---
name: "Scholar of the Lost Trove"
mana_cost: "{5}{U}{U}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Creature — Sphinx"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "JMP"
set_name: "Jumpstart"
collector_number: "496"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Volkan Baǵa"
oracle_id: "5f1e9098-f554-4505-974b-cef4b4b7b23d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/scholar-of-the-lost-trove-jmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Scholar of the Lost Trove
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{U}{U}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Creature — Sphinx
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/5
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature enters, you may cast target instant, sorcery, or artifact card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If an instant or sorcery spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dazzling Sphinx](/printing/dazzling-sphinx-prm.md) — Creature — Sphinx
2. [Sphinx of Forgotten Lore](/printing/sphinx-of-forgotten-lore-fdn.md) — Creature — Sphinx
3. [Spectral Arcanist](/printing/spectral-arcanist-voc.md) — Creature — Spirit Wizard
4. [Rescuer Sphinx](/printing/rescuer-sphinx-war.md) — Creature — Sphinx
5. [Sphinx of Uthuun](/printing/sphinx-of-uthuun-c18.md) — Creature — Sphinx
6. [Sphinx Summoner](/printing/sphinx-summoner-con.md) — Artifact Creature — Sphinx

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart (JMP) #496
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Volkan Baǵa
- **Total Printings:** 2 across all historical editions

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