Sphinx Sovereign

Shards of Alara · #196 · mythic · EN

$0.69 · Foil €4.03

cheapest of 27 store offers · see all

market $3.22 · Foil $12.78

Mana cost: {4}{W}{U}{U}{B}

Type: Artifact Creature — Sphinx

Commonly played as: Lifegain

Flying
At the beginning of your end step, you gain 3 life if this creature is untapped. Otherwise, each opponent loses 3 life.

Artist: Chippy

Released: 2008-10-03

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $3.22
  • TCGplayer foil: $12.78
  • Cardmarket: €1.35
  • Cardmarket foil: €4.03
  • MTGO tix: 0.02
$12.78$1.24
240 days of daily prices for Sphinx Sovereign: $1.24 to $3.22
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 240 days tracked · $1.24 → $3.22 (+160%) · low $1.24 · high $12.78
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Shards of Alara #196) in 8 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
Card KingdomMP · todayMPregular$0.69today
Card KingdomSP · todaySPregular$0.79today
Card KingdomNM · todayNMregular$0.99today
CardTraderSP · 3 days agoSPregular€1.103 days ago
Magic StrongholdSP · yesterdaySPregularCA$1.90yesterday
CardTraderNM · 3 days agoNMregular€1.303 days ago
CardTraderMP · 3 days agoMPregular€1.343 days ago
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€1.35today
CardTraderHP · 3 days agoHPregular€1.433 days ago
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$4.20today
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€4.03today
401 GamesMP · foil · todayMPfoilCA$8.25today
GameKeeperSP · foil · todaySPfoilCA$9.29today
401 GamesSP · foil · todaySPfoilCA$9.90today
GameKeeperNM · foil · todayNMfoilCA$10.99today
CardTraderHP · foil · 3 days agoHPfoil€12.153 days ago
Taverne du CollectionneurNM · foil · 4 days agoNMfoilCA$28.304 days ago

Truncated: 10 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 27 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: not legal
  • modern: legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: not legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 6 lists
  • 6 copies tracked