| Name | Painful Truths  |
|---|---|
| Type | Sorcery |
| Description | Converge — You draw X cards and lose X life, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell. |
| Flavor | As the Eldrazi spread, no secret that could give Zendikar's defenders an advantage was considered too dangerous to seek. |
| Artist | Winona Nelson |
| Set | Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander #82 |
| Wallpaper |  download |
| Image |  download |
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Painful Truths, Sorcery, designed by Winona Nelson first released in Oct, 2015 in the set Battle for Zendikar Promos and was printed exactly in 14 different ways.
A deck that can easily produce multiple colors of mana, such as a 5-color deck or a deck with a heavy emphasis on mana fixing, would benefit from using Painful Truths as it can potentially draw a significant number of cards at the cost of life. However, there are better cards that offer card draw without the life loss, such as Painful Truths' predecessor, the card Painful Lesson, which only costs 2B and has the same effect without the life loss. Overall, while Painful Truths has its niche uses, it may not see widespread play due to the availability of better alternatives.
08/25/15
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.
08/25/15
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 more to cast, you could pay to cast Radiant Flames and deal 4 damage to each creature.
08/25/15
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.
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