Magic: The Gathering · promo
Painful Quandary
Foundations Promos · #179s · rare · 2024
Enchantment
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Market reference
$2.20
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Collector number
- 179s / 106
- Release year
- 2024
- Rarity
- rare
- Illustrator
- David Palumbo
- Colors
- B
- Frame
- 2015
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
- oval
- Finishes
- foil
- Promo types
- prerelease · datestamped
- Printed
- 2024-11-15
About this card
Mana cost: {3}{B}{B}
Type: 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."
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
Scryfall pricing
| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| USD (foil) | $2.20 |
| EUR (foil) | €1.77 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Painful Quandary is real?
Painful Quandary is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the print quality and cardstock (real cards have a distinctive blue inner core visible from the edge), the rosette pattern on the back, the security stamp on planeswalker / mythic cards from recent sets, and confirm the collector number and set code match the official Scryfall record. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Painful Quandary worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Painful Quandary is $2.20; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Painful Quandary from?
Painful Quandary is from the Magic: The Gathering set "Foundations Promos" in the promo series, released in 2024.
What rarity is Painful Quandary?
Painful Quandary is a rare card in the Foundations Promos set.
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