---
name: "Puppet Master"
mana_cost: "{U}{U}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "CHR"
set_name: "Chronicles"
collector_number: "23"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Sandra Everingham"
oracle_id: "42c7e933-f169-444b-917d-b4dca918d989"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/puppet-master-chr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Puppet Master
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}{U}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
When enchanted creature dies, return that card to its owner's hand. If that card is returned to its owner's hand this way, you may pay {U}{U}{U}. If you do, return this card to its owner's hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fool's Demise](/printing/fools-demise-tsp.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Unhallowed Pact](/printing/unhallowed-pact-cns.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Minion's Return](/printing/minions-return-thb.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [False Demise](/printing/false-demise-mmq.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Abduction](/printing/abduction-wc97.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Gift of Immortality](/printing/gift-of-immortality-ths.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Chronicles (CHR) #23
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Sandra Everingham
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

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