Sharding Sphinx Price
8 printings · 8 sets · first printed 2008
Sharding Sphinx has been printed 8 times across 8 sets, first in 2008 and most recently in 2023. Right now the cheapest printing is Starter Commander Decks #59 at $0.23, while the most expensive is Jumpstart #176 at $0.36. The median across 7 priced printings is $0.32. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 8x, including dedicated reprint sets like March of the Machine Commander, Starter Commander Decks.
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Every Sharding Sphinx Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter Commander Decks #59 (R) Cheapest | 2022 | $0.23 | $0.32 |
| Shards of Alara #55 (R) | 2008 | $0.28 | $0.15 |
| Commander 2018 #101 (R) | 2018 | $0.31 | $0.06 |
| Commander 2013 #56 (R) | 2013 | $0.32 | $0.40 |
| The Brothers' War Commander #94 (R) | 2022 | $0.32 | $0.11 |
| March of the Machine Commander #235 (R) | 2023 | $0.34 | $0.18 |
| Jumpstart #176 (R) | 2020 | $0.36 | $0.18 |
| Salvat 2011 #51 (R) | 2011 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
Whenever an artifact creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may create a 1/1 blue Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 8 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
2 PrecedentsThe 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.
If combat damage is dealt to players by multiple artifact creatures you control (including, perhaps, Sharding Sphinx itself), Sharding Sphinx's ability will trigger that many times. You'll get that many Thopter tokens. You'll get just one token per creature, no matter how much combat damage that creature dealt.