Vexing Sphinx
Current paper retail
Card Kingdom$0.49
Cardmarket€0.13
ManaPool$0.15
TCGplayer$0.21
MTGO (Cardhoarder)
retail$0.02 tix
90-day paper retail (USD)
3 providers
This printing
SetDMR
Collector #73
Released2023-01-13
Rarityrare
ArtistLars Grant-West
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Vexing Sphinx

RareColour IDMV 3
Creature — Sphinx
Flying
Cumulative upkeep—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.
4 / 4
Keywords
Cumulative upkeepFlying
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
2 other English printingsEarliest 2006-07-21Newest 2023-01-13Cheapest priced $0.16 in DMR
Rulings (2)
wotc8 Dec 2022
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.
wotc1 Oct 2008
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.