Painful Lesson
The List AKH-102 • common
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- AKH-102
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Adrian Majkrzak
- Market price
- $0.30
What it does
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
"You wish to remember this lesson? I will write it down for you."— Senifet, vizier of Bontu
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Painful Lesson originated in the Amonkhet expansion for Magic: The Gathering, released in 2017. Designed as a functional black sorcery, its mechanics reflect the set's central themes of sacrifice and internal struggle, drawing two cards while forcing the caster to lose two life. The card was specifically crafted to provide card advantage in limited formats, balancing its utility against the immediate resource cost to the player's life total.
The card features artwork by Lake Hurwitz, whose contribution captures the stark, harsh aesthetic of the Amonkhet plane. The illustration emphasizes the physical and spiritual toll associated with the card's effect, aligning with the dark, trials-based narrative of the setting. When it appeared in The List—a curated collection of reprints included in Set Boosters—it served to introduce newer players to the mechanical identity of black mana in the Amonkhet era.
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