Painful Quandary

Foundations Promos • #179s • rare

Enchantment |

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Live Value $2.12

Foil Multiplier: Flat Baseline (1.0x)

Reprint Profile:

Printed 8 times HIGH RISK

Reprinted 3x in the last 2 years.

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Painful Quandary

Foundations Promos • #179s • rare

Current Valuation

$2.12

30-Day Market Trend

Rarity

rare

Set Origin

PFDN

Daily Shift

0.00%

EDHREC Rank

#1,185

Mana Cost

Oracle Data

Card Type Enchantment

Color Identity Black

🖋️ Curator's Notes

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

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

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Official Judge Precedents

2 Precedents

2011-01-01

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.

2022-10-14

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.

📜 Technical Attributes

Release Date: 2024-11-15

Set Name: Foundations Promos

Artist Reference: David Palumbo

Border Profile: black

✨ Variants & Finishes

Available Finishes Traditional Foil

Promo Status prerelease • dateDate-Stamped

Edition Status Reprint

Sanctioned Formats

standard legal

modern legal

legacy legal

commander legal

pioneer legal

pauper not_legal

vintage legal

brawl legal

explorer not_legal

penny legal

predh legal

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