Sphinxes by user5372769

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Sphinx tribal midrange strategy commanded by The Ur-Sphinx. The deck leverages its commander's Eminence ability from the command zone to reduce the cost of all Sphinx spells by {1} generic mana throughout the entire game. In the early turns, the deck deploys mana rocks and filtering cantrips to curve smoothly into powerful mid-sized fliers. By Turn 4, value engines like Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign and Defiler of Dreams come online to draw cards and accelerate board development. By Turn 6, the deck presents overwhelming aerial pressure using high-impact threats like Magister Sphinx, Medomai the Ageless, and Dream Trawler. Asymmetric board wipes like Kindred Dominance and mass tribal reanimation like Bloodline Bidding ensure the deck can clear opposing defenses and recover from attrition. The deck steadily dismantles life totals in the air to secure victory around Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Alhammarret, High Arbiter
  • 1 Arbiter of the Ideal
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atemsis, All-Seeing
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Conundrum Sphinx
  • 1 Curator of Destinies
  • 1 Curator of Mysteries
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Diluvian Primordial
  • 1 Dream Trawler
  • 1 Eligeth, Crossroads Augur
  • 1 Enigma Sphinx
  • 1 Enigma Thief
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 1 Guardian of Tazeem
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Jelenn Sphinx
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Master of Predicaments
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Ormos, Archive Keeper
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Scholar of the Lost Trove
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Sharding Sphinx
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Sphinx of Clear Skies
  • 1 Sphinx of Enlightenment
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Sphinx of Foresight
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 1 Sphinx of Lost Truths
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Warden of Evos Isle
  • 1 Watcher of the Spheres
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign