Sphinx by esgra1

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Sphinx tribal powerhouse commanded by The Ur-Sphinx. From the command zone, the commander provides passive eminence cost reduction that accelerates expensive Sphinxes into play. Early turns focus on establishing mana rocks and cost reducers like Urza's Incubator and Herald's Horn. On Turn 4, the deck deploys flagship value engines like Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign or Tivit, Seller of Secrets, which discount further spells and provide massive card advantage through repeated Fact or Fiction triggers. By Turn 5, the deck transitions into critical onset by deploying game-altering threats like Magister Sphinx, Medomai the Ageless, and Dream Trawler. The deck protects its board with countermagic, boots, and ward abilities while locking down ground attacks with Ghostly Prison and Propaganda. Asymmetric board wipes like Raise the Palisade and Kindred Dominance clear opposing blockers, allowing the Sphinx armada to close out the game through lethal flying combat damage by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arbiter of the Ideal
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curator of Destinies
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dream Trawler
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elenda and Azor
  • 1 Enigma Sphinx
  • 1 Enigma Thief
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master of Predicaments
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prognostic Sphinx
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quantum Riddler
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx Ambassador
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Sphinx of Enlightenment
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Uldaros Theorix
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watcher of the Spheres
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign