Perplexing Test

Perplexing Test

Instant

Mana cost: {3}{U}{U}

How we read this card

Return all creature tokens to their owners' hands.

on-cast — bounce

Return all nontoken creatures to their owners' hands.

on-cast — bounce

Causes: you face a dilemma, a creature token leaves the battlefield, a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Perplexing Test is one).

  1. Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Perplexing Test, Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Perplexing Test, it triggers

a creature token leaves the battlefield — 117 cards in the game can cause this (Perplexing Test is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Perplexing Test:

  1. Twilight Drover — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Zurgo Stormrender — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a token leaves the battlefield — 182 cards in the game can cause this (Perplexing Test is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Perplexing Test:

  1. Boomer Scrapper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Nadier's Nightblade — makes each opponent lose 1 life

4 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (Perplexing Test is one).

When Perplexing Test poses a dilemma:

  1. Seven of Nine — draws you 1 card
  2. Elim Garak, Simple Tailor — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Obsidian Order Operative — makes each opponent lose 1 life

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Perplexing Test is one).

When Perplexing Test is cast:

  1. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  2. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  3. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  4. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  5. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  6. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  7. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
  8. Harness the Storm — brings a card back
  9. In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell
  10. Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls

427 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Perplexing Test is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Perplexing Test:

  1. Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Splinter, the Mentor — makes a token
  3. Rat King, Pale Piper — makes a token
  4. Dual Nature — exiles a creature

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Perplexing Test is one).

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Perplexing Test, Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom gains you 1 life
  2. Extractor Demon — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Perplexing Test, Extractor Demon mills a card
  3. Aang, Airbending Master — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Perplexing Test, Aang, Airbending Master puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Dour Port-Mage — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Perplexing Test, Dour Port-Mage draws you 1 card
  5. Vela the Night-Clad — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Perplexing Test, Vela the Night-Clad makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Taeko, the Patient Avalanche — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Perplexing Test, Taeko, the Patient Avalanche scries
  7. Phantasmal Mount — When Phantasmal Mount leaves the battlefield thanks to Perplexing Test, it triggers
  8. Funeral March — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Perplexing Test, Funeral March makes a player sacrifice a creature
  9. Sally Sparrow — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Perplexing Test, Sally Sparrow triggers
  10. Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Perplexing Test, Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior triggers

19 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Perplexing Test is one).

When Perplexing Test is cast:

  1. Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
  2. Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
  3. Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
  4. Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
  5. Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
  6. Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
  7. Master of Winds — triggers

5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.