---
name: "Sphinx Ambassador"
mana_cost: "{5}{U}{U}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Creature — Sphinx"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "M10"
set_name: "Magic 2010"
collector_number: "73"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Jim Murray"
oracle_id: "69e1a166-02f7-43f8-b099-dbb01034370c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sphinx-ambassador-m10"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, search that player's library for a card, then that player chooses a card name. If you searched for a creature card that doesn't have that name, you may put it onto the battlefield under your control. Then that player shuffles.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sphinx Summoner](/printing/sphinx-summoner-con.md) — Artifact Creature — Sphinx
2. [Isperia the Inscrutable](/printing/isperia-the-inscrutable-gk2.md) — Legendary Creature — Sphinx
3. [Dazzling Sphinx](/printing/dazzling-sphinx-prm.md) — Creature — Sphinx
4. [Sphinx of Uthuun](/printing/sphinx-of-uthuun-c18.md) — Creature — Sphinx
5. [Conundrum Sphinx](/printing/conundrum-sphinx-m11.md) — Creature — Sphinx
6. [Sphinx of Clear Skies](/printing/sphinx-of-clear-skies-dmu.md) — Creature — Sphinx

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic 2010 (M10) #73
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Jim Murray
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`