Accumulate Wisdom Might Be Really, Really Good…

• Accumulate Wisdom 1U
• Instant – Lesson
• Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. Put each of those cards into your hand instead if there are three or more Lesson cards in your graveyard.

The basic analysis is basic as heck. On its face, Accumulate Wisdom is 3/4 of an Impulse (for the cost of an Impulse). That’s probably not good enough in 2025 (or 2026). After all, there are cards like Consult the Star Charts available for 1U. But looking at the top three cards of your library isn’t the worst for 1U.

While obvious, it might bear mentioning that this card is itself a Lesson.

Weirdly, Mike claims he would be more likely to try this card if it didn’t have the third sentence. Which is crazy. But hear him out: If you have the third sentence you’re kind of obligated to play a lot of Lessons in your deck! Which isn’t the worst because…

Accumulate Wisdom is Kind of an Ancestral Recall

The catch, of course, is that you have to have a critical mass of Lesson cards in your deck (at least four). So if you had only the four copies of Accumulate Wisdom, you’d theoretically be able to draw three cards. But that’s not so crazily exciting. Are there other good Lessons?
We’ve already talked about playable Lessons like It’ll Quench Ya! in our Pop Quiz / Pauper episode; and lots in the our white episode.

There are lots!

But Here’s the Thing…

Accumulate Wisdom probably isn’t even the best blue card in the set.
Have you considered Wan Shi Tong, Librarian?

• Wan Shi Tong, Librarian XUU
• Legendary Creature – Bird Spirit
• FlashFlying, vigilanceWhen Wan Shi Tong enters, put X +1/+1 counters on him. Then draw half X cards, rounded down.Whenever an opponent searches their library, put a +1/+1 counter on Wan Shi Tong and draw a card.
• 1/1

Wan Shi Tong, Librarian is strong and richly layered; and will likely see broad play in formats as wide and powerful as Legacy.
Consider this play…
Your opponent breaks a Polluted Delta on turn two. In response you pay UU for the Bird Spirit with X=0. You’ll get a 1/1; but then Wan Shi Tong, Librarian will “see” the Polluted Delta fetch, go up to 2/2 and draw a card. This card will be meaningful in Standard; if nothing else as a powerhouse Hydroid Krassis WITH FLASH.
Avatar: The Last Airbender is just stacked with playable, and potentially format-changing cards. Blue has some of the best. Check out our full set review here: