Perplex

one generic mana one blue mana one black mana Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller discards their hand.

Transmute one generic mana one blue mana one black mana (, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

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Perplex rulings

2005-10-01
If the spell’s controller has no cards in their hand, that player can still choose to discard their hand and prevent the spell from being countered.

Perplex keyword rules

Transmute Rule 702.53

Transmute is an activated ability that functions only while the card with transmute is in a player’s hand. “Transmute [cost]” means “[Cost], Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as the discarded card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. Activate only as a sorcery.”

Although the transmute ability can be activated only if the card is in a player’s hand, it continues to exist while the object is on the battlefield and in all other zones. Therefore objects with transmute will be affected by effects that depend on objects having one or more activated abilities.