Ur-sphinx by RN_PrincessKT

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper kindred strategy focused on Sphinx creatures and aerial combat. Led by The Ur-Sphinx, the deck benefits from eminence cost reduction from the command zone, helping you deploy high-cost flyers ahead of schedule. The game plan centers on resolving engine creatures like Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign to generate continuous card advantage through Fact or Fiction triggers while further discounting your spells. Once established, the deck transitions into a lethal clock using Magister Sphinx, Consecrated Sphinx, and large flying beaters to eliminate opponents over two combat cycles. While the mana base relies on basic lands and requires careful early sequencing, powerful mass reanimation from Return to the Light Realms and free defensive spells like Fierce Guardianship provide solid mid-game resilience.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Arbiter of the Ideal
  • 1 Atemsis, All-Seeing
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chancellor of the Spires
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commit // Memory
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Conspiracy Unraveler
  • 1 Cryptic Gateway
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Detection Tower
  • 1 Dream Eater
  • 1 Dream Trawler
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enigma Sphinx
  • 1 Enigma Thief
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glyph Keeper
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Inspired Sphinx
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isperia the Inscrutable
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Kindred Judgment
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Leyline of the Void
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Master of Predicaments
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Ormos, Archive Keeper
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return to the Light Realms
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sandstone Oracle
  • 1 Scholar of the Lost Trove
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx Ambassador
  • 1 Sphinx Mindbreaker
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Sphinx of Clear Skies
  • 1 Sphinx of Enlightenment
  • 1 Sphinx of Foresight
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 1 Sphinx of Lost Truths
  • 1 Sphinx of New Prahv
  • 1 Sphinx of Uthuun
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx of the Revelation
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Twisted Riddlekeeper
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vexing Sphinx
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign