Sphinx Sovereign
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Shards of AlaraALA · #196
- Card type
- Artifact Creature — Sphinx
- Rarity
- Mythic rare
- Indicative price
- 1.18 € · ★ 2.54 € · 1.69 $ · ★ 6.61 $
- Mana value
- 8
- Power
- 6
- Toughness
- 6
- Colour
- White Blue Black
Card text
Flying At the beginning of your end step, you gain 3 life if this creature is untapped. Otherwise, each opponent loses 3 life.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Chippy
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2008-10-03
Flavour text
"What rises without legs, whispers without a voice, bites without teeth, and dies without having life?"
Rulings
The ability checks whether Sphinx Sovereign is tapped or untapped at the time the ability resolves. If Sphinx Sovereign is no longer on the battlefield by then, the ability checks whether Sphinx Sovereign was tapped or untapped at the time it left the battlefield.