Painful Choice
Spell Card · Normal
$1.91
An estimate from YGOPRODeck for a typical printing, refreshed 8 hours ago.
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Deck usage & meta stats
Across 57,061 decks in the corpusIn the main deck of 765 decks. Sided in another 13, which is not counted above — completion is scored over the main and extra deck only, plus a Domain deck’s Deck Master.
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Printings
Every version of this card we hold, cheapest first. 9 printings, all priced.
| Set | Rarity | Edition | Price | Foil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retro Pack (2020 Date Reprint)RP01-EN059 | Rare | Unlimited | $1.85 | — | Buy |
| Dark LegendsDLG1-EN060 | Common | Unlimited | $1.90 | — | Buy |
| Magic RulerMRL-049 | Super Rare | Unlimited | $2.59 | — | Buy |
| Spell RulerSRL-049 | Super Rare | Unlimited | $3.06 | — | Buy |
| Dark Beginning 1DB1-EN033 | Common | Unlimited | $3.30 | — | Buy |
| Retro Pack 1RP01-EN059 | Rare | Unlimited | $3.88 | — | Buy |
| Spell Ruler (25th Anniversary Edition)SRL-EN049 | Super Rare | Unlimited | $6.06 | — | Buy |
| Spell Ruler (Worldwide English)SRL-EN049 | Super Rare | Unlimited | $9.27 | — | Buy |
| Magic RulerMRL-049 | Super Rare | 1st Edition | $11.17 | — | Buy |
Prices from YGOPRODeck / TCGplayer, refreshed 4 weeks ago. Each is that printing’s own market price, which is why they differ from the single market price beside the card above — that one is what every deck cost on this site is worked out from. Buy links go to TCGplayer through YGOPRODeck, who provide this data.