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Art by David Palumbo
David Palumbo

Painful Quandary

Foundations Promos #179s
Rare Traditional foil Prerelease EN

Released · Illustrated by David Palumbo

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

What is this worth

Traditional foil

$3 Low confidence
  • Retail Card Kingdom $5.49 as of 2026-11-07
  • Retail Cardmarket $2 as of 2026-11-13
  • Retail Mana Pool $2.29 as of 2026-11-12
  • Retail TCGplayer $1.99 as of 2026-11-13
  • Buylist Card Kingdom $3.20 as of 2026-11-12

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Price history

Foil

7 d 0.0% 30 d -6.6%

Daily retail prices from 11 Sep 2026 to 13 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
Pioneer
Modern
Legacy
Vintage
Pauper
Premodern
Old School
Future
Commander
Duel Commander
Oathbreaker
Pauper Commander
PreDH
Brawl
Standard Brawl
Historic
Timeless
Alchemy
Gladiator
Penny Dreadful
tlr
competitivebrawl

Identifiers and data

Scryfall id
6cf953e6-d741-4239-96bc-42abfd1f6e93
Oracle id
c37051cc-6683-4dbb-b5ff-5c3a5bdab1df
Illustration id
6fa267e8-eddd-47fd-817b-29eb05611ca2
Card back id
0aeebaf5-8c7d-4636-9e82-8c27447861f7
TCGplayer id
593197
Cardmarket id
798452
MTGJSON uuid
db6c33fb-b063-5e50-99e7-3ffbf684a7a0
Set code
PFDN
Collector number
179s
Layout
normal
Frame
2015
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Promo types
prerelease, datestamped
Frame effects
enchantment
Booster
No
Games
paper
Story spotlight
No
Reserved list
No
EDHREC rank
1201
Penny rank
7702

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Other printings

Magic Online Promos #105716 Foundations #179 The Brothers' War Promos #111s The Brothers' War #111 The Brothers' War #331 The Brothers' War Promos #111p Scars of Mirrodin #73