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Ominous Sphinx

houHour of Devastation#41uncommon
{3}{U}{U}
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1 printings across 1 sets
Printings

This is the only printing — Hour of Devastation #41.

Card details
Artist
Lars Grant-West
Frame
2015
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Oracle text

Creature — Sphinx

Flying

Whenever you cycle or discard a card, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

P/T4/4
Abilities
Flying
TriggeredWhenever you cycle or discard a card, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-0 until end of turn.
Plays as
Discard Payoff
Flavor & art
The sphinxes began to speak only after the Second Sun aligned. They whispered dire warnings, though no one listened.
Illustrated by
Lars Grant-West
Rulings
  • WotCApr 18, 2017

    An ability that triggers whenever you discard a card doesn’t give you permission to discard cards. You’ll need another effect that instructs or allows you to discard them.

  • WotCApr 18, 2017

    An ability that triggers whenever you “cycle or discard” a card triggers only once if you cycle a card. The ability “Whenever you discard a card” is functionally identical to this ability; cycling is mentioned for clarity.

  • WotCApr 18, 2017

    If a player discards a card during their cleanup step due to having too many cards in hand, any appropriate abilities that trigger on discarding that card trigger. If this happens, those triggered abilities are put onto the stack and players receive priority in that cleanup step to cast spells or activate abilities (normally, no players may take actions during a cleanup step). Another cleanup step is created following that one.

  • WotCApr 18, 2017

    Some cards have an ability that triggers whenever you cycle any card. These triggered abilities resolve before you draw from the cycling ability.