Confounding Riddle (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan) Light Play Foil

Riddle Up Your Sleeve

Confounding Riddle is a concise tool for blue players who want flexible answers without committing board resources. For {2}{U} you may sculpt the top of your library by looking at the top four cards, taking the one you need and sending the rest to the graveyard or you can turn it into a defensive counterspell that forces an opponent to pay 4. The choice makes this Instant a neat inclusion in control shells and graveyard centric builds where selective digging or countermagic matters.

The Lost Caverns of Ixalan print preserves simple clarity. Confounding Riddle reads as clean interaction that slots into midgame turns to either refuel or stall. Use the draw option to set up a late game threat or fuel a delve or flashback line. Use the counter option when a single spell must be stopped but you cannot spare more mana that turn. Practical, efficient and easy to sequence in tight plays.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {2}{U}
• Card Type – Instant
• Subtypes –
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Choose one. Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. Counter target spell unless its controller pays 4.