The Ur-Sphinx
Legendary Creature — Sphinx Avatar
Mana cost: {6}{W}{U}{B}
How we read this card
As long as The Ur-Sphinx is in the command zone or on the battlefield, other Sphinx spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
static — costs 1 less
- wants a Sphinx creature it makes cheaper to cast
- wants a Sphinx artifact it makes cheaper to cast
- wants a Sphinx enchantment it makes cheaper to cast
- wants a Sphinx planeswalker it makes cheaper to cast
- wants a Sphinx instant it makes cheaper to cast
- wants a Sphinx sorcery it makes cheaper to cast
- wants a Sphinx battle it makes cheaper to cast
Flying
Whenever one or more Sphinxes you control attack, each player mills that many cards. For each player, you may cast a card that player milled this way without paying its mana cost.
triggered — mills a card
- wants a Sphinx attacking
- makes mill a card
triggered —
- wants a Sphinx attacking
- makes cast anything
What a deck led by this card wants
Causes: mill a card, cast anything.
Cares about: a Sphinx attacks, a Sphinx creature it makes cheaper to cast, a Sphinx artifact it makes cheaper to cast, a Sphinx enchantment it makes cheaper to cast, a Sphinx planeswalker it makes cheaper to cast, a Sphinx instant it makes cheaper to cast, a Sphinx sorcery it makes cheaper to cast, a Sphinx battle it makes cheaper to cast.
Works well with
hits creature — 2,283 cards in the game can cause this.
- Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put The Ur-Sphinx onto the battlefield from your library
- Polymorph — Polymorph can put The Ur-Sphinx onto the battlefield from your library
- Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put The Ur-Sphinx onto the battlefield from your library
- Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put The Ur-Sphinx onto the battlefield from your library
- Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put The Ur-Sphinx onto the battlefield from your library
- Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put The Ur-Sphinx onto the battlefield from your library
- Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put The Ur-Sphinx onto the battlefield from your library
- Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put The Ur-Sphinx onto the battlefield from your library
- Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put The Ur-Sphinx onto the battlefield from your library
- Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put The Ur-Sphinx onto the battlefield from your library
- Mass Polymorph — Mass Polymorph can put The Ur-Sphinx 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.
- Master of Winds — When Master of Winds attacks, The Ur-Sphinx mills a card
- Defiler of Dreams — When Defiler of Dreams attacks, The Ur-Sphinx mills a card
- Bloodline Pretender — When Bloodline Pretender attacks, The Ur-Sphinx mills a card
- Sharding Sphinx — When Sharding Sphinx attacks, The Ur-Sphinx mills a card
- Raffine, Scheming Seer — When Raffine, Scheming Seer attacks, The Ur-Sphinx mills a card
- Windreader Sphinx — When Windreader Sphinx attacks, The Ur-Sphinx mills a card
- Serum Sovereign — When Serum Sovereign attacks, The Ur-Sphinx mills a card
- Barkform Harvester — When Barkform Harvester attacks, The Ur-Sphinx mills a card
- Dream Trawler — When Dream Trawler attacks, The Ur-Sphinx mills a card
- Consecrated Sphinx — When Consecrated Sphinx attacks, The Ur-Sphinx mills a card
134 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a Sphinx enters the battlefield — 149 cards in the game can cause this (The Ur-Sphinx is one).
- Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign — When The Ur-Sphinx enters, Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign mills a card
a card is milled — 785 cards in the game can cause this (The Ur-Sphinx is one).
- Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — When The Ur-Sphinx makes a player mill a card, Lo and Li, Royal Advisors puts a counter on an Advisor
a card in a graveyard — 7,543 cards in the game can cause this (The Ur-Sphinx is one).
- Samwise Gamgee — The Ur-Sphinx puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
- Fire Nation Salvagers — The Ur-Sphinx puts cards into the graveyard that Fire Nation Salvagers can bring back
- Bloodbond March — The Ur-Sphinx puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
- Thor, God of Thunder — The Ur-Sphinx puts cards into the graveyard that Thor, God of Thunder can bring back
- Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — The Ur-Sphinx puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
- Harness the Storm — The Ur-Sphinx puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
- Transplant Theorist — The Ur-Sphinx puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
- Heart-Shaped Herb — The Ur-Sphinx puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
- Wayward Angel — The Ur-Sphinx fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
- Rescue from the Underworld — The Ur-Sphinx puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
433 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything goes to a graveyard — 7,543 cards in the game can cause this (The Ur-Sphinx is one).
When a card hits the graveyard thanks to The Ur-Sphinx:
- The Haunt of Hightower — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Duskmantle Guildmage — makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Vulturous Zombie — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
- Bloodchief Ascension — makes each opponent lose 2 life
- Compost — draws you 1 card
- Planar Void — hits a graveyard
- Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself
- Energy Field — sacrifices itself
2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything attacks — 17,785 cards in the game can cause this (The Ur-Sphinx is one).
When The Ur-Sphinx attacks:
- Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
- Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
- Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
- Invisible Woman — triggers
- Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
- Guide of Souls — triggers
- Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
- Gossip's Talent — triggers
- Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards
- Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent
118 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature attacks — 17,785 cards in the game can cause this (The Ur-Sphinx is one).
When The Ur-Sphinx attacks:
- Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
- Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
- Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
- Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
- Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
- Jolene, Plundering Pugilist — makes a token
- Saw — sacrifices a creature
- Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
- Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
- Total War — kills a creature
194 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature enters the battlefield — 19,635 cards in the game can cause this (The Ur-Sphinx is one).
When The Ur-Sphinx enters:
- Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
- Gimli of the Glittering Caves — puts counters on a permanent
- Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
- Legolas Greenleaf — puts a counter on a permanent
- The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
- Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
- Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
- Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library
364 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything enters the battlefield — 26,290 cards in the game can cause this (The Ur-Sphinx is one).
- Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When The Ur-Sphinx enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
59 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.