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Master of Predicaments

Magic: The GatheringMagic 2015#67

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Mana cost

Magic 2015M15 · #67
Card type
Creature — Sphinx
Rarity
Rare
Indicative price
0.45 € · ★ 1.44 € · 0.52 $ · ★ 1.78 $
Mana value
5
Power
4
Toughness
4
Colour
Blue

Card text

Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, choose a card in your hand. That player guesses whether the card's mana value is greater than 4. If the player guessed wrong, you may cast the card without paying its mana cost.

Format legality

  • CommanderLegal
  • DuelLegal
  • LegacyLegal
  • ModernLegal
  • OathbreakerLegal
  • PennyLegal
  • PioneerLegal
  • VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.

Printing information

Illustrator
Matt Stewart
Card language
English
Release date
2014-07-18

Flavour text

Designed by David Sirlin

Rulings

Although you may choose a land card in your hand, you won't be able to play it even if the player guessed wrong.

If the card has in its mana cost, X is 0.

If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't pay any alternative costs. Notably, you can't cast a card with bestow as an Aura this way. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.

If you don't cast the card, either because the player guessed right or because you choose not to cast it, you don't have to reveal it. Your opponent won't know the reason you didn't cast the card.

To choose a card in your hand, clearly separate it from the rest of your hand without revealing it.

You cast the card in your hand as part of the resolution of the triggered ability. Timing restrictions based on the card's type (such as creature or sorcery) are ignored. Other restrictions, such as "Cast [this card] only during combat," are not.

If the card is a split card, its mana value is determined by the combined mana cost of its two halves. If the player guesses wrong and you cast a split card this way, you may cast either half (or both halves if the card has fuse), no matter what its mana value is.

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