Vexing Sphinx
Dominaria Remastered 73 • rare
- Set
- Dominaria Remastered
- Collector number
- 73
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Lars Grant-West
- Market price
- $0.20
What it does
Flying
Cumulative upkeep—Discard a card. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
When this creature dies, draw a card for each age counter on it.
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
Vexing Sphinx was originally released in the 2006 Magic: The Gathering set Coldsnap, designed to evoke the wintry, high-stakes aesthetic of the game's Ice Age block. The card features a unique cumulative upkeep mechanic that balances its powerful card-drawing ability with a growing resource cost, reflecting the high-risk, high-reward nature of blue-aligned sphinx creatures in the game's lore.
This particular version, numbered 73 in the 2023 Dominaria Remastered set, serves as a curated re-release intended to bring iconic cards from across Magic's history back into modern play. The design adheres to the original mechanics established by the development team, ensuring the card remains a strategic element in gameplay while updating the presentation to fit the cohesive, nostalgic visual identity of the Remastered series.
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