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◇ Concept · 13 printings
Painful Quandary
Enchantment
13
printings
#1194
EDHREC rank
#7435
penny rank
Std
normal
—
in vault
—
for trade
—
wishlisted
Value
$17.7890d high · 13 printings
90-dayhigh $18low $0.02range 88800.0%n 1707
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
PreDHlegal
futurelegal
legacylegal
modernlegal
paupernot legal
alchemylegal
pioneerlegal
vintagelegal
historiclegal
standardlegal
Timelesslegal
commanderlegal
Gladiatorlegal
Old Schoolnot legal
Premodernnot legal
Oathbreakerlegal
Standard Brawllegal
Pauper Commandernot legal
Context
Across the 13 printings of this card, the trailing-90-day price band runs from $0.02 to $17.78 across 1,707 observations.
Rarix catalogs 13 distinct printings of this card concept, spanning every set the card has appeared in. The Printings grid below lists each one with its own variant treatment, price, and collector signal.
Card type: Enchantment. Color identity: black. Mana cost: {3}{B}{B} (5 converted).
Legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, Historic, and Alchemy.
EDHrec ranks this card concept #1,194 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.
The representative printing on this page is illustrated by David Palumbo.
All printings · 13
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. David Palumbo
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