Sphinx-Bone Wand
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Duel Decks: Izzet vs. GolgariDDJ · #29
- Card type
- Artifact
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.38 € · 0.52 $
- Mana value
- 7
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may put a charge counter on this artifact. If you do, this artifact deals damage equal to the number of charge counters on it to any target.
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).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Franz Vohwinkel
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2012-09-07
Flavour text
Its host's final curse lies captured within.
Rulings
If Sphinx-Bone Wand leaves the battlefield before its ability resolves, you won’t be able to put a charge counter on it. As a result, it won’t deal damage.
If the targeted permanent or player is an illegal target by the time the ability resolves, the ability doesn’t resolve. You won’t put a charge counter on Sphinx-Bone Wand and it won’t deal damage.
If you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Sphinx-Bone Wand’s ability triggers and goes on the stack on top of it. The ability will resolve before the spell does.
