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Vexing Sphinx
Oracle 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 CostCharacter Background
Vexing Sphinx is a classic blue value-tempo creature: a 4/4 flyer for three mana that can dominate the air immediately, but only if you treat its upkeep like a resource puzzle. Its cumulative upkeep asks you to discard a card each turn, which means it rewards decks that can turn “discard” into an advantage rather than a cost. In control shells, it works well with recursive cards, flashback, or graveyard synergies, letting you pitch spells you can later reuse while threatening a fast clock. It also pairs neatly with bounce effects like Unsummon or blink-style protection if you want to reset the age counters and cash it in for a burst of cards when it eventually dies. In Dominaria Remastered, it fits best in tempo or midrange-blue strategies that want early pressure plus card flow, especially if you can stock the graveyard with spells you don’t mind losing.
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Character Background
Vexing Sphinx is a classic blue value-tempo creature: a 4/4 flyer for three mana that can dominate the air immediately, but only if you treat its upkeep like a resource puzzle. Its cumulative upkeep asks you to discard a card each turn, which means it rewards decks that can turn “discard” into an advantage rather than a cost. In control shells, it works well with recursive cards, flashback, or graveyard synergies, letting you pitch spells you can later reuse while threatening a fast clock. It also pairs neatly with bounce effects like Unsummon or blink-style protection if you want to reset the age counters and cash it in for a burst of cards when it eventually dies. In Dominaria Remastered, it fits best in tempo or midrange-blue strategies that want early pressure plus card flow, especially if you can stock the graveyard with spells you don’t mind losing.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-10-08 00:10:44 UTC