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◇ Catalog #41

Windreader Sphinx

DIGITAL ONLY

anb·#41·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Min Yum

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Aug '20

6 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #7,359 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Creature — Sphinx

Flying Whenever a creature with flying attacks, you may draw a card.

3/7

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2018-07-13wotc

It doesn't matter who controls the creature with flying or which player or planeswalker that creature is attacking. Windreader Sphinx's controller is the player who may draw a card.

2018-07-13wotc

Windreader Sphinx's ability will trigger when it itself attacks.

2018-07-13wotc

The creature must have flying immediately after being declared as an attacking creature in order for Windreader Sphinx's ability to trigger. For example, attacking with Kitesail Corsair will cause the ability to trigger, and attacking with Pegasus Courser and a creature without flying will cause the ability to trigger only once.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from ANB — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #41 of *Arena Beginner Set*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2020 Arena Beginner Set release.

Card type: Creature — Sphinx, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {5}{U}{U} (7 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #7,359 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Min Yum. Rarix catalogs 203 other cards credited to this artist.