Card text
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.
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Mana cost
{3}{B}{B}
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Card text
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.
Format legality
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyLegal
About Painful Quandary
This page covers the prerelease printing of Painful Quandary (179s), an Black Enchantment from Prerelease Cards (PRE). It is printed at Rare rarity. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern and Legacy and 7 more formats.
We track no other printing of 179s in this set, so there is no base card here to compare its price with.
Prerelease Cards is a promo release. Painful Quandary has 4 other cards in the database, listed further down the page.
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.
Card details
- Card number
- 179s
- Set
- Prerelease Cards (PRE)
- Set type
- Promos
- Released
- —
- Rarity
- Rare (R)
- Printing
- Prerelease · from FDN
- Type line
- Enchantment
- Colour
- Black
- Colour identity
- Black
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}{B}
- Finish
- Foil
TCGplayer listing: Painful Quandary
Other printings of Painful Quandary in Prerelease Cards
The same card in other art and frames from this set — priced in the United States.
Painful Quandary in other sets
Every other printing with this name, one per set.
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