Sphinx's Approach

Sphinx's Approach

Instant

Mana cost: {1}{U}{U}

How we read this card

Draw two cards. Then you may exile this spell and four cards named Sphinx's Approach from your graveyard. If you do, search your library for a Sphinx creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

on-cast — draws you 2 cards

on-cast — brings a card back

on-cast — searches a library

on-cast —

on-cast —

A deck can have any number of cards named Sphinx's Approach.

Causes: draw a card, exile a spell, a spell leaves a graveyard, search creature sphinx , put a Sphinx creature onto the battlefield, shuffle a library.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

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

  1. Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign — When a Sphinx enters thanks to Sphinx's Approach, Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign triggers

an instant leaves a graveyard — 202 cards in the game can cause this (Sphinx's Approach is one).

  1. Murktide Regent — When Sphinx's Approach leaves a graveyard, Murktide Regent puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Sphinx's Approach is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Sphinx's Approach is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Sphinx's Approach is one).

When Sphinx's Approach leaves a graveyard:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

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

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Sphinx's Approach is one).

When Sphinx's Approach makes a player draw a card:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  3. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  4. The Locust God — makes a token
  5. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  7. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  8. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  9. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature
  10. The Astonishing Ant-Man — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Sphinx's Approach is one).

When Sphinx's Approach is cast:

  1. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  2. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  3. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  4. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  5. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  6. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  7. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
  8. Harness the Storm — brings a card back
  9. In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell
  10. Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls

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

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 18,448 cards in the game can cause this (Sphinx's Approach is one).

When a Sphinx enters thanks to Sphinx's Approach:

  1. Samwise Gamgee — makes a token
  2. Dual Nature — makes a token
  3. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — grants haste
  4. Preston, the Vanisher — makes a token
  5. Angelic Sell-Sword — makes a token
  6. Arni, Humble Scribe — untaps itself
  7. Saradoc, Master of Buckland — makes a token
  8. Bramble Sovereign — makes a token
  9. Lonis, Cryptozoologist — triggers
  10. Radiant Solar — triggers

23 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's Approach is one).

  1. Quantum Riddler — When Quantum Riddler enters thanks to Sphinx's Approach, it draws you 1 card
  2. Master of Winds — When Master of Winds enters thanks to Sphinx's Approach, it draws you 2 cards
  3. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — When a Sphinx enters thanks to Sphinx's Approach, Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom gains you 1 life
  4. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a Sphinx enters thanks to Sphinx's Approach, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple gains you 1 life
  5. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a Sphinx enters thanks to Sphinx's Approach, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  6. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a Sphinx enters thanks to Sphinx's Approach, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim gains you 1 life
  7. Glaring Fleshraker — When a Sphinx enters thanks to Sphinx's Approach, Glaring Fleshraker deals 1 damage
  8. Blasting Station — When a Sphinx enters thanks to Sphinx's Approach, Blasting Station untaps itself
  9. Mogg Bombers — When a Sphinx enters thanks to Sphinx's Approach, Mogg Bombers sacrifices itself
  10. Flame-Kin War Scout — When a Sphinx enters thanks to Sphinx's Approach, Flame-Kin War Scout sacrifices itself

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

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Sphinx's Approach is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When a Sphinx enters thanks to Sphinx's Approach, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Sphinx's Approach is one).

When Sphinx's Approach is cast:

  1. Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
  2. Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
  3. Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
  4. Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
  5. Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
  6. Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0

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