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Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Sphinx kindred midrange strategy that harnesses The Ur-Sphinx to discount the entire tribe from the command zone. Supported by a dense suite of two-mana mana rocks, the deck accelerates into powerful high-toughness fliers ahead of curve. Card advantage engines such as Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign, Sphinx of Clear Skies, and Windreader Sphinx dig through the library rapidly, refilling the hand with additional threats and protection. The deck establishes a dominant aerial board presence by turn 6, utilizing asymmetric tribal sweepers like Kindred Judgment and Harsh Mercy to clear opposing blockers while leaving its own board intact. Magister Sphinx swiftly brings high-life opponents into lethal range, enabling the deck to close out the table through combat damage by turn 8. Mass reanimation via Patriarch's Bidding ensures the aerial army can rebuild immediately after opposing disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Alhammarret, High Arbiter
  • 1 Arbiter of the Ideal
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Case of the Shifting Visage
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chancellor of the Spires
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Cloudreader Sphinx
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Conspiracy Unraveler
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crib Swap
  • 1 Curator of Destinies
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dream Eater
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enigma Sphinx
  • 1 Enigma Thief
  • 1 Etchings of the Chosen
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Goliath Sphinx
  • 1 Guardian of Tazeem
  • 1 Harsh Mercy
  • 1 Horizon Scholar
  • 1 Icon of Ancestry
  • 1 Inspired Sphinx
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isperia the Inscrutable
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Kindred Boon
  • 1 Kindred Judgment
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Magnifying Glass
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Marauding Sphinx
  • 1 Master of Predicaments
  • 1 Master of Winds
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prognostic Sphinx
  • 1 Radiant Destiny
  • 1 Rally the Ranks
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Rescuer Sphinx
  • 1 Riddlemaster Sphinx
  • 1 Sandstone Oracle
  • 1 Serra Sphinx
  • 1 Serum Sovereign
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Sphinx of Clear Skies
  • 1 Sphinx of Enlightenment
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 1 Sphinx of New Prahv
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Summary Dismissal
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Watcher of Hours
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx