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Dazzling Sphinx
Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then that player puts the exiled cards that weren't cast this way on the bottom of their library in a random order.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Dazzling Sphinx is a clean, evasive value engine for blue decks that want to win through tempo and card advantage rather than brute force. A 4/5 flyer for five mana already blocks well and pressures life totals, and once it connects it can effectively turn combat damage into a free spell from the opponent’s library, often generating a swingy instant-speed answer or card draw spell. It fits best in control shells and midrange-tempo builds that can protect it with counterspells or bounce, since every unblocked hit snowballs into more resources. Pair it with equipment or cards that grant hexproof, like Swiftfoot Boots, and consider topdeck manipulation such as Brainstorm or Hired Torturer? no, better to use effects like Sensei’s Divining Top in a format that allows it, so you can clear away weak hits and maximize your own follow-up turns. The Sphinx’s flavor feels like calculated, arcane predation: elegant, elusive, and rewarding disciplined play.
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Character Background
Dazzling Sphinx is a clean, evasive value engine for blue decks that want to win through tempo and card advantage rather than brute force. A 4/5 flyer for five mana already blocks well and pressures life totals, and once it connects it can effectively turn combat damage into a free spell from the opponent’s library, often generating a swingy instant-speed answer or card draw spell. It fits best in control shells and midrange-tempo builds that can protect it with counterspells or bounce, since every unblocked hit snowballs into more resources. Pair it with equipment or cards that grant hexproof, like Swiftfoot Boots, and consider topdeck manipulation such as Brainstorm or Hired Torturer? no, better to use effects like Sensei’s Divining Top in a format that allows it, so you can clear away weak hits and maximize your own follow-up turns. The Sphinx’s flavor feels like calculated, arcane predation: elegant, elusive, and rewarding disciplined play.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-10-02 04:10:42 UTC