ForbiddenPainful Choice
Normal Spell
Card text
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.
- Property
- Normal
Explained
A Normal Spell. Select 5 cards from your Deck and show them to your opponent. They pick 1; add it to your hand and discard the rest to the GY.
It can't be used in Advanced Format: it's Forbidden in the TCG as of the Sept 21, 2026 list.
- Putting it in an Advanced Format deck. It's Forbidden.
How it works
Status: Forbidden in the TCG (Sept 21, 2026 list), so it can’t be used in Advanced Format.
Painful Choice is a Normal Spell. Select 5 cards from your Deck and show them to your opponent. They choose 1; add that card to your hand and discard the other 4 to the GY.
Rulings in plain English
Activation: Needs 5 or more cards in your Deck. It doesn’t target.
Who discards: Your opponent picks the card you keep, but the other 4 count as discarded by your card, not by your opponent.
Timing: Adding the card and discarding the rest happen at the same time.