Ur-Sphinx by Ott01

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Esper deck leverages the eminence ability of The Ur-Sphinx to discount a dense suite of evasive Sphinx creatures. The early game focuses on deploying 2-mana mana rocks to cast 4-to-6 mana threats ahead of curve. Once assembled, engines like Consecrated Sphinx, Kindred Discovery, and Windreader Sphinx generate substantial card flow while attacking across the table. Defensive interaction is a major strength: the list packs efficient countermagic like Force of Will and Swan Song, alongside zero-to-one mana creature removal such as Swords to Plowshares, Deadly Rollick, and Snuff Out. While the deck lacks fast combo finishes and creature tutors, it closes games through steady aerial combat and burst life reduction from Magister Sphinx. Its primary vulnerabilities stem from a high average mana curve and prolonged exposure to mass board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arbiter of the Ideal
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atemsis, All-Seeing
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brainstone
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cloudreader Sphinx
  • 1 Combat Tutorial
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Conspiracy Unraveler
  • 1 Conundrum Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elenda and Azor
  • 1 Esper Panorama
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flow State
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Jelenn Sphinx
  • 1 Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prognostic Sphinx
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rescuer Sphinx
  • 1 Sandstone Oracle
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 1 Sphinx of Magosi
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Volatile Fault
  • 1 Volatile Stormdrake
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign