MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #23

Petra Sphinx

DIGITAL ONLY

me1·#23·rare·foil

Illus. Sandra Everingham

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Sep '07

19 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #28,323 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.02

Nonfoil$0.02

Gameplay

Creature — Sphinx

{T}: Target player chooses a card name, then reveals the top card of their library. If that card has the chosen name, that player puts it into their hand. If it doesn't, the player puts it into their graveyard.

What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?

3/4

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2004-10-04wotc

If the targeted player’s library is empty, that player still names a card, but nothing further happens. That player will not lose the game.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ME1 — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #23 of *Masters Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2007 Masters Edition release.

Card type: Creature — Sphinx, color identity white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{W}{W}{W} (5 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #28,323 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Sandra Everingham. Rarix catalogs 249 other cards credited to this artist.