---
name: "Painful Lesson"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "BBD"
set_name: "Battlebond"
collector_number: "154"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Adrian Majkrzak"
oracle_id: "6be78177-aef0-408c-9769-a1be0775f06d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/painful-lesson-bbd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

> *「你想牢记这个教训？我帮你写下来。」 ～芭图维齐尔瑟尼法*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sign in Blood](/printing/sign-in-blood-gn3.md) — Sorcery
2. [Blood Pact](/printing/blood-pact-mid.md) — Instant
3. [Gruesome Realization](/printing/gruesome-realization-bro.md) — Sorcery
4. [Succumb to Temptation](/printing/succumb-to-temptation-emn.md) — Instant
5. [Cost of Brilliance](/printing/cost-of-brilliance-sos.md) — Sorcery
6. [Damnable Pact](/printing/damnable-pact-c17.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Battlebond (BBD) #154
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Adrian Majkrzak
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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