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Painful Choice YU-GI-OH

Super Rare · #SRL-EN049

Painful Choice #SRL-EN049 (Spell Ruler (25th Anniversary Edition)) is worth about $6.28 today, the TCGplayer market price for any condition as of 2026-10-28, down 1% over 30 days.

This card has 2 printings (TCGplayer market, 2026-10-28): regular print from Spell Ruler (25th Anniversary Edition) $6.28 (this page), regular print from Spell Ruler (Worldwide English) $9.27.

price trend and the high since we began tracking: more ↓

Painful Choice #SRL-EN049 is holding steady: $6.28 today, flat over 30 days and 12% below its high of $7.11 (2026-09-16), the highest since we began tracking (2026-09-16), and near its low of $6.15 (2026-10-04). TCGplayer market price as of 2026-10-28, tracked daily since 2026-09-16. chart →

Price data for your app or store: API and daily history since 2024 · CSV download

$6.28
▼ 0.6% · 30d
TCGplayer market · daily · any condition ↗
condition prices from JustTCG listings, as of 2026-10-27
condition prices as of 2026-10-27; the chart and boards use the daily product tape
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WORTH GRADING?

WHERE TO BUY AND SELL

TCGplayer
$3.51
lowest listing · market $6.28
buy on TCGplayer ↗
eBay · raw
$6.26
asking floor · 1 active listing
shop active ↗ · sold ↗
eBay · PSA 10
no graded listings
no graded asks in the last scan
PSA 10 sold listings ↗
Buy-side estimate
$6.26
THIN
a patient buyer pays about $6.26 delivered, from live asks, not sales
show the work →
eBay scan is stale · only 1 usable ask survived outlier removal
TCGplayer market$6.28verify ↗
TCGplayer lowest ask$3.51
eBay delivered floor (scanned 36d ago)$6.26the listing ↗
Formula: TCGplayer market, clamped between the cheapest real ask anywhere ($3.51) and the eBay floor ($6.26). 1 live ask(s) used.
sell to a card shop: $4.40 cash · $5.02 store credit · about 70% / 80% of market
Floors are the median of the three lowest clean asks. Marketplace links may earn TickerMint a commission; it never affects the numbers.
The verdict · premium
Across every game TickerMint tracks, cards 3-15% off their high after a flat month were higher 90 days later 69% of the time in our archive since 2024 (54,583 cases). That rate is mostly the 202448 to 5877 to 86marketplace fees of about 13% most short holds lose money. Use it to time a sale, not to flip.
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GAME DATA[ + ] SHOW
ATTRIBUTE
SPELL
CARD TYPE
Normal Spell
DESCRIPTION
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.

MORE FROM SPELL RULER (25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION)

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PRICE FAQ

What would a card shop pay for Painful Choice?

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Shops and show vendors commonly offer about 70% of market in cash and 80% in store credit. At today's $6.28 market price that is roughly $4.40 cash or $5.02 trade for a near-mint copy. Selling it yourself on TCGplayer or eBay nets more after fees; see the seller-net answer below.

What is Painful Choice (Spell Ruler (25th Anniversary Edition)) worth today?

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Painful Choice [Unlimited] has a TCGplayer market price of $6.28 as of 2026-10-28.

Is Painful Choice going up or down in price?

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Painful Choice #SRL-EN049 is holding steady: $6.28 today, flat over 30 days and 12% below its high of $7.11 (2026-09-16), the highest since we began tracking (2026-09-16), and near its low of $6.15 (2026-10-04). TCGplayer market price as of 2026-10-28, tracked daily since 2026-09-16. Other windows: down 0.3% over 7 days.

What is the highest price for Painful Choice since TickerMint began tracking?

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TickerMint began tracking Yu-Gi-Oh prices on 2026-09-16, after Painful Choice came out, so these are the highest and lowest prices since we began tracking (2026-09-16), not all-time records. In TickerMint's daily data (since September 2026), the TCGplayer market price for Painful Choice [Unlimited] (all conditions) peaked at $7.11 (2026-09-16) and bottomed at $6.15 (2026-10-04).

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