Ur You Glad I Said Sphinx? by Inbrawler

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Sphinx kindred battlecruiser led by The Ur-Sphinx. The deck's core game plan centers on exploiting cost-reduction effects—beginning immediately with the commander's eminence discount from the command zone, amplified by artifacts like Urza's Incubator, Herald's Horn, and Heartless Summoning. By reducing the steep mana requirements of high-CMC Sphinxes, the deck transitions smoothly from early mana ramp into mid-game engine pieces such as Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign and Consecrated Sphinx. Once established, it deploys lethal airborne threats like Magister Sphinx, Tivit, Seller of Secrets, and Breach the Multiverse, generating enormous card advantage and closing games through overwhelming combat damage. While it lacks infinite combos, fast tutors, and native haste enablers, the deck compensates with premier Esper interaction, resilient ward bodies, and devastating flying pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arbiter of the Ideal
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atemsis, All-Seeing
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dream Trawler
  • 1 Elenda and Azor
  • 1 Enigma Sphinx
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heartless Summoning
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Kozilek's Unsealing
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master of Predicaments
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx Ambassador
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Sphinx of Foresight
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Uldaros Theorix
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign