Ur-Sphinx - Make Sphinx Great Again! 🐐🪽 by bobboviking

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 55

Deck overview

This deck merges an Esper control shell with Sphinx tribal payoffs and a compact artifact combo finisher. While The Ur-Sphinx provides eminence cost reduction and late-game card advantage through combat triggers, the primary win condition centers on Isochron Scepter imprinting Dramatic Reversal. Supported by dense 2-CMC mana rocks and artifact tutors like Fabricate and Muddle the Mixture, the deck consistently assembles infinite mana by Turn 4. Outlets such as Sensei's Divining Top allow the pilot to draw the entire library and mill all opponents out on the same turn using Gleaming Splendor. If the combo is disrupted or delayed, the deck seamlessly transitions into a resilient midrange value plan powered by Consecrated Sphinx, Tivit, Seller of Secrets, and Sharuum the Hegemon, using efficient removal and counterspells to control the board until it secures victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Dream Trawler
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fateful Discovery
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Kindred Judgment
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mirrodin Besieged
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 One with the Multiverse
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Parting Gust
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Restoration Seminar
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scour for Scrap
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sharding Sphinx
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sonic Screwdriver
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Thopter Fabricator
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Tolaria West
  • 1 Treasure Mage
  • 1 Turbulent Shore
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Uthros, Titanic Godcore
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Winds of Abandon
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign