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◇ Catalog #120

Painful Truths

bfz·#120·rare·foil

Illus. Winona Nelson

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Oct '15

11 yr ago

Value

$1.28+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.32 · low $1.21

NM$1.28

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MP—

HP—

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$1.18–$1.35modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.28low $0.02range 6300.0%n 54

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,604 · Common include

Variants

Foil$1.28

Nonfoil$0.37

Gameplay

Sorcery

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.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 5

2015-08-25wotc

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.

2015-08-25wotc

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.

2015-08-25wotc

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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $1.28. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $1.28 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from BFZ — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #120 of *Battle for Zendikar*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2015 Battle for Zendikar release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{B} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Converge.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #1,604 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Winona Nelson. Rarix catalogs 608 other cards credited to this artist.