Conundrum Sphinx is a majestic addition to blue's all-star lineup in the upcoming Magic: The Gathering M11 core set. Blue players, rejoice, M11 is bringing it back with brilliant bursts of sagacity like Conundrum Sphinx.
Conundrum Sphinx
2UU
Creature Sphinx Rare
Flying
Whenever Conundrum Sphinx attacks, each player names a card. Then each player reveals the top card of his or her library. If the card a player revealed is the card he or she named, that player puts it into his or her hand. If it's not, that player puts it on the bottom of his or her library.
4/4
Conundrum Sphinx is anything but a riddle - it doesn't take a wizened sage to figure out a 4/4 flyer for 4 man is nothing short of incredible, with an ability that blue is primed to abuse through Scry, Jace, the Mindsculptor (of course, right?), and even some offbeat interaction with say, a stray Oracle of Mul Daya.
But that's Standard, and it's not hard to Forsee Conundrum Sphinx causing some trouble there in some blue/white control along with its soon to be $100 pointman. Conundrum Sphinx should also be easy to obtain, as it's the featured card in the Power of Prophecy M11 intro pack.
In Limited? You better believe that unless your pack has a titan or something in it, you're grabbing Conundrum Sphinx pack one pick one and riding the Scry all the way down the blue river (Assuming a regular draft of course, don't stick with it if blue's completely cut off).
Conundrum Sphinx is first pick material and can win a game without the ability even being relevant a single time, and blue looks so good in this set that we predict that mono-blue will be a draft template unto of itself easily. Blue didn't get thrown a bone in M11, it got thrown the whole freaking meal, and Conundrum Sphinx is just one piece of the delectable platter.
Get ready for riddles and rhymes with Conundrum Sphinx when Magic: The Gathering's M11 core set is released in just a few weeks!
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Comments
Overrated in my opinion. blue has had 4 mana 4/4's in the past. Helps opponent just a much as it helps you.
@John
It's a 4/4 flying and it doesn't help your opponent anywhere near as much as it helps you. First, if you knew blue you'd know scry and the like are all over those cards. Second, read the article because the author states that. If you know the next card (which you very likely might) it's a free card draw. Your opponent is forced to guess his best card, likely pushing other important cards of his to the bottom of his library. The only real drawback would be if your opponent gets to avoid drawing cards he/she doesn't want.
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