Riddles in the Dark

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Name	Riddles in the Dark
Type	Instant
Description	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.
Flavor	"What have I got in my pocket?" —Bilbo
Artist	Tomas Duchek
Set	Spotlight Series #11
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About Riddles in the Dark

Riddles in the Dark, Instant, designed by Lorenzo Mastroianni first released in May, 2026 in the set The Hobbit and was printed exactly in 3 different ways.

Riddles in the Dark would fit best in blue-based control, tempo, or combo decks that value card selection and can leverage graveyard resources, since it both digs four cards deep and potentially fuels the graveyard for flashback, delve, reanimation, or spell-recursion strategies; however, at three mana (2U) and at instant speed but with an opponent making the final choice, it is generally less efficient than options like **Fact or Fiction** (which looks at five and usually generates stronger advantage), **Impulse**, **Memory Deluge**, **Behold the Multiverse**, or even **Strategic Planning** in graveyard-focused builds. Because the opponent chooses the pile, skilled players will often minimize your gain, making it inconsistent compared to more reliable draw or selection spells, so while it’s playable in slower, synergy-driven decks that actively want cards in the graveyard, it is unlikely to see competitive play over stronger, more consistent alternatives unless the format particularly