Dazzling Sphinx
Dazzling Sphinx: Creature - Sphinx, Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}{U}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Creature - Sphinx
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 4/5
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)
- Released
- 2024-04-19
- Collector number
- 93
- Artist
- Oriana Menendez
- Commander rank
- 6,348 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying
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About Dazzling Sphinx
Dazzling Sphinx is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC), a Commander product released in April 2024. It is collector number 93 in that set, with art by Oriana Menendez. It costs {3}{U}{U} (three generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/5 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 4 sets, from The List (2020) to Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.01 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then that player puts the exiled cards that weren't cast this way on the bottom of their library in a random order.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.01 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Dazzling Sphinx by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Dazzling Sphinx
Dazzling Sphinx has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #OTC-93 | Rare | 2026 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #90030 | Rare | 2021 |
| Commander 2021 (C21) #25 | Rare | 2021 |
| Commander 2021 (C21) #352 | Rare | 2021 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Dazzling Sphinx, newest first.
- Dazzling Sphinx's triggered ability lets you cast the exiled card during the resolution of the ability. It doesn't allow you to wait and cast the card later.
- If the exiled instant or sorcery card has an {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of {X}.
- You may choose not to cast the instant or sorcery card that you exiled. In that case, it will be put on the bottom of the library with the rest of the exiled cards.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Dazzling Sphinx is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.