Back to Strixhaven: School of Mages

Academic Dispute

{R}

Instant

STXStrixhaven: School of Mages#91uncommon
Foil

"I'll show you original research, you hack!"

Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1176
Illustrator
Manuel Castañón
Found in
Strixhaven School of Mages MTGO Redemption Foil · Strixhaven School of Mages MTGO Redemption · 7 more
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Target creature blocks this turn if able. You may have it gain reach until end of turn. Learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)
Market · per finishspark updated 10h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+4.3%
$0.24
$0.03 low-$0.01 gap
Foil+3.3%
$0.31
$0.04 low-$0.41 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.24· across 1 printing

Rulings

7 · latest Apr 16, 2021 · one tap opens all
  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    If a card is brought into the game from outside the game, it will stay in the game until it ends or until its owner leaves the game, whichever comes first.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    If instructed to learn, you may do nothing. Discarding a card and putting a Lesson card into your hand are both optional.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    If you bring a card into the game from outside the game in a Constructed tournament (or a Constructed game played under tournament conditions), you may select only a card from your sideboard. In casual Constructed games, the card comes from your collection.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    If you bring a card into the game from outside the game in a Sealed Deck or Booster Draft event, you may select only a card that is in the card pool that you built your deck from.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    The controller of the creature chooses which attacking creature that creature blocks.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    The creature blocks only if it's able to do so as the declare blockers step begins. If, at that time, the creature is tapped, it's affected by a spell or ability that says it can't block, or no creatures are attacking its controller or a planeswalker controlled by that player, then it doesn't block. If there's a cost associated with having the creature block, the player isn't forced to pay that cost. If that cost isn't paid, the creature won't block.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    You choose whether you want the creature to gain reach until end of turn as Academic Dispute resolves.