Editing Sphinx (section)

==[[Magic: The Gathering]]==
Amongst the many [[planes]] of [[Magic: The Gathering]], sphinxes are quite abundant. Depicted as human-faced, winged lions, they range drastically in power; some reach the stature and power of [[dragon]]s. Know for their cunning and vast intellect, many speak only in riddles; most are aligned with Blue Mana, but White Mana and/or Black Mana sphinxes are also known to exist. They are able to instantly detect when somebody is lying to them, and can even discern between truth and honest. Sphinxes have hollow bones that can function as organ pipes, so “every phrase is a motif and a speech can be a symphony”. Most Sphinxes within the Multiverse were likely influenced by Azor, an ancient Sphinx planeswalker who once traveled between the worlds to bring order.

Planes on which sphinxes have an active presence consist of [[Alara]], [[Amonkhet]], [[Mirrodin]], [[Ravnica]], [[Theros]] and [[Zendikar]]. They also dwelled on [[Dominaria]] during that plane's ice age, and an alternate version of the artifical plane called simply Serra's Realm was populated by sphinxes instead of [[angel]]s.

Amonkhetian sphinxes were immune to the mind control of Nicol Bolas, but were unable to shake off the curse he cast upon them that rendered them incapable of warning the denizens of that plane of the draconic planeswalker's malign plans.