Cost of Brilliance
Cost of Brilliance: Sorcery, Secrets of Strixhaven. Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 77
- Artist
- Darren Tan
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About Cost of Brilliance
Cost of Brilliance is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common black sorcery from Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS), an expansion set released in April 2026. It is collector number 77 in that set, with art by Darren Tan. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. Secrets of Strixhaven is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.20 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature.
"There will be moments when you are exhausted, with nothing left to give. Remember them when you finally succeed." -Embrose, dean of shadow
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.20 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Cost of Brilliance by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.