Painful Quandary
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Foundations PromosPFDN · #179s
- Card type
- Enchantment
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- ★ 1.67 € · ★ 2.13 $
- 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
- David Palumbo
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2024-11-15
Flavour text
In Mishra's desperation to destroy his brother, he allowed Gix to destroy him instead.
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.
