Painful Choice

Spell

Other names: Scelta Dolorosa (Italian)

Set: Magic Ruler
Code: MRL-049
Rarity: Super Rare$6.21 · price per set and rarity (USD, from YGOPRODeck)

All 7 printings ↓

Market price

€1.03

Cardmarket · lowest across all versions

Unchanged since Nov 7, 2026 · read on Nov 7, 2026

$1.85 · TCGplayer (USA) · lowest across all versions

The card’s price, not your copy’s: the free sources do not tell languages or editions apart. For Italian cards the real price may differ.

The history starts on the first day we read the price.

Type: Normal Spell Card

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Select 5 cards from your Deck and show them to your opponent. Your opponent selects 1 card among them. Add that card to your hand and discard the remaining cards to the Graveyard.

Printings (7 printings)

MRL-049Sep 16, 2002
Magic Ruler · Super Rare$6.21 · price per set and rarity (USD, from YGOPRODeck)
MRL-E049Sep 16, 2002
Magic Ruler · Super Rare$19.30 · price per set and rarity (USD, from YGOPRODeck)
SRL-049Sep 16, 2002
Spell Ruler · Super Rare$6.79 · price per set and rarity (USD, from YGOPRODeck)
SRL-EN049Sep 16, 2002
Spell Ruler · Super Rare
DB1-EN033Oct 12, 2004
Dark Beginning 1 · Common
RP01-EN059Jul 8, 2008
Retro Pack · Rare$9.84 · price per set and rarity (USD, from YGOPRODeck)
DLG1-EN060Nov 21, 2008
Dark Legends · Common$3.79 · price per set and rarity (USD, from YGOPRODeck)

Types and rarities are shown as listed by the card database (in English).