Painful Quandary {3}{B}{B}

Enchantment

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

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Cards that do something similar expected a card that isn't here?

Isolation Cell 92%

$0.34#12315

"Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, that player loses 2 life unless they pay {2}."

Dragonlord Kolaghan 91%

$11.95#7710

"Whenever an opponent casts a creature or planeswalker spell with the same name as a card in their graveyard, that player loses 10 life."

Curse of Wizardry 89%

$0.24#19440

"Whenever a player casts a spell of the chosen color, that player loses 1 life."

Ebon Drake 89%

$1.15#10172

"Whenever a player casts a spell, you lose 1 life."

Soot Imp 87%

$1.45#13266

"Whenever a player casts a nonblack spell, that player loses 1 life."

Psychic Purge 87%

#28115

"When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard this card, that player loses 5 life."

Liesa, Shroud of Dusk 87%

$0.98#5565

"Whenever a player casts a spell, they lose 2 life."

Rug of Smothering 87%

$0.53#3816

"Whenever a player casts a spell, they lose 1 life for each spell they've cast this turn."

Faerie Tauntings 85%

$2.57#11286

"Whenever you cast a spell during an opponent's turn, you may have each opponent lose 1 life."

Mai, Scornful Striker 84%

$1.15#5655

"Whenever a player casts a noncreature spell, they lose 2 life."

Smolder Initiate 83%

$0.15#27657

"Whenever a player casts a black spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, target player loses 1 life."

Scrawling Crawler 82%

$7.61#635

"Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player loses 1 life."

Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff 81%

$12.48#409

"Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, you lose 1 life and create a Treasure token."

Treacherous Blessing 81%

$0.36#9923

"Whenever you cast a spell, you lose 1 life."

Mage Hunter 80%

$0.14#17156

"Whenever an opponent casts or copies an instant or sorcery spell, they lose 1 life."

Liability 80%

$1.13#23731

"Whenever a nontoken permanent is put into a player's graveyard from the battlefield, that player loses 1 life."