Despite players asking for a slower pace, Magic’s 2026 schedule looks even faster than ever. With the average time between MTG sets being just six weeks, players barely have time to enjoy a new set before new spoilers steal everyone’s attention.
As if this wasn’t bad enough, between leaks and first look events, spoilers aren’t just contained to the regular seasons. This is exactly what happened with Quintorius, History Chaser, who was revealed at the Nuremberg Toy Fair alongside eight other Commander cards. Despite having tons of potential, this Qunitorius card was almost instantly forgotten, which seems like a major mistake, given its impressive potential.
MTG Quintorius, History Chaser
Thanks to being a win condition and a card advantage machine rolled into one, Quintorius, History Chaser looks like an amazing Commander. The Planeswalker’s plus one effect is the ultimate card advantage machine, drawing you cards while setting up your graveyard to create Spirits from. So long as you have cards that can trigger Quintorius’s triggered ability, all you need to is -4 to win the game.
Fortunately, finding ways to trigger Quintorius is surprisingly easy. Extremely efficient graveyard hate, for example, becomes absurdly powerful when combined with this Planeswalker. Both Ghost Vacuum and Relic of Progenitus can play double duty, creating creatures with Quintorius and keeping your opponent’s graveyard in check. Escape cards, like Phlage Titan of Fire’s Fury, work in a similar vein, triggering Quintorius twice when being recurred.
There are even options that further Quintorius’s game plan while creating more card advantage. Both Conspiracy Theorist and Containment Construct can turn your discards into Spirits, while letting you cast any discarded cards from Quintorius’s +1 ability.
Even once you start creating some Spirits, however, a 3/2 body isn’t the most impressive. Hofri Ghostforge solves this problem somewhat, buffing your tokens while creating even more Spirits with its triggered ability. Similarly, On Wings of Gold acts as an Anthem for your tokens while creating even more when cards leave your graveyard.
If making your Spirits taller doesn’t work, you can accelerate the rate at which you go wide. Copying Quintorius’s triggered ability with Kirol, Attentive First Year, for example, will double Quintorius’s token creation. You can otherwise use past iterations of Quintorius to get extra Spirit generators in the 99, or just outright copy your tokens with Anointed Procession.
Catching Up to History
Even though Quintorius, History Chaser, is capable of building up a steady board, continuous board wipes may make it difficult for you to stick a board presence. Fortunately, there are a series of infinite combos you can try that will win the game on the spot.
Since Quintorius, History Chaser creates Spirits whenever something leaves the graveyard, reanimation loops will naturally pump out an infinite number of Spirits. Reveillark and Karmic Guide, for example, can bring each other back infinitely, allowing you to create a Spirit army. Closing out the game with Mass Hysteria or Impact Tremors from here is trivial. Sun Titan and Gift of Immortality, or Angelic Renewal, create a similar loop, since they can bring one another back.
Even without the infinite combos, Quintorius, History Chaser looks like it has some powerful potential. For the most part, the Planeswalker is entirely self-sustaining and plays perfectly into the themes of past Quintorius cards. Since this is the face Commander of the new Lorehold Spirit Secrets of Strixhaven precon, there’s bound to be tons of new support to pair with the Planeswalker, making it even stronger. If you’re as excited about this Planeswalker Commander as we are, you won’t need to wait too long, either. Secrets of Strixhaven will be hitting shelves on April 24th of this year.
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