Price of Freedom

First printed in Avatar: The Last Airbender (2025)

Price of Freedom

Sorcery — Lesson

Destroy target artifact or land an opponent controls. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Draw a card.

In the last 30 days 1.8% of Standard decks played it (25 of 1416). Most played in UR (unclassified). In the last 30 days 8.8% of Pioneer decks played it (36 of 408). Most played in UR (unclassified).

Staple

Pioneer staples: main deck, 3% of decks (#182); sideboard, 9% of decks (#30)
Red, Sorceries, Removal, Card draw, Cantrips, Tutors, Artifact removal
Modern staples: main deck, 2% of decks (#220)
Red, Sorceries, Removal, Card draw, Cantrips, Tutors, Artifact removal

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Standard Other periods →

In 25 of 1416 decks (1.8%).

Share of decks

1.8%

▲ 0.6 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

25

0 main, 25 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

60%

2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
UR (unclassified)	9.8%	3%
WR (unclassified)	6.4%	10%
WUBR (unclassified)	3.7%	19%
WUR (unclassified)	1.1%	13%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
WUBR swb110 in Standard Challenge 32	6-1 86%
WUBR badgods in Standard Challenge 32	7-2 78%
WUBR swb110 in Standard Challenge 32	4-2 67%
WR McWinSauce in Standard Challenge 32	4-2 67%
WUBR swb110 in Standard Challenge 32	4-2 67%
WUBR swb110 in Standard Challenge 32	4-2 67%
WUBR __Noob__ in Standard Challenge 32	4-2 67%
WR ElGaiteiro in Standard Challenge 16	3-3 50%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
WR tim96, 28 Oct	1 side	#25 0-2
WR lsznpa, 27 Oct	1 side	5-0
WR tim96, 27 Oct	1 side	5-0
WUBR swb110, 26 Oct	1 side	#17 4-2
WR McWinSauce, 26 Oct	1 side	#18 4-2
WUBR Arena ranked player, 26 Oct	1 side
WR Grogore, 25 Oct	1 side	#25 1-2
WR Bicknell9422, 25 Oct	1 side	5-0

Pioneer Other periods →

In 36 of 408 decks (8.8%).

Share of decks

8.8%

▼ 6.8 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

36

0 main, 36 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

54%

9 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
UR (unclassified)	24.5%	29%
BR (unclassified)	2.5%	40%
WUR (unclassified)	0.7%	67%
Mono-Red (unclassified)	0.2%	100%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
WUR Mathilde8 in Pioneer Challenge 16	7-1 88%
BR VitorCarvalho01 in Pioneer Challenge 32	7-2 78%
UR DB_MasonClark in Pioneer Challenge 16	6-2 75%
UR LucasG1ggs in Pioneer Challenge 32	6-2 75%
UR ChuChuMTFKR in Pioneer Challenge 32	6-2 75%
UR PNascimento in Pioneer Challenge 32	5-2 71%
UR fazparte in Pioneer Challenge 32	5-2 71%
UR ChuChuMTFKR in Pioneer Challenge 32	4-2 67%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
UR HEROtsukai, 28 Oct	1 side	5-0
UR ChuChuMTFKR, 27 Oct	1 side	#16 4-2
UR Mortaa, 27 Oct	1 side	#18 3-3
WUR evilartificer, 27 Oct	1 side	#30 2-4
UR LucasG1ggs, 27 Oct	1 side	#32 2-4
WUR Mathilde8, 25 Oct	1 side	#2 7-1
UR ChuChuMTFKR, 25 Oct	1 side	#6 3-3
UR AlexanderTheGreat_, 25 Oct	1 side	#17 2-3

Modern Other periods →

In 19 of 2268 decks (0.8%).

Share of decks

0.8%

▼ 3.8 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

19

15 main, 4 sideboard

Avg. copies

4.0

in the main deck

Win rate

50%

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Prowess	7.3%	1%
WR (unclassified)	1.4%	44%
RG (unclassified)	1.1%	4%
BRG (unclassified)	0.4%	33%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Cori Mountain Monastery	93%	151.2
Sunken Citadel	93%	151.2
Cleansing Wildfire	93%	151.2
Avengers Disassembled	93%	151.2
Demolition Field	93%	124.5
Path to Exile	93%	117.6
Field of Ruin	93%	66.2
Erode	93%	35.9
Wrath of the Skies	93%	10.5
Galvanic Discharge	93%	9.9

Best win rate

Deck	Record
WR haveaboavida in Modern Challenge 96	5-2 71%
WR nahuel10 in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%
WR Tetsubou in Modern Challenge 16	4-2 67%
WR EightFinity in Modern Challenge 64	4-3 57%
Prowess Profnatedogsc in Modern Challenge 96	4-3 57%
WR MisterTwin in Modern Challenge 32	3-3 50%
WR Znurvel in Modern Challenge 16	3-3 50%
RG Nblearchange1 in Modern Challenge 16	2-3 40%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
RG Nblearchange1, 27 Oct	4 main	#15 2-3
WR Bolt_Vlitc_O, 24 Oct	4 main	#20 2-3
WR MisterTwin, 23 Oct	4 main	#21 3-3
BRG Jrcitizen, 23 Oct	1 side	5-0
WR PtyLtd, 23 Oct	4 main	5-0
BRG katuo079595, 22 Oct	1 side	#21
WR EightFinity, 20 Oct	4 main	#22 4-3
WR Lau7y, 15 Oct	4 main	5-0

Legacy Other periods →

In 2 of 1071 decks (0.2%).

Share of decks

0.2%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

2

0 main, 2 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

–

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Boros Energy	7.8%	1%
UR (unclassified)	2.5%	4%

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

Deck	Copies	Finish
Boros Energy dressdown_or_up, 17 Oct	2 side	5-0
UR Ben Belmans, 4 Oct	2 side	#2 3-0

Commander Other periods →

In 2 of 6150 decks (0.0%).

Share of decks

0.0%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

2

2 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%
Storm, Force of Nature	0.0%	100%

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

Deck	Copies	Finish
Iroh, Grand Lotus Oriol M, 9 Oct	1 main	#33 0-3
Storm, Force of Nature Matias Campusano, 3 Oct	1 main	#10 0-2

No recent decks in: Vintage, Duel Commander.