---
name: "Belltower Sphinx"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Sphinx"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Mill"]
set: "M12"
set_name: "Magic 2012"
collector_number: "46"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jim Nelson"
oracle_id: "b9ed0081-7eda-4ff9-ac2d-bcdc29a22d9f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/belltower-sphinx-m12"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Belltower Sphinx
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Sphinx
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/5
- **Keywords:** Flying, Mill

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever a source deals damage to this creature, that source's controller mills that many cards.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sphinx Mindbreaker](/printing/sphinx-mindbreaker-thb.md) — Creature — Sphinx
2. [Windreader Sphinx](/printing/windreader-sphinx-j25.md) — Creature — Sphinx
3. [Shriekgeist](/printing/shriekgeist-ima.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [Screaming Phantom](/printing/screaming-phantom-lci.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Dazzling Sphinx](/printing/dazzling-sphinx-prm.md) — Creature — Sphinx
6. [Consecrated Sphinx](/printing/consecrated-sphinx-ima.md) — Creature — Sphinx

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic 2012 (M12) #46
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jim Nelson
- **Total Printings:** 27 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`