Quantum Riddler
Creature — Sphinx
Flying
When this creature enters, draw a card.
As long as you have one or fewer cards in hand, if you would draw one or more cards, you draw that many cards plus one instead.
Warp 

4/6
Illustrated by Izzy · Edge of Eternities (EOE)
Legalities
- Standard
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Duel Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
Printings
Rulings
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Quantum Riddler’s replacement effect applies to an instruction to draw more than one card before any replacement effects apply to individual cards drawn. For example, if you control Thought Reflection (an enchantment with “If you would draw a card, draw two cards instead.”) and you cast Decode Transmissions while you have one or fewer other cards in your hand, you’ll apply Quantum Riddler’s replacement effect first, changing the “draw two cards” instruction to “draw three cards.” Then Thought Reflection’s replacement effect will apply to each of those three individual card draws, causing you to draw a total of six cards.
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Once a replacement effect has been applied to an event, it can’t be applied again to the newly modified event. For example, once Quantum Riddler’s replacement effect has modified the “draw two cards” instruction of Decode Transmissions, Thought Reflection’s replacement effect can double the resulting card draws without Quantum Riddler’s replacement effect applying again.
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If an effect instructs you to draw more than one card, Quantum Riddler’s replacement effect applies to that entire instruction, not the individual card draws represented by the instruction. For example, if you control Quantum Riddler and you cast Decode Transmissions while you have no other cards in your hand, Quantum Riddler’s replacement effect will apply, and you’ll draw three cards instead of two.
Archetypes that play this card
Duel Commander
- Satya, Aetherflux Genius 100.0% of lists
- Aang, Swift Savior 50.0% of lists
- Glarb, Calamity's Augur 16.7% of lists
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- Jace, Multiverse Architect 12.5% of lists
Legacy
- Riddlesmith Storm 100.0% of lists
- Azorius Tempo 50.7% of lists
- Other 8.2% of lists
Show 1 more Legacy archetypes
- Doomsday 5.2% of lists
Modern
- 5c Midrange 100.0% of lists
- Death's Shadow 100.0% of lists
- Esper Reanimator 100.0% of lists
Show 12 more Modern archetypes
- Izzet Steel-Cutter 100.0% of lists
- Jeskai Blink 100.0% of lists
- Esper Blink 98.9% of lists
- Goryo's Vengeance 96.9% of lists
- Domain Zoo 82.4% of lists
- Esper Midrange 68.3% of lists
- Boros Energy 27.8% of lists
- Indomitable Creativity 25.0% of lists
- Other 14.1% of lists
- Grixis Reanimator 9.5% of lists
- Belcher 4.0% of lists
- Izzet Murktide 2.9% of lists
Pioneer
- Izzet Vivi 100.0% of lists
- Izzet Prowess 11.1% of lists
- Other 4.9% of lists
Standard
- Azorius Momo 100.0% of lists
- Tiger-Seal 100.0% of lists
- Jeskai Control 11.1% of lists
Show 2 more Standard archetypes
- Dimir Reanimator 3.1% of lists
- Other 1.4% of lists
Vintage
- Quantum Riddler 100.0% of lists
- Other 10.3% of lists
- Esper Lurrus Control 1.2% of lists