Sphinx's Insight
Instant
Draw two cards.
Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, you gain 2 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #20758
Sphinx's Insight draws two cards and gains 2 life at instant speed for four mana — playable, but firmly outclassed by Arcane Denial, Fact or Fiction, and nearly every other blue draw spell at that cost. Run it only if you're deep into Azorius and have exhausted better options.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Sphinx's Insight is a budget filler slot — the instant speed matters, the life gain rarely does, and four mana for two cards is below the efficiency floor that competitive tables demand. Pauper is where it earns a second look, since the card pool is restricted enough that instant-speed draw at common rarity has real value. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, Sphinx's Insight is invisible — those formats have access to Brainstorm, Ancestral Recall, and cantrips that cost a fraction of the mana. Pioneer is the one 60-card format where it might show up in a fringe lifegain shell, but even there it's a stretch.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Sphinx's Insight is pure bulk — pick it up without thinking twice if you need a placeholder. Don't expect the price to move; there's no competitive demand applying pressure from any format.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.