Sharding Sphinx
Sharding Sphinx: Artifact Creature - Sphinx, March of the Machine Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{U}{U}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Artifact Creature - Sphinx
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 4/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- March of the Machine Commander (MOC)
- Released
- 2023-04-21
- Collector number
- 235
- Artist
- Michael Bruinsma
- Keywords
- Flying
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About Sharding Sphinx
Sharding Sphinx is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue artifact creature from March of the Machine Commander (MOC), a Commander product released in April 2023. It is collector number 235 in that set, with art by Michael Bruinsma. It costs {4}{U}{U} (four generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 8 sets, from Shards of Alara (2008) to March of the Machine Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.40 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Flying
Whenever an artifact creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may create a 1/1 blue Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
Whether mechanical or biological, life finds a way to propagate itself.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.40 (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 Sharding 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 |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Sharding Sphinx
Sharding Sphinx has been printed in 8 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Starter Commander Decks (SCD) #59 | Rare | 2022 |
| The Brothers' War Commander (BRC) #94 | Rare | 2022 |
| Jumpstart (JMP) #176 | Rare | 2020 |
| Commander 2018 (C18) #101 | Rare | 2018 |
| Commander 2013 (C13) #56 | Rare | 2013 |
| Salvat 2011 (PS11) #51 | Rare | 2011 |
| Shards of Alara (ALA) #55 | Rare | 2008 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Sharding Sphinx, newest first.
- The only difference between a colored artifact and a colorless artifact is, obviously, its color. Unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact requires colored mana to cast. Also unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact has a color in all zones. It will interact with cards that care about color. Other than that, a colored artifact behaves just like any other artifact. It will interact as normal with any card that cares about artifacts, such as Shatter or Arcbound Ravager.
- If combat damage is dealt to players by multiple artifact creatures you control (including, perhaps, Sharding Sphinx itself), Sharding Sphinx's ability will trigger that many times. You'll get that many Thopter tokens. You'll get just one token per creature, no matter how much combat damage that creature dealt.
Similar cards
Other artifact creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.