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{3}{U}{U}

Creature — Sphinx

M15Magic 2015#67rare
Foil

Designed by David Sirlin

Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1793
Illustrator
Matt Stewart
Found in
2015 Core Set MTGO Redemption Foil · 2015 Core Set MTGO Redemption · 2 more
Printings1
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
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, choose a card in your hand. That player guesses whether the card's mana value is greater than 4. If the player guessed wrong, you may cast the card without paying its mana cost.
4/4
Flying

Plays as: Combat Damage Trigger

Market · per finishspark updated 10h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.32
$0.16 low$0.07 gap
Foil+0.0%
$1.60
$0.40 low-$0.83 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.32· across 1 printing

Rulings

7 · latest Apr 18, 2017 · one tap opens all
  • WotCApr 18, 2017

    If the card is a split card, its mana value is determined by the combined mana cost of its two halves. If the player guesses wrong and you cast a split card this way, you may cast either half (or both halves if the card has fuse), no matter what its mana value is.

  • WotCJul 18, 2014

    Although you may choose a land card in your hand, you won't be able to play it even if the player guessed wrong.

  • WotCJul 18, 2014

    If the card has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.

  • WotCJul 18, 2014

    If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't pay any alternative costs. Notably, you can't cast a card with bestow as an Aura this way. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.

  • WotCJul 18, 2014

    If you don't cast the card, either because the player guessed right or because you choose not to cast it, you don't have to reveal it. Your opponent won't know the reason you didn't cast the card.

  • WotCJul 18, 2014

    To choose a card in your hand, clearly separate it from the rest of your hand without revealing it.

  • WotCJul 18, 2014

    You cast the card in your hand as part of the resolution of the triggered ability. Timing restrictions based on the card's type (such as creature or sorcery) are ignored. Other restrictions, such as "Cast [this card] only during combat," are not.