Belltower Sphinx
Magic 2012 46 • uncommon
- Set
- Magic 2012
- Collector number
- 46
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Jim Nelson
- Market price
- $0.10
What it does
Flying
Whenever a source deals damage to this creature, that source's controller mills that many cards.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Belltower Sphinx was released in 2011 as part of the Magic 2012 core set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Core sets were traditionally designed as an entry point for new players, featuring a mix of reprints and new cards intended to maintain the game's mechanical equilibrium. This specific creature card was crafted to serve as a defensive utility piece, utilizing a 'mill' mechanic that forces opponents to discard cards from their library whenever the sphinx sustains damage, thereby punishing aggressive strategies.
The illustration for the Belltower Sphinx was commissioned from artist Volkan Baga. Baga, known for his ornate and painterly style within the fantasy genre, designed the creature to embody the sphinx archetype—majestic, avian, and inherently mysterious. The design team focused on creating a visual representation of intelligence and defensive fortification, resulting in a card that balanced atmospheric world-building with the functional requirements of the game's combat mechanics at the time of its release.
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