---
name: "Befuddle"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "M20"
set_name: "Core Set 2020"
collector_number: "47"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Svetlin Velinov"
oracle_id: "664c1219-acfa-41da-b811-503a63fc8d84"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/befuddle-m20"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Befuddle
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target creature gets -4/-0 until end of turn.
Draw a card.

> *The trick to talking sense into Keldons is getting them to hold still.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bewilder](/printing/bewilder-ima.md) — Instant
2. [Fleeting Distraction](/printing/fleeting-distraction-avr.md) — Instant
3. [Afflict](/printing/afflict-ody.md) — Instant
4. [Uncomfortable Chill](/printing/uncomfortable-chill-j25.md) — Instant
5. [Blinding Spray](/printing/blinding-spray-ktk.md) — Instant
6. [Shocking Grasp](/printing/shocking-grasp-hbg.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Core Set 2020 (M20) #47
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Svetlin Velinov
- **Total Printings:** 35 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`