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Magister Sphinx

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

Artifact Creature — Sphinx

ARCArchenemy#89rare

"These benighted worlds are thick with ignorance. I will educate them. They will listen, or they will die."

Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster
Illustrator
Steven Belledin
Found in
Archenemy Theme Deck Assemble the Doomsday Machine
Printings4CombosIn 7
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 enters, target player's life total becomes 10.
5/5
Flying
Market · per finishspark updated 3h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+1.9%
$0.53
$0.39 low$0.28 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.50· across 4 printings

Rulings

3 · latest Jun 15, 2010 · one tap opens all
  • 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.