---
name: "Puppet's Verdict"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "208"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Edward P. Beard, Jr."
oracle_id: "e07a7c75-b7b7-4c2d-bd7d-5f056cde871d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/puppets-verdict-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Puppet's Verdict
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Flip a coin. If you win the flip, destroy all creatures with power 2 or less. If you lose the flip, destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater.

> *"What was heads again?"
—Mercadian magistrate*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Crooked Scales](/printing/crooked-scales-plst.md) — Artifact
2. [Expel the Interlopers](/printing/expel-the-interlopers-woe.md) — Sorcery
3. [Winter Sky](/printing/winter-sky-hml.md) — Sorcery
4. [Nightmare Unmaking](/printing/nightmare-unmaking-woc.md) — Sorcery
5. [Celestial Judgment](/printing/celestial-judgment-mic.md) — Sorcery
6. [Boompile](/printing/boompile-cmm.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #208
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Edward P. Beard, Jr.
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`