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◇ Catalog #105716

Painful Quandary

DIGITAL ONLY

prm·#105716·rare·nonfoil

Illus. David Palumbo

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wishlisted

Feb '25

1 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,196 · Common include

Variants

Foil$0.48

Nonfoil$0.48

Gameplay

Enchantment

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

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

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from PRM — 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 #105716 of *Magic Online Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the February 2025 Magic Online 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.