Price$29.06 – $37.66
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Creature — Sphinx
LegalGame Changer Salt 1.80Card DrawRank #655
Flying
Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may draw two cards.
4/6
KeywordsFlying
Why is this card good?
Consecrated Sphinx is one of the most explosive card-advantage engines in blue. In a four-player game, every opponent's draw step alone nets you six cards a turn cycle — and that's before you account for fetches, cantrips, and other draw effects flying around the table. Untap with it once and you've usually buried everyone in resources.
It's a staple in any blue control, spellslinger, or "draw-go" deck, and it's premium fuel for storm or combo shells that want to dig toward a wincon. Decks built around Nekusar or other "everyone draws" symmetry effects love it even more.
The catch: it screams "kill me." A 4/6 flyer with a 
price tag does nothing the turn it lands, and the whole table will prioritize removing it. Don't run it without protection (counters, flicker, recursion) or you'll trade six mana for nothing repeatedly.
Skip it in aggressive, low-curve decks that can't capitalize on the cards, or pods where it just paints a target.
price tag does nothing the turn it lands, and the whole table will prioritize removing it. Don't run it without protection (counters, flicker, recursion) or you'll trade six mana for nothing repeatedly.
Skip it in aggressive, low-curve decks that can't capitalize on the cards, or pods where it just paints a target.Related cards
Rhystic Study
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Mystic Remora
Cheap repeatable draw engine off opponent's spells.
Sphinx's Revelation
Big blue draw payoff in similar control shells.
The Reality Chip
Repeatable card advantage on a flier-like artifact creature.
Nezahal, Primal Tide
Big blue creature that draws when opponents act.
Esper Sentinel
Punishes opponents' spells for steady card draw.
Smothering Tithe
Triggers off opponent draws to generate value resources.
Notion Thief
Steals opponents' extra draws, pairs with Sphinx.
Printings (11)
Combos (8)
- Wedding Ring + Consecrated Sphinx
→ Infinite card draw, Infinite card draw for opponents that control a Wedding Ring
- Consecrated Sphinx + Notion Thief + Wrong Turn
→ Infinite card draw for target opponent, Infinite draw triggers for target opponent, Target opponent loses the game
- Consecrated Sphinx + Notion Thief + Donate
→ Infinite card draw for target opponent, Infinite draw triggers for target opponent, Target opponent loses the game
- Consecrated Sphinx + Notion Thief + Fateful Handoff
→ Infinite card draw for target opponent, Infinite draw triggers for target opponent, Target opponent loses the game
- Consecrated Sphinx + Notion Thief + Harmless Offering
→ Infinite card draw for target opponent, Infinite draw triggers for target opponent, Target opponent loses the game
- Consecrated Sphinx + Notion Thief + Zedruu the Greathearted
→ Each opponent loses the game, Infinite card draw for opponents, Infinite draw triggers for each opponent
Rulings (3)
- 2017-11-17
You may either draw two cards or not draw at all. You can't choose to draw only one card.
- 2017-11-17
The ability triggers once for each card an opponent draws. You choose whether to draw two cards as each of those abilities resolves.
- 2017-11-17
If each player controls a Consecrated Sphinx, their abilities will cause each other to trigger until one player chooses not to draw cards.