[STX] Two Strixhaven Planeswalkers

[Dusk]

Kasmina, Enigma Sage
Source:
Day9 Twitter


Professor Onyx
Source:
Danny Trejo Twitter


Personally, I like Professor Onyx more than Kasmina, but Kasmina granting her loyalty abilities to other walkers is new and interesting. Also, new creature token type: Fractal

[PeaceRibbon]

I guess with the new Kasmina you could take the uncommon planeswalkers from War of the Spark and increase their loyalty counters. This is a janky idea that would be a super underpowered use of the card, but you could do it.

[RxPhantom]

How long has Liliana been moonlighting as a professor? She's clearly the placeholder for Snape.

Also, someone on my LGS's discord just called her Liliana of the Yale, and I love it.

[void_nothing]

Source: The Twitter of Danny Trejo, a beloved character actor known for playing rough, dangerous men.

Content: Liliana, a cultured and elegant Gothic necromancer, as a college professor.

Seems about right?

Both of these look really cool. Kasmina is silly fun for Superfriends decks, and Lili is just a solid Lili - I'm guessing magecraft is the non-faction-related overarching mechanic for the set.

[ISBPathfinder]

I am generally not one to hype walkers but these two look...... below average.

[Dusk]

Also, someone on my LGS's discord just called her Liliana of the Yale, and I love it.

Someone, possibly the same person, made the same comment on Reddit and it has significantly more reddit awards than the OP

[Krishnath]

Called Lily the other day after MaRo's hints, I am very happy I was correct.

Source: The Twitter of Danny Trejo, a beloved character actor known for playing rough, dangerous men.

Content: Liliana, a cultured and elegant Gothic necromancer, as a college professor.

Seems about right?

Both of these look really cool. Kasmina is silly fun for Superfriends decks, and Lili is just a solid Lili - I'm guessing magecraft is the non-faction-related overarching mechanic for the set.

He is also an avid MTG fan, has been for years. He's also acted in the ads for Arena.

[tempoEDH]

So far I love the idea of the new Kasmina, first thought was just "What low cmc walkers would make an interesting tempo deck." and I like the idea of a more casual build using Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner and Huatli, the Sun's Heart and the like - after playing Kasmina, they're effectively 3 mana 6/6s, with lasting value since they can now renew their loyalty by scrying every turn (and Kiora is a 3 mana 6/6 that draws a card on etb), or 3 mana 7/7s if needed, though this seems like a poor choice in a lot of circumstances. Might brew this list for a more casual table later, not sure it's competitively viable, but seems like a fun idea.

[The N82O Molecule]

kasmina creates fract-owls

now all of a sudden I support the owl and the turtle as the Simic creatures of choice. thanks strixhaven #teamsimic

[The Fluff]

6 cmc is steep, but once Onyx is on the board, the +1 gives some nice card selection. Thinking which pioneer deck I can put a single copy of her in.