Perplexing Test

Instant

Choose one -

• Return all creature tokens to their owners' hands.
• Return all nontoken creatures to their owners' hands.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (15)

Flarhoon13 on Ellyn Harbreeze, Busybody - Feywild Visitor

4 months ago

Lost a lot of the games out of the gate with this one. Added a few nice cards, like Mirrorform, which really likes Pride of the Clouds and the okay Mind Over Matter; plus, I just learned how to play the deck better and got lucky, and won three games with this pile yesterday :-).

Matt would've won after his Chaos Wand hit Rise of the Dark Realms the turn after I cast Perplexing Test--to get Archetype of Imagination back in my hand before he could kill it with Visara the Dreadful--but Will, on Phenax, God of Deception used Arcane Heist to recast the board bounce and I got to play to the board a lot of cards he had milled, including Steward of Solidarity and Gold Myr. Untapped and was able to transmute Drift of Phantasms for Intruder Alarm, which hadn't been milled. Faerie Conclave and Gold Myr created infinite mana and Harmonized Crescendo let me draw my deck except for 8 cards. My Part the Waterveil was milled but my opponents didn't have an answer.

IQuarent on The Friendmaker | Talrand, Sky Summoner [PRIMER]

2 years ago

Perplexing Test might also be a good addition to bounce everything but your drakes.

IHATENAMES on i like draw card

2 years ago

Wizard Class powerful finisher

Leyline of Singularity unique way to decimate token/treasure/clone decks

Perplexing Test my favorite blue boardwipe

Candlekeep Inspirationpotential game ender w/many instant sorcerys

Minn, Wily Illusionist board state maker. Can put permanents into play like lands

Lorien Revealed 1 mana cantrips for a land. Otherwise 5 mana draw 3. Not bad early or late game.

likasumbody on Perplexing Test interaction with Commander

2 years ago

Hi,

I had a question come up in my commander playgroup and am hoping someone can help clarify the outcome for me.

Board state: I have 11 1/1 elf tokens and my commander Lathril, Blade of the Elves

On my opponents turn, I tapped my commander Lathril, Blade of the Elves, before I could tap my tokens to "pay" for the ability, my opponent casts Perplexing Test to return all creature tokens to owners hand.

Does the tokens get returned to my hand before the ability resolved or does the ability resolve first?

Entity_178 on Gimbal, Don’t Get Wet or Feed After Midnight

3 years ago

Replaced -> Replaced with

Yavimaya Coast -> Tropical Island

Shivan Reef -> Volcanic Island

Karplusan Forest -> Taiga

Perplexing Test -> Alchemist's Gambit

Shamanic Revelation -> Acquire

Myr Battlesphere -> Tezzeret the Seeker

The changes I would personally make, though I don't tend to look at a deck with a budget since I don't play with real cards

SirHipHopHippo on Thoptical Illusion

3 years ago

Cut Conjurer's Closet add Lae'zel's Acrobatics Cut Swiftfoot Boots add Tawnos, Solemn Survivor Cut Panharmonicon add March of Progress Cut Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh add Platoon Dispenser Cut Daretti, Scrap Savant add Tocasia's Welcome Cut Adaptive Automaton add Inquisitor Greyfax Cut Utter End add Aspiring Aeronaut Cut Access Denied add Perplexing Test

DrukenReaps on

3 years ago

Personally I find 35 lands to be the minimum I like to run. Rogue's Passage and Reliquary Tower have always served me well but you could also just do 2 more basics.

Ezuri's Predation seems like a shoe in for this commander. Avenger of Zendikar would be good too. Biovisionary if you don't mind alt win-cons. Awaken the Woods and Arachnogenesis maybe?

I see a distinct lack of removal here, I like to run at least 10 removal cards. Otherwise you are kind of just at the mercy of your opponents. Ezuri's Predation that I already suggested can be one but here are some others- Aether Channeler, Perplexing Test, Beast Within, Rapid Hybridization, Reclamation Sage, Terastodon, Acidic Slime, Krosan Grip, Pongify, Return to Nature are all decent options. Some of these are good targets for making copies of too, which could get nutty with say Ezuri's Predation...

DukeBazaar on The Spellslinging Slasher

4 years ago

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