Card text
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature.
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Mana cost
{2}{B}
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Card text
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature.
Format legality
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyLegal
About Cost of Brilliance
Cost of Brilliance (77) is a Black Sorcery from Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS). It costs {2}{B} and has mana value 3. It is printed at Common rarity. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern and Legacy and 8 more formats.
Secrets of Strixhaven is a main expansion, released April 2026.
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature.
Card details
- Card number
- 77
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS)
- Set type
- Expansion
- Released
- 24 April 2026
- Rarity
- Common (C)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Sorcery
- Colour
- Black
- Colour identity
- Black
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}
- Finish
- Non-foil
TCGplayer listing: Cost of Brilliance
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