After weaving through the intricacies of Lorwyn Eclipsed Limited and enduring a month of pizza and nunchaku diet thanks to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I am very excited to dive into Secrets of Strixhaven.

Magic: The Gathering’s previous homage to this famous school of magic — Strixhaven: School of Mages — was one of my favorite sets in recent years. As a Limited and Pauper player, I truly enjoyed the Learn and Lessons mechanics. It added a lot of depth and flexibility to gameplay, and it was also a rare flavor hit. Lessons featured prominently in Avatar: The Last Airbender, so I was looking forward to getting some good Learn cards in the latest set. But, as Albus Dumbledore once said, “Don't count your owls before they are delivered.”

Alas, there will be no Learn cards in Secrets of Strixhaven. Polygon attended a preview press event for the set, and we can confirm that this time around, the young wizard prospects won’t be doing much learning. Executive producter Athena Foelich confirmed this, noting that while the set does feature a few Lesson cards,........

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