Tormented Thoughts

As of Jul 28, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Tormented Thoughts is $0.09 (JOU #86), and the most expensive is $0.71 (JOU #86, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $0.09, up 12.5% over 7 days, down 18.2% over 30 days, down 30.8% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $0.15 (2026).

Tormented Thoughts has 2 tracked printings across 2 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.

JOU #86

$0.09

CK $0.35 / $0.01 89%

MP $0.15 493 avail

ORI #122 Foil

$0.15 +67%

CK $0.49 / $0.08 47%

MP $0.27 53 avail

ORI #122

$0.19 +111%

CK $0.35 / $0.01 95%

MP $0.15 656 avail

JOU #86 Foil

$0.71 +689%

CK $0.49 / $0.08 89%

MP $0.44 22 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $0.08 cash for ORI #122 (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 84% (wide).

• Jun 22, 2015 Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrifice to stop you from casting this spell.
• Jun 22, 2015 You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast Tormented Thoughts. You can't cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you can't sacrifice additional creatures.
• Apr 26, 2014 Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to prevent you from casting this spell.
• Apr 26, 2014 The targeted player will discard a number of cards equal to the power of the sacrificed creature as it last existed on the battlefield.
• Apr 26, 2014 You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.

Tormented Thoughts has been reprinted 4 times.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment
ORI #122	2015-07-17	Uncommon	Standard
ORI #122	2015-07-17	Uncommon	Standard
JOU #86	2014-05-02	Uncommon	Standard
JOU #86	2014-05-02	Uncommon	Standard

Tormented Thoughts is the #22,796 most-played card on EDHREC, down 288 places over the last 30 days.