MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #103400

Sphinx of Clear Skies

DIGITAL ONLY

prm·#103400·mythic·nonfoil

Illus. Valera Lutfullina

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wishlisted

Jan '23

3 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #14,465 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.09

Nonfoil$0.09

Gameplay

Creature — Sphinx

Flying, ward {2} Domain — Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, reveal the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard. (Piles can be empty.)

5/5

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2022-09-09wotc

That opponent may choose to put all of the cards into one pile and leave the other pile empty. In that case, the ability’s controller chooses whether to put the revealed cards into their hand or into their graveyard.

2022-09-09wotc

The player who controls the triggered ability chooses which opponent separates the cards into two piles. This choice is made after revealing those cards.

2022-09-09wotc

The basic land types are Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest. Land types other than basic land types (such as Desert) don’t contribute to domain abilities.

2022-09-09

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from PRM — 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 #103400 of *Magic Online Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the January 2023 Magic Online release.

Card type: Creature — Sphinx, color identity blue, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {3}{U}{U} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying, Ward, and Domain.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #14,465 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Valera Lutfullina. Rarix catalogs 204 other cards credited to this artist.