Sphinx of Jwar Isle
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Flying
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2009-10-01
Essentially, Sphinx of Jwar Isle lets you play with the top card of your library revealed only to you. Knowing what that card is becomes part of the information you have access to, just like you can look at the cards in your hand. You may look at the top card of your library whenever you want, even if you don’t have priority. This action doesn’t use the stack.
- 2009-10-01
If the top card of your library changes during the process of casting a spell or activating an ability, you can’t look at the new top card until the process of casting the spell or activating the ability ends (all targets are chosen, all costs are paid, and so on).
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Sphinx of Jwar Isle, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teferi, Temporal Archmage | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Blue 1 deck
Sphinx of Jwar Isle price history
The Commander 2018 #103 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.21 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $0.21 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $0.22 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $0.21 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $0.20 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.17 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.19 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Sphinx of Jwar Isle
5 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Commander 2018
- Normal
- $0.21
Archenemy: Nicol Bolas
- Normal
- $0.29
- Normal
- $0.24
Salvat 2011
- Normal
- —
- Normal
- $0.35
- Foil
- $1.01
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Sphinx of Jwar Isle. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
