Decorum Dissertation

Secrets of Strixhaven #78

Type: Sorcery — Lesson

Mana cost: {3}{B}{B}

Card text: Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life. Paradigm (Then exile this spell. After you first resolve a spell with this name, you may cast a copy of it from exile without paying its mana cost at the beginning of each of your first main phases.)

Rarity: mythic

Artist: Mila Pesic

Released: April 24, 2026

Prices

$6.63 USD · $7.48 USD (Foil) · €6.05 EUR

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Format Legality

Format	Legality
Standard	✓ Legal
Pioneer	✓ Legal
Modern	✓ Legal
Legacy	✓ Legal
Commander	✓ Legal
Vintage	✓ Legal
Pauper	✗ Not Legal
Oathbreaker	✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Decorum Dissertation in Secrets of Strixhaven limited

common

Cost of Brilliance

Sorcery

Draws cards and drains life, stacking with Decorum Dissertation's repeated drain effect for massive life swings each turn.

Melancholic Poet

Creature — Elf Bard

Drains life whenever you cast instants/sorceries targeting creatures, combining with Decorum Dissertation's Paradigm for consistent life drain.

Sneering Shadewriter

Creature — Vampire Warlock

Drains 2 life from each opponent on entry, stacking with Decorum Dissertation's drain for aggressive life total pressure.

rare

Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood

Creature — Vampire Warlock // Sorcery

Sign in Blood draws cards and drains life, becoming prepared with lifegain to copy itself and stack with Decorum Dissertation's drain.

mythic

Professor Dellian Fel

Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian

Gains life and draws cards with emblem that drains opponents when you gain life, creating a powerful engine with Decorum Dissertation's repeated drain.

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