Magic: The Gathering · draft_innovation
Painful Lesson
Battlebond · #154 · common · 2018
Sorcery
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Market reference
$0.18
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Collector number
- 154 / 256
- Release year
- 2018
- Rarity
- common
- Illustrator
- Adrian Majkrzak
- Colors
- B
- Frame
- 2015
- Border
- black
- Finishes
- nonfoil · foil
- Printed
- 2018-06-08
About this card
Mana cost: {2}{B}
Type: Sorcery
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
""You wish to remember this lesson? I will write it down for you." —Senifet, vizier of Bontu"
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
Scryfall pricing
| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| USD (non-foil) | $0.18 |
| USD (foil) | $0.37 |
| EUR (non-foil) | €0.05 |
| EUR (foil) | €0.67 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Painful Lesson is real?
Painful Lesson is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the print quality and cardstock (real cards have a distinctive blue inner core visible from the edge), the rosette pattern on the back, the security stamp on planeswalker / mythic cards from recent sets, and confirm the collector number and set code match the official Scryfall record. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Painful Lesson worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Painful Lesson is $0.18; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Painful Lesson from?
Painful Lesson is from the Magic: The Gathering set "Battlebond" in the draft_innovation series, released in 2018.
What rarity is Painful Lesson?
Painful Lesson is a common card in the Battlebond set.
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Other Painful Lesson printings
Same Magic: The Gathering card across other sets and rarities.
