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Illuminate History
Card Information
Type: Sorcery — Lesson
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 108
Oracle Text
Discard any number of cards, then draw that many cards. Then if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, create a 3/2 red and white Spirit creature token.
Format Legalities
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Card Rulings
- April 16, 2021
You may choose not to discard any cards as Illuminate History resolves. In that case, you will not draw any cards, but you might still create a Spirit.
Source: wotc - April 16, 2021
Lesson is a spell subtype found on some instant and sorcery cards in the Strixhaven set. The Lesson subtype has no special rules associated with it.
Source: wotc - April 16, 2021
Illuminate History will stay on the stack until it is finished resolving, so it will not count itself as one of the cards in your graveyard.
Source: wotc - April 16, 2021
Although you may want to include Lessons in your sideboard if you’re playing with cards that instruct you to learn, Lesson cards can be included in your main deck like other instant or sorcery cards.
Source: wotc
Price History
To study a single card is to glimpse the heart of a spell - a frozen moment of ambition, artistry, and arcane intent. Within each glyph lies a spark: a story untold, a duel turned, a destiny altered. Treat it not as mere parchment, dear seeker, but as a shard of the Multiverse itself.