Guys, oh guys. It's a blue Vengevine!
Same cost, same P/T
Flying replaces haste as the keyword
Cast two creates protection is replaced by play artifacts and blue mana protection.
One rarity less because of less synergy with flying bounce than haste bounce.
4/5
Posted By:
ZuesAscendant
(10/30/2010 12:07:12 AM)
Argent Sphinx is a great card because of its blink ability. However since it relies on you having three or more artifacts on the field to activate it, using day of judgment is to risky in this Mirrodin artifact creature based set. Scourglass would work much better since it is an artifact by itself meaning only two more artifacts are required. And since scour glass can be used whenever you can tap it later so you have plenty of mana to use argent sphinx's ability. I once had a lucky draw and pulled out three argent sphinx's then scour glassed, blinked, and swung for 18 next turn with my three argent sphinx's and some other chump artifact creatures. My opponent was royally screwed at that point.
Posted By:
Leonidus7784
(11/11/2010 4:52:37 PM)
reasons why this cad is not broken/mythic
-harder to splash to other colors
-blue doesn't have many cheap efficient creatures
-it isn't game changing
-can still be bolted, doomblade, etc... Can't always keep an island untapped.
Pros
-efficient
- can't be easily killed
-nice beatstick
-blue
5/5
Posted By:
alblast
(12/28/2010 6:55:26 AM)
The fact that it isn't an artifact creature makes it way less playable, and non-sensical for flavor reasons. He's a metal sphinx from a metal plane, how is that not an artifact creature?
Posted By:
FierySeraph
(5/26/2011 10:48:52 AM)
This guy is a freakin ALL-STAR in limited. Once you reach Metalcraft he is almost impossible to kill if you have {U} open. He can also go on defense by blocking then flickering himself before combat damage is assigned. So good, and really nice looking art.
Posted By:
Vinifera7
(5/30/2011 5:53:58 AM)
@demoninabottle: Yes, you can still save it. Opponent swings with (say) a Phyrexian Crusader, you declare this as a blocker, in the "abilities and instants" step before the first strike damage step, opponent plays Sorin's Thirst targeting this guy, in response, you play his ability. The stack has to empty before the first strike damage step so your creature would be in the exile zone and unavailable to take the combat damage (or, for that matter, the damage from your opponent's ST).
Posted By:
Paleopaladin
(9/20/2011 10:36:00 PM)
Even without the Metalcraft, this is good, I mean a 4/3 for 4 without anything else is good (I like Phantasmal Dragon, but in some decks it could be easily destroyed, like my friend's zombie deck that uses Festering Goblin or my other friend that uses Gideon's Lawkeeper...)
Posted By:
Dabok
(8/1/2012 9:59:54 AM)
Why? WHY WON'T YOU DIE?!
Posted By:
Arachnos
(1/12/2013 3:48:27 PM)
@j_middlefinger Actually that came from the latin Argentum, which is where Silver got its symbol from, Ag
Posted By:
atemu1234
(2/23/2013 6:28:09 PM)
Wow. Argent Sphinx, I name thee Infiniblocker!!!
Seriously, just leave available one U per opponent in a multiplayer game, blink immediately after declaring it a blocker, and enjoy.
5/5
Posted By:
Knight-Master
(3/3/2013 3:07:33 PM)