Painful Truths

Sorcery

$0.28

Painful Truths

Name: Painful Truths
Brand: Magic: The Gathering
SKU: ECC-82

Sorcery

Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC)·#82·rare·Jan 23, 2026

$0.28Non Foil

Card Text

Converge — You draw X cards and lose X life, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell.

Card Details

Mana Value: 3
Colors: Black
Color Identity: Black
EDHREC Rank: #1,544

Keywords

Converge

Features

Format Legalities

Duel

Brawl

Penny

Predh

Future

Legacy

Modern

Pauper

Alchemy

Pioneer

Vintage

Historic

Standard

Timeless

Commander

Gladiator

Oldschool

Premodern

Oathbreaker

Standardbrawl

Paupercommander

Legal

Not Legal

Banned

Restricted

Market Prices

USD

$0.28

USD Foil

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EUR

0,15 €

EUR Foil

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Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket

Price History (30d)

All Printings (75)

Set	#	Rarity	Lang	Artist	Price	Foil
Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC)	#82	rare	en	Winona Nelson	$0.28	—
Secret Lair Drop (SLD)	#2302	rare	en	Sija Hong	$1.66	—
Pioneer Masters (PIO)	#101	rare	en	Winona Nelson	—	—
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)	#146	rare	en	Winona Nelson	$0.35	—
March of the Machine Commander (MOC)	#262	rare	en	Winona Nelson	$0.30	—
Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC)	#95	rare	en	Winona Nelson	$0.36	—
Dominaria United Commander (DMC)	#116	rare	en	Winona Nelson	$0.29	—
New Capenna Commander (NCC)	#255	rare	en	Winona Nelson	$0.32	—
Battle for Zendikar Promos (PBFZ)	#120p	rare	en	Winona Nelson	$0.11	—
Commander 2020 (C20)	#134	rare	en	Winona Nelson	$0.38	—
Commander 2017 (C17)	#118	rare	en	Winona Nelson	$0.31	—
Battle for Zendikar (BFZ)	#120	rare	en	Winona Nelson	$0.32	$1.05
Battle for Zendikar Promos (PBFZ)	#120s	rare	en	Winona Nelson	—	$2.56
Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC)	#82	rare	de	Winona Nelson	—	—
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)	#146	rare	de	Winona Nelson	—	—
March of the Machine Commander (MOC)	#262	rare	de	Winona Nelson	—	—
Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC)	#95	rare	de	Winona Nelson	—	—
Dominaria United Commander (DMC)	#116	rare	de	Winona Nelson	—	—
New Capenna Commander (NCC)	#255	rare	de	Winona Nelson	—	—
Commander 2020 (C20)	#134	rare	de	Winona Nelson	—	—
Commander 2017 (C17)	#118	rare	de	Winona Nelson	—	—
Battle for Zendikar (BFZ)	#120	rare	de	Winona Nelson	—	—
Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC)	#82	rare	es	Winona Nelson	—	—
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)	#146	rare	es	Winona Nelson	—	—
March of the Machine Commander (MOC)	#262	rare	es	Winona Nelson	—	—
Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC)	#95	rare	es	Winona Nelson	—	—
Dominaria United Commander (DMC)	#116	rare	es	Winona Nelson	—	—
New Capenna Commander (NCC)	#255	rare	es	Winona Nelson	—	—
Commander 2020 (C20)	#134	rare	es	Winona Nelson	—	—
Commander 2017 (C17)	#118	rare	es	Winona Nelson	—	—
Battle for Zendikar (BFZ)	#120	rare	es	Winona Nelson	—	—
Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC)	#82	rare	fr	Winona Nelson	—	—
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)	#146	rare	fr	Winona Nelson	—	—
March of the Machine Commander (MOC)	#262	rare	fr	Winona Nelson	—	—
Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC)	#95	rare	fr	Winona Nelson	—	—
Dominaria United Commander (DMC)	#116	rare	fr	Winona Nelson	—	—
New Capenna Commander (NCC)	#255	rare	fr	Winona Nelson	—	—
Commander 2020 (C20)	#134	rare	fr	Winona Nelson	—	—
Commander 2017 (C17)	#118	rare	fr	Winona Nelson	—	—
Battle for Zendikar (BFZ)	#120	rare	fr	Winona Nelson	—	—
Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC)	#82	rare	it	Winona Nelson	—	—
March of the Machine Commander (MOC)	#262	rare	it	Winona Nelson	—	—
Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC)	#95	rare	it	Winona Nelson	—	—
Dominaria United Commander (DMC)	#116	rare	it	Winona Nelson	—	—
New Capenna Commander (NCC)	#255	rare	it	Winona Nelson	—	—
Commander 2020 (C20)	#134	rare	it	Winona Nelson	—	—
Commander 2017 (C17)	#118	rare	it	Winona Nelson	—	—
Battle for Zendikar (BFZ)	#120	rare	it	Winona Nelson	—	—
Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC)	#82	rare	ja	Winona Nelson	—	—
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)	#146	rare	ja	Winona Nelson	—	—
March of the Machine Commander (MOC)	#262	rare	ja	Winona Nelson	—	—
Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC)	#95	rare	ja	Winona Nelson	—	—
Dominaria United Commander (DMC)	#116	rare	ja	Winona Nelson	—	—
New Capenna Commander (NCC)	#255	rare	ja	Winona Nelson	—	—
Commander 2020 (C20)	#134	rare	ja	Winona Nelson	—	—
Commander 2017 (C17)	#118	rare	ja	Winona Nelson	—	—
Battle for Zendikar (BFZ)	#120	rare	ja	Winona Nelson	—	—
Battle for Zendikar (BFZ)	#120	rare	ko	Winona Nelson	—	—
March of the Machine Commander (MOC)	#262	rare	pt	Winona Nelson	—	—
Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC)	#95	rare	pt	Winona Nelson	—	—
Dominaria United Commander (DMC)	#116	rare	pt	Winona Nelson	—	—
New Capenna Commander (NCC)	#255	rare	pt	Winona Nelson	—	—
Commander 2020 (C20)	#134	rare	pt	Winona Nelson	—	—
Commander 2017 (C17)	#118	rare	pt	Winona Nelson	—	—
Battle for Zendikar (BFZ)	#120	rare	pt	Winona Nelson	—	—
New Capenna Commander (NCC)	#255	rare	ru	Winona Nelson	—	—
Commander 2020 (C20)	#134	rare	ru	Winona Nelson	—	—
Battle for Zendikar (BFZ)	#120	rare	ru	Winona Nelson	—	—
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)	#146	rare	zhs	Winona Nelson	—	—
March of the Machine Commander (MOC)	#262	rare	zhs	Winona Nelson	—	—
Dominaria United Commander (DMC)	#116	rare	zhs	Winona Nelson	—	—
New Capenna Commander (NCC)	#255	rare	zhs	Winona Nelson	—	—
Battle for Zendikar (BFZ)	#120	rare	zhs	Winona Nelson	—	—
New Capenna Commander (NCC)	#255	rare	zht	Winona Nelson	—	—
Battle for Zendikar (BFZ)	#120	rare	zht	Winona Nelson	—	—

Official Rulings (5)

wotc·Aug 25, 2015

If a spell with a converge ability is copied, no mana was spent to cast the copy, so the number of colors of mana spent to cast the spell will be zero. The number of colors spent to cast the original spell is not copied.

wotc·Aug 25, 2015

The maximum number of colors of mana you can spend to cast a spell is five. Colorless is not a color. Note that the cost of a spell with converge may limit how many colors of mana you can spend.

wotc·Aug 25, 2015

If you cast a spell with converge without spending any mana to cast it (perhaps because an effect allowed you to cast it without paying its mana cost), then the number of colors spent to cast it will be zero.

wotc·Aug 25, 2015

If there are any alternative or additional costs to cast a spell with a converge ability, the mana spent to pay those costs will count. For example, if an effect makes sorcery spells cost {1} more to cast, you could pay {W}{U}{B}{R} to cast Radiant Flames and deal 4 damage to each creature.

wotc·Aug 25, 2015

Unless a spell or ability allows you to, you can't choose to pay more mana for a spell with a converge ability just to spend more colors of mana. Likewise, if a spell or ability reduces the amount of mana it costs you to cast a spell with converge, you can't ignore that cost reduction in order to spend more colors of mana.