Sphinx 2 by Cammy45

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Sphinx tribal midrange strategy commanded by The Ur-Sphinx. The game plan accelerates mana through low-cost artifact ramp and creature cost-reduction cards like Urza's Incubator, Heartless Summoning, and the commander's passive Eminence ability. On Turn 4, the deck establishes its core engine by resolving Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign, which reduces Sphinx costs further and generates repetitive Fact or Fiction card advantage on every Sphinx entry. From Turn 5 onward, the deck deploys high-impact flying beaters including Magister Sphinx, Tivit, Seller of Secrets, Sphinx of the Second Sun, and Medomai the Ageless. Opposing boards are cleared using asymmetric sweepers like Raise the Palisade and Kindred Dominance, clearing a path for lethal combat damage over two turn cycles. Efficient counterspells and spot removal protect key pieces and disrupt opposing game plans.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 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 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heartless Summoning
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Kindred Judgment
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 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
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Sphinx of Foresight
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Uldaros Theorix
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watcher of the Spheres
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign