Sphinx's Herald
Shards of Alara (ALA) #58 · Uncommon · Artifact Creature — Vedalken Wizard
Mana cost: {U}
{2}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice a white creature, a blue creature, and a black creature: Search your library for a card named Sphinx Sovereign, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
He calls a riddle through the gaps of cloven clouds, hoping for an answer.
Power/toughness 1/1 · Illustrated by Dan Murayama Scott · Released October 3, 2008
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.16 USD · €0.09 EUR
- Foil: $0.45 USD · €0.39 EUR
Nonfoil price since July 16, 2026: up $0.11 USD (220.0%) to $0.16 USD; low $0.04 USD, high $0.16 USD.
Printings
- Shards of Alara #58 (this printing) · Uncommon · 2008 · $0.16 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2008-10-01 · wotc — To activate the ability, you must sacrifice three different creatures. You can’t sacrifice just one three-colored creature, for example.
- 2008-10-01 · wotc — You may sacrifice the Herald itself to help pay for the cost of its ability.
- 2008-10-01 · wotc — You may sacrifice multicolored creatures as part of the cost of the search ability. If you sacrifice a multicolored creature this way, specify which part of the cost that creature is satisfying.
- 2008-10-01 · wotc — The only difference between a colored artifact and a colorless artifact is, obviously, its color. Unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact requires colored mana to cast. Also unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact has a color in all zones. It will interact with cards that care about color. Other than that, a colored artifact behaves just like any other artifact. It will interact as normal with any card that cares about artifacts, such as Shatter or Arcbound Ravager.