The Ur-Sphinx by Garultur

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is a dedicated Esper Sphinx kindred control strategy commanded by The Ur-Sphinx. From turn 1, eminence provides a passive mana reduction on all Sphinx spells, allowing the deck to rapidly curve out with its dense 2-mana rock suite. The core engine comes online on Turn 4 with centerpiece value engines like Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign, Defiler of Dreams, or Kindred Discovery, generating substantial card advantage for every subsequent creature deployed. By Turn 5, the deck establishes an oppressive aerial army featuring heavy hitters like Magister Sphinx, Sphinx of the Second Sun, and Medomai the Ageless. A comprehensive interaction suite of low-cost countermagic and versatile spot removal protects the board state and disrupts opposing wins, while defensive spells like Clever Concealment and Dawn's Truce safeguard the team against sweepers. The deck closes games around Turn 7 through decisive, evasive combat damage and free spells cast off The Ur-Sphinx attack triggers.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archive Arbiter
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Bident of Thassa
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Cavern of Souls
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Clever Concealment
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Cosmic Intervention
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Crib Swap
• 1 Dawn's Truce
• 1 Dazzling Sphinx
• 1 Defiler of Dreams
• 1 Delay
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Denzilore Fatehold
• 1 Deserted Beach
• 1 Despark
• 1 Dimir Signet
• 1 Disallow
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Dream Trawler
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Eerie Interlude
• 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 1 Enigma Sphinx
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fact or Fiction
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Flawless Maneuver
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Floodfarm Verge
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Gloomlake Verge
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 2 Island
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
• 1 Kindred Discovery
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Magister Sphinx
• 1 Mana Drain
• 1 March of Swirling Mist
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Master of Predicaments
• 1 Medomai the Ageless
• 1 Meticulous Archive
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Morphic Pool
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Mystic Sanctuary
• 1 Negate
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Plains
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Raffine's Tower
• 1 Reconnaissance Mission
• 1 Reflections of Littjara
• 1 Roaming Throne
• 1 Sea of Clouds
• 1 Shattered Sanctum
• 1 Shipwreck Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sphinx Ambassador
• 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
• 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
• 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
• 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
• 1 Sphinx's Revelation
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 The Ur-Sphinx
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Uldaros Theorix
• 1 Undercity Sewers
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
• 1 Urza's Incubator
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Void Rend
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Windreader Sphinx
• 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign