---
name: "Master of Predicaments"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Sphinx"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "M15"
set_name: "Magic 2015"
collector_number: "67"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Matt Stewart"
oracle_id: "503447d9-2489-46d7-b5aa-a14bbb22dcc8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/master-of-predicaments-m15"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Master of Predicaments
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Sphinx
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle 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.

> *Ideata da David Sirlin*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dazzling Sphinx](/printing/dazzling-sphinx-prm.md) — Creature — Sphinx
2. [Conundrum Sphinx](/printing/conundrum-sphinx-m11.md) — Creature — Sphinx
3. [Riddlemaster Sphinx](/printing/riddlemaster-sphinx-m19.md) — Creature — Sphinx
4. [Isperia the Inscrutable](/printing/isperia-the-inscrutable-gk2.md) — Legendary Creature — Sphinx
5. [Sphinx of Uthuun](/printing/sphinx-of-uthuun-c18.md) — Creature — Sphinx
6. [Sphinx Ambassador](/printing/sphinx-ambassador-m10.md) — Creature — Sphinx

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic 2015 (M15) #67
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Matt Stewart
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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