Vexing Sphinx
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}{U}
- Type
- Creature — Sphinx
- Power / toughness
- 4 / 4
- Set
- Coldsnap #50 (rare)
- Price
- $0.36 USD
Flying
Cumulative upkeep—Discard a card. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
When this creature dies, draw a card for each age counter on it.
Vexing Sphinx has 3 printings, first in Coldsnap (2006). EDHREC ranks it #20,433 among Commander cards. It appears most in The Ur-Sphinx decks (554 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Vexing Sphinx most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- The Ur-Sphinx: 554 decks
- Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign: 255 decks
Often played with Vexing Sphinx
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Paying cumulative upkeep is always optional. If it's not paid, the permanent with cumulative upkeep is sacrificed. Partial payments of the total cumulative upkeep cost can't be made. For example, if a permanent with “cumulative upkeep {1}” has three age counters on it when its cumulative upkeep ability triggers, it gets another age counter and then its controller chooses to either pay {4} or sacrifice the permanent.
- : Paying cumulative upkeep is always optional. If it’s not paid, the permanent with cumulative upkeep is sacrificed. Partial payments of the total cumulative upkeep cost can’t be made. For example, if Vexing Sphinx has three age counters on it when its cumulative upkeep ability triggers, it gets another age counter and then its controller chooses to either discard four cards or sacrifice it.