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Master of Predicaments

Blue

2 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Master of Predicaments, The List printing
The List PLST · No. M15-67 2026-09-28

Card text

{3}{U}{U}
Creature — Sphinx
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.
4 / 4
Keywords: Flying
Designed by David Sirlin
EDHREC rank #9489 Rare Not on the Reserved List
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The 2 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

7 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

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

2014-07-18 · Wizards of the Coast

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

2014-07-18 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2014-07-18 · Wizards of the Coast

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

2014-07-18 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2014-07-18 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2014-07-18 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2017-04-18 · Wizards of the Coast

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