</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Rootha, Mercurial Artist"></div></div>
<p>Rootha's old self is decent in this deck, but not great. We're really planning to spend all our mana on the biggest spells, so holding up the <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-2" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span> for young Rootha's effect just doesn't make sense. Especially since we have to replay her every time.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Chain Reaction" href="#" target="_blank">Chain Reaction</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Like I said, this deck is already a bit heavy on removal, so this felt like a good option to cut.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Curiosity Crafter" href="#" target="_blank">Curiosity Crafter</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Curiosity Crafter"></div></div>
<p>Some games this might draw a handful of cards. Other games it might be useless. If this were a token deck with <em>lots</em> of tokens, this would be better. But we're more focused on fewer, <em>bigger</em> tokens.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Galazeth Prismari" href="#" target="_blank">Galazeth Prismari</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>How many artifacts are we running in this deck? Not enough to play Galazeth.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Throes of Chaos" href="#" target="_blank">Throes of Chaos</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Cascading into smaller spells doesn't really do much for us. Since that's really all this card does, it feels superfluous.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Creative Technique" href="#" target="_blank">Creative Technique</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>We could hit big, or we could whiff. That's part of the fun of Creative Technique, for sure. It's also fun to share it with the demonstrate ability. But there's just too many variables.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Goldspan Dragon" href="#" target="_blank">Goldspan Dragon</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Goldspan Dragon"></div></div>
<p>This is not a Treasure deck. We'll make a few, but not enough to warrant this inclusion.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirrorwing Dragon" href="#" target="_blank">Mirrorwing Dragon</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mirrorwing Dragon"></div></div>
<p>Very few of our spells will want to target our own creatures. This is a confusing inclusion in the precon, and an easy cut for the upgrade.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Plargg and Nassari" href="#" target="_blank">Plargg and Nassari</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Plargg and Nassari"></div></div>
<p>I like this a lot better in <a href="https://edhrec.com/tags/exile" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Exile decks</a> where we get benefits from casting these spells. But that's not what this deck is.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rionya, Fire Dancer" href="#" target="_blank">Rionya, Fire Dancer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Rionya, Fire Dancer"></div></div>
<p>Rionya is such a great card. I even had very strong deck built around her for a while. So it was a bit of a painful cut to make. But we're not in the business of casting lots of spells each turn; we're casting one <em>big</em> one. So Rionya is not as good as she could be.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Volcanic Torrent" href="#" target="_blank">Volcanic Torrent</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Volcanic Torrent"></div></div>
<p>Pay five mana to deal two damage to our opponents' creatures and planeswalkers? Pass.</p>


Prismari Artistry Precon Upgrade Guide

<p><em>Prismari Artistry</em> is a new Commander preconstructed deck releasing with <em>Secrets of Strixhaven</em>. What's in the deck, who are the commanders, and is it a worthwhile buy?</p>
<p>Let's find out.</p>


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<p>The <i>Secrets of Strixhaven</i> Commander decks contains the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>1 Ready-to-play 100-card Commander deck</li>
<li>1 Traditional foil face commander with borderless art</li>
<li>1 Traditional foil featured commander with borderless art</li>
<li>98 Non-foil cards, including 10 new-to-Magic cards</li>
<li>10 Double-sided tokens</li>
<li>1 Reference card</li>
<li>1 Deck box</li>
</ul>


<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rootha, Mastering the Moment" href="#" target="_blank">Rootha, Mastering the Moment</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Rootha, Mastering the Moment"></div></div>
<p>Like her fellow preconstructed deck leaders from <em>Secrets of Strixhaven, </em><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rootha, Mercurial Artist" href="#" target="_blank">Rootha&#039;s making a return with a glow-up</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<p>Rootha is a 3/4 Orc Sorcerer. At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you’ve cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, she creates an X/X blue and red Elemental creature token with flying and haste, where X is the greatest mana value among instant and sorcery spells you’ve cast this turn.</p>
<p>This encourages you to save your biggest, flashiest spells for your own turn, as Rootha doesn't trigger on opponents' turns, as well as encourages you to cast these spells in your first main phase so you can attack with the hasty tokens.</p>
<p>It may not be the most interesting ability - cast a big thing, get a big creature token - but the nature of big, expensive spells is that they tend to be impactful, so adding a hasty, evasive token that might be upward of 6+ power? That's nothing to sneeze at.</p>


<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Muddle, the Ever-Changing" href="#" target="_blank">Muddle, the Ever-Changing</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Muddle, the Ever-Changing"></div></div>
<p>Where Rootha's a more bread-and-butter Commander, Muddle's the avocado toast.</p>
<p>A 3/3 Elemental Otter Shapeshifter for four mana, Muddle brings to the table a very interesting ability. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery (<em>any </em>instant or sorcery, like even an <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Opt" href="#" target="_blank">Opt</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>), Muddle becomes any other nonlegendary creature you control until end of turn. <em>And </em>gets myriad, to boot.</p>
<p>Granted, for this ability to be impactful, you have to have a creature for Muddle to become, as it can only shapeshift into creatures you control. But there are plenty of very good creatures that could benefit you by being imitated by an Otter and split into multiple copies thanks to myriad. Even something like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mulldrifter" href="#" target="_blank">Mulldrifter</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> springs to mind, drawing you six cards for the cost of one cast instant/sorcery.</p>
<p>Muddle's good in <em>Prismari Artistry, </em>but it'll really find a home as players begin crafting decks specifically for it.</p>


<p>Here's the deck list for <em>Prismari Artistry</em>:</p>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Prismari" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Rootha, Mastering the Moment
[/Commander]
[Creature]
*1 Archmage Emeritus
*1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
*1 Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
*1 Curiosity Crafter
*1 Dirgur Focusmage // Braingeyser
*1 Faerie Mastermind
*1 Galazeth Prismari
*1 Goldspan Dragon
*1 Harmonic Prodigy
*1 Inspired Skypainter // Maestro&#039;s Gift
*1 Leitmotif Composer
*1 Manaform Hellkite
*1 Mirrorwing Dragon
*1 Muddle, the Ever-Changing
*1 Plargg and Nassari
*1 Prismari Pianist
*1 Redoubled Stormsinger
*1 Renegade Bull
*1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
*1 Rootha, Mercurial Artist
*1 Solemn Simulacrum
*1 Storm-Kiln Artist
*1 Stormcatch Mentor
*1 Thunderclap Drake
*1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
[/Creature]
[Sorcery]
*1 Abstract Performance
*1 Aether Gale
*1 Blasphemous Act
*1 Chain Reaction
*1 Creative Technique
*1 Dance with Calamity
*1 Deep Analysis
*1 Expressive Iteration
*1 Furygale Flocking
*1 Mana Geyser
*1 Replication Technique
*1 Rite of Replication
*1 Rousing Refrain
*1 Surge to Victory
*1 Throes of Chaos
*1 Treasure Cruise
*1 Twinflame
*1 Volcanic Salvo
*1 Volcanic Torrent
[/Sorcery]
[Enchantment]
*1 Determined Iteration
[/Enchantment]
[Instant]
*1 Abrade
*1 Arcane Denial
*1 Big Score
*1 Chaos Warp
*1 Dig Through Time
*1 Magma Opus
*1 Prismari Charm
*1 Prismari Command
*1 Reality Shift
*1 Resculpt
[/Instant]
[Artifact]
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Cursed Mirror
*1 Fellwar Stone
*1 Lightning Greaves
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Talisman of Creativity
[/Artifact]
[Lands]
*1 Cascade Bluffs
*1 Coastal Peak
*1 Command Tower
*1 Exotic Orchard
*1 Fabled Passage
*1 Ferrous Lake
*1 Frostboil Snarl
*1 Hall of Oracles
*8 Island
*1 Molten Tributary
*7 Mountain
*1 Mystic Sanctuary
*1 Path of Ancestry
*1 Prismari Campus
*1 Reliquary Tower
*1 Restless Spire
*1 Scorched Geyser
*1 Shivan Reef
*1 Spectacle Summit
*1 Study Hall
*1 Sulfur Falls
*1 Temple of Epiphany
*1 Temple of the False God
*1 Terramorphic Expanse
*1 Turbulent Springs
[/Lands]"></span></div>


<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Abstract Performance" href="#" target="_blank">Abstract Performance</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Abstract Performance"></div></div>
<p>It's fitting that we're kicking off the analysis of <em>Prismari Artistry's </em>10 new cards with a flashy, expensive sorcery.</p>
<p>For six mana, we're making two piles - one face-down from the first four cards of our library, and the second face-down with the next four cards. An opponent picks one to go to the graveyard, and we can cast a spell from the other pile for free, keeping the remaining three cards from that pile for our hand.</p>
<p>At worst, you're drawing four cards for six mana, which is an average rate - think <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Opportunity" href="#" target="_blank">Opportunity</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Worst case scenario is the face-up pile is four lands, but hopefully that won't happen <em>too </em>often. Abstract Performance will be better when the opponent's choice is an illusion; think of it like a graveyard enabler that occasionally hits a spell you cast for free.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dirgur Focusmage" href="#" target="_blank">Dirgur Focusmage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Dirgur Focusmage"></div></div>
<p>Our first prepared creature of the <em>Prismari Artistry </em>deck brings along with it the classic <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Braingeyser" href="#" target="_blank">Braingeyser</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> - not a bad spell to just have at your beck and call.</p>
<p>A 1/4 for three mana, Dirgur Focusmage provides a static <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-1" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span> discount to your spells, which on its own is fine but not particularly exciting. We want to be casting a bunch of Braingeysers, and to do that, Dirgur Focusmage must prepare by seeing you cast instants or sorceries of mana value five or more <em>from your hand</em>. Sadly, this means casting huge Braingeysers won't chain prepare.</p>
<p>Unlike some prepared creatures, this one's tricky to continually prepare<em>, </em>since there's going to be a finite number of 5+-cost spells you'll have access to.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Furygale Flocking" href="#" target="_blank">Furygale Flocking</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Furygale Flocking"></div></div>
<p>Speaking of high-cost spells, here's another one, though with a built-in discount code.</p>
<p>Starting at 10 mana but reducing itself by <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-1" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span> for every instant/sorcery in your graveyard, Furygale Flocking provides two 3/3 blue and red Elementals for each opponent you have. They've got flying, haste, and have to attack, assuming you cast this on your first main phase, as Rootha requests.</p>
<p>Best case scenario in a normal Commander game, that's 18 points of power for as little as two mana, which is a rate you can't easily beat. To note, unlike many spells of this sort, these tokens don't exile themselves at the end of turn.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Inspired Skypainter" href="#" target="_blank">Inspired Skypainter</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Inspired Skypainter"></div></div>
<p>This time, we're preparing Maestro's Gift, a new spell that, for five mana, makes a token copy of any of your creatures, giving that token haste as well.</p>
<p>Like we saw with Muddle above, these effects are only as good as the creatures they're able to clone. However, unlike Muddle, Maestro's Gift can make a token copy of the creature "casting" it, in Inspired Skypainter.</p>
<p>As long as you've got the mana, you can just keep making more and more Inspired Skypainters, with each one beyond the original preparing itself if they do combat damage to a player. Is that the best use of this Lizard Wizard? Probably not, but it's a neat interaction nonetheless.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Leitmotif Composer" href="#" target="_blank">Leitmotif Composer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Leitmotif Composer"></div></div>
<p>Speaking of making exponentially more token copies of a creature you control, here's Leitmotif Composer. Despite what feels like a Quandrix domain, an instant or sorcery of mana value five or greater doubles the number of Leitmotif Composers you have.</p>
<p>However, as mentioned, there's going to be a finite number of spells of that cost, but one thing Leitmotif Composer has in its favor is that these spells don't have to be cast from your hand, specifically.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Prismari Pianist" href="#" target="_blank">Prismari Pianist</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Prismari Pianist"></div></div>
<p>Following the big spell leitmotif is Prismari Pianist, who does its best <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Young Pyromancer" href="#" target="_blank">Young Pyromancer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> impression with an additional twist.</p>
<p>Whenever you cast an instant/sorcery of any cost, you're getting a 1/1, but if that spell is mana value five or more, you're getting three tokens instead of one. That's a pretty good deal, and Prismari Pianist will probably find a home in big-spell decks that want to do more with the token generation.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Renegade Bull" href="#" target="_blank">Renegade Bull</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Renegade Bull"></div></div>
<p>It's always interesting to see a zero-power creature come with trample.</p>
<p>Yes, this Ox provides a way to make that zero turn into a crooked number whenever you cast a spell, but its real power is being able to recast your massive spells from the graveyard for free whenever it attacks. That will get out of control quick, which is appropriate for a renegade bull.</p>
<p>If this survives to attack, it could win a game on its own - provided your graveyard is well-stocked with ammunition.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Turbulent Springs" href="#" target="_blank">Turbulent Springs</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Turbulent Springs"></div></div>
<p>Every one of the five <em>Secrets of Strixhaven </em>preconstructed decks get the color-appropriate "Turbulent" land, and for <em>Prismari Artistry, </em>that's the Springs.</p>
<p>Each have the relevant basic land types, which make them fetchable, and all of them have the same condition for entering untapped.</p>
<p>In a standard game of Commander, opponents collectively will control eight lands on the third turn if you went third or fourth in turn order, or turn four if you were first or second.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Scorched Geyser" href="#" target="_blank">Scorched Geyser</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Scorched Geyser"></div></div>
<p>Each preconstructed deck this time around also gets its own version of the "Battle Lands." This cycle of lands is so named because the cycle debuted in <em>Battle for Zendikar </em>more than a decade ago. We're finally seeing the closing of that loop.</p>
<p>Battle Lands are a mainstay as a more budget-friendly option for your mana base. They reward playing plenty of basics, and they're fetchable. There are much worse dual-color land cycles out there.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Coastal Peak" href="#" target="_blank">Coastal Peak</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Coastal Peak"></div></div>
<p>The Battle Lands cycle isn't the only one getting a new addition here.</p>
<p>We also have Coastal Peak, which is the first time a blue/red land has appeared in the "Bicycle Lands" cycle that started with 2017's <em>Amonkhet. </em>Unlike the Battle Lands, though, these will always enter tapped.</p>
<p>However, the cycling ability can be a huge boon in the late game, so these lands will always be useful.</p>


<p><em>Prismari Artistry </em>is the kind of preconstructed deck where you'll win by stomping opponents with a bunch of 8/8 Elemental tokens one game, or by casually creating a dozen copies of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Goldspan Dragon" href="#" target="_blank">Goldspan Dragon</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> another game.</p>
<p>At the end of the day, the deck's looking to do two things: make tokens and cast giant spells. And with Rootha, doing the latter feeds into the former.</p>
<p>In total, there are 21 spells in the list that have a mana value of five or greater. There are only three cards - <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dirgur Focusmage" href="#" target="_blank">Dirgur Focusmage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Prismari Pianist" href="#" target="_blank">Prismari Pianist</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Leitmotif Composer" href="#" target="_blank">Leitmotif Composer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> - who ask for that as a specific qualifier, and a few other cards just want to see you cast the biggest stuff you possibly can.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Manaform Hellkite"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Surge to Victory"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Renegade Bull"></div></div>
<p>Really, it's Rootha herself driving the bus when it comes to maximizing mana values. If she's at the lead of the 99, the goal is to make the biggest Elemental token possible every turn, and turn it sideways.</p>
<p>Thankfully, in a deck with very little in the way of traditional ramp, many of those expensive spells come with their own built-in discounts, like old favorites <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dig Through Time" href="#" target="_blank">Dig Through Time</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Treasure Cruise" href="#" target="_blank">Treasure Cruise</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Blasphemous Act" href="#" target="_blank">Blasphemous Act</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Granted, that last one doesn't really help the Rootha plan.</p>
<p>We've also got ways to make spells cheaper to cast via cost reducers like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Stormcatch Mentor" href="#" target="_blank">Stormcatch Mentor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thunderclap Drake" href="#" target="_blank">Thunderclap Drake</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Galazeth Prismari" href="#" target="_blank">Galazeth Prismari</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, in a way.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Stormcatch Mentor"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Thunderclap Drake"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Galazeth Prismari"></div></div>
<p>Just note that if you're looking to go the route of making Dragon Illusions with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Manaform Hellkite" href="#" target="_blank">Manaform Hellkite</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, it cares only about how much you actually spend, not the mana value of the spell itself, so cost reducers actually work against you here.</p>
<p>The other primary route to an unforgettable performance is one a little more difficult to chart, and that's pure randomness.</p>
<p>Yes, there are spells that discount themselves, and permanents that provide a reduction in cost, but there are also a few ways to just randomly cast things for free - and there's no better cost than free.</p>
<p>Let's look at <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Abstract Performance" href="#" target="_blank">Abstract Performance</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Throes of Chaos" href="#" target="_blank">Throes of Chaos</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Surge to Victory" href="#" target="_blank">Surge to Victory</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dance with Calamity" href="#" target="_blank">Dance with Calamity</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Renegade Bull" href="#" target="_blank">Renegade Bull</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Plargg and Nassari" href="#" target="_blank">Plargg and Nassari</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Abstract Performance"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Throes of Chaos"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Surge to Victory"></div></div>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Dance with Calamity"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Renegade Bull"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Plargg and Nassari"></div></div>
<p>For a deck ostensibly so centered on casting instants or sorceries, however, all these meandering routes eventually just connect to a real path to victory, which is via combat damage. Everything you do will funnel toward the aim of making the biggest tokens, or the most tokens, or the most biggest tokens.</p>
<p>Sure, it's very good at that, and it's a way to play that many people enjoy, but it's what you're getting.</p>


<p>As is expected, there are no true combos in <em>Prismari Artistry </em>right out of the box. But it would be very easy to rectify that, should we choose to do so.</p>
<p>However, while it's easy to throw a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Repercussion" href="#" target="_blank">Repercussion</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in there to combo with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Blasphemous Act" href="#" target="_blank">Blasphemous Act</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, or a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Combat Celebrant" href="#" target="_blank">Combat Celebrant</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> to go infinite with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rionya, Fire Dancer" href="#" target="_blank">Rionya, Fire Dancer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, we should at least keep to the spirit of what the deck is doing.</p>
<p>Thanks to Commander Spellbook and their handy "Find My Combos" tool, we see that there are a number of much more on-brand combos we could include.</p>
<p>If you want to get complicated, we could add a combo that sees <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Veyran, Voice of Duality" href="#" target="_blank">Veyran, Voice of Duality</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> team up with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Storm-Kiln Artist" href="#" target="_blank">Storm-Kiln Artist</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> to create infinite creature tokens using <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Twinflame" href="#" target="_blank">Twinflame</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ardent Elementalist" href="#" target="_blank">Ardent Elementalist</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. We'd just need to add the Elementalist, which seems perfect since "Elemental" is right there in the name.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Veyran, Voice of Duality"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Storm-Kiln Artist"></div></div>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Twinflame"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ardent Elementalist"></div></div>
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Can't get much more Prismari than that performance, right?</p>


<p><em>Prismari Artistry </em>has 38 lands, which is probably needed considering the focus on higher-cost spells. But even more so, those higher-cost spells don't really do what we want them to do unless we've got our engine online, which also takes reliable mana.</p>
<p>Of those lands, most are there to make blue mana, red mana, or both, but there are still a few utility pieces in there, like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mystic Sanctuary" href="#" target="_blank">Mystic Sanctuary</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Hall of Oracles" href="#" target="_blank">Hall of Oracles</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mystic Sanctuary"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Hall of Oracles"></div></div>
<p>However, the vast majority of those 38 lands are there to ensure we hit our colors when we need to, and that's a good thing.</p>
<p>As for mana rocks, <em>Prismari Artistry </em>comes with the standard suite of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Arcane Signet" href="#" target="_blank">Arcane Signet</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sol Ring" href="#" target="_blank">Sol Ring</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Talisman of Creativity" href="#" target="_blank">Talisman of Creativity</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, but there's at least one interesting inclusion beyond those in <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cursed Mirror" href="#" target="_blank">Cursed Mirror</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Cursed Mirror"></div></div>
<p>It's the perfect fit for the deck, as the temporary copy will often be even more appreciated than the mana rock it leaves behind.</p>


<p>There are a ton of excellent reprints in all of the <em>Secrets of Strixhaven </em>preconstructed decks, and <em>Prismari Artistry </em>didn't miss out on that front.</p>
<p>With an MSRP of $49.99, the deck's 100 cards are currently valued at approximately $350. Don't forget, though, that that number is inflated due to the preorder price frenzy that all new cards see. For example, Rootha, Mastering the Moment is priced at $30 by itself, which is not sustainable.</p>
<p>If we toss out the new cards, we're left with around $170. Still not terrible.</p>
<p>Where you see most of that value is in a few stellar reprints:</p>
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<li><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Faerie Mastermind" href="#" target="_blank">Faerie Mastermind</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></li>
<li><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Harmonic Prodigy" href="#" target="_blank">Harmonic Prodigy</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></li>
<li><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Goldspan Dragon" href="#" target="_blank">Goldspan Dragon</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></li>
<li><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thunderclap Drake" href="#" target="_blank">Thunderclap Drake</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></li>
<li><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Veyran, Voice of Duality" href="#" target="_blank">Veyran, Voice of Duality</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></li>
</ul>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Faerie Mastermind"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Harmonic Prodigy"></div></div>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Goldspan Dragon"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Thunderclap Drake"></div></div>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Veyran, Voice of Duality"></div></div>
<p>These are your top five reprints, and at current prices, just from Faerie Mastermind and Harmonic Prodigy, you're getting that $49.99 MSRP in value back. The other 98 cards are gravy.</p>


<p>If your goal is to wow the table with massive spells, then you're squarely in the Prismari side of Strixhaven. And that's exactly what <em>Prismari Artistry </em>looks to illustrate, with flashy sorceries feeding into an ever-growing horde of tokens ready to overrun the table.</p>
<p>For what it is, it's a great deck. If you're looking for something a little more nuanced out of your red/blue decks, there are better options. But Prismari aren't known for nuance, anyway.</p>
<p>Overall, the deck scores a B+.</p>


<p>If you're looking for the best cards to upgrade your <em>Prismari Artistry </em>precon, <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/prismari-artistry-precon-upgrade">check out our Upgrade Guide here</a>.</p>


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