Dazzling Sphinx

c21Commander 2021#25rare2021-04-23

Legal in 5 of 23 formats

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Card text & rulings

Oracle text

Creature — Sphinx

Flying

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then that player puts the exiled cards that weren't cast this way on the bottom of their library in a random order.

P/T4/5

Ability breakdown

Abilities

Flying

TriggeredWhenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then that player puts the exiled cards that weren't cast this way on the bottom of their library in a random order.

Rulings

WotCApr 16, 2021
Dazzling Sphinx's triggered ability lets you cast the exiled card during the resolution of the ability. It doesn't allow you to wait and cast the card later.
WotCApr 16, 2021
If the exiled instant or sorcery card has an in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of .
WotCApr 16, 2021
You may choose not to cast the instant or sorcery card that you exiled. In that case, it will be put on the bottom of the library with the rest of the exiled cards.