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Magister Sphinx

{4}{W}{U}{B}

Artifact Creature — Sphinx

Flying When this creature enters, target player's life total becomes 10.
Plays as:
ETB Trigger
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal

Used in 7 known combosEDHREC #7,332Played in Under 1% of cEDH decks with white, blue and black

Printings
4
Price range
$1.42to$14.74

Versions

4 printings · from $1.42

In products
Archenemy
2010#89CheapestIn products
Conflux
2009#116In products

Rulings

3 · latest Jun 15, 2010
  • WotCJun 15, 2010

    In a Two-Headed Giant game, this ability basically causes the team's life total to become 10, but only the targeted player is considered to have actually gained or lost life.

  • WotCFeb 1, 2009

    For a player's life total to become 10, what actually happens is that the player gains or loses the appropriate amount of life. For example, if the targeted player's life total is 4 when this ability resolves, it will cause that player to gain 6 life; alternately, if the targeted player's life total is 17 when this ability resolves, it will cause that player to lose 7 life. Other cards that interact with life gain or life loss will interact with this effect accordingly.

  • WotCFeb 1, 2009

    This ability is not optional.