---
name: "Ominous Sphinx"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Sphinx"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "HOU"
set_name: "Hour of Devastation"
collector_number: "41"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Lars Grant-West"
oracle_id: "2cb968c4-5b50-4242-8db7-dd1fa9ce4948"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ominous-sphinx-hou"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ominous Sphinx
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Sphinx
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever you cycle or discard a card, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

> *스핑크스들은 두 번째 태양이 정렬되고서야 입을 열었다. 그들은 무시무시한 경고를 속삭였지만 아무도 듣지 않았다.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Consecrated Sphinx](/printing/consecrated-sphinx-ima.md) — Creature — Sphinx
2. [Curator of Mysteries](/printing/curator-of-mysteries-c20.md) — Creature — Sphinx
3. [Dazzling Sphinx](/printing/dazzling-sphinx-prm.md) — Creature — Sphinx
4. [Sphinx Mindbreaker](/printing/sphinx-mindbreaker-thb.md) — Creature — Sphinx
5. [Prognostic Sphinx](/printing/prognostic-sphinx-prm.md) — Creature — Sphinx
6. [Riddlemaster Sphinx](/printing/riddlemaster-sphinx-m19.md) — Creature — Sphinx

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Hour of Devastation (HOU) #41
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Lars Grant-West
- **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`