Painful Quandary

set	min	mtgo
-	C$ 0.68	0.01 tix

Spoilers Random card

Name	Painful Quandary
Type	Enchantment
Description	Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.
Flavor	In Mishra's desperation to destroy his brother, he allowed Gix to destroy him instead.
Artist	David Palumbo
Set	Foundations Promos #179p
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

⚠️

Tierlist

No Rank

Grade it yourself

Meta types

Discard
Stax

Legality between formats

Table of contents

About Painful Quandary

Painful Quandary, Enchantment, designed by Whit Brachna first released in May, 2020 in the set Scars of Mirrodin and was printed exactly in 9 different ways. It see play in 2 formats: Commander and Booster Draft. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of C$ 0.68.

A deck focused on disrupting the opponent's hand size and resources, such as a discard or control deck, would benefit from Painful Quandary as it puts pressure on the opponent to either lose life or discard cards. While Painful Quandary can be effective in certain situations, there are better cards like Liliana's Caress or Waste Not that provide more consistent value in discard-focused strategies. Overall, Painful Quandary could see play in specific metas or sideboard situations, but may not be a top choice for competitive play.

Top 8 decks with Painful Quandary

Format

Meta Decks

% total

Average per deck

Where to buy