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Painful Quandary

3BB · Enchantment

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.

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Vial Smasher the Fierce 1BRLegendary Creature — Goblin Berserker Whenever you cast your first spell each turn, choose an opponent at random. Vial Smasher the Fierce deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to that player or a planeswalker that player controls. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.) 2/3
Pestilent Cauldron 2BArtifact {T}, Discard a card: Create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this creature dies, you gain 1 life." {1}, {T}: Each opponent mills cards equal to the amount of life you gained this turn. {4}, {T}: Exile four target cards from a single graveyard. Draw a card.
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Aven Interrupter 1WWCreature — Bird Rogue Flash Flying When Aven Interrupter enters the battlefield, exile target spell. It becomes plotted. (Its owner may cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost.) Spells your opponents cast from graveyards or from exile cost {2} more to cast. 2/2
Arek, False Goldwarden WBLegendary Creature — Human Cleric Starting intensity 0 Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, cards you own named Arek, False Goldwarden intensify by 1. {3}{W}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice Arek, False Goldwarden: Target opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is Arek's intensity. 2/2
Splitting Headache 3BSorcery Choose one — • Target player discards two cards. • Target player reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card.
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