
Ominous Sphinx
- 1-year range
- 30 days
- −10.0%
- EDHREC rank
- #27,701 Up 11 in 30 days
- Best buylist
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Ominous Sphinx Price Summary
The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $0.18, flat over 7 days, down 10.0% over 30 days, up 38.5% over 90 days.
Ominous Sphinx Price History
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Reprints in this period
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Where to Buy and Sell Ominous Sphinx
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Ominous Sphinx in Sealed Products
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Ominous Sphinx Printings & Prices
Ominous Sphinx has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.
Sell Ominous Sphinx: Buylist Offers
| Buyer | Printing | Finish | Cash offer | Market | Spread to market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Card Kingdom | HOU #41 | Foil | |||
| Card Kingdom | HOU #41 | Nonfoil |
Ominous Sphinx Rules Text & Legality
Flying
Whenever you cycle or discard a card, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-0 until end of turn.
The sphinxes began to speak only after the Second Sun aligned. They whispered dire warnings, though no one listened.
Ominous Sphinx is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Commander, and not legal in Standard and Pauper.
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- Competitive BrawlLegal
- Duel CommanderLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
- AlchemyNot legal
- Future StandardNot legal
- Old SchoolNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- Pauper CommanderNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- PreDHNot legal
- PremodernNot legal
- StandardNot legal
- Standard BrawlNot legal
Ominous Sphinx Rulings
- Apr 18, 2017
An ability that triggers whenever you discard a card doesn’t give you permission to discard cards. You’ll need another effect that instructs or allows you to discard them.
- Apr 18, 2017
An ability that triggers whenever you “cycle or discard” a card triggers only once if you cycle a card. The ability “Whenever you discard a card” is functionally identical to this ability; cycling is mentioned for clarity.
- Apr 18, 2017
If a player discards a card during their cleanup step due to having too many cards in hand, any appropriate abilities that trigger on discarding that card trigger. If this happens, those triggered abilities are put onto the stack and players receive priority in that cleanup step to cast spells or activate abilities (normally, no players may take actions during a cleanup step). Another cleanup step is created following that one.
- Apr 18, 2017
Some cards have an ability that triggers whenever you cycle any card. These triggered abilities resolve before you draw from the cycling ability.
Reprints & Reprint Risk
Ominous Sphinx has been reprinted 2 times.
- Jul 14, 2017Hour of Devastation · foilHOU #41
- Jul 14, 2017Hour of DevastationHOU #41
Ominous Sphinx in Commander
Ominous Sphinx is the #27,701 most-played card on EDHREC, up 11 places over the last 30 days.
across all Commander decks Up 11 in 30 days
Ominous Sphinx FAQ
How much is Ominous Sphinx worth?
Ominous Sphinx is worth about $0.18 for its cheapest playable printing as of Nov 10, 2026.
Is Ominous Sphinx legal in Commander?
Yes. Ominous Sphinx is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Pioneer, Modern and Legacy.
Has Ominous Sphinx been reprinted?
Yes. Ominous Sphinx has been reprinted 2 times, with 1 printings tracked on The Index.
Why is Ominous Sphinx cheap?
Ominous Sphinx trades at about $0.18; 2 reprints keep supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#27,701 on EDHREC).