Perplexing Test
Commander 2021 30 • rare
- Set
- Commander 2021
- Collector number
- 30
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Fariba Khamseh
- Market price
- $0.41
What it does
Choose one —
• Return all creature tokens to their owners' hands.
• Return all nontoken creatures to their owners' hands.
"Your proofs were a bit nontraditional, but effective nonetheless. Full marks."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Perplexing Test was released in 2021 as part of the Commander 2021 set, a collection specifically designed for the Magic: The Gathering Commander format. The card belongs to the Quantum Quandrix deck, reflecting the set's focus on the Prismari, Quandrix, Lorehold, Silverquill, and Witherbloom colleges of Strixhaven University. Its introduction served to bolster the blue-green color identity, offering players a unique modal choice between countering a spell or forcing opponents to trade creatures.
The artwork was created by Fariba Khamseh, who utilized a vivid, abstract aesthetic to represent the card's mechanics. The design process for Strixhaven cards often aimed to marry academic themes with traditional fantasy elements, and the illustration for Perplexing Test captures this by blending arcane symbols with the fluid, geometric concepts often associated with the Quandrix college. The card was generally well-received by the Commander community for its strategic versatility, specifically as a utility tool in control-oriented deck builds.
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