Essentially, Sphinx of Jwar Isle lets you play with the top card of your library revealed only to you. Knowing what that card is becomes part of the information you have access to, just like you can look at the cards in your hand. You may look at the top card of your library whenever you want, even if you don’t have priority. This action doesn’t use the stack.
If the top card of your library changes during the process of casting a spell or activating an ability, you can’t look at the new top card until the process of casting the spell or activating the ability ends (all targets are chosen, all costs are paid, and so on).
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PS11 — 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 #55 of *Salvat 2011*, the set that shipped alongside the January 2011 Salvat 2011 release.
Card type: Creature — Sphinx, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {4}{U}{U} (6 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying and Shroud.
Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #20,192 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Justin Sweet. Rarix catalogs 236 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Justin Sweet
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