Painful Truths

As of Aug 8, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Painful Truths is $0.29 (C20 #134), and the most expensive is $4.15 (PBFZ #120p, Promo Pack, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $1.66, up 564.0% over 7 days, up 5.7% over 30 days, up 492.9% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $1.66 (2026).

Painful Truths has 12 tracked printings across 11 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes, including showcase, promo pack and prerelease treatments.

C20 #134

$0.29

CK $0.59 / $0.09 69%

MP $0.20 233 avail

OTC #146

$0.30 +3%

CK $0.59 / $0.15 50%

MP $0.15 95 avail

ECC #82

$0.31 +7%

CK $0.59 / $0.06 81%

MP $0.15 867 avail

MOC #262

$0.32 +10%

CK $0.49 / $0.03 91%

MP $0.20 135 avail

ONC #95

$0.34 +17%

CK $0.59 / $0.05 85%

MP $0.25 116 avail

NCC #255

$0.34 +17%

CK $0.59 / $0.09 74%

MP $0.26 109 avail

BFZ #120

$0.38 +31%

CK $0.79 / $0.08 79%

MP $0.21 445 avail

C17 #118

$0.39 +34%

CK $0.69 / $0.07 82%

MP $0.30 99 avail

PBFZ #120p Promo Pack

$0.58 +100%

CK $1.29 / $0.33 43%

MP $1.43 5 avail

DMC #116

$0.66 +128%

CK $0.59 / $0.08 88%

MP $0.15 102 avail

BFZ #120 Foil

$1.18 +307%

CK $0.79 / $0.20 83%

MP $0.83 35 avail

SLD #2302 Showcase

$1.66 +472%

CK $3.49 / $0.90 46%

MP $1.40 11 avail

PBFZ #120s Prerelease Foil

$2.07 +614%

CK $4.99 / $1.50 28%

MP $2.04 10 avail

PBFZ #120p Promo Pack Foil

$4.15 +1331%

CK $6.99 / $3.50 16%

MP $2.34 3 avail

SLD #2302 Showcase Foil

CK $2.79 / $1.40

MP $1.62 14 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $3.50 cash for PBFZ #120p (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 50% (wide).

• Aug 25, 2015 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.
• Aug 25, 2015 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.
• Aug 25, 2015 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.
• Aug 25, 2015 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.
• Aug 25, 2015 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.

Painful Truths has been reprinted 15 times. The Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander reprint cut the price 43% in 30 days.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment	Price before	Day 1	30 days	90 days
ECC #82	2026-01-23	Rare	Standard	$0.40	$0.13	$0.23	$0.28
OTC #146	2024-04-19	Rare	Standard	—	$0.12	$0.13	$0.14
MOC #262	2023-04-21	Rare	Standard	—	—	—	—
ONC #95	2023-02-10	Rare	Standard	—	—	—	—
DMC #116	2022-09-09	Rare	Standard	—	—	—	—
NCC #255	2022-04-29	Rare	Standard	—	—	—	—
SLD #2302	2021-06-21	Rare	Showcase	—	—	—	—
SLD #2302	2021-06-21	Rare	Showcase	—	—	—	—
C20 #134	2020-04-17	Rare	Standard	—	—	—	—
C17 #118	2017-08-25	Rare	Standard	—	—	—	—

Showing the 10 most recent of 15 printings.

Painful Truths is the #1,664 most-played card on EDHREC, down 31 places over the last 30 days.