Sphinx of Enlightenment

Creature — Sphinx

Flying

When this enters the battlefield, target opponent draws a card and you draw three cards.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (12)

Nunu312 on I Sphinx You'll Find That's Mine

1 month ago

While I think this deck is a little too control heavy (may cross the line to the point where other players can't play the game due to you having every creature), I really like and respect your design philosophy. It's so dull to make a deck that just sits down and does the same thing every game.

I would like to suggest Mystic Reflection as a cool spell. It is rather cheap, especially when foretold, and can really throw a wrench into the works in a fun way that people just aren't expecting. It could turn their commander into any other creature on the battlefield... Or duplicate one of your own. Alternatively maybe someone just made 30 goblin tokens and you turn them all into Sphinx of Enlightenment and now they have to draw 90 cards.

DemonDragonJ on Commander Masters Previews and Speculation

1 year ago

I would like to see some of the cards that have only ever been printed in the Game Night sets be reprinted, here, simply to increase their availability, such as Avatar of Growth, Fiendish Duo, and Sphinx of Enlightenment.

DemonDragonJ on Kill them With Kindness

1 year ago

I have replaced The Immortal Sun with Sphinx of Enlightenment, which somehow increased this deck's average converted mana cost from 3.44 to 3.50, but the sun did not match with the theme of this deck, whereas the sphinx most certainly does.

ASalesman on Unesh, Ultimate Guide (Tribal)

2 years ago

ACTUALLY

• Panharmonicon is too good for several reasons. Primarily, the value it gets while it's on the field invaluable. It will absorb at least one removal piece, because if it can't be removed the value train is pretty unstoppable. Secondly, its a great target for Sphinx of Enlightenment. I am taking out one card I find to be underwhelming, Arcane Denial, to make room for Panharmonicon again. I can justify this because I also just recently added 2 other counter spells (Force of Negation & Swan Song).

Rhadamanthus on What effect does Rise from …

3 years ago

It's a Sphinx of Enlightenment that's both Blue and Black, has the creature type "Sphinx Zombie", has the "Flying" and "When (this) enters the battlefield..." abilities, and is a 5/5.

Rise from the Grave only changes the characteristics it specifically talks about in the text. It adds Black to the creature's colors and adds the Zombie type to the creature's types. It doesn't take away any abilities or change power/toughness.

TheRealSpecialK on What effect does Rise from …

3 years ago

Rise from the Grave does not modify the power and toughness of the creature - it only adds to its colors and sub-types. Casting Rise from the Grave targeting your opponent's Sphinx of Enlightenment would get you Sphinx of Enlightenment - the actual card, not a token. However, that card will be modified - it will be a 5/5 Blue/Black Sphinx Zombie. Because it enters the battlefield under your control, target opponent would draw a card, and you would draw three.

Crwhome on What effect does Rise from …

3 years ago

I cast Rise from the Grave and pulled back into play my opponents [[Sphinx of Enlightenment]. Does it come back as a 2/2 Black Zombie or as Sphinx of Enlightenment?

And if as Sphinx of Enlightenment does the action of target opponent draws a card and you draw three cards come into effect? And is the creature a 5/5 in this circumstance

DadHumanPraetor on Thassa, Deep Dwelling edh

4 years ago

Aven Fogbringer not friendly card to bounce Sphinx of Enlightenment friendly card to bounce