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◇ Catalog #115

Tragic Lesson

j22·#115·common·nonfoil

Illus. Olena Richards

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Dec '22

3 yr ago

Value

$0.12+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.12 · low $0.11

NM$0.12

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.11–$0.13modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.14low $0.11range 27.3%n 46

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

Nonfoil$0.12

Gameplay

Instant

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

Eventually, the school would resort to hiring a kraken to guard the more dangerous tomes in the Biblioplex.

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 $0.12. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.11 and $0.14 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from J22 — the lineup includes 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 #115 of *Jumpstart 2022*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2022 Jumpstart 2022 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 Olena Richards. Rarix catalogs 178 other cards credited to this artist.