Painful Truths
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander 146 • rare
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander
- Collector number
- 146
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Winona Nelson
- Market price
- $0.41
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 released in the 2015 set Battle for Zendikar and was later reprinted in the Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander set in 2024. The card is a black sorcery that embodies the color's thematic philosophy of gaining power at the cost of one's own vitality. Mechanically, it provides significant card advantage, reflecting the high-risk, high-reward nature of black magic within the game's broader design framework.
The art for this specific printing maintains the dark, atmospheric aesthetic associated with black-aligned spells in the Magic: The Gathering multiverse. Designed to fit the thematic backdrop of the Thunder Junction plane—a frontier-inspired setting—the illustration reinforces the card's function as a grim negotiation with cosmic forces. It remains a staple in commander decks due to its efficient mana-to-card draw ratio and its classic representation of black's core identity.
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