Painful Quandary

Scars of Mirrodin · #73 · rare · EN

$0.95 · Foil €3.92

cheapest of 45 store offers · see all

market $3.11 · Foil $21.50

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

Type: Enchantment

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

Artist: Whit Brachna

Released: 2010-10-01

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $3.11
  • TCGplayer foil: $21.50
  • Cardmarket: €1.00
  • Cardmarket foil: €3.92
  • MTGO tix: 0.02
$22.17$1.78
232 days of daily prices for Painful Quandary: $2.01 to $3.11
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 232 days tracked · $2.01 → $3.11 (+55%) · low $1.78 · high $22.17
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Scars of Mirrodin #73) 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
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.95today
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€1.04today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$1.45today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$1.75today
CardTraderHP · 3 days agoHPregular€1.583 days ago
First PlayerMP · 2 days agoMPregularCA$3.262 days ago
CardTraderMP · 3 days agoMPregular€2.103 days ago
CardTraderSP · 3 days agoSPregular€2.103 days ago
CardTraderNM · 3 days agoNMregular€2.143 days ago
401 GamesSP · todaySPregularCA$3.60today
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€3.92today
ManaPoolHP · foil · todayHPfoil$4.99today
CardTraderHP · foil · 3 days agoHPfoil€6.043 days ago
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$8.50today
CardTraderSP · foil · 3 days agoSPfoil€7.653 days ago
CardTraderMP · foil · 3 days agoMPfoil€9.273 days ago
Face To Face GamesSP · foil · todaySPfoilCA$14.99today
Face To Face GamesNM · foil · todayNMfoilCA$19.99today
Le Valet De CoeurNM · foil · yesterdayNMfoilCA$21.64yesterday
401 GamesMP · foil · todayMPfoilCA$26.25today

Truncated: 25 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 45 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 14 lists
  • 18 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