Sphinx of Lost Truths (Zendikar) - Gatherer

Sphinx of Lost Truths

Community Rating:

Community Rating: 3.907 / 5 (107 votes)

Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Sphinx of Lost Truths

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Creature — Sphinx

Card Text:

Kicker

(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)

Flying

When Sphinx of Lost Truths enters, draw three cards. Then if it wasn't kicked, discard three cards.

P/T:

3 / 5

Expansion:

Zendikar

Rarity:

Rare

Card Number:

Artist:

Shelly Wan

Rulings

10/1/2009	Sphinx of Lost Truths behaves differently than other cards with kicker. Its "enters" ability always triggers, and it checks whether it wasn't kicked. The two possible results are as follows: -- When an unkicked Sphinx of Lost Truths enters, you draw three cards, then discard three cards. -- When a kicked Sphinx of Lost Truths enters, you draw three cards.
11/8/2024	If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
11/8/2024	The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
11/8/2024	If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
11/8/2024	If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.
11/8/2024	If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
11/8/2024	To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.