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

20.0%

Colors

Shift

+22%

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
Jul 12	View	SpockVidaLoka	Standard Challenge 32	11th	4-2	Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6
Jul 12	View	GabagoolBills	Standard Challenge 32	24th	2-3	Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4
Jul 12	View	deleon91	Standard Challenge 32	32nd	2-3	Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5
Jul 11	View	Tyerube1618	Standard Challenge 32	3rd	6-2	Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4
Jul 11	View	toondoslav	Standard Showcase Challenge	3rd	8-2	Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2
Jul 11	View	deleon91	Standard Showcase Challenge	8th	6-3	Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4
Jul 11	View	deleon91	Standard Challenge 32	9th	4-2	Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4
Jul 11	View	MTGHolic	Standard Showcase Challenge	11th	6-2	Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4
Jul 11	View	RPA	Standard Challenge 32	12th	3-3	Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2
Jul 11	View	Wata	Standard Showcase Challenge	13th	6-2	Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2
Jul 11	View	DuduDeNunu	Standard Challenge 32	14th	3-3	Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2
Jul 11	View	mysteryman21	Standard Showcase Challenge	15th	6-2	Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6
Jul 11	View	Arremangado	Standard Showcase Challenge	18th	6-2	Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2
Jul 11	View	haqe	Standard Challenge 32	19th	3-3	Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1
Jul 11	View	Willthepill	Standard Challenge 32	24th	1-1	Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2
Jul 11	View	Manuel_Danninger	Standard Showcase Challenge	25th	5-3	Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2
Jul 11	View	4FunNoWin	Standard Showcase Challenge	27th	5-3	Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4
Jul 10	View	RPA	Standard Challenge 32	2nd	7-2	Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2
Jul 10	View	jtl005	Standard Challenge 32	5th	6-1	Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6
Jul 10	View	Tyerube1618	Standard Challenge 32	6th	5-2	Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4
Jul 10	View	MAFS	Standard Challenge 32	10th	4-2	Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2
Jul 10	View	Patrisio	Standard Challenge 32	15th	4-2	Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2
Jul 10	View	jessy_samek	Standard Challenge 32	16th	4-2	Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2
Jul 10	View	Mldyss	Standard Challenge 32	17th	4-2	Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2
Jul 10	View	Astrid_star	Standard Challenge 32	20th	2-3	Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2

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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%	74%	+58.7%
Mountain	19%	40%	+21.2%
Willowrush Verge	New	9%	+9.3%
Questing Druid	New	9%	+9.3%
Mathemagics	2%	9%	+7.1%
Splatter Technique	2%	8%	+5.5%
Price of Freedom	New	4%	+3.9%
Impractical Joke	9%	12%	+3.4%
Three Steps Ahead	67%	75%	+7.8%
Fire Magic	12%	16%	+3.1%

Sideboard

Card	Was	Now	Δ
Soul-Guide Lantern	37%	62%	+24.9%
Splatter Technique	2%	18%	+15.6%
Iroh's Demonstration	New	11%	+10.9%
Spell Snare	19%	32%	+12.7%
Emeritus of Ideation	57%	71%	+13.2%
Return the Favor	24%	31%	+7.4%
Day of Judgment	53%	64%	+10.8%
Glen Elendra Guardian	New	5%	+4.7%
Avengers Disassembled	13%	21%	+7.4%
Three Steps Ahead	17%	20%	+3.3%
Ill-Timed Explosion	New	3%	+3.1%

Typical Standard Lessons maindeck cards

Maindeck adoption across 491 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	22%
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 491 decklists in the last 90 days.

Full sideboard card play rate

Per-card sideboard adoption across 491 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%
Ral, Crackling Wit	1.3	62%
Emeritus of Ideation	1.6	61%
Ghost Vacuum	1.0	54%
Slagstorm	1.6	51%
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%
Abrade	1.7	9%
Avengers Disassembled	1.8	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 20.0% of Standard decklists in the last two weeks (up 22% 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 Ral, Crackling Wit (62% 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 1,327 Standard Lessons decklists all-time (129 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Lessons result Jul 27, 2026.