---
name: "Chancellor of the Spires"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}{U}{U}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Creature — Phyrexian Sphinx"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Mill"]
set: "NPH"
set_name: "New Phyrexia"
collector_number: "31"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Nils Hamm"
oracle_id: "e766a7ec-2761-453b-bfba-956de7b5e125"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/chancellor-of-the-spires-nph"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Chancellor of the Spires
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}{U}{U}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Creature — Phyrexian Sphinx
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/7
- **Keywords:** Flying, Mill

## Oracle Text
You may reveal this card from your opening hand. If you do, at the beginning of the first upkeep, each opponent mills seven cards.
Flying
When this creature enters, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard without paying its mana cost.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sphinx Mindbreaker](/printing/sphinx-mindbreaker-thb.md) — Creature — Sphinx
2. [Sphinx of Uthuun](/printing/sphinx-of-uthuun-c18.md) — Creature — Sphinx
3. [Scholar of the Lost Trove](/printing/scholar-of-the-lost-trove-jmp.md) — Creature — Sphinx
4. [Dazzling Sphinx](/printing/dazzling-sphinx-prm.md) — Creature — Sphinx
5. [Consecrated Sphinx](/printing/consecrated-sphinx-ima.md) — Creature — Sphinx
6. [Curator of Destinies](/printing/curator-of-destinies-fdn.md) — Creature — Sphinx

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Phyrexia (NPH) #31
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Nils Hamm
- **Total Printings:** 10 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`