Master of Predicaments magic the gathering card art
Magic 2015 (m15)
#67rare English Foil

Master of Predicaments
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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.

Illustrated by Matt Stewart
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Legalities
Not Legal
standard
Not Legal
historic
Legal
pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Not Legal
pauper
Legal
vintage
Legal
Commander
Not Legal
brawl
Not Legal
alchemy
Rulings
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.
2017-04-18wotc
Although you may choose a land card in your hand, you won't be able to play it even if the player guessed wrong.
2014-07-18wotc
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.
2014-07-18wotc
To choose a card in your hand, clearly separate it from the rest of your hand without revealing it.
2014-07-18wotc
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.
2014-07-18wotc
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.
2014-07-18wotc
If the card has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
2014-07-18wotc


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