Vexing Sphinx
Creature — Sphinx
Vexing Sphinx
Creature — Sphinx
Card Text
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.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 3
- Colors
- Blue
- Color Identity
- Blue
- Power / Toughness
- 4 / 4
- EDHREC Rank
- #20,983
Format Legalities
Market Prices
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (24)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) | #73 | rare | en | Lars Grant-West | $0.11 | $0.10 |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) | #297 | rare | en | Lars Grant-West | $0.10 | $0.27 |
| Coldsnap (CSP) | #50 | rare | en | Lars Grant-West | $0.25 | — |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) | #73 | rare | de | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) | #297 | rare | de | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Coldsnap (CSP) | #50 | rare | de | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) | #73 | rare | es | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) | #297 | rare | es | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Coldsnap (CSP) | #50 | rare | es | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) | #73 | rare | fr | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) | #297 | rare | fr | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Coldsnap (CSP) | #50 | rare | fr | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) | #73 | rare | it | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) | #297 | rare | it | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Coldsnap (CSP) | #50 | rare | it | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) | #297 | rare | ja | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) | #73 | rare | ja | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Coldsnap (CSP) | #50 | rare | ja | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) | #73 | rare | pt | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) | #297 | rare | pt | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Coldsnap (CSP) | #50 | rare | pt | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) | #297 | rare | zhs | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) | #73 | rare | zhs | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
| Coldsnap (CSP) | #50 | rare | zhs | Lars Grant-West | — | — |
Official Rulings (2)
Paying cumulative upkeep is always optional. If it’s not paid, the permanent with cumulative upkeep is sacrificed. Partial payments of the total cumulative upkeep cost can’t be made. For example, if Vexing Sphinx has three age counters on it when its cumulative upkeep ability triggers, it gets another age counter and then its controller chooses to either discard four cards or sacrifice it.
Paying cumulative upkeep is always optional. If it's not paid, the permanent with cumulative upkeep is sacrificed. Partial payments of the total cumulative upkeep cost can't be made. For example, if a permanent with “cumulative upkeep {1}” has three age counters on it when its cumulative upkeep ability triggers, it gets another age counter and then its controller chooses to either pay {4} or sacrifice the permanent.
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