Cost of Brilliance
Secrets of Strixhaven 77 • common
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Collector number
- 77
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Darren Tan
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature.
"There will be moments when you are exhausted, with nothing left to give. Remember them when you finally succeed."— Embrose, dean of shadow
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Cost of Brilliance was introduced in the Secrets of Strixhaven expansion for the Magic: The Gathering card game. As a card tied to the Strixhaven University setting, it embodies the school's theme of magical academia, blending the flavor of intense scholarly pursuit with the high-stakes cost of wielding powerful arcane knowledge.
The artwork for this card was crafted by illustrator Wisnu Tan, who focused on visualizing the physical toll of magical focus. The piece was well-received by the player community for its thematic resonance, as it mechanically allows players to draw cards at the expense of life, perfectly capturing the flavor of academic sacrifice and the dangerous allure of absolute genius.
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