The Ur-Sphinx Price Watchlist: Six Sphinx Cards Compared

The dated comparison

Ur-Sphinx Card Prices

• The most expensive card here isn’t the one with the strongest draw engine. Sphinx Ambassador was $49.80 in the October 18 history, while Consecrated Sphinx was $32.09. Choose their jobs before comparing their prices.
• The table compares one identified nonfoil printing per card across the same September 19 to October 18, 2026 window. Those dates describe the price source; this article was checked October 19.

• A 61.1% rise took Master of Predicaments from $0.36 to $0.58, a difference of $0.22. The percentage alone doesn’t make it an expensive purchase.
• Unesh fell 36.6% from September 19 to October 18, 2026.
• It rebounded 30.1% from its $8.44 October 1, 2026 low to $10.98 on October 18, 2026. That later bounce and the full-window decline are both true.
• These are aggregate market-price observations, not a record of individual completed sales. They don’t measure how many cards changed hands or what a seller would pay for your copy.
• The September 16, 2026 official deck reveal already included The Ur-Sphinx. Our table begins three days later, so it isn’t a pre-reveal baseline. A decline here doesn’t tell us whether that card rose before September 19.

Buying choice 1

Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign

• Unesh is the first upgrade to consider if you want every Sphinx to replace itself. Its entry trigger reveals four cards, an opponent divides them into two piles, and you choose one pile for your hand.
• Its two-generic-mana Sphinx discount can stack with The Ur-Sphinx’s Eminence discount. Colored costs remain, so a cheap changeling won’t always become free.
• The October 18 price was $6.33 below the September 19 observation. That supports comparing copies for your deck; it doesn’t support a claim that every Sphinx surged after the new commander.

Buying choice 2

Consecrated Sphinx

• This is the repeatable draw engine. Each card an opponent draws can give you two cards, including draws outside the normal draw step. The trigger is optional.
• It is a Game Changer in the checked Oracle record, so discuss the stronger card advantage with your group before adding it to a casual precon-level table.
• The checked 2X2 nonfoil rose $3.71 across the window. Its usefulness in many blue decks makes Ur-Sphinx only one plausible source of interest, not an established explanation for that rise.

Buying choice 3

Sphinx of Uthuun

• Uthuun puts its value on the battlefield immediately: reveal five cards, let an opponent split them, then take one pile. It doesn’t need to connect in combat.
• At $0.28 in this history, it is the inexpensive choice when you need another draw effect and can support a seven-mana creature. The commander’s discount helps, but you still need the blue mana.
• Consecrated Sphinx asks for a much larger spend in exchange for repeatable draws. Start with Uthuun if you’re learning whether this creature deck suits your group.

Buying choice 4

Sphinx Summoner

• Summoner finds an artifact creature and puts it into your hand. It can search for an artifact Sphinx such as Sphinx of the Steel Wind, but it can’t find every Sphinx in the deck.
• That narrow search is useful when you already know which artifact creature solves your problem. It is a poor substitute for general card draw when the deck has few eligible targets.
• The observed price stayed at $0.27. Its black-blue identity fits The Ur-Sphinx, while its colored cost means a generic Sphinx discount won’t remove the whole casting cost.

Buying choice 5

Master of Predicaments

• Master needs combat damage to a player before the guessing game begins. A blocked attack that deals no damage to that player gives you no trigger.
• You choose a card in hand, then that player guesses whether its mana value is greater than four. You may cast it for free only if the guess is wrong; a card costing exactly four belongs on the other side of that line.
• Cast the chosen spell while Master’s combat-damage trigger resolves; you don’t wait for your main phase. Other casting restrictions still apply.
• You still pay any mandatory additional costs. If the spell has X in its mana cost, X is zero.
• Choosing a land won’t give you a free land play. Master’s official rulings explain these limits.
• At $0.58 in the checked history, this is a low-cost experiment for a combat-focused list. Its inconsistent payoff is the reason to test it before replacing a dependable entry-trigger Sphinx.

Buying choice 6

Sphinx Ambassador

• Ambassador also needs combat damage to a player. You search that player’s library, and the card goes to your battlefield only if it is a creature whose name the player doesn’t choose.
• That makes the reward depend on opponents’ libraries as well as a successful attack. It doesn’t draw cards and it won’t always find a creature your deck needs.
• The M10 nonfoil rose from $31.52 to $49.80 in the observed window. That is a meaningful $18.28 difference, but the available record doesn’t isolate sales volume or prove Ur-Sphinx caused it.
• For an ordinary deck upgrade, start with Unesh or a cheap immediate-value Sphinx before spending this much on a seven-mana combat gamble.

What the evidence supports

The Ur-Sphinx Demand and Price Evidence

• The Ur-Sphinx’s Eminence ability reduces other Sphinx spell costs from the command zone. Its attack ability needs the commander on the battlefield and rewards declared Sphinx attackers. Those rules give players a concrete reason to consider older Sphinxes.
• Our complete Ur-Sphinx deck guide shows where these roles fit in a playable list. A deckbuilding use is a plausible demand mechanism, not a measurement of purchases.
• Unesh, Uthuun and Master are in the linked decklist. Consecrated Sphinx is an upgrade option; Summoner and Ambassador compare two more specialized jobs. This is an editorial sample, not the complete Sphinx market or a set chosen only from winners.
• We don’t have individual buyer attribution or a complete sold-volume series for these printings. The title is therefore a price watchlist, with no claim that a new commander caused a market-wide spike or that prices will keep rising.

Choose the job

Ur-Sphinx Upgrade Buying Order

• Start with Unesh when repeated Sphinx entries are your main plan. Choose Uthuun when the first priority is keeping costs low.
• Consider Consecrated Sphinx when you want a stronger repeatable draw engine and your group is comfortable with it.
• Keep Master of Predicaments as a cheap combat experiment. Leave Ambassador for a deck that specifically wants its library-search game.
• Compare mono-blue Sphinx commanders before buying an Esper mana base, or use the Reality Fracture commander comparison if you’re still deciding on the commander.

Dates and scope

Ur-Sphinx Price Watchlist Sources

• Price history: each linked TCG Spikes card page and its selected-printing history, sourced to TCGTracking, September 19 through October 18, 2026. The table retains the product IDs, set codes, collector numbers and complete daily observations in the dated comparison data.
• Rules and exact printing identity: Scryfall’s Reality Fracture Commander records and individual Oracle records, checked October 19. Wizards’ release notes cover Eminence and attack-trigger details.
• The history uses nonfoil aggregate market references. It is neither a Near Mint-only quote nor a net sale-proceeds estimate. Current retailer offers may differ and add shipping or tax.
• There is no measured forward price probability, playtesting result or claim that the six-card sample represents every printing.