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◇ Catalog #179s

Painful Quandary

pfdn·#179s·rare·foil

Illus. David Palumbo

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Nov '24

1 yr ago

Value

$2.26+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $2.34 · low $2.13

NM$2.26

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$2.09–$2.39modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $2.26low $1.69range 33.7%n 51

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,196 · Common include

Variants

Foil$2.26

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 $2.26. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $1.69 and $2.26 across 51 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PFDN — the lineup includes Foil 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 #179s of *Foundations Promos*, the promotional run 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.