Enigma Sphinx

Printings

  • Alara Reborn (ARB)#106
  • Planechase 2012 (PC2)#89
  • Commander 2018 (C18)#178
  • Planechase Anthology (PCA)#89

Enigma Sphinx

Card Information

Type: Artifact Creature — Sphinx

Mana Cost: 4White manaBlue manaBlack mana

CMC: 7

Part of the Reserved List: No

Color Identity: Mana symbol for BMana symbol for UMana symbol for W

Set: Alara Reborn (ARB)

Rarity: Rare

Collector Number: 106

Oracle Text

Flying When this creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, put it into your library third from the top. Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)

Keywords

CascadeFlying

Format Legalities

duel(Legal)
brawl(Not Legal)
penny(Legal)
predh(Legal)
future(Not Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Not Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Not Legal)
standard(Not Legal)
timeless(Not Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Not Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Not Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Card Rulings

  1. June 18, 2021

    If a spell with cascade is countered, the cascade ability will still resolve normally.

    Source: wotc
  2. June 18, 2021

    The mana value of a split card is determined by the combined mana cost of its two halves. If cascade allows you to cast a split card, you may cast either half but not both halves.

    Source: wotc
  3. June 18, 2021

    When the cascade ability resolves, you must exile cards. The only optional part of the ability is whether or not you cast the last card exiled.

    Source: wotc
  4. June 18, 2021

    If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the card.

    Source: wotc
  5. June 18, 2021

    Cascade triggers when you cast the spell, meaning that it resolves before that spell. If you end up casting the exiled card, it will go on the stack above the spell with cascade.

    Source: wotc
  6. June 18, 2021

    Due to a 2021 rules change to cascade, not only do you stop exiling cards if you exile a nonland card with lesser mana value than the spell with cascade, but the resulting spell you cast must also have lesser mana value. Previously, in cases where a card's mana value differed from the resulting spell, such as with some modal double-faced cards or cards with an Adventure, you could cast a spell with a higher mana value than the exiled card.

    Source: wotc
  7. June 18, 2021

    If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

    Source: wotc
  8. June 18, 2021

    A spell's mana value is determined only by its mana cost. Ignore any alternative costs, additional costs, cost increases, or cost reductions.

    Source: wotc
  9. June 18, 2021

    You exile the cards face up. All players will be able to see them.

    Source: wotc
  10. May 1, 2009

    If you control an Enigma Sphinx that's owned by another player, it's put into that player's graveyard from the battlefield, so Enigma Sphinx's middle ability won't trigger.

    Source: wotc
  11. May 1, 2009

    If you have zero or one card left in your library when Enigma Sphinx's middle ability resolves, Enigma Sphinx is put on the bottom of your library.

    Source: wotc
  12. May 1, 2009

    After Enigma Sphinx's middle ability triggers, if Enigma Sphinx is removed from your graveyard in response, it won't be put into your library.

    Source: wotc

Price History

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