Perplexing Test
Perplexing Test: Instant, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. Choose one - • Return all creature tokens to their owners' hands. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}{U}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 197
- Artist
- Fariba Khamseh
- Commander rank
- 2,093 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Perplexing Test
Perplexing Test is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue instant from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 197 in that set, with art by Fariba Khamseh. It costs {3}{U}{U} (three generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Commander 2021 (2021) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.34 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Choose one -
• Return all creature tokens to their owners' hands.
• Return all nontoken creatures to their owners' hands.
"Your proofs were a bit nontraditional, but effective nonetheless. Full marks."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.34 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Perplexing Test by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Perplexing Test
Perplexing Test has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Bloomburrow Commander (BLC) #171 | Rare | 2024 |
| Wilds of Eldraine Commander (WOC) #102 | Rare | 2023 |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #229 | Rare | 2023 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #90048 | Rare | 2021 |
| Commander 2021 (C21) #30 | Rare | 2021 |
| Commander 2021 (C21) #357 | Rare | 2021 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Perplexing Test.
- A token that is returned to its owner's hand ceases to exist as a state-based action the next time a player would receive priority.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Perplexing Test is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.