First printed in Secrets of Strixhaven (2026)

All 3 prints

Secrets of Strixhaven Promos (PSOS) #214p, 2026
Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #214, 2026
Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #283, 2026

Professor Dellian Fel

Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian

+2: You gain 3 life.
0: You draw a card and lose 1 life.
−3: Destroy target creature.
−6: You get an emblem with "Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life."

In the last 30 days 11.6% of Standard decks played it (11 of 95). Most played in Orzhov Lifegain. In the last 30 days 11.1% of Pioneer decks played it (1 of 9). Most played in Golgari Midrange.

Staple

Standard staples: sideboard, 11% of decks (#20)
Multicolor, Planeswalkers, Removal, Creature removal, Card draw, Lifegain

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 Not 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 11 of 95 decks (11.6%).

Share of decks

11.6%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

1 main, 10 sideboard

Avg. copies

3.0

in the main deck

Win rate

71%

2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Orzhov Lifegain	13.7%	15%
BRG (unclassified)	8.4%	100%
BG (unclassified)	1.1%	100%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
BRG AgrusKos93 in Standard Challenge 32	7-2 78%
BRG Kollslaw in Standard Challenge 16	6-2 75%
Orzhov Lifegain marcofabrizi in Standard Challenge 32	5-2 71%
BRG duanceyao in Standard Challenge 32	5-2 71%
BRG TheWitchKling in Standard Challenge 32	5-2 71%
BG Tuper in Standard Challenge 32	5-2 71%
BRG Varo in Standard Challenge 32	4-3 57%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
BRG Denisevich, 28 Oct	1 side	5-0
BRG pizzangry, 28 Oct	2 side	5-0
BRG AgrusKos93, 27 Oct	1 side	#3 7-2
BG Tuper, 27 Oct	3 main	#11 5-2
BRG duanceyao, 27 Oct	2 side	#12 5-2
BRG TheWitchKling, 27 Oct	1 side	#13 5-2
Orzhov Lifegain marcofabrizi, 27 Oct	1 side	#15 5-2
BRG Varo, 27 Oct	1 side	#17 4-3

Pioneer Other periods →

In 1 of 9 decks (11.1%).