Sphinx Budget by user7966228

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper kindred midrange build centered on Sphinxes and commanded by The Ur-Sphinx. From Turn 1, the commander provides a passive Eminence cost reduction that discounts all Sphinx creature spells by {1}. The game plan develops mana velocity through 2-CMC artifacts and cost reducers, transitioning into mid-game Sphinx powerhouses on Turn 4 such as Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign, Tivit, Seller of Secrets, and Elenda and Azor. By Turn 6, the deck establishes an overwhelming aerial board presence that threatens lethal flying damage while maintaining high card advantage. The deck is backed by efficient Esper interaction, including targeted exile spells, uncounterable disruption, and asymmetric kindred sweepers like Kindred Dominance. Although vulnerable to repeated board wipes during its multi-turn combat clock, the deck recovers quickly thanks to command-zone cost reduction and individual threat redundancy.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atemsis, All-Seeing
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crib Swap
  • 1 Curator of Destinies
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dream Eater
  • 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 Firdoch Core
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Heartless Summoning
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Kindred Judgment
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Master of Predicaments
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 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 Sphinx's Approach
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Uldaros Theorix
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Warden of Evos Isle
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign