Stern Lesson
~$0.14 low · ~$0.32 high
Blue. Instant
The Brothers' War #64 · Illustrated by Lie Setiawan
The Brothers' War #64 · Illustrated by Lie SetiawanWhat is Stern Lesson worth?
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Oracle text
Draw two cards, then discard a card. Create a tapped Powerstone token. (It's an artifact with "
: Add 
. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")
"The brothers are brilliant, but their quarreling will be the death of me." —Tocasia, journal entry
Format legality
The only printing of Stern Lesson
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Brothers' War bro #64· 2022common· Cardmarket €0.05 · €0.11 foil | common | $0.32 | $0.14 | €0.05€0.11 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2022
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 3
- EDHREC rank
- #10,740 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Lie Setiawan
Rulings (3)
2022-10-14
You can use the
added by a Powerstone token on anything that isn't a nonartifact spell. This includes paying costs to activate abilities of both artifact and nonartifact permanents, paying ward costs, and so on.2022-10-14
Powerstone tokens are a kind of predefined token. Each one has the artifact subtype "Powerstone" and the ability "
: Add . This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell."2022-10-14
Although all the cards in The Brothers' War that create Powerstone tokens create a tapped Powerstone token, entering the battlefield tapped isn't part of the token's definition. Notably, if you create a token that is a copy of a Powerstone token, the token copy won't enter the battlefield tapped.
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