You only get the opportunity to pay {U}{U}{U} (and thus to return Puppet Master to its owner's hand) if the creature card actually gets returned to its owner's hand. If it isn't (for instance, if it was removed from the graveyard prior to this ability resolving), you don't get the option to pay.
Last observed on Scryfall 3 months ago at $2.39. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $2.39 and $2.39 across 1 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from BCHR — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #23 of *Chronicles Foreign Black Border*, the set that shipped alongside the July 1995 Chronicles Foreign Black Border release.
Card type: Enchantment — Aura, color identity blue, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {U}{U}{U} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Enchant.
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #28,683 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Sandra Everingham. Rarix catalogs 249 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Sandra Everingham
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