Sphinxin oddly by Mdean

Format: Commander

Commander: Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign is the deck's engine and finisher: she attacks to cheat out odd-mana-value bombs, and the entire deck is built around stacking the top card with Sensei's Divining Top, Soothsaying, Ponder, Brainstorm, Aminatou, and Jace. The primary path is a control-tempo Sphinx build that uses Yennett's attack trigger to resolve Baneful Omen, Elesh Norn, Blazing Archon, or extra-turn spells for free. Secondary paths are Aminatou (a hidden backup commander) plus Marvo, Master of Predicaments, and Mind's Dilation for card advantage and stealing, and a slow win via commander damage. It has strong interaction and recursion but no tutors, and its speed depends on finding a finisher rather than a combo.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aminatou, the Fateshifter
• 1 Ancient Cellarspawn
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Aqueous Form
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Baneful Omen
• 1 Benthic Anomaly
• 1 Blatant Thievery
• 1 Blazing Archon
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Breach the Multiverse
• 1 Brilliant Ultimatum
• 1 Castle Vantress
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Dazzling Sphinx
• 1 Debtors' Knell
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1 Enigma Thief
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Explorer's Scope
• 1 Extinction Event
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Halimar Depths
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Haunted Crossroads
• 1 In Garruk's Wake
• 6 Island
• 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Magister Sphinx
• 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
• 1 Mana Drain
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Marvo, Deep Operative
• 1 Master of Predicaments
• 1 Mind's Dilation
• 1 Morphic Pool
• 1 Mortuary Mire
• 1 Mother of Runes
• 1 Mystic Sanctuary
• 1 Negate
• 1 Nexus of Fate
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Penance
• 3 Plains
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Ponder
• 1 Portent
• 1 Prognostic Sphinx
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Raffine's Tower
• 1 Reconnaissance
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rivendell
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Scholar of the Lost Trove
• 1 Sea of Clouds
• 1 Sensei's Divining Top
• 1 Sephara, Sky's Blade
• 1 Sepulchral Primordial
• 1 Shroudstomper
• 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
• 1 Sire of Seven Deaths
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soothsaying
• 1 Soulherder
• 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
• 1 Stroke of Midnight
• 3 Swamp
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Temple of Deceit
• 1 Temple of Enlightenment
• 1 Temporal Mastery
• 1 Thryx, the Sudden Storm
• 1 Void Rend
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Whispersilk Cloak
• 1 Windreader Sphinx
• 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign