---
name: "Cost of Brilliance"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "77"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Darren Tan"
oracle_id: "b45afde2-eaaf-4174-8082-d344efa54c44"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cost-of-brilliance-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cost of Brilliance
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature.

> *« Vous connaîtrez des moments d'épuisement, où vous n'aurez plus rien à donner. Souvenez-vous en quand vous triompherez enfin. »
-Embrose, doyen des ombres*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Painful Lesson](/printing/painful-lesson-plst.md) — Sorcery
2. [Gruesome Realization](/printing/gruesome-realization-bro.md) — Sorcery
3. [Sign in Blood](/printing/sign-in-blood-gn3.md) — Sorcery
4. [Blood Pact](/printing/blood-pact-mid.md) — Instant
5. [Night's Whisper](/printing/nights-whisper-ddm.md) — Sorcery
6. [Ambition's Cost](/printing/ambitions-cost-8ed.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #77
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Darren Tan
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`