Sphinx Artificer by user8073173

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Sphinx tribal and control deck commanded by The Ur-Sphinx. From the command zone, the commander provides constant mana velocity through its Eminence ability, reducing the cost of all Sphinx spells by {1}. The early turns focus on establishing mana rocks, deploying defensive pillowfort enchantments like Propaganda and Ghostly Prison, and generating card advantage through engines like The Theorist, Jace Beleren and Esper Sentinel. During the mid-game, the deck deploys resilient flying Sphinxes such as Sphinx Summoner and Sphinx of Clear Skies. The endgame transitions into overwhelming air dominance, using Magister Sphinx to collapse life totals, Kindred Judgment or Scourglass for asymmetric wipes, and The Ur-Sphinx to steal spells from opponents' libraries upon attack. Supported by robust countermagic and reanimation tools like Bloodline Bidding, the deck maintains steady resilience throughout multiplayer games.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archive Arbiter
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Capsize
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Countersquall
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Darksteel Forge
  • 1 Darksteel Ingot
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Desertion
  • 1 Dimir Doppelganger
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Duplicant
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Enigma Sphinx
  • 1 Esper Panorama
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Flickering Hound
  • 1 Fog Bank
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gideon the Oathless
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kindred Judgment
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Massacre Girl, Known Killer
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nita, Forum Conciliator
  • 1 Obelisk of Esper
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Scourglass
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Manipulation
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Sphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Sphinx of Clear Skies
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
  • 1 Stoic Sphinx
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Thalia, the Survivor
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Uldaros Theorix
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Venser, the Sojourner
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Yuriko, Blade of the Mighty