Dazzling Sphinx
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}{U}
- Type
- Creature — Sphinx
- Power / toughness
- 4 / 5
- Set
- The List #OTC-93 (rare)
- Price
- $0.55 USD
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then that player puts the exiled cards that weren't cast this way on the bottom of their library in a random order.
Dazzling Sphinx has 5 printings, first in Commander 2021 (2021). EDHREC ranks it #5,542 among Commander cards. It appears most in The Ur-Sphinx decks (4,125 on EDHREC). 3 public decks on TCG run it. It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Dazzling Sphinx
- Grand Larceny - Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander, led by Gonti, Canny Acquisitor
- Odds and Ends - Secret Lair Commander, led by Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign
- Prismari Performance - Commander 2021, led by Zaffai, Thunder Conductor
Commanders that run Dazzling Sphinx most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- The Ur-Sphinx: 4,125 decks
- Gonti, Canny Acquisitor: 3,613 decks
- Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign: 3,612 decks
- Tasha, the Witch Queen: 2,454 decks
- Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign: 1,451 decks
- Kellan, the Kid: 1,269 decks
- Felix Five-Boots: 1,141 decks
- Don Andres, the Renegade: 888 decks
Often played with Dazzling Sphinx
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Dazzling Sphinx's triggered ability lets you cast the exiled card during the resolution of the ability. It doesn't allow you to wait and cast the card later.
- : If the exiled instant or sorcery card has an {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of {X}.
- : You may choose not to cast the instant or sorcery card that you exiled. In that case, it will be put on the bottom of the library with the rest of the exiled cards.