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Magic · Prerelease Cards · #111 · Rare

Painful Quandary (BRO)

Magic card price for Painful Quandary (BRO): $3.05 market, from $2.33 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$3.05
0.0% this week · −1.9% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days−1.9%
90 days−2.6%
1 year+7.4%
All time+45.2%

Sellers right now

$2.33lowest listing$5.75highest
Market price$3.05
Mid listing$3.05
30-day avg$3.10

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$3.05
Cardmarket$2.73 €2.43

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$2.5952-week low$3.2552-week high
In the range70%
All-time low$1.98
All-time high$3.69
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$1.85$2.44$3.03$3.62
$3.05
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Painful Quandary (BRO) came out in October 2026; we leave the first weeks out of this story, because early prices are set before real supply exists. Listings currently start at $2.33; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $3.10.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$3.05$2.33$5.750.0%

The card in play

Type line
Enchantment
Rules text

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

Flavor

In Mishra's desperation to destroy his brother, he allowed Gix to destroy him instead.

Other printings of Painful Quandary

6 more · $1.96 – $21.79
All printings
Painful Quandary (73), Scars of Mirrodin — Magic card price +1.1% 7d Painful Quandary Scars of Mirrodin · #73 $21.79 Painful Quandary (Extended Art) (331), The Brothers' War — Magic card price +1.1% 7d Painful Quandary (Extended Art) The Brothers' War · #331 $6.72 Painful Quandary (111), Promo Pack: The Brothers' War — Magic card price +4.4% 7d Painful Quandary Promo Pack: The Brothers' War · #111 $2.82 Painful Quandary (FDN) (179), Prerelease Cards — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Painful Quandary (FDN) Prerelease Cards · #179 $2.13 Painful Quandary (111), The Brothers' War — Magic card price +2.4% 7d Painful Quandary The Brothers' War · #111 $2.10

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