<p>Looking to power up your <em>Lorehold Spirit</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, <a href="https://edhrec.com/guides/lorehold-spirit-secrets-of-strixhaven-precon-guide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">check out the Precon Guide here</a>.</p>


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<p>Here's what's in the <em>Lorehold Spirit</em> precon:</p>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Lorehold" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Quintorius, History Chaser
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[Creatures]
*1 Angel of Indemnity
*1 Anger
*1 Ao, the Dawn Sky
*1 Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
*1 Augusta, Order Returned
*1 Balefire Liege
*1 Claim Jumper
*1 Conspiracy Theorist
*1 Containment Construct
*1 Drumbellower
*1 Excava, the Risen Past
*1 Guardian Scalelord
*1 Guardian of Faith
*1 Hofri Ghostforge
*1 Kami of Ancient Law
*1 Karmic Guide
*1 Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch
*1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
*1 Lorehold Archivist // Restore Relic
*1 Millikin
*1 Moonshaker Cavalry
*1 Naktamun Lorespinner // Wheel of Fortune
*1 Quintorius, Field Historian
*1 Quintorius, Loremaster
*1 Relic Retriever
*1 Remorseful Cleric
*1 Selfless Spirit
*1 Serra Paragon
*1 Skyclave Apparition
*1 Spirit of Resilience
*1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
*1 Sun Titan
*1 Teshar, Ancestor&#039;s Apostle
*1 Vanguard of the Restless
*1 Venerable Warsinger
*1 White Orchid Phantom
[/Creatures]
[Sorceries]
*1 Ceaseless Conflict
*1 Faithless Looting
*1 Fateful Tempest
*1 Rip Apart
*1 Secret Rendezvous
*1 Seize the Spoils
*1 Sevinne&#039;s Reclamation
*1 Tragic Arrogance
*1 Wave of Reckoning
[/Sorceries]
[Enchantments]
*1 Advanced Reconstruction
*1 Monologue Tax
*1 Primary Research
*1 Tocasia&#039;s Welcome
[/Enchantments]
[Artifacts]
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Archaeomancer&#039;s Map
*1 Bitterthorn, Nissa&#039;s Animus
*1 Currency Converter
*1 Fellwar Stone
*1 Mind Stone
*1 Patchwork Banner
*1 Perpetual Timepiece
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Staff of the Storyteller
[/Artifacts]
[Instants]
*1 Lorehold Charm
*1 Path to Exile
*1 Swords to Plowshares
[/Instants]
[Lands]
*1 Battlefield Forge
*1 Clifftop Retreat
*1 Command Tower
*1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
*1 Exotic Orchard
*1 Fabled Passage
*1 Fields of Strife
*1 Furycalm Snarl
*1 Glittering Massif
*1 Lorehold Campus
*1 Lotus Field
*1 Mistveil Plains
*6 Mountain
*11 Plains
*1 Radiant Summit
*1 Rugged Prairie
*1 Sacred Peaks
*1 Study Hall
*1 Sunscorched Divide
*1 Temple of Triumph
*1 Terramorphic Expanse
*1 Turbulent Steppe
[/Lands]"></span></div>


<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Bag of Holding" href="#" target="_blank">Bag of Holding</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Excellent card advantage, and an easy way to trigger Quint's token creation and our other discard triggers.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ghost Vacuum" href="#" target="_blank">Ghost Vacuum</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Ghost Vacuum has some fantastic synergy with what we're doing. It can even steal creatures out of opponents' graveyards.</p>
<p>The fact that the creatures come back as Spirits is icing on the cake.</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>Cheap and easy card draw. There aren't a lot of token decks that won't benefit from Idol of Oblivion.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Intangible Virtue" href="#" target="_blank">Intangible Virtue</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Turning our 3/2 Spirits into 4/3s with vigilance seems well worth it for just two mana.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Summoner&#039;s Sending" href="#" target="_blank">Summoner&#039;s Sending</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>It does everything we want. Unless we want to get our creatures back, in which case we can just target creatures in opponents' yards. The tokens being Spirits is great.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Antiquities on the Loose" href="#" target="_blank">Antiquities on the Loose</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>From the main <a href="https://edhrec.com/sets/sos"><em>Secrets of Strixhaven</em></a> set comes this reusable token maker. When we cast it for its flashback cost, we get to pump up our Spirit army, and trigger all "leaves the graveyard" effects.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Prava of the Steel Legion" href="#" target="_blank">Prava of the Steel Legion</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>+1/+4 is a pretty solid stat boost to help make sure our attacking tokens have a much better chance of surviving combat.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Queen Kayla bin-Kroog" href="#" target="_blank">Queen Kayla bin-Kroog</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Bow to the Queen, because she truly rules in this deck. A repeatable <a href="https://edhrec.com/tags/wheels" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wheel</a> effect to trigger our discard effects, and she brings back cards that we discard to get more tokens from Quint.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Court of Ardenvale" href="#" target="_blank">Court of Ardenvale</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Repeatable recursion, plus some extra card draw if we can hang onto the crown.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Drogskol Reinforcements" href="#" target="_blank">Drogskol Reinforcements</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Giving our Spirit tokens a big boost and some combat protection makes this Spirit Soldier a worthy inclusion.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Garrison Excavator" href="#" target="_blank">Garrison Excavator</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>This Orc adds redundancy to Quint's static effect, though these are 2/2s instead of 3/2s. Still worth it.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Neyali, Suns&#039; Vanguard" href="#" target="_blank">Neyali, Suns&#039; Vanguard</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Making our Spirit tokens punch harder, while also adding card advantage, makes this an easy inclusion.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="On Wings of Gold" href="#" target="_blank">On Wings of Gold</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>I love this card, and am frankly amazed at how cheap it is. Giving our Spirit tokens flying and +1/+1 makes them much more potent, and much harder to block. Also, we get Zombie tokens off the same trigger as Quint's Spirit making.</p>
<p>It's crazy that this wasn't in the precon. Maybe they just didn't want to add the Zombie tokens to the box.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Release to Memory" href="#" target="_blank">Release to Memory</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Release to Memory is pretty versatile. We can use it on ourselves to make a bunch of Spirits - including a 3/2 from Quint - or use it on the graveyard player to get rid of their reanimation targets.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Bond of Discipline" href="#" target="_blank">Bond of Discipline</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>This deck is all about smacking faces with ghosts, so let's use Bond of Discipline to get all the blockers out of the way for a nice alpha strike. Plus a ton of life gained!</p>


<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Esper Sentinel" href="#" target="_blank">Esper Sentinel</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Not much synergy here, just a powerful card draw engine that we can easily get back with our reanimation effects.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gamble" href="#" target="_blank">Gamble</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>I'm not big on tutors, but since we're trying to fill our graveyard anyway, Gamble just makes sense.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cool but Rude" href="#" target="_blank">Cool but Rude</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Level 2 on this Class is going to deal out a lot of damage with all of our discard effects.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Caretaker&#039;s Talent" href="#" target="_blank">Caretaker&#039;s Talent</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Card draw when we make tokens? Yes please. The other two levels are nice too, if we can get there.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Crucible of Worlds" href="#" target="_blank">Crucible of Worlds</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>We're gonna be discarding a lot of lands. Might as well add Crucible to help us not miss our land drops.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Flawless Maneuver" href="#" target="_blank">Flawless Maneuver</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Protection from a board wipe is crucial in aggro decks like this. We have a few options in these colors, like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Teferi&#039;s Protection" href="#" target="_blank">Teferi&#039;s Protection</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dawn&#039;s Truce" href="#" target="_blank">Dawn&#039;s Truce</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. I like Flawless Maneuver here.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Monument to Endurance" href="#" target="_blank">Monument to Endurance</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Another excellent synergy piece for all of our discarding. Each mode will be relevant.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Renewed Solidarity" href="#" target="_blank">Renewed Solidarity</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Pumping our Spirits and making extra tokens make this a worthwhile inclusion.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Akroma&#039;s Will" href="#" target="_blank">Akroma&#039;s Will</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>An upgrade over <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Bond of Discipline" href="#" target="_blank">Bond of Discipline</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, if you can afford it. This will usually be used for an alpha strike, but can also save our army from a board wipe if we need it to.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Anointed Procession" href="#" target="_blank">Anointed Procession</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mondrak, Glory Dominus" href="#" target="_blank">Mondrak, Glory Dominus</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Elspeth, Storm Slayer" href="#" target="_blank">Elspeth, Storm Slayer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>More tokens? Yes, definitely.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Banner of Kinship" href="#" target="_blank">Banner of Kinship</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>This one's a bit tricky to play at the right time. We want to play it when we have a decent number of Spirits on the board, but not hold onto it so long that our opponents feel compelled to wipe the board.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Terror of the Peaks" href="#" target="_blank">Terror of the Peaks</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Quint's Spirits all come in with three power - or more if we have a buff on the board. That amount of repeatable damage from Terror of the Peaks really adds up.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite" href="#" target="_blank">Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Your friends will hate you for playing this Praetor, but your Spirit army will love it.</p>


<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Excava, the Risen Past" href="#" target="_blank">Excava, the Risen Past</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Yeah, we're cutting another backup commander. I don't like it, but sometimes the backup just doesn't fit in. In Excava's case, it's the finality counters. Those just don't gel with what this deck wants to do.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Staff of the Storyteller" href="#" target="_blank">Staff of the Storyteller</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p><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> doesn't enter with a token, but it's just so much more efficient than this.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="White Orchid Phantom" href="#" target="_blank">White Orchid Phantom</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Sometimes it's great to have a way to destroy nonbasic lands. But in a lot of games it's just not worth taking up a card slot.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Drumbellower" href="#" target="_blank">Drumbellower</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Intangible Virtue" href="#" target="_blank">Intangible Virtue</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is much better for us than this easy-to-kill creature.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Guardian of Faith" href="#" target="_blank">Guardian of Faith</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>It's an okay protection piece, but only okay. We can do better.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Monologue Tax" href="#" target="_blank">Monologue Tax</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>I'm not a fan of Monologue Tax. There, I said it. I'll cut this card from any precon.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Naktamun Lorespinner" href="#" target="_blank">Naktamun Lorespinner</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>How often will players have one or fewer cards in hand? Not often enough for this to deserve a spot. If it entered prepared, I'd be a bit more accepting.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Secret Rendezvous" href="#" target="_blank">Secret Rendezvous</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>We've got enough solid card draw that we don't need to play nice.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Seize the Spoils" href="#" target="_blank">Seize the Spoils</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>This is a decent card. But we've got better options.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Spirit of Resilience" href="#" target="_blank">Spirit of Resilience</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>I got hung up on this one. There will be situations where it's pretty cool. But also situations where it does nothing. Without seeing it played, I don't have a good feeling about it.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Venerable Warsinger" href="#" target="_blank">Venerable Warsinger</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>How much damage are we expecting to deal to an opponent with a 3/3? I wouldn't expect very much.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Anger" href="#" target="_blank">Anger</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>This is one of those cards that could conceivably go in any red deck. But do we really need haste that bad? I'm not convinced.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Atsushi, the Blazing Sky" href="#" target="_blank">Atsushi, the Blazing Sky</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ao, the Dawn Sky" href="#" target="_blank">Ao, the Dawn Sky</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>If I were to make fewer cuts, I would certainly keep these two Spirit Dragons. They're not bad cards by any means, but I'm not sure they totally fit with our game plan. Death triggers just isn't in our strategy - even if they are good effects.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Karmic Guide" href="#" target="_blank">Karmic Guide</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>There are definitely decks that can easily abuse Karmic Guide, but I don't think this is one of them. Without the ability to combo off with it, five mana is just too much of a stretch.</p>


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