Painful Truths PIO

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id	67536
artist	Winona Nelson
artistIds	e45fe8d3-75d6-42c9-a2df-e945ad81ea27
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attractionLights
availability	arena
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borderColor	black
colorIdentity	B
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colors	B
defense
duelDeck
edhrecRank	1345
edhrecSaltiness	0.07
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finishes	nonfoil
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frameVersion	2015
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hasAlternativeDeckLimit
hasContentWarning
hasFoil	0
hasNonFoil	1
isAlternative
isFullArt
isFunny
isGameChanger
isOnlineOnly	1
isOversized
isPromo
isRebalanced
isReprint	1
isReserved
isStarter	1
isStorySpotlight
isTextless
isTimeshifted
keywords	Converge
language	English
layout	normal
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life
loyalty
manaCost	{2}{B}
manaValue	3
name	Painful Truths
number	101
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power
printings	BFZ, C17, C20, DMC, MOC, NCC, ONC, OTC, PBFZ, PIO
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rarity	rare
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setCode	PIO
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text	Converge — You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell.
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type	Sorcery
types	Sorcery
uuid	17edd4ef-0000-5fbe-a16c-8b14cf86f1b4
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setName	Pioneer Masters

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2015-08-25	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.
2015-08-25	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.
2015-08-25	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.
2015-08-25	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.
2015-08-25	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.