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Magic · Promo Pack: The Brothers' War · #111 · Rare

Painful Quandary

Magic card price for Painful Quandary: $2.82 market, from $2.39 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 19, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 19, 2026
$2.82
+4.4% this week · +15.1% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days+4.4%
30 days+15.1%
90 days+23.1%
1 year+6.4%
All time+171.2%

Sellers right now

$2.39lowest listing$4.99highest
Market price$2.82
Mid listing$2.92
30-day avg$2.68

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$2.82
Cardmarket$1.49 €1.33

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

One year

$2.2952-week low$2.8252-week high
In the range100%
All-time low$1.04
All-time high$2.88
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.93$1.64$2.35$3.06
$2.82
Feb 2024Jan 2025Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Painful Quandary (Normal) entered our records in February 2024 at $1.04 and stands at $2.82 today, up 171% over that time. Over the past twelve months it moved +6.4%, trading between $2.29 and $2.82. The current price is near the top of that range. Today's price is the highest we have recorded for this card. Listings currently start at $2.39; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $2.68.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$2.82$2.39$4.99+4.4%
Foil$2.52$2.85$2.85+5.0%

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 (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 −1.9% 7d Painful Quandary The Brothers' War · #111 $2.10

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