Painful Quandary price & price history
What Painful Quandary costs today, what it cost before, and how commander players actually run it. Prices come from Scryfall and update daily.
$1.57
€0.84
30 days +38.9%
as of 2026-07-31
- All-time high
- $1.89
- All-time low
- $0.50
- 1-year average
- $1.07
- Data since
- 2025-07-24
Painful Quandary in commander decks
- 11,806 of 751,061 commander decks run this card, 1.6%.
- Most of those decks cost between $119 and $1,351, with a median of $402.
- Their power level runs from 4.2 to 7.6, median 5.7.
- Most often paired with Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls, Y'shtola, Night's Blessed, Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern.
Card details
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.
- Type
- Enchantment
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}{B}
- Rarity
- rare
- Latest printing
- Foundations
- First printed
- 2010-10-01
- Commander legal
- Yes
Card data and prices from Scryfall.
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