Sphinx of the Revelation
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Flying, lifelink
Whenever you gain life, you get that many E (energy counters).
, T, Pay X E: Draw X cards.
Combos with Sphinx of the Revelation
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Mind Over Matter Shabraz, the Skyshark Infinite
- Infinite self-discard triggers
- Near-infinite lifegain
- Near-infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Near-infinite card draw
- Near-infinite looting
- Near-infinite untap of permanents you control
- Near-infinite mana permanents you control can produce
- Near-infinite energy counters
- Whirler Virtuoso Guide of Souls Izzet Generatorium Infinite
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite energy counters
- Automated Assembly Line Guide of Souls Izzet Generatorium Infinite
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite energy counters
- Automated Assembly Line Guide of Souls Aether Refinery Infinite
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite energy counters
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
10 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2024-06-07
Some triggered abilities state that you "may pay" a certain amount of E. You can't pay that amount multiple times to multiply the effect. You simply choose whether or not to pay that amount of E as the ability resolves.
- 2024-06-07
Keep track of how many energy counters each player has. Potential ways to track this include writing theme down on paper or using dice, but any method that is clear and mutually agreeable is fine. (At higher levels of tournament play, dice may not be allowed for tracking counters that players have.)
- 2024-06-07
Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.
- 2024-06-07
Energy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana "of any type" can't give you energy counters.
- 2024-06-07
Some spells and abilities that give you E may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't get any E.
- 2024-06-07
If a spell or ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of E, and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the spell or ability won't resolve. You can't pay any E even if you want to.
- 2024-06-07
Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, Sphinx of the Revelation's triggered ability will trigger twice. This may be relevant if you control a permanent with an ability that triggers "Whenever you get one or more E."
- 2024-06-07
Some triggered abilities that state that you "may pay" a certain amount of E describe an effect that happens "If you do." In that case, no player may take actions to try to stop the ability's effect after you make your choice. If the payment is followed by the phrase "When you do," then you'll choose any targets for that reflexive triggered ability and put it on the stack before players can take actions.
- 2024-06-07
If an effect says you get one or more E, you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more E, you lose that many energy counters. You can't pay more energy counters than you have. Any effects that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with energy counters.
- 2024-06-07
E is the energy symbol. It represents one energy counter.
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 the Revelation, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Satya, Aetherflux Genius | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Jeskai 1 deck
Sphinx of the Revelation price history
The Modern Horizons 3 Commander #75 · Extended Art 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 26, 2026 | $1.48 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $1.35 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $1.38 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $1.32 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $1.28 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $1.16 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $1.09 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $1.11 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $1.06 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $1.04 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $1.02 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $1.06 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $1.05 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $1.04 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $1.03 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $1.00 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $1.01 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $1.00 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $1.07 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $1.06 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $1.05 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.96 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Sphinx of the Revelation
2 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.
- Normal
- $0.36
Extended Art
- Normal
- $1.48
- Foil
- —
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 the Revelation. 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.
