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Cruel Truths TDM 0076 · common

Cruel Truths · {3}{B} · Instant · Surveil 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.) · "Who are you to defy me? In my time, the sibsig knew their place." —Sidisi, to Nishang

Cruel Truths · {3}{B} · Instant · Surveil 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.) · "Who are you to defy me? In my time, the sibsig knew their place." —Sidisi, to Nishang

Price
from $0.121 printing
Win rate
50.2% GIH 6,767 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 8–May 14, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 3,399 wins in 6,767 card-in-hand instances.

6,616 distinct games · 2,764 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 8–May 14, 2025.

17Lands file dated May 19, 2025 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

50.2%when drawn (GIH)

−4.8 pp vs 55.0% average · 6,767 instances

Premier Draft · Apr 8–May 14, 2025 · average from 552,428 games

#239 of 252 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 8.3 on average (227,553 packs).

30 of 33 black cards · 14 of 14 black common cards.

Taken at pick12.024,319 picks
Makes the deck12.3%24,319 picks with known usage
When played51.4%15,568.2 matchesBenched 54.5%
109,095.8 matches
When drawn50.2%6,767 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Apr 8–May 14, 2025. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 47.7% · 2,770 instances
● Drawn later 52.0% · 3,997 instances

In hand 50.2% · 6,767 instances
Unseen in deck 52.8% · 9,670 instances
−2.6 percentage points when drawn

Compared with black cards

Win rate when drawn50.2%6,767 instances30 of 33
Opening hand47.7%2,770 instances31 of 33
Drawn later52.0%3,997 instances29 of 33
In the deck51.8%16,504 instances30 of 33
Without seeing it52.8%9,670 instances27 of 33
Improvement when drawn−2.6 pp6,767 instances / 9,670 instances30 of 33
When benched54.5%109,095.8 matches14 of 34
Makes the deck12.3%24,319 picks with known usage33 of 34
Pick (last seen)8.3227,553 packs34 of 34
Taken at12.024,319 picks34 of 34

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Counters BG47.7% ◌107 instancesSacrifice WB43.3% ◌134 instancesBlue–Black UB59.0%39 instances · under 100Black–Red BR33.3%15 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (50.2% · 6,767 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Usually played with

Deck co-occurrence; not evidence of synergy.

Caustic Exhale7,258 games with both in the deckDragon's Prey6,580 games with both in the deckAbzan Devotee4,893 games with both in the deck
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 5% of 252 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Apr 8–May 14, 2025

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

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Prices

TDM 0076 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · MTGO Redemption$0.12
FoilPlay Booster$0.25

How to get it

A fixed card in MTGO Redemption. It is not a booster pull, so no chance is claimed.

Wizards · Collecting Tarkir: Dragonstorm ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Fajareka Setiawan, TDM 76 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Tarkir: Dragonstorm · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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