The Enigma Sphinx card from Magic: The Gathering's 2012 Planechase expansion. This rare artifact creature features the powerful cascade mechanic and library manipulation.
2012 • Magic: The Gathering • Planechase 2012
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Enigma Sphinx
Game
Magic: The Gathering
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Rare
Chris Rahn
Card Stock
English
{4}{W}{U}{B}
Artifact Creature — Sphinx
5 / 4
B, U, W
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Flying When this creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, put it into your library third from the top. Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
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