To be clear you get the bonuses on the turn you cast it (or otherwise cheat it into play) as long as you do so in your Precombat Main Phase. Cast this, move to attacks, move to second main and a new Beginning Phase is created. Obviously this limits you to Instants or things with Flash but this is true for every turn.
I think it has its place in certain decks that are just trying to outvalue opponents.
Thank you for pointing that out. Misread the card as "precombat" and not "postcombat." That makes it better than my initial estimation, but not by much. I'm not sure what you mean by "limits you to Instants or things with Flash." Since the new beginning phase happens at the start of your postcombat main-phase, wouldn't you then be entering your 2nd main with everything uptapped?
Any deck that already runs stuff like Quicksilver Amulet will want it, same with anything running a Polymorph strategy. It has its places, to be sure, but it's not busted by any means.
the Sphinx WHAAAAAT!?! THAT IS BEYOND BUSTED (aware of cmc but reminder of all the Quicksilver Amulet Or/and show and tell effects)
The sphinx is good, but wouldn't say busted. It slots into a similar role of omniscience, a powerful card if you get it to stick but not a meta-changer. It's not as powerful as omniscience, since you have to wait a turn to get its bonuses, and it's both easier to get on the board and easier to kill. It's too expensive to slot into decks unsupported, 9/10 times you'd rather have Omniscience with a Show and Tell, and if you're wanting it for the extra upkeeps Paradox Haze is less than half the CMC. All of that said, this will definitely see play in reanimator decks that run U.
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Thank you for pointing that out. Misread the card as "precombat" and not "postcombat." That makes it better than my initial estimation, but not by much. I'm not sure what you mean by "limits you to Instants or things with Flash." Since the new beginning phase happens at the start of your postcombat main-phase, wouldn't you then be entering your 2nd main with everything uptapped?
Any deck that already runs stuff like Quicksilver Amulet will want it, same with anything running a Polymorph strategy. It has its places, to be sure, but it's not busted by any means.
The sphinx is good, but wouldn't say busted. It slots into a similar role of omniscience, a powerful card if you get it to stick but not a meta-changer. It's not as powerful as omniscience, since you have to wait a turn to get its bonuses, and it's both easier to get on the board and easier to kill. It's too expensive to slot into decks unsupported, 9/10 times you'd rather have Omniscience with a Show and Tell, and if you're wanting it for the extra upkeeps Paradox Haze is less than half the CMC. All of that said, this will definitely see play in reanimator decks that run U.