Sphinx Sovereign
Shards of Alara
#196
Mythic
Non-foil
Traditional foil
EN
Released · Illustrated by Chippy
- Draft Boosters
- Premium foil boosters
- Tournament packs
Not in a preconstructed deck (collector booster or promo printing).
"What rises without legs, whispers without a voice, bites without teeth, and dies without having life?"
What is this worth
Non-foil
$2
Medium confidence
- Retail Card Kingdom $3.99 as of 2026-10-19
- Retail Cardmarket $1 as of 2026-10-21
- Retail Mana Pool $1.16 as of 2026-10-19
- Retail TCGplayer $2.26 as of 2026-10-21
- Buylist Card Kingdom $1.80 as of 2026-10-19
Traditional foil
$7
High confidence
- Retail Card Kingdom $6.99 as of 2026-09-17
- Retail Cardmarket $3 as of 2026-10-21
- Retail Mana Pool $6.08 as of 2026-10-04
- Retail TCGplayer $6.61 as of 2026-10-21
- Buylist Card Kingdom $6.60 as of 2026-10-19
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Price history
Foil
7 d
0.0%
30 d
+13.0%
Daily retail prices from 11 Sep 2026 to 21 Oct 2026, one point per day we recorded one.
Non-foil
7 d
+17.7%
30 d
+69.9%
Daily retail prices from 11 Sep 2026 to 21 Oct 2026, one point per day we recorded one.
Oracle text
Flying
At the beginning of your end step, you gain 3 life if this creature is untapped. Otherwise, each opponent loses 3 life.
At the beginning of your end step, you gain 3 life if this creature is untapped. Otherwise, each opponent loses 3 life.
Legalities
Legal Not legal
Standard
Not legal
Pioneer
Not legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Pauper
Not legal
Premodern
Not legal
Old School
Not legal
Future
Not legal
Commander
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Pauper Commander
Not legal
PreDH
Legal
Brawl
Not legal
Standard Brawl
Not legal
Historic
Not legal
Timeless
Not legal
Alchemy
Not legal
Gladiator
Not legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
tlr
Not legal
competitivebrawl
Not legal
Identifiers and data
- Scryfall id
- d0fc130e-57ed-40a7-a9ba-d689e7dc3698
- Oracle id
- 41907508-9ffc-4e01-969a-4f9c35cdf548
- Illustration id
- ab5d5d97-6ea8-482c-9b09-213de3188d05
- Card back id
- 0aeebaf5-8c7d-4636-9e82-8c27447861f7
- Multiverse ids
- 175107
- MTGO id
- 31179
- TCGplayer id
- 27811
- Cardmarket id
- 19729
- MTGJSON uuid
- a6529835-b028-5fac-8ec7-a3b6979e8a5d
- Card Kingdom id
- 125656
- Cardsphere id
- 42661
- Set code
- ALA
- Collector number
- 196
- Layout
- normal
- Frame
- 2003
- Border
- black
- Booster
- Yes
- Games
- paper, mtgo
- Story spotlight
- No
- Reserved list
- No
- EDHREC rank
- 20148
- Penny rank
- 13920
