Sphinx Ambassador
Card Information
Type: Creature — Sphinx
Mana Cost: 5
CMC: 7
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Magic 2010 (M10)
Rarity: Mythic
Collector Number: 73
Oracle Text
Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, search that player's library for a card, then that player chooses a card name. If you searched for a creature card that doesn't have that name, you may put it onto the battlefield under your control. Then that player shuffles.
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Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- October 1, 2009
You may search for any card, not just a creature card. Of course, if you choose a noncreature card, you won’t be able to put it onto the battlefield no matter what card the player names.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2009
Once you’ve chosen a card during your search, you must clearly indicate which card you’ve chosen (preferably without showing the front of that card to the player!). Then the player names a card.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2009
A “creature card” is any card with the type creature, even if it has other types such as artifact, enchantment, or land. Older cards of type summon are also creature cards.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2009
After the player names a card, check if the card you chose has that name. If it doesn’t, but it’s a creature card, you may put it onto the battlefield. If you don’t want to put that card onto the battlefield, it’s not a creature card, or it does have the name the player said, it simply stays in that player’s library without ever being revealed. The player then shuffles their library, including that card.
Source: wotc
Price History
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