Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive

Preordain

Preordain {U}

Sorcery
Scry 2, then draw a card.
"Raw power wins battles, but those who choose the shape of the battlefield win the war."
—The Pool of Knowledge, opening inscription
Related card: Tome of Gadwick
Sleight of Hand

Sleight of Hand {U}

Sorcery
Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library.
"Confounding an enemy can be as effective as disarming them."
—The Trickster's Guide to Staying Alive
Related card: Tome of Gadwick
Spell Pierce

Spell Pierce {U}

Instant
Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}.
"One does not need to be stronger than their opponent. You need only force them to play their hand before you've shown your own."
—Forces of Negation: A Study in Countermagic
Stock Up

Stock Up {2}{U}

Sorcery
Look at the top five cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
「知識は無限だが、人生はそうはいかない。自分の時間 を賢く使うこと。」
———「大図書棟:序文」
Ad Nauseam

Ad Nauseam {3}{B}{B}

Instant
Reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value. You may repeat this process any number of times.
"Some areas are off limits for the preservation of the books. Others for the preservation of the students."
—Isabough, Biblioplex archivist
Bitter Triumph

Bitter Triumph {1}{B}

Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay 3 life.
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
"Ambition can bring you great power or great sorrow, but few prepare for when it brings you both."
—Leadership and Its Consequences
Culling the Weak

Culling the Weak {B}

Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add {B}{B}{B}{B}.
Dismember

Dismember {1}{B/P}{B/P}

Instant
Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.
"Strip away pain, struggle, impurity, fear, flesh. Surrender the pieces and be blessed as one."
—Phyrexian Scriptures
Feed the Swarm

Feed the Swarm {1}{B}

Sorcery
Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.
"You cannot fight the Hunger Tide. You can only run, hide—and pray."
—Entry in a tattered journal
Living End

Living End

Sorcery
(Color indicator: Living End is black)
Suspend 3—{2}{B}{B}
Each player exiles all creature cards from their graveyard, then sacrifices all creatures they control, then puts all cards they exiled this way onto the battlefield.
"Mortality is a gift. There is a comfort in knowing that the end is coming."
—Vess's Cautions in Necromancy
Locust Spray

Locust Spray {B}

Instant
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Cycling {B}
"A suit of armor is only as good as its seams."
—Vanity Lost: A Knight's Folly
Sheoldred's Edict

Sheoldred's Edict {1}{B}

Instant
Choose one —
• Each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.
• Each opponent sacrifices a creature token of their choice.
• Each opponent sacrifices a planeswalker of their choice.
Smallpox

Smallpox {B}{B}

Sorcery
Each player loses 1 life, discards a card, sacrifices a creature of their choice, then sacrifices a land of their choice.
Stargaze

Stargaze {X}{B}{B}

Sorcery
Look at twice X cards from the top of your library. Put X cards from among them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. You lose X life.
"I stay away from poems about the night. It's beautiful, yes, but somehow it always feels just a little bit hungry."
—Abigale
Vampiric Tutor

Vampiric Tutor {B}

Instant
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.
Zombify

Zombify {3}{B}

Sorcery
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
"Calling the dead isn't difficult. Commanding them once they answer, however, is a different story."
—Professor Vess
Abrade

Abrade {1}{R}

Instant
Choose one —
• Abrade deals 3 damage to target creature.
• Destroy target artifact.
"We learn so much from the relics we find. What might we have learned from the relics we lost?"
—Kirol
Related card: Kayla's Kindling
Big Score

Big Score {3}{R}

Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens.
Brotherhood's End

Brotherhood's End {1}{R}{R}

Sorcery
Choose one —
• Brotherhood's End deals 3 damage to each creature and each planeswalker.
• Destroy all artifacts with mana value 3 or less.
"Two strong wills, one wake of destruction."
—The Antiquities War
Bulk Up

Bulk Up {1}{R}

Instant
Double target creature's power until end of turn.
Flashback {4}{R}{R}
"My teeth to bite and break, my claws to rip and rend, my heart with fury quakes, to madness I ascend."
—Kathorran War Chants, vol. 1
Burst Lightning

Burst Lightning {R}

Instant
Kicker {4}
Burst Lightning deals 2 damage to any target. If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage instead.
"May the storm yield only when your last enemy has fallen."
—Otarian Battle Cries
Crackle with Power

Crackle with Power {X}{X}{X}{R}{R}

Sorcery
Crackle with Power deals five times X damage to each of up to X targets.
"Lift up the very land and unleash its fury upon your enemies."
—Secrets of the Feradorn Sorcerers
Related card: Kayla's Kindling
Empty the Warrens

Empty the Warrens {3}{R}

Sorcery
Create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.
Storm
Related card: Charged Conjuration
Jeska's Will

Jeska's Will {2}{R}

Sorcery
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Add {R} for each card in target opponent's hand.
• Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play them this turn.
Monstrous Rage

Monstrous Rage {R}

Instant
Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Create a Monster Role token attached to it.
"There is no limit to the ways that anger can twist and break us."
—Revenge and Its Manifestations