Perplex
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}{B}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds #217 (common)
- Price
- $1.53 USD
Counter target spell unless its controller discards their hand.
Transmute {1}{U}{B} ({1}{U}{B}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)
Perplex has 1 printing, first in Ravnica: City of Guilds (2005). EDHREC ranks it #5,179 among Commander cards. It appears most in Nekusar, the Mindrazer decks (1,883 on EDHREC). It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Perplex most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Nekusar, the Mindrazer: 1,883 decks
- Cormela, Glamour Thief: 888 decks
- Umbris, Fear Manifest: 616 decks
- Crosis, the Purger: 464 decks
- Lazav, Dimir Mastermind: 419 decks
- Nebuchadnezzar: 272 decks
- Sygg, River Cutthroat: 247 decks
- Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker: 233 decks
Often played with Perplex
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If the spell’s controller has no cards in their hand, that player can still choose to discard their hand and prevent the spell from being countered.