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Sphinx Sovereign Sphinx Sovereign English

Artifact Creature - Sphinx 6/6, 4WUUB (8)

Flying

At the beginning of your end step, you gain 3 life if Sphinx Sovereign is untapped. Otherwise, each opponent loses 3 life.

"What rises without legs, whispers without a voice, bites without teeth, and dies without having life?"

Illus. Chippy

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

  • 10/1/2008: The ability checks whether Sphinx Sovereign is tapped or untapped at the time the ability resolves. If Sphinx Sovereign is no longer on the battlefield by then, the ability checks whether Sphinx Sovereign was tapped or untapped at the time it left the battlefield.
  • Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
  • Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
  • Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
  • Legal in Classic (MTGO)
  • Legal in Commander
  • Legal in Modern
 Printings:
#196 (Chippy)

Editions:
English Shards of Alara (Mythic Rare)

Languages:
German Sphinx-Souverän
French Souveraine sphinxiale
Italian Sfinge Sovrana
Spanish Esfinge soberana
Portuguese Soberano da Esfinge
Japanese スフィンクスの君主
Simplified Chinese 史芬斯君王
Russian Сфинкс-Владыка


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