Painful Quandary
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}{B}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- The Brothers' War #111 (rare)
- Price
- $1.34 USD
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.
Painful Quandary has 8 printings, first in Scars of Mirrodin (2010). EDHREC ranks it #1,199 among Commander cards. It appears most in Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls decks (11,252 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Painful Quandary most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls: 11,252 decks
- Tinybones, Bauble Burglar: 8,339 decks
- Y'shtola, Night's Blessed: 6,780 decks
- Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern: 6,528 decks
- Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin: 5,646 decks
- Liesa, Shroud of Dusk: 4,165 decks
- Tinybones, Trinket Thief: 3,700 decks
- The Lord of Pain: 3,233 decks
Often played with Painful Quandary
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Whenever an opponent casts a spell, Painful Quandary's ability triggers and goes on the stack on top of it. It will resolve before the spell does.
- : Whenever an opponent casts a spell, Painful Quandary's ability triggers and goes on the stack on top of it. It will resolve before the spell does.