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Tragic Lesson
CommonColour IDMV 3
Instant
Draw two cards. Then discard a card unless you return a land you control to its owner's hand.
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Digital formats
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2022-12-02Newest 2022-12-02Cheapest priced $0.15 in J22
Rulings (1)
wotc14 Jul 2017
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.
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