Painful Choice

Spell

Other names: Scelta Dolorosa (Italian)

The code SRL-049 you looked up matches:

SRL-049 · Spell Ruler · Super Rare
SRL-EN049 · Spell Ruler · Super Rare

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.

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.

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).