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Magic · Amonkhet · #102 · Common

Painful Lesson

Magic card price for Painful Lesson: $0.42 market, from $0.10 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$0.42
0.0% this week · 0.0% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days0.0%
90 days+5.0%
1 year+16.7%
All time−12.5%

Sellers right now

$0.10lowest listing$1.99highest
Market price$0.42
Mid listing$0.44
30-day avg$0.42

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$0.42
Cardmarket$0.26 €0.23

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$0.3152-week low$0.4552-week high
In the range79%
All-time low$0.25
All-time high$0.88
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.00$0.16$0.33$0.49
$0.42
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Painful Lesson (Foil) entered our records in February 2024 at $0.48 and stands at $0.42 today, down 12.5% over that time. Over the past twelve months it moved +16.7%, trading between $0.31 and $0.45. The current price is in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $0.88, still 110% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.10, and the 30-day average market price is $0.42.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$0.42$0.10$1.990.0%
Normal$0.08$0.01$20.000.0%

The card in play

Type line
Sorcery
Rules text

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Flavor

"You wish to remember this lesson? I will write it down for you."
—Senifet, vizier of Bontu

Other printings of Painful Lesson

3 more · $0.29 – $0.42
All printings
Painful Lesson (AKH) (102), The List Reprints — Magic card price +12.9% 7d Painful Lesson (AKH) The List Reprints · #102 $0.35 Painful Lesson (BBD) (154/254), The List Reprints — Magic card price −3.3% 7d Painful Lesson (BBD) The List Reprints · #154/254 $0.29 Painful Lesson (154), Battlebond — Magic card price −6.5% 7d Painful Lesson Battlebond · #154 $0.29

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