Wages of Pain
Wages of Pain is a common-rarity spell card from Riftbound's Spiritforged set. It costs 3 Energy. It belongs to the Mind domain. It has the Action and Hidden keywords. It appears in 21% of tracked tournament decks whose legend can run it.
3 Energy | Spell | Mind | common | Spiritforged | Art: Kudos Productions
Rules Text
[Hidden] (Hide now for Any Rune to react with later for 0 Energy.) [Action] (Play on your turn or in showdowns.) Deal 3 to a unit at a battlefield. Play a Gold gear token exhausted.
Keywords
Domain: Mind
Meta Statistics
Inclusion rate 21.0%. Win rate 50.8% across 410 decks with results.
Price
Market price $0.15 on TCGPlayer, updated Oct 4, 2026.
Tournament Decks
- Ezreal — cameren kawamoto (11W-0L), Pittsburgh 2026 - Riftbound Showdown $10k-$25,000
- Viktor — Gio Luccani (9W-0L), Riftbound $10,000 Cash Tournament @ Pro-Play Summit: Orlando
- Jayce — ASC Pheylop (8W-3L), CCS $25,000 Showdown Series Event - Riftbound Invitational Qualifier #5
- Lux — Adrian Tam (8W-0L), NovaRiftbound's Online Showdown 4
- Diana — AA Arestidios (6W-1L), RiftAtlas Convergence #1
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