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The first ability triggers both when Ashcoat attacks and blocks, which makes a wide board formidable no matter whose turn it is
Wan Shi Tong could break out in short order, or could fail to catch fire right away
You can also make chains, like casting Bruna, the Fading Light to bring back Sun Titan, which in turn gets a smaller creature
Here, MTG Strixhaven is stapling on the "wish" effect for specifically Lessons and providing players with alternatives on the Learn cards if they don't want to grab a Lesson at all
You probably wont see Tezzeret dominating on day one due to the difficulty of building decks around it, but I expect it will make a similar impact as Teferi, Hero of Dominaria as a defining card in Standard