Stoic Sphinx

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A 4cmc 5/3 flash flyer that has hexproof on any turn you haven't cast a spell — rewarding a "pass-the-turn" control style where you hold up interaction and then deploy this at end of opponent's turn. Strong in control/tempo as a flash threat that is extremely hard to answer when conditions are met, but the hexproof is trivially broken by the pilot casting any spell, making it fragile in spell-dense or combo strategies.

• The hexproof condition is easy to maintain in control shells that pass the turn with counterspell mana up — deploy Stoic Sphinx at end of opponent's turn and it enters with hexproof before your own turn begins.

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• In multiplayer Commander, an opponent who has already cast a spell that turn can freely target this card, so the protection is not as reliable as in 1v1 formats where only one opponent's action window matters.

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• Stoic Sphinx's hexproof is a static ability checked continuously — if you cast a spell after it resolves on the same turn, it immediately loses hexproof for the rest of that turn.

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• EDHREC rank: #20,504