Painful Truths Price
13 printings · 12 sets · first printed 2015
Painful Truths has been printed 13 times across 12 sets, first in 2015 and most recently in 2026. Right now the cheapest printing is Commander 2020 #134 at $0.26, while the most expensive is Battle for Zendikar Promos #120s at $2.07 — about 8× more. The median across 12 priced printings is $0.34. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 13x, including dedicated reprint sets like Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander, Pioneer Masters.
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Every Painful Truths Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commander 2020 #134 (R) Cheapest | 2020 | $0.26 | $0.08 |
| New Capenna Commander #255 (R) | 2022 | $0.28 | $0.06 |
| Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander #82 (R) | 2026 | $0.28 | $0.03 |
| Battle for Zendikar #120 (R) | 2015 | $0.33 | $0.09 |
| March of the Machine Commander #262 (R) | 2023 | $0.34 | $0.04 |
| Battle for Zendikar Promos #120p (R) | 2020 | $0.34 | $0.08 |
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander #95 (R) | 2023 | $0.35 | — |
| Commander 2017 #118 (R) | 2017 | $0.36 | $0.03 |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander #146 (R) | 2024 | $0.39 | $0.09 |
| Dominaria United Commander #116 (R) | 2022 | $0.41 | — |
| Secret Lair Drop #2302 (R) | 2025 | $1.85 | $1.30 |
| Battle for Zendikar Promos #120s (R) Foil | 2015 | $2.07 | — |
| Pioneer Masters #101 (R) | 2024 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 13 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
5 PrecedentsIf 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.
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.
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.
Unless a spell or ability allows you to, you can't choose to pay more mana for a spell with a converge ability just to spend more colors of mana. Likewise, if a spell or ability reduces the amount of mana it costs you to cast a spell with converge, you can't ignore that cost reduction in order to spend more colors of mana.
If you cast a spell with converge without spending any mana to cast it (perhaps because an effect allowed you to cast it without paying its mana cost), then the number of colors spent to cast it will be zero.