Sphinx of Jwar Isle
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
ZendikarZEN · #68
- Card type
- Creature — Sphinx
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.25 € · ★ 0.38 € · 0.33 $ · ★ 1.12 $
- Mana value
- 6
- Power
- 5
- Toughness
- 5
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Flying Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.) You may look at the top card of your library any time.
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
- Justin Sweet
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2009-10-02
Flavour text
"Even if the sphinxes do know the location of every relic, getting one to talk is harder than just searching yourself." —Sachir, Akoum Expeditionary House
Rulings
Essentially, Sphinx of Jwar Isle lets you play with the top card of your library revealed only to you. Knowing what that card is becomes part of the information you have access to, just like you can look at the cards in your hand. You may look at the top card of your library whenever you want, even if you don’t have priority. This action doesn’t use the stack.
If the top card of your library changes during the process of casting a spell or activating an ability, you can’t look at the new top card until the process of casting the spell or activating the ability ends (all targets are chosen, all costs are paid, and so on).
