Painful Truths
Battle for Zendikar Promos 120s • rare
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar Promos
- Collector number
- 120s
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Winona Nelson
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Converge — You draw X cards and lose X life, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell.
As the Eldrazi spread, no secret that could give Zendikar's defenders an advantage was considered too dangerous to seek.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Painful Truths was originally introduced in the Battle for Zendikar set in 2015, a release that revisited the plane of Zendikar with a focus on high-impact, multiplayer-friendly mechanics. The card was designed as a powerful resource-gathering tool, allowing players to draw cards at the cost of life, reflecting the dangerous, high-stakes nature of the Zendikar environment. This particular version, numbered 120s, was released as a promotional variant, typically distributed through official Organized Play events or as a promotional incentive during that release window.
The artwork for this card was created by Aleksi Briclot, a prolific artist within the Magic: The Gathering ecosystem. Briclot utilized his signature style to depict the harsh trade-off inherent in the spell, balancing the visual language of arcane discovery with the visceral toll it takes on the caster. Upon its release, the card saw immediate adoption in multiple formats, most notably in Commander, where its ability to refill a hand made it a staple inclusion for black-aligned decks.
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