---
name: "Sphinx's Herald"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Vedalken Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "ALA"
set_name: "Shards of Alara"
collector_number: "58"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Dan Murayama Scott"
oracle_id: "6452873b-1bb2-44b3-b630-88f15962b6e8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sphinxs-herald-ala"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Sphinx's Herald
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Vedalken Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
{2}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice a white creature, a blue creature, and a black creature: Search your library for a card named Sphinx Sovereign, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

> *Взывая в просвет меж облаками, он произносит загадку, надеясь получить ответ.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sphinx Summoner](/printing/sphinx-summoner-con.md) — Artifact Creature — Sphinx
2. [Sphinx Ambassador](/printing/sphinx-ambassador-m10.md) — Creature — Sphinx
3. [Petra Sphinx](/printing/petra-sphinx-leg.md) — Creature — Sphinx
4. [Scholar of the Lost Trove](/printing/scholar-of-the-lost-trove-jmp.md) — Creature — Sphinx
5. [Sphinx of Uthuun](/printing/sphinx-of-uthuun-c18.md) — Creature — Sphinx
6. [Demon's Herald](/printing/demons-herald-ala.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shards of Alara (ALA) #58
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Dan Murayama Scott
- **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`