Sphinx Sovereign

Sphinx Sovereign

Artifact Creature — Sphinx

Mana cost: {4}{W}{U}{U}{B}

How we read this card

Flying
At the beginning of your end step, you gain 3 life if this creature is untapped. Otherwise, each opponent loses 3 life.

triggered — gains you 3 life

triggered — makes each opponent lose 3 life

triggered — drains each opponent

Causes: gain life, make a player lose life.

Cares about: an end step.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Sphinx Sovereign onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Kethek, Crucible Goliath — Kethek, Crucible Goliath can put Sphinx Sovereign onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Sphinx Sovereign onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Sphinx Sovereign onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Sphinx Sovereign onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Sphinx Sovereign onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Sphinx Sovereign onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Sphinx Sovereign onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Sphinx Sovereign onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Sphinx Sovereign onto the battlefield from your library
  11. Mass Polymorph — Mass Polymorph can put Sphinx Sovereign onto the battlefield from your library

12 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Sphinx attacks — 144 cards in the game can cause this (Sphinx Sovereign is one).

  1. The Ur-Sphinx — When Sphinx Sovereign attacks, The Ur-Sphinx mills a card

a Sphinx enters the battlefield — 149 cards in the game can cause this (Sphinx Sovereign is one).

  1. Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign — When Sphinx Sovereign enters, Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign triggers

an artifact attacks — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Sphinx Sovereign is one).

When Sphinx Sovereign attacks:

  1. Alibou, Ancient Witness — deals X damage
  2. Bio-Asset Allocator — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Assaultron Dominator — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Aloy, Savior of Meridian — triggers

an artifact deals combat damage — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Sphinx Sovereign is one).

When Sphinx Sovereign deals combat damage:

  1. Locutus of Borg — makes a token
  2. Sharding Sphinx — makes a token
  3. Antagonist Incorporator — makes a token
  4. Research Thief — draws you 1 card
  5. Thopter Spy Network — draws you 1 card
  6. Hive Mind Coprocessor — makes you lose life
  7. Pia Nalaar, Chief Mechanic — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  8. Automated Assembly Line — triggers

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken artifact deals combat damage — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Sphinx Sovereign is one).

  1. Virulent Silencer — When Sphinx Sovereign deals combat damage, Virulent Silencer puts 2 counters on a permanent

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Sphinx Sovereign is one).

When Sphinx Sovereign gains life:

  1. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  3. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  5. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  7. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  9. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

84 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Sphinx Sovereign is one).

When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Sphinx Sovereign:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
  2. Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
  3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
  4. Aether Syphon — raises your speed
  5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
  6. Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
  7. Slick Imitator — raises your speed
  8. Nesting Bot — raises your speed
  9. Howlsquad Heavy — raises your speed
  10. Hour of Victory — raises your speed

46 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Sphinx Sovereign is one).

When Sphinx Sovereign is cast:

  1. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  2. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  3. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  4. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  5. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  6. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  7. Myrsmith — makes a token
  8. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
  9. Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  10. Biotransference — makes you lose life

271 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken artifact enters the battlefield — 3,768 cards in the game can cause this (Sphinx Sovereign is one).

When Sphinx Sovereign enters:

  1. Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — makes a token
  2. The Prydwen, Steel Flagship — makes a token
  3. Conquest Mission — puts a quest counter on itself

4 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Sphinx Sovereign is one).

  1. Primeval Bounty — When Sphinx Sovereign is cast, Primeval Bounty makes a token

90 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Sphinx Sovereign is one).

  1. Pollywog Prodigy — When Sphinx Sovereign enters, Pollywog Prodigy puts a counter on itself

350 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.