---
name: "Citywatch Sphinx"
mana_cost: "{5}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Sphinx"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Surveil"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "GRN-33"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Magali Villeneuve"
oracle_id: "a63e0c27-cea8-408a-8e57-2f077826c50f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/citywatch-sphinx-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Citywatch Sphinx
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Sphinx
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/4
- **Keywords:** Flying, Surveil

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature dies, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

> *All those who trade in questions must answer to the Dimir.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Marauding Sphinx](/printing/marauding-sphinx-otj.md) — Creature — Sphinx Rogue
2. [Sphinx of Jwar Isle](/printing/sphinx-of-jwar-isle-c14.md) — Creature — Sphinx
3. [Watcher in the Mist](/printing/watcher-in-the-mist-grn.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [Cruel Witness](/printing/cruel-witness-vow.md) — Creature — Bird Horror
5. [Serra Sphinx](/printing/serra-sphinx-2xm.md) — Creature — Sphinx
6. [Sphinx Summoner](/printing/sphinx-summoner-con.md) — Artifact Creature — Sphinx

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #GRN-33
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Magali Villeneuve
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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