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Painful Quandary

Rare Non-foil Traditional foil EN

Released · Illustrated by David Palumbo

  • Draft Boosters
  • Set Boosters

Not in a preconstructed deck (collector booster or promo printing).

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In Mishra's desperation to destroy his brother, he allowed Gix to destroy him instead.

What is this worth

Non-foil

$1 High confidence
  • Retail Card Kingdom $2.99 as of 2026-11-08
  • Retail Cardmarket $1 as of 2026-11-09
  • Retail Mana Pool $0.97 as of 2026-11-08
  • Retail TCGplayer $1.34 as of 2026-11-09
  • Buylist Card Kingdom $1.00 as of 2026-11-08

Traditional foil

$3 High confidence
  • Retail Cardmarket $2 as of 2026-11-09
  • Retail Mana Pool $1.54 as of 2026-11-08
  • Retail TCGplayer $2.67 as of 2026-11-09
  • Retail Card Kingdom $2.99 as of 2026-11-08
  • Buylist Card Kingdom $0.90 as of 2026-11-08

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Price history

Foil

7 d +17.1% 30 d +37.6%

Daily retail prices from 11 Sep 2026 to 09 Nov 2026, one point per day we recorded one.

Non-foil

7 d -3.6% 30 d -15.7%

Daily retail prices from 11 Sep 2026 to 09 Nov 2026, one point per day we recorded one.

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Oracle text

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.

Legalities

Legal Not legal

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Legal
Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Legal
Gladiator Legal
Penny Dreadful Legal
tlr Not legal
competitivebrawl Legal

Identifiers and data

Scryfall id
bed5e030-874f-4a00-8544-78ba04033f53
Oracle id
c37051cc-6683-4dbb-b5ff-5c3a5bdab1df
Illustration id
6fa267e8-eddd-47fd-817b-29eb05611ca2
Card back id
0aeebaf5-8c7d-4636-9e82-8c27447861f7
Multiverse ids
583696
MTGO id
104840
Arena id
82595
TCGplayer id
451984
Cardmarket id
682555
MTGJSON uuid
4ee85284-88e4-5168-aa63-9ab8cb74c7d2
Card Kingdom id
268521
Cardsphere id
95091
Set code
BRO
Collector number
111
Layout
normal
Frame
2015
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Booster
Yes
Games
paper, arena, mtgo
Story spotlight
No
Reserved list
No
EDHREC rank
1200
Penny rank
7705
Preview source
Wizards of the Coast
Preview date
2022-11-01

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