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◇ Catalog #114

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stx·#114·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Bayard Wu

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Apr '21

5 yr ago

Value

$0.15+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.16 · low $0.14

NM$0.15

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.14–$0.16modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.15low $0.03range 400.0%n 54

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #18,981 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.16

Nonfoil$0.15

Gameplay

Sorcery — Lesson

Choose one — • Start from Scratch deals 1 damage to any target. • Destroy target artifact.

"I don't care what they think!" Rootha snapped. "I know I can do better."

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2021-04-16wotc

Lesson is a spell subtype found on some instant and sorcery cards in the Strixhaven set. The Lesson subtype has no special rules associated with it.

2021-04-16wotc

Although you may want to include Lessons in your sideboard if you’re playing with cards that instruct you to learn, Lesson cards can be included in your main deck like other instant or sorcery cards.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.15. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.15 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from STX — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #114 of *Strixhaven: School of Mages*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2021 Strixhaven: School of Mages release.

Card type: Sorcery — Lesson, color identity red, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {2}{R} (3 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #18,981 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Bayard Wu. Rarix catalogs 91 other cards credited to this artist.