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Tragic Lesson
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Hour of DevastationHOU · #51
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.11 € · ★ 0.44 € · 0.21 $ · ★ 0.41 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Draw two cards. Then discard a card unless you return a land you control to its owner's hand.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PioneerLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Joseph Meehan
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2017-07-14
Flavour text
Though Kefnet's followers feverishly searched his last words for some final riddle, they found only the gurgles of a dying god.
Rulings
You don’t choose which land to return to its owner’s hand or whether to discard a card instead until you see the two cards you draw.
