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Painful Quandary
RareColour IDMV 5
Enchantment
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.
Card capabilities
DiscardEnchantment
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Other printings
7 other English printingsEarliest 2010-10-01Newest 2025-03-08Cheapest priced $1.98 in FDN
Rulings (2)
wotc14 Oct 2022
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.
wotc1 Jan 2011
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.
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