Sphinx of Forgotten Lore — Echoes of Flashback
Sphinx of Forgotten Lore arrives as a practical tool for tempo and card advantage. This Foundations mythic sits at {2}{U}{U} and presents Flash and Flying with a sturdy 3/3 body. The Light Play foil shows off the sculpted art and trim while remaining ready for play or display. It reads clearly on table and in hand and rewards you when you press the attack step with an invitation to replay key instants and sorceries from your yard.
On attack the Sphinx grants a target instant or sorcery in your graveyard flashback until end of turn and sets the flashback cost to that spell's mana cost. That interaction gives you flexible lines in control and midrange shells where you want to reuse removal, counterspells or card draw without changing your main deck. The card fits naturally into blue strategies that value repeatable answers and tempo manipulation. Add this Light Play foil to a collection or deck and take advantage of a reliable clock and repeatable utility in one elegant package.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {2}{U}{U}
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Card Type – Creature
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Subtypes – Sphinx
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying Whenever this creature attacks, target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to that card's mana cost. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
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Power / Toughness – 3/3
