Painful Quandary

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Painful Quandary is one).

When Painful Quandary makes a player discard a card:

1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
5. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
6. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
7. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
8. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
9. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
10. Currency Converter — exiles it

51 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Painful Quandary is one).

When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Painful Quandary:

1. Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
2. Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
4. Aether Syphon — raises your speed
5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
6. Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
7. Slick Imitator — raises your speed
8. Nesting Bot — raises your speed
9. Howlsquad Heavy — raises your speed
10. Hour of Victory — raises your speed

46 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Painful Quandary is one).

When Painful Quandary is cast:

1. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
2. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
3. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
4. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
5. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
6. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
7. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
8. Kami of Transience — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
9. Argothian Enchantress — draws you 1 card
10. Mesa Enchantress — draws you 1 card

255 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,691 cards in the game can cause this (Painful Quandary is one).

1. Historian's Boon — When Painful Quandary enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this (Painful Quandary is one).

When Painful Quandary enters:

1. Calix, Guided by Fate — puts a counter on a creature
2. Elvish Archivist — draws you 1 card
3. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — surveils
4. Strength from the Fallen — gives +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard
5. Doomwake Giant — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
6. Cacophony Unleashed — turns something into a creature
7. Ghostly Dancers — makes a token
8. Thassa's Devourer — mills a card
9. Killian, Decisive Mentor — taps a creature
10. Thoughtrender Lamia — makes an opponent discard a card

66 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Painful Quandary is one).

1. Samwise Gamgee — Painful Quandary puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
2. Bloodbond March — Painful Quandary puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
3. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Painful Quandary puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
4. Harness the Storm — Painful Quandary puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
5. Transplant Theorist — Painful Quandary puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
6. Heart-Shaped Herb — Painful Quandary puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
7. Wayward Angel — Painful Quandary fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
8. Rescue from the Underworld — Painful Quandary puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
9. Victimize — Painful Quandary puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back
10. Sidequest: Card Collection // Magicked Card — Painful Quandary fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more cards Sidequest: Card Collection // Magicked Card needs

434 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Painful Quandary is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Painful Quandary:

1. The Haunt of Hightower — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
2. Duskmantle Guildmage — makes each opponent lose 1 life
3. Vulturous Zombie — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
4. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
5. Bloodchief Ascension — makes each opponent lose 2 life
6. Compost — draws you 1 card
7. Planar Void — hits a graveyard
8. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself
9. Energy Field — sacrifices itself

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.