Magister Sphinx
Magister Sphinx: Artifact Creature - Sphinx, Double Masters 2022. Flying When this creature enters, target player's life total becomes 10. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{W}{U}{B}
- Mana value
- 7
- Type
- Artifact Creature - Sphinx
- Colour identity
- White, blue and black (WUB)
- Power / toughness
- 5/5
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Double Masters 2022 (2X2)
- Released
- 2022-07-08
- Collector number
- 247
- Artist
- Steven Belledin
- Keywords
- Flying
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About Magister Sphinx
Magister Sphinx is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white, blue and black artifact creature from Double Masters 2022 (2X2), a Masters set released in July 2022. It is collector number 247 in that set, with art by Steven Belledin. It costs {4}{W}{U}{B} (four generic, one white, one blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 7. It is a 5/5 creature. Its colour identity is white, blue and black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Conflux (2009) to Double Masters 2022 (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $6.93 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Flying
When this creature enters, target player's life total becomes 10.
"These benighted worlds are thick with ignorance. I will educate them. They will listen, or they will die."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $6.93 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Magister Sphinx by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Magister Sphinx
Magister Sphinx has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #519 | Rare | 2022 |
| Archenemy (ARC) #89 | Rare | 2010 |
| Conflux (CON) #116 | Rare | 2009 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Magister Sphinx, newest first.
- In a Two-Headed Giant game, this ability basically causes the team's life total to become 10, but only the targeted player is considered to have actually gained or lost life.
- This ability is not optional.
- For a player's life total to become 10, what actually happens is that the player gains or loses the appropriate amount of life. For example, if the targeted player's life total is 4 when this ability resolves, it will cause that player to gain 6 life; alternately, if the targeted player's life total is 17 when this ability resolves, it will cause that player to lose 7 life. Other cards that interact with life gain or life loss will interact with this effect accordingly.
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