Ominous Sphinx
~$0.19 low · ~$0.38 high
Blue. Creature — Sphinx
Hour of Devastation #41 · Illustrated by Lars Grant-West
Hour of Devastation #41 · Illustrated by Lars Grant-WestWhat is Ominous Sphinx worth?
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Oracle text
Flying
Whenever you cycle or discard a card, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-0 until end of turn.
4/4
The sphinxes began to speak only after the Second Sun aligned. They whispered dire warnings, though no one listened.
Format legality
The only printing of Ominous Sphinx
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hour of Devastation hou #41· 2017uncommon· Cardmarket €0.09 · €0.22 foil | uncommon | $0.19 | $0.38 | €0.09€0.22 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2017
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 5
- EDHREC rank
- #27,707 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Flying
- Artist
- Lars Grant-West
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Hour of Devastation card (#41).
041 · HOU · U · EN
- 041Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- HOUSet code for Hour of Devastation
- UUncommon
- ENPrinted in English
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Rulings (4)
2017-04-18
If a player discards a card during their cleanup step due to having too many cards in hand, any appropriate abilities that trigger on discarding that card trigger. If this happens, those triggered abilities are put onto the stack and players receive priority in that cleanup step to cast spells or activate abilities (normally, no players may take actions during a cleanup step). Another cleanup step is created following that one.
2017-04-18
Some cards have an ability that triggers whenever you cycle any card. These triggered abilities resolve before you draw from the cycling ability.
2017-04-18
An ability that triggers whenever you discard a card doesn’t give you permission to discard cards. You’ll need another effect that instructs or allows you to discard them.
2017-04-18
An ability that triggers whenever you “cycle or discard” a card triggers only once if you cycle a card. The ability “Whenever you discard a card” is functionally identical to this ability; cycling is mentioned for clarity.
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