Sphinx of Clear Skies
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Dominaria UnitedDMU · #396
- Card type
- Creature — Sphinx
- Rarity
- Mythic rare
- Indicative price
- 0.69 € · ★ 1.09 € · 0.41 $ · ★ 0.44 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Power
- 5
- Toughness
- 5
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Flying, ward Domain — Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, reveal the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard. (Piles can be empty.)
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- 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
- Valera Lutfullina
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2022-09-09
Rulings
Domain abilities count the number of basic land types among lands you control, not how many lands you control or how many of any type.
That opponent may choose to put all of the cards into one pile and leave the other pile empty. In that case, the ability’s controller chooses whether to put the revealed cards into their hand or into their graveyard.
The basic land types are Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest. Land types other than basic land types (such as Desert) don’t contribute to domain abilities.
The player who controls the triggered ability chooses which opponent separates the cards into two piles. This choice is made after revealing those cards.
