Sphinx's Approach
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}{U}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Reality Fracture #442 (rare)
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.
A deck can have any number of cards named Sphinx's Approach.
Sphinx's Approach has 2 printings, first in Reality Fracture (2026). EDHREC ranks it #16,376 among Commander cards. It appears most in The Ur-Sphinx decks (1,599 on EDHREC). It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Sphinx's Approach most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- The Ur-Sphinx: 1,599 decks
- Geist of Saint Thalia: 302 decks
- Eluge, the Shoreless Sea: 285 decks
- Whtz, the Bibliophile: 217 decks
- Raffine, Scheming Seer: 173 decks
- Baral, Chief of Compliance: 128 decks
- Lyra, Tolarian Archangel: 87 decks
- Zur the Enchanter: 48 decks
Often played with Sphinx's Approach
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The last ability of Sphinx's Approach lets you ignore the "four-of" rule. It doesn't let you ignore format legality. For example, during a Reality Fracture Limited event, you can't add cards named Sphinx's Approach from your personal collection.