Standard Lessons

Name: Standard Lessons — MTGO decklists
Creator: Decklist Data
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Lessons is a Standard tempo strategy that usually features Accumulate Wisdom, Combustion Technique, and Firebending Lesson.

Meta

20.1%

Colors

Shift

+23%

Variability

Low

ApproachesAll Thor, God of Thunder52 · 20%Stormchaser's Talent46 · 17%Stock167 · 63%254 · 96%11 · 4%

Date	View Decklist	Player	Event	Place	Record	Uniqueness
Jun 29	View	Hongfu_Eureka	Standard Challenge 32	11th	4-2	Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4
Jun 29	View	Mldyss	Standard Challenge 32	11th	4-2	Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1
Jun 29	View	fazparte	Standard Challenge 32	13th	4-2	Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4
Jun 29	View	Ignotus97	Standard Challenge 32	14th	4-2	Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2
Jun 29	View	CrazyMorango	Standard Challenge 32	15th	4-2	Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2
Jun 29	View	darkuna	Standard Challenge 32	17th	3-3	Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4
Jun 29	View	Deathmaxx	Standard Challenge 32	25th	3-3	Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1
Jun 29	View	Bahsis	Standard Challenge 32	26th	3-3	Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1
Jun 29	View	peter780108	Standard Challenge 32	27th	3-3	Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4
Jun 29	View	BOOSTONj	Standard Challenge 32	28th	2-3	Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1
Jun 29	View	ParinorMTG	Standard Challenge 32	32nd	0-2	Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1
Jun 28	View	jtl005	Standard Challenge 32	1st	8-1	Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7
Jun 28	View	optivial	Standard Rc Super Qualifier	2nd	9-2	Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1
Jun 28	View	jtl005	Standard Rc Super Qualifier	10th	6-2	Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7
Jun 28	View	ParinorMTG	Standard Rc Super Qualifier	14th	6-2	Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1
Jun 28	View	littlebinboy	Standard Rc Super Qualifier	19th	6-2	Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1
Jun 28	View	Arremangado	Standard Challenge 32	23rd	2-4	Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4
Jun 28	View	Hernan72	Standard Challenge 32	30th	0-4	Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1
Jun 27	View	Hongfu_Eureka	Standard Challenge 32	5th	4-2	Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1
Jun 27	View	xfile	Standard Challenge 32	14th	3-2	Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4
Jun 27	View	Arremangado	Standard Challenge 32	14th	3-3	Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4
Jun 27	View	fazparte	Standard Challenge 32	20th	3-3	Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2
Jun 27	View	flushdonkey	Standard Challenge 32	23rd	1-4	Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4
Jun 26	View	roter_Erzengel	Standard Challenge 32	4th	5-3	Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1
Jun 26	View	jtl005	Standard Challenge 32	6th	5-2	Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7

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Rising Lessons cards

Cards gaining share within Lessons vs the prior 14 days, adjusted for format-wide play rate.

Maindeck

Card	Was	Now	Δ
Thor, God of Thunder	16%	75%	+58.9%
Mountain	19%	40%	+20.9%
Willowrush Verge	New	9%	+9.2%
Questing Druid	New	9%	+9.2%
Mathemagics	2%	9%	+7%
Splatter Technique	2%	8%	+5.4%
Price of Freedom	New	4%	+3.8%
Impractical Joke	9%	12%	+3.3%
Three Steps Ahead	67%	75%	+8%
Fire Magic	12%	15%	+3%

Sideboard

Card	Was	Now	Δ
Soul-Guide Lantern	37%	62%	+25.2%
Splatter Technique	2%	18%	+15.4%
Iroh's Demonstration	New	11%	+10.8%
Spell Snare	19%	32%	+13.2%
Emeritus of Ideation	57%	71%	+13.5%
Return the Favor	24%	31%	+7.2%
Day of Judgment	53%	64%	+11%
Avengers Disassembled	13%	22%	+8.1%
Glen Elendra Guardian	New	5%	+4.6%
Three Steps Ahead	17%	20%	+3.1%
Ill-Timed Explosion	New	3%	+3.1%

Typical Standard Lessons maindeck cards

Maindeck adoption across 492 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.

Card	Avg copies	%
Accumulate Wisdom	4.0	100%
Combustion Technique	4.0	100%
Firebending Lesson	4.0	100%
Riverpyre Verge	3.6	100%
Steam Vents	4.0	100%
Island	3.4	100%
Abandon Attachments	3.5	99%
It'll Quench Ya!	2.2	99%
Spirebluff Canal	3.5	98%
Gran-Gran	4.0	98%
Iroh's Demonstration	1.9	91%
Tablet of Discovery	4.0	78%
Stock Up	2.9	76%
Great Hall of the Biblioplex	3.9	75%
Hallowed Fountain	3.0	73%
Jeskai Revelation	4.0	73%
Sundown Pass	1.6	70%
Three Steps Ahead	1.2	52%
Mistrise Village	1.0	50%
Flashback	1.0	41%
Improvisation Capstone	1.1	32%
Mountain	1.9	29%
Thor, God of Thunder	1.9	23%
Agna Qel'a	1.7	20%
Boomerang Basics	3.1	17%
Artist's Talent	4.0	17%
Monument to Endurance	4.0	17%
Spell Pierce	1.1	11%
Multiversal Passage	1.3	11%
Ral, Crackling Wit	1.2	11%
Stormchaser's Talent	3.6	10%
Confounding Riddle	1.5	9%
Consult the Star Charts	2.2	9%
Fire Magic	1.0	8%
Sacred Foundry	1.7	7%
Impractical Joke	1.0	7%
Stormcarved Coast	1.6	6%
Quantum Riddler	2.0	4%
Spell Snare	1.4	4%
Splatter Technique	1.4	4%

Typical Standard Lessons sideboard

Built from sideboard adoption across 492 decklists in the last 90 days.

Full sideboard card play rate

Per-card sideboard adoption across 492 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.

Card	Avg copies	%
Flashfreeze	1.9	88%
Price of Freedom	3.9	79%
Spell Pierce	1.7	76%
Emeritus of Ideation	1.6	61%
Ral, Crackling Wit	1.3	61%
Ghost Vacuum	1.0	54%
Slagstorm	1.6	50%
Disdainful Stroke	1.0	49%
Soul-Guide Lantern	1.1	40%
Day of Judgment	1.8	33%
Spell Snare	1.2	32%
Return the Favor	1.2	31%
Annul	1.3	23%
Broadside Barrage	1.4	21%
Quantum Riddler	1.6	19%
Negate	1.3	18%
Three Steps Ahead	1.8	12%
Fire Magic	1.2	12%
Get Lost	1.5	10%
Avengers Disassembled	1.8	9%
Abrade	1.7	9%
Riverchurn Monument	1.7	8%
Iroh's Demonstration	1.1	7%
Stoic Sphinx	1.8	7%
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian	1.5	7%
Colorstorm Stallion	3.4	6%
Splatter Technique	2.0	6%
It'll Quench Ya!	1.1	5%
Pit of Offerings	1.7	4%
Impractical Joke	1.1	4%
Stormchaser's Talent	1.8	4%
Pyroclasm	1.4	3%
Ill-Timed Explosion	1.6	3%
Roaring Furnace // Steaming Sauna	1.5	3%
Boomerang Basics	1.0	2%
Sear	1.2	2%
Torpor Orb	1.0	2%
Aetherize	1.0	2%
Essence Scatter	1.2	2%
Thor, God of Thunder	1.0	2%

Lessons Standard FAQ

Is Lessons good in Standard right now?

Yes — Lessons is 20.1% of Standard decklists in the last two weeks (up 23% vs the prior window), with 6 Challenge wins and 26 Top 8s. Best recent finish: 1st (9-0) at Standard Challenge 32 on Jul 26, 2026.

What are the key cards in Standard Lessons?

Nearly every list runs Accumulate Wisdom, Combustion Technique, Firebending Lesson, and Riverpyre Verge (99%+ of Standard Lessons decklists in the last 90 days). Builds split 254 Jeskai vs 11 Temur lists.

What's a typical Standard Lessons sideboard?

The most common Standard Lessons sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Flashfreeze (88% of lists), Price of Freedom (79% of lists), Spell Pierce (76% of lists), and Emeritus of Ideation (61% of lists). Soul-Guide Lantern is the fastest riser, up from 37% to 62% of sideboards.

Are there different builds of Standard Lessons?

Mostly one stock build — recent lists are highly standardized. Recent lists split into Jeskai and Temur camps.

What does Uniqueness mean?

Uniqueness rates each list from band 1 (Stock) through band 10 (Unique). Higher means a list is more unusual vs recent peers of this strategy.

How many Standard Lessons decklists are there?

Decklist Data tracks 1,328 Standard Lessons decklists all-time (130 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Lessons result Jul 28, 2026.