Cards/Coldsnap/Vexing Sphinx
Vexing Sphinx
Creature — Sphinx
Oracle Text
—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.
P / T
4 / 4
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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.
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.
Print Details
- Set
- Coldsnap (CSP)
- Number
- #50
- Rarity
- Rare
- Artist
- Lars Grant-West
- Frame
- 2003
- Border
- Black
- Language
- EN
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
Value
- USD
- $0.35
- USD Foil
- $2.00
- EUR
- €0.31
- EUR Foil
- €2.14
- MTGO Tix
- 0.02
Indicative figures.