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Magic · The Brothers' War · #111 · Rare

Painful Quandary

Magic card price for Painful Quandary: $2.10 market, from $0.99 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 19, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 19, 2026
$2.10
−1.9% this week · +36.4% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days−1.9%
30 days+36.4%
90 days+39.1%
1 year+103.9%
All time+48.9%

Sellers right now

$0.99lowest listing$19.99highest
Market price$2.10
Mid listing$2.10
Direct$3.95
30-day avg$1.80

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$2.10
Cardmarket$1.68 €1.50

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

One year

$1.0252-week low$2.1552-week high
In the range96%
All-time low$0.86
All-time high$5.20
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.77$1.27$1.77$2.27
$2.10
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Painful Quandary (Foil) entered our records in February 2024 at $1.41 and stands at $2.10 today, up 48.9% over that time. Over the past twelve months it moved +104%, trading between $1.02 and $2.15. The current price is near the top of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $5.20, 148% above today. Listings currently start at $0.99; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $1.80.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$2.10$0.99$19.99−1.9%
Normal$1.52$0.89$1,001.530.0%

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 (FDN) (179), Prerelease Cards — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Painful Quandary (FDN) Prerelease Cards · #179 $2.13

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