Riddles in the Dark
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Spotlight Series #12 (rare)
- Price
- $60.70 USD
Look at the top four cards of your library and separate them into a face-down pile and a face-up pile. An opponent chooses one of the piles. Put that pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.
Riddles in the Dark has 3 printings, first in Spotlight Series (2026). EDHREC ranks it #12,286 among Commander cards. It appears most in Thranduil, the Elvenking decks (1,148 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Riddles in the Dark most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Thranduil, the Elvenking: 1,148 decks
- Bilbo, Thief in the Night: 710 decks
- The Celestial Toymaker: 572 decks
- Gandalf, Party Guest: 373 decks
- Emet-Selch of the Third Seat: 87 decks
- Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally: 78 decks
- Zethi, Arcane Blademaster: 76 decks
- Octavia, Living Thesis: 71 decks
Often played with Riddles in the Dark
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You may split the cards into one pile of four and one pile of zero. The pile of four cards could be the face-up pile or the face-down pile. Which pile to choose won't be much of riddle for your opponent if you do that!
- : You don't have to reveal the cards in the face-down pile if you put it into your hand.