---
name: "Glyph Keeper"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Sphinx"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Embalm"]
set: "AKH"
set_name: "Amonkhet"
collector_number: "55"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Chris Rahn"
oracle_id: "d22b7d4a-0ac7-4221-80fd-a47edad03b84"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/glyph-keeper-akh"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Glyph Keeper
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Sphinx
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/3
- **Keywords:** Flying, Embalm

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability for the first time each turn, counter that spell or ability.
Embalm {5}{U}{U} ({5}{U}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Sphinx with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rescuer Sphinx](/printing/rescuer-sphinx-war.md) — Creature — Sphinx
2. [Sphinx of the Final Word](/printing/sphinx-of-the-final-word-fdn.md) — Creature — Sphinx
3. [Riddlemaster Sphinx](/printing/riddlemaster-sphinx-m19.md) — Creature — Sphinx
4. [Scholar of the Lost Trove](/printing/scholar-of-the-lost-trove-jmp.md) — Creature — Sphinx
5. [Sphinx of Jwar Isle](/printing/sphinx-of-jwar-isle-c14.md) — Creature — Sphinx
6. [Labyrinth Guardian](/printing/labyrinth-guardian-plst.md) — Creature — Illusion Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Amonkhet (AKH) #55
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Chris Rahn
- **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: `legal`