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◇ Catalog #51

Tragic Lesson

hou·#51·common·nonfoil

Illus. Joseph Meehan

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jul '17

9 yr ago

Value

$0.15+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.16 · low $0.14

NM$0.15

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.14–$0.16modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.15low $0.03range 400.0%n 49

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #17,117 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.40

Nonfoil$0.15

Gameplay

Instant

Draw two cards. Then discard a card unless you return a land you control to its owner's hand.

Though Kefnet's followers feverishly searched his last words for some final riddle, they found only the gurgles of a dying god.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 1

2017-07-14wotc

You don’t choose which land to return to its owner’s hand or whether to discard a card instead until you see the two cards you draw.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.15. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.15 across 49 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from HOU — 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 #51 of *Hour of Devastation*, the set that shipped alongside the July 2017 Hour of Devastation release.

Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {2}{U} (3 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #17,117 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Joseph Meehan. Rarix catalogs 303 other cards credited to this artist.