Argent Sphinx
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Scars of MirrodinSOM · #28
- Card type
- Creature — Sphinx
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.25 € · ★ 0.35 € · 0.26 $ · ★ 0.36 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 4
- Toughness
- 3
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Flying Metalcraft — : Exile this creature. Return it to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.
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
- Chris Rahn
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2010-10-01
Flavour text
A great mirage, a dream of wings and silver.
Rulings
If you activate Argent Sphinx’s metalcraft ability during a turn’s end step, Argent Sphinx will return to the battlefield at the beginning of the following turn’s end step.
If you activate Argent Sphinx’s metalcraft ability, Argent Sphinx will return to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step no matter how many artifacts you control at that time.
If you control an Argent Sphinx owned by another player and activate its ability, Argent Sphinx will return to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step. You’ll retain control of it indefinitely.
