Painful Quandary
Foundations
#179
Rare
Non-foil
Traditional foil
EN
Released · Illustrated by David Palumbo
- Play Boosters
Not in a preconstructed deck (collector booster or promo printing).
In Mishra's desperation to destroy his brother, he allowed Gix to destroy him instead.
What is this worth
Non-foil
$1.79
Medium confidence
- Retail Card Kingdom $2.49 as of 2026-10-08
- Retail Cardmarket $1.21 as of 2026-10-10
- Retail Mana Pool $0.72 as of 2026-10-08
- Retail TCGplayer $1.79 as of 2026-10-10
- Buylist Card Kingdom $0.85 as of 2026-10-08
Traditional foil
$2.34
High confidence
- Retail Card Kingdom $2.49 as of 2026-10-08
- Retail Cardmarket $1.45 as of 2026-10-10
- Retail Mana Pool $1.51 as of 2026-10-08
- Retail TCGplayer $2.34 as of 2026-10-10
- Buylist Card Kingdom $0.75 as of 2026-10-08
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Price history
Foil
7 d
+3.5%
Daily retail prices from 11 Sep 2026 to 10 Oct 2026, one point per day we recorded one.
Non-foil
7 d
+27.9%
Daily retail prices from 11 Sep 2026 to 10 Oct 2026, one point per day we recorded one.
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
- 05757669-e8a6-4a2f-8479-d4e2ade822ca
- Oracle id
- c37051cc-6683-4dbb-b5ff-5c3a5bdab1df
- Illustration id
- 6fa267e8-eddd-47fd-817b-29eb05611ca2
- Card back id
- 0aeebaf5-8c7d-4636-9e82-8c27447861f7
- Multiverse ids
- 679921
- MTGO id
- 133384
- Arena id
- 93892
- TCGplayer id
- 590846
- Cardmarket id
- 795579
- MTGJSON uuid
- fad5d3e9-cb89-5ec2-8b0a-003398fdae02
- Card Kingdom id
- 305127
- Cardsphere id
- 129917
- Set code
- FDN
- Collector number
- 179
- Layout
- normal
- Frame
- 2015
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
- oval
- Frame effects
- enchantment
- Booster
- Yes
- Games
- paper, arena, mtgo
- Story spotlight
- No
- Reserved list
- No
- EDHREC rank
- 1193
- Penny rank
- 7663
- Preview source
- Wizards of the Coast
- Preview date
- 2024-10-28
