The Riddle of the Ur-Sphinx by sohosavior

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Sphinx tribal strategy commanded by The Ur-Sphinx. It leverages the commander's Eminence ability to reduce the cost of all Sphinx spells by {1} from the command zone. Supported by cheap artifact ramp such as Arcane Signet and Talisman of Dominance, the deck deploys high-impact creatures like Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign, Tivit, Seller of Secrets, and Consecrated Sphinx ahead of curve. These creatures generate overwhelming card flow and provide substantial flying pressure. The deck controls the board using efficient spot removal, flexible countermagic, and asymmetric sweepers like Raise the Palisade and Kindred Dominance. Life totals are rapidly pressured using Magister Sphinx and large airborne combat swings, while mass recursion spells like Patriarch's Bidding provide strong resilience against opposing board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atemsis, All-Seeing
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Conspiracy Unraveler
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curator of Mysteries
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dream Eater
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elenda and Azor
  • 1 Enigma Sphinx
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Scholar of the Lost Trove
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Sphinx of Foresight
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 1 Sphinx of Uthuun
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Uldaros Theorix
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign