Magic: The Gathering · expansion
Pain's Reward
Saviors of Kamigawa · #85 · rare · 2005
Sorcery
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Market reference
$10.38
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Collector number
- 85 / 165
- Release year
- 2005
- Rarity
- rare
- Illustrator
- Matt Cavotta
- Colors
- B
- Frame
- 2003
- Border
- black
- Finishes
- nonfoil · foil
- Printed
- 2005-06-03
About this card
Mana cost: {2}{B}
Type: Sorcery
Each player may bid life. You start the bidding with a bid of any number. In turn order, each player may top the high bid. The bidding ends if the high bid stands. The high bidder loses life equal to the high bid and draws four cards.
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
Scryfall pricing
| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| USD (non-foil) | $10.38 |
| USD (foil) | $11.00 |
| EUR (non-foil) | €3.92 |
| EUR (foil) | €10.94 |
| MTGO tix | 0.02 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Pain's Reward is real?
Pain's Reward is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the print quality and cardstock (real cards have a distinctive blue inner core visible from the edge), the rosette pattern on the back, the security stamp on planeswalker / mythic cards from recent sets, and confirm the collector number and set code match the official Scryfall record. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Pain's Reward worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Pain's Reward is $10.38; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Pain's Reward from?
Pain's Reward is from the Magic: The Gathering set "Saviors of Kamigawa" in the expansion series, released in 2005.
What rarity is Pain's Reward?
Pain's Reward is a rare card in the Saviors of Kamigawa set.
