Master of Predicaments
Master of Predicaments: Creature - Sphinx, Magic 2015. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}{U}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Creature - Sphinx
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 4/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Magic 2015 (M15)
- Released
- 2014-07-18
- Collector number
- 67
- Artist
- Matt Stewart
- Commander rank
- 11,411 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying
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About Master of Predicaments
Master of Predicaments is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Magic 2015 (M15), a core set released in July 2014. It is collector number 67 in that set, with art by Matt Stewart. It costs {3}{U}{U} (three generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Magic 2015 (2014) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.85 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
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.
Designed by David Sirlin
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.85 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Master of Predicaments by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Master of Predicaments
Master of Predicaments has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #M15-67 | Rare | 2026 |
Official rulings
Seven official rulings apply to Master of Predicaments, newest first.
- 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.
- If the card has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
- To choose a card in your hand, clearly separate it from the rest of your hand without revealing it.
- 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.
- Although you may choose a land card in your hand, you won't be able to play it even if the player guessed wrong.
- 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.
- 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.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Master of Predicaments is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.