Pain Magnification

Enchantment

Whenever an opponent is dealt 3 or more damage by a single source, that player discards a card.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

DemonDragonJ on Clash of the Titans

1 week ago

I have replaced Crystal Ball and Pain Magnification with Black Market Connections and Mayael's Aria, since I feel that those cards are better suited to this deck.

DemonDragonJ on Which Card Should Replace Pain …

2 weeks ago

I have a copy of Pain Magnification in my Progenitus EDH deck, but I intend to replace it, as it is a fairly useless card in that deck, and I am currently considering two different cards as potential replacements for it: Black Market Connections and Mayael's Aria, as I believe that either of those cards would be a far better match for this deck, but I am not certain which of those two cards I should choose, so I certainly shall appreciate the feedback of other users, here.

What does everyone else say about this subject? Which card is the better replacement for Pain Magnification?

Niko9 on How Good is Pain Magnification?

2 weeks ago

Last_Laugh I agree with you, in commander it looks like a very snowballey enchantment. I think Pain Magnification might take the right deck to be great, it's not a rakdos staple, but in the right build it would absolutely be a must remove threat.

The main drawback I could see with it is that in commander players can get very salty about discarding and not everyone will have enchant removal, so you may become the archenemy when you play this.

Just throwing out ideas here, but Pain Magnification might be brutal in a rakdos Blade of Selves deck that runs Balor and Archon of Cruelty as reanimated blade carriers.

DemonDragonJ on How Good is Pain Magnification?

2 weeks ago

wallisface, in that case, I am very glad that I have chosen to remove Pain Magnification from the decks in which I had it.

DemonDragonJ on How Good is Pain Magnification?

2 weeks ago

I have copies of Pain Magnification in several of my decks, but I am not certain if I shall keep those copies in those decks, since I have realized that it is best in decks that have a dedicated discard theme, whereas I put it in those decks mainly because I thought that it was a cool card (in my defense, that card was first printed in the original Ravnica block, which was released only shortly after I had begun playing the game in 2003). Therefore, I wonder how everyone else feels about that card.

What does everyone else say about this? How good of a card is Pain Magnification?

Neotrup on Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin and …

3 months ago

As a minor point, Foul-Tongue Shriek causes a single instance of life loss, but does not deal damage at all. As Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin triggers off loss of life it's not relevant here, but could be relevant with things like Pain Magnification.

Last_Laugh on The GOAT of GOAD

3 months ago

Phyrexian Reclamation would be a great way to repeatably get Kardur back and avoid commander tax.

Try Plumb the Forbidden in Read the Bones slot. Just sac'ing Kardur nets you the same 2 cards but the ceiling is much higher and it's a sort of anti boardwipe tech that keeps your grip full afterwards.

Pain Magnification can be triggered by you or your opponents (just not against you). This card could be bonkers here. I think of it as a "curse all opponents" effect.

Emberwilde Captain is good card draw here, deters attacks when you can't goad, and the monarchy is easy to hold if you goad consistently.

Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant is admittedly a bit group huggy, but it is an excellent source of card draw that goads.

Bothersome Quasit will turn the chaos up to 11 if you can consistently goad.

Vengeful Ancestor is another fun card in goad decks. It's especially punishing against go-wide strategies.

Anyways, I hope that helps. I ran Marisi for goad personally but am familiar with the archtype. The deck looks good.

DemonDragonJ on Diabolical Machinations

4 months ago

I have replaced Fists of the Demigod, Helm of the Ghastlord, and Pain Magnification with Angrath's Rampage, Mayhem Devil, and Triskaidekaphile, which reduced this deck's average converted mana cost from 4.44 to 4.40, which is very nice, since this deck has a very high mana curve; the first two cards have strong synergy with the deck's theme, and the latter card is simply a nice card to have, as it is good to have an alternate win condition in a deck with such a high mana curve.