Sphinx of the Steel Wind
Sphinx of the Steel Wind: Artifact Creature - Sphinx, Mystery Booster 2. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {5}{W}{U}{B}
- Mana value
- 8
- Type
- Artifact Creature - Sphinx
- Colour identity
- White, blue and black (WUB)
- Power / toughness
- 6/6
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2 (MB2)
- Released
- 2024-08-02
- Collector number
- 89
- Artist
- Kev Walker
- Keywords
- Flying, Lifelink, Vigilance, First strike, Protection
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About Sphinx of the Steel Wind
Sphinx of the Steel Wind is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white, blue and black artifact creature from Mystery Booster 2 (MB2), a Masters set released in August 2024. It is collector number 89 in that set, with art by Kev Walker. It costs {5}{W}{U}{B} (five generic, one white, one blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 8. It is a 6/6 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 5 sets, from Alara Reborn (2009) to Mystery Booster 2 (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.71 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Flying, first strike, vigilance, lifelink, protection from red and from green
No one has properly answered her favorite riddle: "Why should I spare your life?"
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.71 (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 Sphinx of the Steel Wind 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 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
Sphinx of the Steel Wind has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Eternal Masters (EMA) #207 | Mythic | 2016 |
| Commander 2013 (C13) #217 | Mythic | 2013 |
| Premium Deck Series: Graveborn (PD3) #9 | Mythic | 2011 |
| Alara Reborn (ARB) #110 | Mythic | 2009 |
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