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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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NameManaTypeText
Biotransference 2BBEnchantment Creatures you control are artifacts in addition to their other types. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield. Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you lose 1 life and create a 2/2 black Necron Warrior artifact creature token.
Atrocious Experiment 2BSorcery Target player mills two cards, draws two cards, and loses 2 life. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Courageous Resolve 2WInstant Up to one target creature you control gains protection from each of your opponents until end of turn. Draw a card. (It can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything controlled by those players.) Fateful hour — If you have 5 or less life, you can't lose life this turn, you can't lose the game this turn, and your opponents can't win the game this turn.
Mystic Decree 2UUWorld Enchantment All creatures lose flying and islandwalk.
Pooling Venom 1BEnchantment — Aura Enchant land Whenever enchanted land becomes tapped, its controller loses 2 life. {3}{B}: Destroy enchanted land.
Mind Warp X3BSorcery Look at target player's hand and choose X cards from it. That player discards those cards.
Souls of the Faultless WBBCreature — Spirit Defender (This creature can't attack.) Whenever Souls of the Faultless is dealt combat damage, you gain that much life and attacking player loses that much life. 0/4
Drannith Magistrate 1WCreature — Human Wizard Your opponents can't cast spells from anywhere other than their hands. 1/3
Subcontract BSorcery A person outside the game looks at target opponent's hand and chooses a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
Scytheclaw 5Artifact — Equipment Living weapon (When this Equipment enters the battlefield, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach this to it.) Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half their life, rounded up. Equip {3}
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