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Confront the Past

First printed in Strixhaven: School of Mages (2021)

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Confront the Past

Sorcery — Lesson

Choose one —
• Return target planeswalker card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
• Remove twice X loyalty counters from target planeswalker an opponent controls.

"Why, Gideon? Of all people, why save me?"

Played in 0.3% of Pioneer decks: 2 of 731.

Illustrated by
Kieran Yanner

Confront the Past legality

Rulings (2)

  • 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.
  • 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.

Prices

Paper price: €0.12 / $0.20 , the cheapest non-foil print (Cardmarket, and TCGplayer, otherwise Mana Pool or Card Kingdom, through MTGJSON, 8 Nov 2026).

MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 8 Nov 2026).

Pioneer In 2 of 731 decks (0.3%), most in Other Orzhov decks

Share of decks
0.3%
= vs previous 30 days
17 Aug: 0.0% 24 Aug: 0.0% 31 Aug: 0.0% 7 Sep: 0.0% 14 Sep: 0.0% 21 Sep: 0.0% 28 Sep: 0.0% 5 Oct: 0.0% 12 Oct: 0.0% 19 Oct: 0.0% 26 Oct: 0.0% 2 Nov: 1.3%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
2
0 main, 2 sideboard, 0 in a top 8
Avg. copies
–
in the main deck
Win rate
n/a
average of the decks with at least 5 matches, leagues excluded
Weekly data
Weekly data
Week fromShare of decks
17 Aug0.0%
24 Aug0.0%
31 Aug0.0%
7 Sep0.0%
14 Sep0.0%
21 Sep0.0%
28 Sep0.0%
5 Oct0.0%
12 Oct0.0%
19 Oct0.0%
26 Oct0.0%
2 Nov1.3%

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetypes by metagame share
Archetype Meta Play it
Other Orzhov decks 1.4% 20%
Meta
share of the archetype among all decks of the format
Play it
decks of the archetype that play the card

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No results yet.

Leagues excluded: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 decks.

Latest decks

Latest decks
DeckCopiesFinish
Orzhov Midrange
onlybrews,
1 side #29
of 32
0-2
Orzhov Midrange
onlybrews,
1 side #29
of 31
0-2