Master of Predicaments
Creature — Sphinx
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
Illustrated by Matt Stewart
#9,455 most played card in Commander (EDHREC)
Legalities
- Not legalStandard
- Not legalAlchemy
- LegalPioneer
- Not legalHistoric
- LegalModern
- Not legalBrawl
- LegalLegacy
- Not legalTimeless
- LegalVintage
- Not legalPauper
- LegalCommander
- LegalPenny
- LegalOathbreaker
Preconstructed decks 1
- Odds and Ends 2026
Keywords 3
It can only be blocked by creatures with flying or reach.
Mana value is the TOTAL number of mana in a cost, all colors combined. The cost below needs 4 mana in total, so its mana value is 4.
A card's mana cost is printed in its top-right corner: the mana you must gather to cast it. Often a mix of a specific color and “generic” mana (payable with anything), like below.






