Ur-Sphinx v0.9 by lateraltwo

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Sphinx tribal and midrange strategy commanded by The Ur-Sphinx. From the command zone, its Eminence ability provides an immediate one-mana cost reduction for all other Sphinx spells, allowing you to deploy mid-sized fliers ahead of the normal mana curve. The early game focuses on establishing two-mana artifacts and deploying value engines like Raffine, Scheming Seer, Curator of Mysteries, and Denzilore Fatehold. These creatures generate steady card advantage and grow the board through scry, surveil, and connive mechanics. In the mid-to-late game, the deck transitions into powerful top-end threats such as Uldaros Theorix, Conspiracy Unraveler, and The Ur-Sphinx itself, which mills cards and casts spells for free on attack. A well-rounded package of instant-speed removal, countermagic, and asymmetric removal like Crippling Fear keeps opponents in check while your evasive fliers close out the game over multiple combat steps.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancestral Vision
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archive Arbiter
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Callidus Assassin
  • 1 Changeling Wayfinder
  • 1 Conspiracy Unraveler
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crippling Fear
  • 1 Crystal Grotto
  • 1 Curator of Mysteries
  • 1 Cut of the Profits
  • 1 Dark Matter Manipulator
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dissipate
  • 1 Diviner of Victory // Unwind History
  • 1 Dream Devourer
  • 1 Dreams of Laguna
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Echocasting Symposium
  • 1 Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Extended Absence
  • 1 Eye of Jace
  • 1 Fatehold Annex
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 1 Flock Impostor
  • 1 Flow State
  • 1 Forum of Amity
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Inspiration from Beyond
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Jace's Machinations
  • 1 Jace, Reality Sculptor
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Matoya, Archon Elder
  • 1 Meticulous Commons
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Nils, Discipline Enforcer
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Proft, Consulting Detective
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Reenact the Crime
  • 1 Refute Destiny
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Saheeli, Consul of Oversight
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Silverquill, the Disputant
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Sphinx of Magosi
  • 4 Sphinx's Approach
  • 1 Stargaze
  • 1 Stolen Identity
  • 1 Surveillance Room
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Theorix Annex
  • 1 Theorix Charm
  • 1 Toluz, Clever Conductor
  • 1 Torrential Gearhulk
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Uldaros Theorix
  • 1 Unauthorized Exit
  • 1 Waterfront District
  • 1 Way of the Mind Sculptor