
Overview
Legality, special rules, and flavor text
Rules
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.
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.
Flavor text
In Mishra's desperation to destroy his brother, he allowed Gix to destroy him instead.
Card details
Printing, type line, and catalog data
Identity & printing
- Card ID
- PBRO-111p--foil
- Name
- Painful Quandary (Foil)
- Number
- 111
- Rarity
- Rare
- Variant
- Foil
Type line & Magic stats
- Types
- Enchantment
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 5
Set, artist & references
- Artist
- David Palumbo
- Language
- English
- Set name
- The Brothers' War Promos
- Game name
- Magic: The Gathering
Battle
Abilities, attacks, weakness & resistance
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