---
name: "Perplexing Chimera"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Enchantment Creature — Chimera"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "BNG"
set_name: "Born of the Gods"
collector_number: "48"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Tyler Jacobson"
oracle_id: "7d075b8a-a606-4590-b52b-b4ef3a9e342f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/perplexing-chimera-bng"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Perplexing Chimera
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Enchantment Creature — Chimera
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may exchange control of this creature and that spell. If you do, you may choose new targets for the spell. (If the spell becomes a permanent, you control that permanent.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Puca's Mischief](/printing/pucas-mischief-shm.md) — Enchantment
2. [Switcheroo](/printing/switcheroo-bbd.md) — Sorcery
3. [Spellskite](/printing/spellskite-nph.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
4. [Conjured Currency](/printing/conjured-currency-rtr.md) — Enchantment
5. [Mischievous Chimera](/printing/mischievous-chimera-thb.md) — Enchantment Creature — Chimera
6. [Sudden Substitution](/printing/sudden-substitution-c19.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Born of the Gods (BNG) #48
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Tyler Jacobson
- **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`