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◇ Catalog #73

Painful Quandary

som·#73·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Whit Brachna

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct '10

16 yr ago

Value

$2.13+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $2.20 · low $2.01

NM$2.13

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$1.97–$2.25modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $2.16low $0.02range 10700.0%n 44

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,196 · Common include

Variants

Foil$18

Nonfoil$2.13

Gameplay

Enchantment

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

"For each word spoken, one forgotten. For each thought, a memory rotten." —Moriok incantation

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 $2.13. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $2.16 across 44 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from SOM — 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 #73 of *Scars of Mirrodin*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2010 Scars of Mirrodin 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 Whit Brachna. Rarix catalogs 25 other cards credited to this artist.