---
name: "Perplex"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Transmute"]
set: "RAV"
set_name: "Ravnica: City of Guilds"
collector_number: "217"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Tsutomu Kawade"
oracle_id: "904f9e0c-cb7f-4611-8bf7-2e408e8ab237"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/perplex-rav"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Perplex
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Transmute

## Oracle Text
Counter target spell unless its controller discards their hand.
Transmute {1}{U}{B} ({1}{U}{B}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Muddle the Mixture](/printing/muddle-the-mixture-rav.md) — Instant
2. [Minamo's Meddling](/printing/minamos-meddling-bok.md) — Instant
3. [Remand](/printing/remand-ddm.md) — Instant
4. [Spellshift](/printing/spellshift-plc.md) — Instant
5. [Clutch of the Undercity](/printing/clutch-of-the-undercity-rav.md) — Instant
6. [Lost in the Mist](/printing/lost-in-the-mist-isd.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ravnica: City of Guilds (RAV) #217
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Tsutomu Kawade
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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