New Untitled Deck by Evilsora

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper kindred midrange build centered around The Ur-Sphinx. In the early turns, it utilizes efficient 2-mana artifacts and the commander's command-zone Eminence ability to discount Sphinx spells, smoothly transitioning into midgame threats on Turn 4. The midgame engine revolves around Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign and kindred artifacts like Door of Destinies to generate explosive card advantage and scale board power. By Turn 6, the deck presents a decisive lethal clock by deploying The Ur-Sphinx or reanimating massive flyers, using the commander's attack trigger to mill all players and cast free spells from the milled cards. The strategy is well-insulated against board wipes thanks to instant protection spells like Flawless Maneuver and Grand Crescendo, while maintaining strong interaction via low-cost removal and countermagic. It reliably closes the table through evasive aerial combat by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Conundrum Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crib Swap
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Errant and Giada
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fatehold Charm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Heirloom Blade
  • 1 Hourglass of the Lost
  • 1 Icon of Ancestry
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Lithoform Engine
  • 1 Long River's Pull
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystical Teachings
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prognostic Sphinx
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rescuer Sphinx
  • 1 Rewrite Regrets
  • 1 Riddlemaster Sphinx
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Riptide Shapeshifter
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Manipulation
  • 1 Sphinx of New Prahv
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Surge of Salvation
  • 1 Suspend
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
  • 1 Traverse Eternity
  • 1 Turbulent Shore
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Uldaros Theorix
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vizier of Many Faces
  • 1 Zombify