Befuddle
Core Set 2019 309 • common
- Set
- Core Set 2019
- Collector number
- 309
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Svetlin Velinov
- Market price
- $0.17
What it does
Target creature gets -4/-0 until end of turn.
Draw a card.
The trick to talking sense into Keldons is getting them to hold still.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Befuddle was released in the Core Set 2019 expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a blue common spell, it was designed to serve as a versatile utility card in the Limited draft environment, offering players a way to counter an instant or sorcery while simultaneously cycling through their deck by drawing a card. This mechanic, often referred to as 'cantripping,' is a staple of blue control strategies, intended to maintain card parity while interacting with the stack.
The card features artwork by Lake Hurwitz, who has contributed numerous illustrations to the game. The visual design depicts a mage in the midst of a confusing, swirling magical disruption, capturing the essence of the spell's mechanical effect. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional, middle-tier role-player, praised primarily for its utility in mitigating the inherent risk of holding a situational counterspell by allowing the player to replace the card if it was not needed.
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