Waterfall Aerialist | Illustration by Lie Setiawan

The learn/lesson mechanic is something that I think is great for a limited format and improves the drafting experience as well as the gameplay. This mechanic will nearly always be useful over the course of the game. If it comes down to it and you have no lessons to learn for or they are of no use to you, you can always just discard and then draw. If you don’t need that, then you can access cards like 3-mana 3/2’s or a 5-mana removal spell that draws your opponent a card instead. This makes a draft so interesting since you’re drafting cards that are intended to be used as part of a “ wish board.” The Strixhaven drafting experience becomes unique because, while most lessons are too underpowered to be played in your main deck, having access to a flexible suite of cards which are all essentially (and literally) sideboard cards is incredibly useful.Ĭards like Environmental Sciences allow you to guarantee you hit your land drops with early learn cards. This first option is what makes learn so freaking sweet. Learn gives you two options: Search your sideboard for a lesson and put it in your hand or discard a card, then draw a card. The thing about learn is that it’s often even better than that.

It’s highly unlikely that anyone wants to play a card that says, “Gain 4 life” or “Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.” Tacking “draw a card” onto these all of the sudden make them playable. The card that it’s attached to is almost always worse than a card you would typically consider including in your deck. Learn is an interesting mechanic that seems underwhelming at face value. Fractal Summoning | Illustration by Livia Prima

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