Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
- Mana cost
- {4}{U}{U}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Sphinx
- Power / toughness
- 4 / 4
- Set
- Hour of Devastation Promos #52s (mythic)
Flying
Sphinx spells you cast cost {2} less to cast.
Whenever Unesh or another Sphinx you control enters, reveal the top four cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.
Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign has 3 printings, first in Hour of Devastation (2017). EDHREC ranks it #8,874 among Commander cards. It appears most in The Ur-Sphinx decks (5,332 on EDHREC). It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- The Ur-Sphinx: 5,332 decks
- The Celestial Toymaker: 2,367 decks
- Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign: 733 decks
- Atemsis, All-Seeing: 182 decks
- Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths: 166 decks
- Isperia the Inscrutable: 160 decks
- Isperia, Supreme Judge: 156 decks
- Medomai the Ageless: 139 decks
Often played with Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You (not your opponent) choose which pile to put into your hand and which to put into your graveyard.
- : In multiplayer games, you choose an opponent to separate the cards when the ability resolves. This doesn't target that opponent. Because the cards are revealed, all players may see the cards and offer opinions.
- : To determine the total cost of a Sphinx spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the creature remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
- : A pile can have no cards in it. In this case, you'll choose whether to put all the revealed cards into your hand or into your graveyard.
- : Unesh's cost-reduction ability doesn't reduce the cost to cast itself.