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Magister Sphinx

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

Artifact Creature — Sphinx

CONConflux#116rare

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

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Illustrator
Steven Belledin
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
Flying When this creature enters, target player's life total becomes 10.
5/5
Flying
Plays as:
ETB Trigger
Market · per finishtrend updated 4h ago · prices as of Oct 15, 2026
$2.32 low$0.57 gap
Foil$2.65+295.5%
$4.00 low$1.75 gap
Cheapest playable copy$1.42· across 4 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Price history

last 30 days · set by the window above · each finish on its own scale
Nonfoil$3.59+412.9%30D
30D range$0.68to$3.59Since Feb 2024:H $3.59L $0.35
Foil$2.65+295.5%30D0.74× nonfoil
30D range$0.67to$2.65Since Feb 2024:H $2.65L $0.50

Other printings

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Found in

6 productsRounded odds
  • Conflux MTGO Redemption

    Box Set · —

    Nonfoil 1+ copiesFoil —
  • Conflux Intro Pack Esper Air Assault

    Deck · —

    Nonfoil —Foil Included
  • Conflux MTGO Redemption Foil

    Box Set · —

    Nonfoil —Foil 1+ copies
  • Conflux Booster Pack

    Booster Pack · $25.27

    Nonfoil under 10%Foil under 1%
  • Conflux Six Card Booster Pack

    Booster Pack · —

    Nonfoil under 1%Foil —
  • Shards of Alara Premium Foil Booster Pack

    Booster Pack · $60.25

    Nonfoil —Foil under 1%

Combos

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.