Confounding Riddle 
Oracle Text
.Format Legality
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Confounding Riddle, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | 7 | 1.4 | 9 | 1.4 |
| Duel Commander | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Details
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 3
- Collector #
- 50
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Confounding Riddle
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Instants (25)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Instants (25)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Instants (25)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Sorceries (5)
Instants (23)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Sorceries (5)
Instants (23)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Instants (25)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (24)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Instants (25)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Trickbind
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Lands (36)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Lands (36)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Lands (36)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Lands (36)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Lands (36)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Lands (36)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Lands (36)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Lands (36)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Instants (10)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
