Painful Truths
Commander 2020 134 • rare
- Set
- Commander 2020
- Collector number
- 134
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Winona Nelson
- Market price
- $0.27
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 expansion in 2015, designed as a black-aligned sorcery that mechanically balances the benefit of drawing three cards with the cost of losing three life. The card explores the thematic tension of the Zendikar setting, where powerful magical knowledge often comes at a physical toll to the practitioner, fitting neatly into the color pie's emphasis on power at any price.
The Commander 2020 version, numbered 134, features artwork by Daarken. The illustration captures the grim, visceral nature of the spell, depicting a figure undergoing the taxing ritual required to gain forbidden information. This iteration was released as part of a preconstructed deck, cementing its place as a staple utility card in the Commander format, where the life-for-cards exchange remains a highly efficient method for maintaining hand advantage during longer games.
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