The Five Best New Secrets of Strixhaven Cards for the New Standard Meta The release of Secrets of Strixhaven on April 24, 2026, has sent a shockwave through the Standard format, arriving at a time when the metagame is already crowded with high-powered crossovers from Avatar: The Last Airbender and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The second ability lets you tap Herd Heirloom to give a creature you control with power four or more trample and to draw a card when it deals combat damage to a player, which is a pretty good deal
Whenever Daxos of Meletis deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of that player's library
While this makes creatures with infect all the more deadly, Hand of the Praetors can also circumvent opponents defenses, as whenever its controller casts another creature spell with infect, they can put a poison counter directly on target player
It uses its large ears to absorb sounds, then unleashes powerful sonic attacks to stun opponents