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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
Transcendence 3WWWEnchantment You don't lose the game for having 0 or less life. When you have 20 or more life, you lose the game. Whenever you lose life, you gain 2 life for each 1 life you lost. (Damage dealt to you causes you to lose life.)
Foul-Tongue Shriek BInstant Target opponent loses 1 life for each attacking creature you control. You gain that much life.
Quest for the Nihil Stone BEnchantment Whenever an opponent discards a card, you may put a quest counter on Quest for the Nihil Stone. At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has no cards in hand and Quest for the Nihil Stone has two or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 5 life.
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Profane Insight 2BInstant — Adventure You draw a card and you lose 1 life. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)
Dread Whispers 1BSorcery — Adventure You draw a card and you lose 1 life. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)
Soul Reap 1BSorcery Destroy target nongreen creature. Its controller loses 3 life if you've cast another black spell this turn.
Thoughtcutter Agent UBArtifact Creature — Human Rogue {U}{B}, {T}: Target player loses 1 life and reveals their hand. 1/1
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