Vexing Sphinx
Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #297 · Rare · Creature — Sphinx
Mana cost: {1}{U}{U}
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.
Power/toughness 4/4 · Illustrated by Lars Grant-West · Released January 13, 2023
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.21 USD · €0.25 EUR
- Foil: $0.30 USD · €0.65 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.04 USD (23.5%) to $0.21 USD; low $0.16 USD, high $0.23 USD.
Printings
- Dominaria Remastered #297 (this printing) · Rare · 2023 · $0.21 USD
- Dominaria Remastered #73 (DMR) · Rare · 2023 · $0.17 USD
- Coldsnap #50 (CSP) · Rare · 2006 · $0.35 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 — 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.
- 2022-12-08 · wotc — 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.