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◇ Catalog #179

Painful Quandary

fdn·#179·rare·foil

Illus. David Palumbo

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Nov '24

1 yr ago

Value

$2.67+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.73 · low $1.57

NM$1.67

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$1.54–$1.76modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.67low $0.02range 8250.0%n 58

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,196 · Common include

Variants

Foil$1.67

Nonfoil$1.31

Gameplay

Enchantment

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.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2022-10-14wotc

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.

2011-01-01wotc

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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $1.67. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $1.67 across 58 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from FDN — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #179 of *Foundations*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2024 Foundations release.

Card type: Enchantment, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{B}{B} (5 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #1,196 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by David Palumbo. Rarix catalogs 481 other cards credited to this artist.