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Magic · The Brothers' War · #331 · Rare

Painful Quandary (Extended Art)

Magic card price for Painful Quandary (Extended Art): $6.86 market, from $2.80 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 19, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 19, 2026
$6.86
+1.9% this week · +6.9% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day+2.1%
7 days+1.9%
30 days+6.9%
90 days+21.0%
1 year+94.3%
All time+190.7%

Sellers right now

$2.80lowest listing$43.62highest
Market price$6.86
Mid listing$7.47
Direct$10.50
30-day avg$6.56

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$6.86
Cardmarket$3.61 €3.22

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

One year

$3.3052-week low$6.8652-week high
In the range100%
All-time low$2.30
All-time high$6.86
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$2.22$3.91$5.60$7.30
$6.86
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Painful Quandary (Extended Art) (Foil) begins in February 2024 at $2.36; the market price today is $6.86, up 191% since then. In the last year the price changed +94.3% and ranged from $3.30 to $6.86, and it now trades near the top of that range. This is the highest market price in our records for this card. The cheapest listing right now is $2.80, and the 30-day average market price is $6.56.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$6.86$2.80$43.62+1.9%
Normal$5.05$2.00$15.00+12.7%

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.

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 (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 Painful Quandary (111), The Brothers' War — Magic card price −1.9% 7d Painful Quandary The Brothers' War · #111 $2.10

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