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Enigma Sphinx

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

Artifact Creature — Sphinx

ARBAlara Reborn#106rare
Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1185
Illustrator
Chris Rahn
Found in
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Printings4
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 When this creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, put it into your library third from the top. Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
5/4
FlyingCascade

Plays as: Cast From Exile

Market · per finishspark updated 15h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.33
$0.21 low$0.16 gap
Foil+0.0%
$3.56
$1.67 low$0.44 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.25· across 4 printings

Rulings

12 · latest Jun 18, 2021 · one tap opens all
  • WotCJun 18, 2021

    A spell's mana value is determined only by its mana cost. Ignore any alternative costs, additional costs, cost increases, or cost reductions.

  • WotCJun 18, 2021

    Cascade triggers when you cast the spell, meaning that it resolves before that spell. If you end up casting the exiled card, it will go on the stack above the spell with cascade.

  • WotCJun 18, 2021

    Due to a 2021 rules change to cascade, not only do you stop exiling cards if you exile a nonland card with lesser mana value than the spell with cascade, but the resulting spell you cast must also have lesser mana value. Previously, in cases where a card's mana value differed from the resulting spell, such as with some modal double-faced cards or cards with an Adventure, you could cast a spell with a higher mana value than the exiled card.

  • WotCJun 18, 2021

    If a spell with cascade is countered, the cascade ability will still resolve normally.

  • WotCJun 18, 2021

    If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

  • WotCJun 18, 2021

    If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the card.

  • WotCJun 18, 2021

    The mana value of a split card is determined by the combined mana cost of its two halves. If cascade allows you to cast a split card, you may cast either half but not both halves.

  • WotCJun 18, 2021

    When the cascade ability resolves, you must exile cards. The only optional part of the ability is whether or not you cast the last card exiled.

  • WotCJun 18, 2021

    You exile the cards face up. All players will be able to see them.

  • WotCMay 1, 2009

    After Enigma Sphinx's middle ability triggers, if Enigma Sphinx is removed from your graveyard in response, it won't be put into your library.

  • WotCMay 1, 2009

    If you control an Enigma Sphinx that's owned by another player, it's put into that player's graveyard from the battlefield, so Enigma Sphinx's middle ability won't trigger.

  • WotCMay 1, 2009

    If you have zero or one card left in your library when Enigma Sphinx's middle ability resolves, Enigma Sphinx is put on the bottom of your library.