The card still counts as discarded, so if you discarded it to pay a cost, that cost is still paid
Meanwhile, as a Lesson card, you should be able to have it in your hand during the most important parts of the game if you have the right Learn cards to fish it out of your sideboard
4 th Print AKA UK 1999-2000 th Print AKA UK 1999-2000 The final print run of Base Set was commissioned by the then Managing Director of Wizards of the Coast UK, Stephen Wilks, the demand for Base Set was still through the roof during the first quarter of the year 2000 and this wave was printed in the UK and primarily sold in the UK, France and Germany
With Grave-Trolls banning, Scepter could see a bit of a price raise as there is less impetus to pop the decks and free up loose copies and with Modern shenanigans conspiring with The Gitrog Monster to make Life From the Loam expensive again, Scepter could see some upshot despite its many printings
You will want to keep your cards waterproof and not use rubber bands (rubber bands can damage the cards)
