Marauding Sphinx

Creature — Sphinx Rogue

Flying, vigilance, ward {2}
Whenever you commit a crime, surveil 2. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Outlaws of Thunder Junction
Price
$0.05
EDHREC rank
#17813
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Marauding Sphinx card art
Marauding Sphinx lands as a 5/5 flyer that forces every opponent to reveal cards and hand you the artifacts — a political lever and an engine at once. The cost is five mana for a creature that does nothing if your opponents run artifact-light lists.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Marchesa, Dealer of Death

Marchesa, Dealer of Death

9.5% of decks · synergy 0.09

Marchesa, Dealer of Death runs Marauding Sphinx because the reveal trigger aligns with Marchesa's gameplan of extracting value from opponents' hands and decisions — each combat step becomes a fresh look at what everyone is holding.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Marauding Sphinx is legal across every major constructed format but sees essentially no play outside Commander — five mana for a 5/5 flyer with a conditional draw effect doesn't clear the bar in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where the game is often over before it matters. In Commander, the math changes: four opponents means more chances to hit artifacts on the reveal, and a 5/5 with flying is a credible threat on a board where Wrath effects reset the battlefield. It slots most naturally into artifact-matters decks or political builds that benefit from watching opponents' hands cycle. Oathbreaker is the only other format where it might find a home, and only in a shell built to exploit the trigger.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.05 bulk tier

At $0.05, Marauding Sphinx is deep bulk — zero financial barrier to inclusion. Don't expect that to change; the card's power level doesn't support a meaningful price floor.

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