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Painful Quandary FDN 0179 · rare

Painful Quandary · {3}{B}{B} · Enchantment · Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card. · In Mishra's desperation to destroy his brother, he allowed Gix to destroy him instead.

Price: from $1.662 printings
Win rate: 44.8% GIH 2,462 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 1,102 wins in 2,462 card-in-hand instances.

2,422 distinct games · 1,001 distinct drafts · games recorded Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024.

17Lands file dated Dec 19, 2024 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

44.8%when drawn (GIH)

−9.8 pp vs 54.6% average · 2,462 instances

Premier Draft · Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024 · average from 791,159 games

#259 of 265 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 4.7 on average (36,058 packs).

44 of 44 black cards · 9 of 9 black rare cards.

Taken at pick7.24,217 picks

Makes the deck24.9%4,217 picks with known usage

When played47.4%5,321 matchesBenched 54.0%
16,143 matches

When drawn44.8%2,462 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 42.1% · 974 instances
● Drawn later 46.5% · 1,488 instances

In hand 44.8% · 2,462 instances
Unseen in deck 48.6% · 3,371 instances
−3.8 percentage points when drawn

Compared with black cards

Win rate when drawn44.8%2,462 instances44 of 44

Opening hand42.1%974 instances43 of 43

Drawn later46.5%1,488 instances44 of 44

In the deck47.1%5,867 instances43 of 44

Without seeing it48.6%3,371 instances43 of 44

Improvement when drawn−3.8 pp2,462 instances / 3,371 instances44 of 44

When benched54.0%16,143 matches36 of 44

Makes the deck24.9%4,217 picks with known usage40 of 44

Pick (last seen)4.736,058 packs25 of 44

Taken at7.24,217 picks30 of 44

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Graveyard UB47.9%522 instances

Raid BR46.3% ◌356 instances

Morbid BG44.6% ◌231 instances

Life Gain WB42.9%721 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (44.8% · 2,462 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Usually played with

Deck co-occurrence; not evidence of synergy.

Bake into a Pie2,806 games with both in the deck Burglar Rat2,673 games with both in the deck Stab2,620 games with both in the deck

How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 2% of 265 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024

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Prices

FDN 0179 · Regular printingListings ↗

Finish	Found in	Price
Nonfoil	Play Booster	$1.66
Foil	Play Booster	$1.92

How to get it

This printing is a promo, accessory or reference card. No booster chance is claimed; check its listed product or source.

Wizards · Collecting Foundations ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in: Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration: David Palumbo, FDN 179 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources: Wizards · Collecting Foundations · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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