Painful Quandary
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Scars of MirrodinSOM · #73
- Card type
- Enchantment
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 1.33 € · ★ 4.39 € · 2.55 $ · ★ 21.55 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.
Format legality
- AlchemyLegal
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- FutureLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- PredhLegal
- StandardLegal
- StandardbrawlLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Whit Brachna
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2010-10-01
Flavour text
"For each word spoken, one forgotten. For each thought, a memory rotten." —Moriok incantation
Rulings
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, Painful Quandary's ability triggers and goes on the stack on top of it. It will resolve before the spell does.
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, Painful Quandary's ability triggers and goes on the stack on top of it. It will resolve before the spell does.
