Not That Ur-Dragon changes

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 53

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Sphinx tribal and midrange reanimator deck commanded by The Ur-Sphinx. It uses Eminence alongside artifacts like Urza's Incubator and Herald's Horn to reduce the costs of high-impact Sphinxes. Early turns focus on establishing mana velocity through rocks and cost reducers, or setting up early reanimation lines with Entomb and Reanimate. By turn 4, the deck deploys massive card advantage engines such as Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign or Consecrated Sphinx. The midgame shifts into lethal aerial pressure around turn 5, utilizing Magister Sphinx, Medomai the Ageless, and The Ur-Sphinx to overwhelm opponents with combat damage and free spells. A robust control shell featuring Cyclonic Rift, Mana Drain, Force of Negation, and Teferi's Protection shields the board and disrupts opposing win attempts while closing the game on turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Animate Dead
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Austere Command
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Beseech the Mirror
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Chronicle of Victory
• 1 Cloud Key
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Consecrated Sphinx
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Countersquall
• 1 Cyclonic Rift
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Defiler of Dreams
• 1 Dimir Signet
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Dream Trawler
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Enigma Sphinx
• 1 Entomb
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Force of Negation
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Grand Abolisher
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Herald's Horn
• 1 Inkshield
• 9 Island
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
• 1 Kindred Dominance
• 1 Lotus Petal
• 1 Magister Sphinx
• 1 Mana Drain
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Medomai the Ageless
• 1 Morphic Pool
• 1 Mox Amber
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Path to Exile
• 6 Plains
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
• 1 Rapid Hybridization
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Roaming Throne
• 1 Sea of Clouds
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sphinx Summoner
• 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
• 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
• 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
• 6 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Teferi's Protection
• 1 The Ur-Sphinx
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
• 1 Urza's Incubator
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Warden of Evos Isle
• 1 Watcher of the Spheres
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Windreader Sphinx
• 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign