Teferi's Puzzle Box
Artifact
At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player puts the cards in their hand on the bottom of their library in any order, then draws that many cards.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Classic Sixth Edition
- Price
- $14.21
- EDHREC rank
- #1901
Teferi's Puzzle Box forces every player to pitch their hand and draw that many cards at the start of their draw step — pair it with Narset, Parter of Veils and opponents draw nothing, or with Sheoldred, the Apocalypse and every opponent takes two damage per card drawn, turning the wheel effect into a clock. Four mana for a permanent that reshapes every draw step at the table is exceptional value.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse turns every opponent's draw into a life loss trigger, and Teferi's Puzzle Box guarantees those draws happen on every single turn — opponents who would normally hold a small hand suddenly hemorrhage life just to refill it.
Nekusar, the Mindrazer
Nekusar, the Mindrazer deals damage whenever opponents draw, so Teferi's Puzzle Box replacing a normal draw with a full-hand redraw multiplies his triggers into lethal damage in just a few rotations around the table.
Ian Malcolm, Chaotician
Ian Malcolm, Chaotician rewards chaotic, high-variance effects, and Teferi's Puzzle Box is exactly that kind of engine — constant hand disruption that generates unpredictability and feeds Malcolm's chaos-matters payoffs.
Xyris, the Writhing Storm
Xyris, the Writhing Storm creates Snake tokens whenever opponents draw extra cards, and Teferi's Puzzle Box turns every opponent's draw step into a bonus draw event, flooding the board with tokens without any extra investment.
Heliod, the Radiant Dawn
Heliod, the Radiant Dawn cares about enchantments and life totals, and Teferi's Puzzle Box as a recurring enchantment-adjacent artifact pairs with lifegain payoffs triggered by the constant cycling of hands around the table.
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 Teferi's Puzzle Box does its best work — four opponents drawing and discarding every turn creates exponential trigger value for wheel-punishment commanders, and the artifact sticks around long enough to dominate games. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but never sees play; the formats move too fast for a four-mana do-nothing-until-your-next-upkeep artifact to matter. Oathbreaker shares Commander's multiplayer structure, so the same wheel-and-punish strategies that make Teferi's Puzzle Box excellent in Commander apply there too. Anywhere that rewards repeated draw effects in a slower, longer game is where this card earns its slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Narset, Parter of VeilsTeferi's Puzzle Box
Each opponent shuffles their hand into their library during their draw step; Opponents can't draw cards during their turn; Lock
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Notion ThiefTeferi's Puzzle Box
Opponents put all cards in hand on the bottom of their library on each of their draw steps; Lock
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Teferi's Puzzle BoxSpirit of the Labyrinth
Players can't draw more than one card per turn; Players shuffle their hands into their libraries during each draw step; Lock
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Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Anvil of Bogardan does something similar — opponents can't discard during their discard step and draw an extra card — for roughly a dollar, though it lacks the hand-size-based redraw that makes Teferi's Puzzle Box so punishing. Howling Mine and Forced Fruition can fill adjacently disruptive roles at budget prices, but nothing replicates the exact 'discard your hand, redraw that many' effect of Teferi's Puzzle Box without paying up for it.
Price Context
Current price
$14.21 mid tier
At $14.21, Teferi's Puzzle Box sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate purchase but cheap enough to fit most Commander budgets. It's a Reserved List card, so the supply is fixed and the price has been stable; you're not overpaying for hype, you're paying for genuine scarcity on a card that sees real play.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.