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Ominous Sphinx

Blue

1 printing listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Ominous Sphinx, Hour of Devastation printing
Hour of Devastation HOU · No. 41 2017-07-14

Card text

{3}{U}{U}
Creature — Sphinx
Flying Whenever you cycle or discard a card, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-0 until end of turn.
4 / 4
Keywords: Flying
The sphinxes began to speak only after the Second Sun aligned. They whispered dire warnings, though no one listened.
EDHREC rank #27688 Uncommon Not on the Reserved List
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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

4 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

If a player discards a card during their cleanup step due to having too many cards in hand, any appropriate abilities that trigger on discarding that card trigger. If this happens, those triggered abilities are put onto the stack and players receive priority in that cleanup step to cast spells or activate abilities (normally, no players may take actions during a cleanup step). Another cleanup step is created following that one.

2017-04-18 · Wizards of the Coast

Some cards have an ability that triggers whenever you cycle any card. These triggered abilities resolve before you draw from the cycling ability.

2017-04-18 · Wizards of the Coast

An ability that triggers whenever you discard a card doesn’t give you permission to discard cards. You’ll need another effect that instructs or allows you to discard them.

2017-04-18 · Wizards of the Coast

An ability that triggers whenever you “cycle or discard” a card triggers only once if you cycle a card. The ability “Whenever you discard a card” is functionally identical to this ability; cycling is mentioned for clarity.

2017-04-18 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Ominous Sphinx, Hour of Devastation printing
Hour of Devastation
HOU · #41
Uncommon
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Dark Fox TCG · Condition LP