Teachings of the Archaics
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Strixhaven: School of Mages PromosPSTX · #57p
- Card type
- Sorcery — Lesson
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.13 € · ★ 0.23 € · 0.33 $ · ★ 0.26 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
If an opponent has more cards in hand than you, draw two cards. Draw three cards instead if an opponent has at least four more cards in hand than you.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Lius Lasahido
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2021-04-23
Flavour text
Mages seek out the ancient beings known as the Archaics for their boundless knowledge of history and magic, dispensed only in cryptic metaphors.
Rulings
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.
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.
The number of cards in each player’s hand is determined as Teachings of the Archaics resolves.
