Perplexing Chimera
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SetBNG
Collector #48
Released2014-02-07
Rarityrare
ArtistTyler Jacobson
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Perplexing Chimera

RareColour IDMV 5
Enchantment Creature — Chimera
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may exchange control of this creature and that spell. If you do, you may choose new targets for the spell. (If the spell becomes a permanent, you control that permanent.)
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CreatureEnchantment
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (9)
wotc1 Feb 2014
If you gain control of an instant or sorcery spell, it will be put into its owner’s graveyard as it resolves, fails to resolve, or is countered.
wotc1 Feb 2014
In some unusual cases, you may not control Perplexing Chimera when its triggered ability resolves (perhaps because the triggered ability triggered again and resolved while the original ability was on the stack). In these cases, you can exchange control of Perplexing Chimera and the spell that causes the ability to trigger, even if you control neither of them. If you do, you’ll be able to change targets of the spell, not the spell’s new controller.
wotc1 Feb 2014
If Perplexing Chimera leaves the battlefield or the spell leaves the stack before the triggered ability resolves, you can’t make the exchange.
wotc1 Feb 2014
Gaining control of a spell and changing its targets won’t cause any heroic abilities of the new targets to trigger.
wotc1 Feb 2014
Neither Perplexing Chimera nor the spell changes zones. Only control of them is exchanged.
wotc1 Feb 2014
You may change any of the spell’s targets. If you change a target, you must choose a legal target for the spell. If you can’t, you must leave the target the same (even if that target is now illegal).