---
name: "Riddles in the Dark"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "HOB"
set_name: "The Hobbit"
collector_number: "53"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Lorenzo Mastroianni"
oracle_id: "78bed291-0ec7-466f-bc7a-9dae7d0b56ae"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/riddles-in-the-dark-hob"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Riddles in the Dark
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Look at the top four cards of your library and separate them into a face-down pile and a face-up pile. An opponent chooses one of the piles. Put that pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

> *"Che cosa ho in tasca?"
-Bilbo*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fortune's Favor](/printing/fortunes-favor-prm.md) — Instant
2. [Sauron's Ransom](/printing/saurons-ransom-pltr.md) — Instant
3. [Confounding Riddle](/printing/confounding-riddle-lci.md) — Instant
4. [Epiphany at the Drownyard](/printing/epiphany-at-the-drownyard-sir.md) — Instant
5. [Rakshasa's Bargain](/printing/rakshasas-bargain-tdm.md) — Instant
6. [Truth or Tale](/printing/truth-or-tale-tsp.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Hobbit (HOB) #53
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Lorenzo Mastroianni
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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