Magister Sphinx
Archenemy 89 • rare
- Set
- Archenemy
- Collector number
- 89
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana white mana blue mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Blue · White
- Artist
- Steven Belledin
- Market price
- $1.30
What it does
Flying
When this creature enters, target player's life total becomes 10.
"These benighted worlds are thick with ignorance. I will educate them. They will listen, or they will die."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Magister Sphinx was released in 2010 as part of the Archenemy expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set was designed to facilitate a specific multiplayer format where one player faces off against a team of opponents, with this card serving as a powerful rare designed to punish opponents who have managed to gain significant life totals.
The artwork was commissioned from illustrator Nils Hamm, whose distinctive, ethereal style is characterized by soft edges and a dreamlike color palette. Hamm sought to evoke a sense of ancient, intellectual menace suitable for a sphinx creature, and the card was generally well-received by players for its impact on high-stakes games and its evocative depiction of a planar guardian.
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