Puca's Mischief
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may exchange control of target nonland permanent you control and target nonland permanent an opponent controls with equal or lesser mana value.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The List
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #9849
Puca's Mischief lets you swap a permanent you control for a better one an opponent controls — every upkeep, for free, indefinitely. The four-mana enchantment is the engine Zedruu the Greathearted was built around, and in the right shell it reads as a repeatable theft spell that also fuels donation synergies.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zedruu the Greathearted
Zedruu the Greathearted is in 54% of Zedruu lists precisely because Puca's Mischief converts cheap junk tokens or curse enchantments into whatever threatening permanent is sitting across the table, then Zedruu draws cards off everything you've given away.
Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor
Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor uses Puca's Mischief to offload curses onto opponents and pick up anything useful in return — the card does double duty as both a curse-delivery mechanism and a removal-proof value engine.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Puca's Mischief actually lives — three opponents means three targets to raid every upkeep, and the enchantment is nearly impossible to interact with at instant speed once it resolves. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but sees essentially no play; the effect is too slow and too fair for formats where the game ends by turn three. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where a dedicated donation or theft strategy could make use of it, though the smaller card pool limits the engine's ceiling.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available at time of writing, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a current figure. Puca's Mischief is a casual staple with a narrow audience — demand is real but limited to Zedruu and theft-adjacent builds, which historically keeps the price modest.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Zedruu the Greathearted
- Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.