Sphinx Sovereign
Artifact Creature — Sphinx
ALAShards of Alara#196mythic
Foil
"What rises without legs, whispers without a voice, bites without teeth, and dies without having life?"
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 3585
- Illustrator
- Chippy
- Found in
- Shards of Alara MTGO Redemption · Shards of Alara MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Flying
At the beginning of your end step, you gain 3 life if this creature is untapped. Otherwise, each opponent loses 3 life.
6/6Flying
Plays as: Lifegain Source
Market · per finishspark updated 9h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$1.32
$0.69 low$0.59 gap
Foil-2.2%
$5.68
$4.00 low-$0.50 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$1.32as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $1.74L $0.96since Feb 2024$0.69
$0.10
$0.59+86% · normal spread
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Foil
$5.68as of 2026-07-12
-2.2%
H $9.74L $2.14since Feb 2024$4.00
$4.50
-$0.50-12% · buylist > ask
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Cheapest playable copy$1.32· across 1 printing
Rulings
1 · latest Oct 1, 2008 · one tap opens all
- WotCOct 1, 2008
The ability checks whether Sphinx Sovereign is tapped or untapped at the time the ability resolves. If Sphinx Sovereign is no longer on the battlefield by then, the ability checks whether Sphinx Sovereign was tapped or untapped at the time it left the battlefield.