---
name: "Confounding Riddle"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "50"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "A. M. Sartor"
oracle_id: "3df49c4d-a285-4826-824e-b742b0deed3a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/confounding-riddle-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
• Counter target spell unless its controller pays {4}.

> *Os exploradores aprendiam a não mexer com locais de poder antigo antes de descobrir seu propósito.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Confusticate and Bebother](/printing/confusticate-and-bebother-hob.md) — Instant
2. [Discombobulate](/printing/discombobulate-10e.md) — Instant
3. [Soul Read](/printing/soul-read-j22.md) — Instant
4. [Supreme Will](/printing/supreme-will-j25.md) — Instant
5. [Riddles in the Dark](/printing/riddles-in-the-dark-hob.md) — Instant
6. [Spellshift](/printing/spellshift-plc.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #50
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** A. M. Sartor
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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