Sphinx-Bone Wand
- Mana cost
- {7}
- Type
- Artifact
- Set
- Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari #29 (rare)
- Price
- $0.52 USD
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may put a charge counter on this artifact. If you do, this artifact deals damage equal to the number of charge counters on it to any target.
Sphinx-Bone Wand has 2 printings, first in Rise of the Eldrazi (2010). EDHREC ranks it #15,550 among Commander cards. It appears most in Zethi, Arcane Blademaster decks (835 on EDHREC). It has 3 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 Sphinx-Bone Wand most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Zethi, Arcane Blademaster: 835 decks
- Toshiro Umezawa: 111 decks
- Melek, Izzet Paragon: 103 decks
- The Dawning Archaic: 52 decks
- Mavinda, Students' Advocate: 42 decks
- Dralnu, Lich Lord: 32 decks
- Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge: 2 decks
- Livaan, Cultist of Tiamat: 1 decks
Often played with Sphinx-Bone Wand
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Sphinx-Bone Wand’s ability triggers and goes on the stack on top of it. The ability will resolve before the spell does.
- : If Sphinx-Bone Wand leaves the battlefield before its ability resolves, you won’t be able to put a charge counter on it. As a result, it won’t deal damage.
- : If the targeted permanent or player is an illegal target by the time the ability resolves, the ability doesn’t resolve. You won’t put a charge counter on Sphinx-Bone Wand and it won’t deal damage.