The Lord of Pain

As of Aug 1, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of The Lord of Pain is $8.99 (DSC #3, Borderless, Foil), and the most expensive is $9.21 (DSC #3, Borderless). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $9.21, up 3.4% over 7 days, up 14.0% over 30 days, up 12.7% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $10.04 (2025).

The Lord of Pain has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes, including borderless treatments.

DSC #3 Borderless Foil

$8.99

CK $10.99 / $5.50 39%

MP $8.46 47 avail

DSC #3 Borderless

$9.21

CK $17.99 / $11.00 -19%

MP $8.33 27 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $11.00 cash for DSC #3; the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 39% (normal).

• Sep 20, 2024 If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, use the value chosen for X when determining that spell's mana value.
• Sep 20, 2024 If an effect says to set an opponent's life total to a number that's higher than their current life total, that player's life total won't change.
• Sep 20, 2024 Spells and abilities that cause opponents to gain life still resolve while The Lord of Pain is on the battlefield. They won't gain life, but any other effects of that spell or ability will still happen.
• Sep 20, 2024 The Lord of Pain's last ability must target a player other than the one who cast the spell that caused the ability to trigger. That means that if it's just you and one other player in the game, you'll have to target yourself when that player casts their first spell each turn. (What did you expect? You summoned The Lord of Pain!)

The Lord of Pain has been reprinted 2 times. The Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander reprint cut the price 17% in 30 days.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment	Price before	Day 1	30 days	90 days
DSC #3	2024-09-27	Mythic	Borderless	$4.81	$4.95	$3.98	$8.12
DSC #3	2024-09-27	Mythic	Borderless	$3.78	$3.00	$4.01	$10.27

The Lord of Pain is the #2,368 most-played card on EDHREC, up 24 places over the last 30 days.