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Consecrated Sphinx

Creature — Sphinx

Flying
Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may draw two cards.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{4}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
mythic
Set
Double Masters 2022
Price
$33.72
EDHREC rank
#654
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Consecrated Sphinx card art
Consecrated Sphinx lands and immediately threatens to bury every opponent in cards — six power in the air is almost incidental to the draw engine it becomes the moment anyone else casts a spell. The six-mana cost is real, but Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy decks can deploy it a full turn early, and once Wedding Ring enters the picture the card advantage becomes genuinely game-ending.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

64.6% of decks · synergy 0.56

Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy's mana doubling means Consecrated Sphinx hits the table a turn ahead of schedule, and the deck's nonhuman creature density makes it a natural tutor target off Kinnan's activated ability.

02
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist

Hashaton, Scarab's Fist

41.6% of decks · synergy 0.36

Hashaton, Scarab's Fist rewards piling on artifact creatures and big threats, and Consecrated Sphinx provides the sustained card draw to keep the battlefield pressure from running dry.

03
Minn, Wily Illusionist

Minn, Wily Illusionist

46.3% of decks · synergy 0.34

Minn, Wily Illusionist cares about drawing cards to generate Illusion tokens, and Consecrated Sphinx's triggered draw each opponent's upkeep turns every single trip around the table into free tokens and library sculpting.

04
The Locust God

The Locust God

35.1% of decks · synergy 0.32

The Locust God converts each card drawn into a 1/1 flying Insect, so Consecrated Sphinx's mass draw doesn't just refuel your hand — it floods the board with blockers and attackers on opponents' turns.

05
Braids, Conjurer Adept

Braids, Conjurer Adept

43.9% of decks · synergy 0.32

Braids, Conjurer Adept puts Consecrated Sphinx into play for free off her upkeep trigger, bypassing the six-mana cost entirely and threatening to blank the table with card advantage before anyone can respond.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the obvious home for Consecrated Sphinx — three opponents means three triggers per turn cycle, and the card advantage compounds fast enough to demand an answer or end the game. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but has never found traction; six mana is a lifetime in those formats, and there's no shortage of faster card advantage. Oathbreaker allows it, and blue-heavy builds with a draw-matters signature spell can make it work, though the smaller starting hand size makes the six-mana ask feel steeper.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Windfall and Rhystic Study won't replicate the raw ceiling of Consecrated Sphinx, but they're the closest budget-friendly draw engines in the same blue shells — Rhystic Study in particular generates comparable card advantage over a long game at a fraction of the cost. If you specifically want a big flying body that draws cards, Kefnet the Mindful and Riddlemaster Sphinx both sit well under $2, though neither triggers off opponents' draws the way Consecrated Sphinx does.

Price Context

Current price

$33.72 premium tier

At $33.72, Consecrated Sphinx sits firmly in the premium tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate slot, not an auto-include. It's held that price band for years because the effect is uniquely powerful in multiplayer and nothing has been printed that does the same thing cheaper.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.