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Sphinx's Herald

Card Name

Sphinx's Herald

Mana Cost

Type

Artifact Creature – Vedalken Wizard

Rarity

Uncommon

rules Text

2
, , Sacrifice a white creature, a blue creature, and a black creature: Search your library for a card named Sphinx Sovereign and put it into play. Then shuffle your library.

Flavor Text

He calls a riddle through the gaps of cloven clouds, hoping for an answer.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(10/1/2008)
The only difference between a colored artifact and a colorless artifact is, obviously, its color. Unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact requires colored mana to cast. Also unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact has a color in all zones. It will interact with cards that care about color. Other than that, a colored artifact behaves just like any other artifact. It will interact as normal with any card that cares about artifacts, such as Shatter or Arcbound Ravager.
(10/1/2008)
To activate the ability, you must sacrifice three different creatures. You can't sacrifice just one three-colored creature, for example.
(10/1/2008)
You may sacrifice multicolored creatures as part of the cost of the search ability. If you sacrifice a multicolored creature this way, specify which part of the cost that creature is satisfying.
(10/1/2008)
You may sacrifice the Herald itself to help pay for the cost of its ability.