Arcavios

also known as StrixhavenTier 2

Magic university plane of five colleges, each pairing two colors with a magic school. The plane is Arcavios; Strixhaven is the school.

Validate a deck for Arcavios View banlist

Card pool

1,007

distinct cards legal on Arcavios

Shared with other planes

373

37% of pool also legal elsewhere

Banned cards

per-plane + universal bans

Mechanical themes

magecraftlearnlessonsinstants-and-sorceries

Anchor sets

Magic expansions whose cards are canonically from Arcavios, listed in release order.

Strixhaven: School of Magesstx· 2021 Secrets of Strixhavensos· 2026

Signature cards

A sample of cards anchored to Arcavios, ordered by rarity then most-recent printing. The card pool is 1,007 cards in total.

Angelic Destiny

Ao, the Dawn Sky

Atsushi, the Blazing Sky

Beledros Witherbloom

Brazen Borrower

Breena, the Demagogue

Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer

Decorum Dissertation

Dina, Essence Brewer

Echocasting Symposium

Emeritus of Abundance

Emeritus of Conflict

Banlist

17 cards banned on Arcavios. Bans include the universal baseline (Power Nine, Sol Ring, etc.) plus any plane-specific additions.

Black Lotus

Power Nine — format-warping fast mana.

Ancestral Recall

Power Nine — degenerate draw.

Time Walk

Power Nine — extra-turn engine.

Timetwister

Power Nine — hand-reset combo enabler.

Mox Pearl

Power Nine — zero-cost mana.

Mox Sapphire

Power Nine — zero-cost mana.

Mox Jet

Power Nine — zero-cost mana.

Mox Ruby

Power Nine — zero-cost mana.

See all 17 bans for Arcavios

Card-pool sizes update weekly from the latest Scryfall bulk via the card_planes derivation job.