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Magic · Prerelease Cards · #179 · Rare

Painful Quandary (FDN)

Magic card price for Painful Quandary (FDN): $2.13 market, though the cheapest copy on sale asks $2.49, Foil printing, updated Oct 19, 2026. Full price history since Nov 10, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 19, 2026
$2.13
0.0% this week · −0.5% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days−0.5%
90 days−4.1%
1 year+55.5%
All time+395.4%

Sellers right now

$2.49lowest listing$4.76highest
Market price$2.13
Mid listing$2.74
30-day avg$2.13

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$2.13
Cardmarket$1.71 €1.52

EUR converted at 1.1225 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$1.3752-week low$2.3452-week high
In the range78%
All-time low$0.34
All-time high$2.34
First priceNov 10, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$1.31$1.67$2.03$2.38
$2.13
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Painful Quandary (FDN) was released in October 2026. Launch-week prices are left out here: before supply arrives they are mostly guesses. The cheapest listing right now is $2.49, and the 30-day average market price is $2.13.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$2.13$2.49$4.760.0%

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 +1.9% 7d Painful Quandary (Extended Art) The Brothers' War · #331 $6.86 Painful Quandary (BRO) (111), Prerelease Cards — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Painful Quandary (BRO) Prerelease Cards · #111 $3.05 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 (111), The Brothers' War — Magic card price −1.9% 7d Painful Quandary The Brothers' War · #111 $2.10

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