MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #77

Cost of Brilliance

sos·#77·common·nonfoil

Illus. Darren Tan

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Apr '26

3 mo ago

Value

$0.17+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.18 · low $0.16

NM$0.17

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.16–$0.18modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.19low $0.01range 1800.0%n 54

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #16,404 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.21

Nonfoil$0.17

Gameplay

Sorcery

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature.

"There will be moments when you are exhausted, with nothing left to give. Remember them when you finally succeed." —Embrose, dean of shadow

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.17. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.01 and $0.19 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from SOS — 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 #77 of *Secrets of Strixhaven*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2026 Secrets of Strixhaven release.

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

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

EDHrec ranks this card #16,404 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Darren Tan. Rarix catalogs 99 other cards credited to this artist.