First printed in Ravnica: City of Guilds (2005)

Perplex

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller discards their hand.
Transmute 1 generic Blue Black (, 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.)

Legality

Legal in: Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
Not legal in: Standard, Pioneer, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl

MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

Commander In 5 of 6150 decks (0.1%), most in Inalla, Archmage Ritualist

Share of decks

0.1%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

5 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

–

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist	0.6%	3%
Francisco, Fowl Marauder + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator	0.1%	20%
Nekusar, the Mindrazer	0.0%	33%
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver	0.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Fellwar Stone	100%	3.0
Arcane Signet	100%	1.6
Command Tower	100%	1.2
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Underground River	80%	28.6
Talisman of Dominance	80%	8.5
Watery Grave	80%	4.3
Exotic Orchard	80%	2.1
Dark Ritual	80%	2.0
Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway	60%	105.4

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Nekusar, the Mindrazer Álvaro C, 24 Oct	1 main	#9 0-1
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver Alejandro, 24 Oct	1 main	#13 0-2
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver Keshawn, 17 Oct	1 main	#40 0-3
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist Austin Carter, 11 Oct	1 main	#14 1-3
Francisco, Fowl Marauder + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator ruchi99, 9 Oct	1 main	#19 0-2

No recent decks in: Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Duel Commander.