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◇ Catalog #101

Painful Truths

DIGITAL ONLY

pio·#101·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Winona Nelson

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Dec '24

1 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,604 · Common include

Variants

Nonfoil

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.

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

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PIO — 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 #101 of *Pioneer Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2024 Pioneer Masters 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.