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Introduction to Annihilation

First printed in Strixhaven: School of Mages (2021)

Introduction to Annihilation

Sorcery — Lesson

Exile target nonland permanent. Its controller draws a card.

"I've never seen a student fail quite so spectacularly. There's potential in that."
—Hostram, professor of arcanochemistry

Illustrated by
Nicholas Gregory

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

MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

Pioneer In 3 of 649 decks (0.5%), most in RG (unclassified)

Share of decks
0.5%
▲ 0.5 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-10: 0.0% 2026-08-17: 0.0% 2026-08-24: 0.0% 2026-08-31: 0.0% 2026-09-07: 0.0% 2026-09-14: 0.0% 2026-09-21: 0.0% 2026-09-28: 0.0% 2026-10-05: 0.0% 2026-10-12: 0.0% 2026-10-19: 1.2% 2026-10-26: 0.7%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
3
0 main, 3 sideboard
Avg. copies
–
in the main deck
Win rate
40%
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
RG (unclassified) 2.6% 12%
Mono-Green (unclassified) 0.9% 17%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Mono-Green
Thales in Pioneer Challenge 16
2-3
40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
RG
Thales,
1 side #28
of 35
1-3
Mono-Green
Thales,
1 side #23
of 30
2-3
RG
Thales,
1 side 5-0

Commander In 1 of 6520 decks (0.0%), most in Iroh, Grand Lotus

Share of decks
0.0%
= vs previous 30 days
2026-08-17: 0.2% 2026-08-24: 0.0% 2026-08-31: 0.0% 2026-09-07: 0.1% 2026-09-14: 0.0% 2026-09-21: 0.1% 2026-09-28: 0.0% 2026-10-05: 0.1% 2026-10-12: 0.0% 2026-10-19: 0.0% 2026-10-26: 0.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
1
1 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
–
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Iroh, Grand Lotus 0.0% 50%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Iroh, Grand Lotus
Oriol M,
1 main #33
of 34
0-3