---
name: "Sphinx of Forgotten Lore"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Sphinx"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Flash"]
set: "FDN"
set_name: "Foundations"
collector_number: "314"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Chuck Lukacs"
oracle_id: "ddb7e868-8f1d-4d57-9ee2-ebadb17b398a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sphinx-of-forgotten-lore-fdn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Sphinx
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Flying, Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to that card's mana cost. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Scholar of the Lost Trove](/printing/scholar-of-the-lost-trove-jmp.md) — Creature — Sphinx
2. [Dazzling Sphinx](/printing/dazzling-sphinx-prm.md) — Creature — Sphinx
3. [Stoic Sphinx](/printing/stoic-sphinx-potj.md) — Creature — Sphinx
4. [Snapcaster Mage](/printing/snapcaster-mage-plst.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Rescuer Sphinx](/printing/rescuer-sphinx-war.md) — Creature — Sphinx
6. [Backdraft Hellkite](/printing/backdraft-hellkite-2x2.md) — Creature — Dragon

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Foundations (FDN) #314
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Chuck Lukacs
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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