Painful Quandary

Foundations · #179 · rare · EN

€0.54 · Foil €1.09

cheapest of 22 store offers · see all

market $1.55 · Foil $1.92

Mana cost: {3}{B}{B}

Type: Enchantment

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

Artist: David Palumbo

Released: 2024-11-15

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $1.55
  • TCGplayer foil: $1.92
  • Cardmarket: €1.06
  • Cardmarket foil: €1.47
  • MTGO tix: 0.02
$3.08$0.60
236 days of daily prices for Painful Quandary: $1.85 to $1.55
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 236 days tracked · $1.85 → $1.55 (-16%) · low $0.60 · high $3.08
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Foundations #179) in 9 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
CardTraderNM · yesterdayNMregular€0.54yesterday
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.99today
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€1.03today
CardTraderNM · foil · yesterdayNMfoil€1.09yesterday
CardTraderSP · yesterdaySPregular€1.15yesterday
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$1.40today
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$1.49today
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$1.52today
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€1.47today
CardTraderSP · foil · yesterdaySPfoil€2.09yesterday

Truncated: 12 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 22 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: legal
  • pioneer: legal
  • modern: legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 51 lists
  • 76 copies tracked

All printings of Painful Quandary

USD · low $1.32 · high $4.98

Set#RarityUSD
Magic Online Promos#105716 · rare105716rare—
Foundations#179 · rare179rare$1.55
Foundations Promos#179s · rare179srare$1.99 foil
The Brothers' War Promos#111s · rare111srare$3.03 foil
The Brothers' War#111 · rare111rare$1.32
The Brothers' War#331 · rare331rare$4.98
The Brothers' War Promos#111p · rare111prare$2.83
Scars of Mirrodin#73 · rare73rare$3.11