The Hivemind by TPOCharlemagne

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This Esper Commander deck is a powerful Sphinx typal midrange strategy helmed by The Ur-Sphinx. The deck maximizes tribal synergy by stacking cost-reduction effects—starting with the commander's command-zone Eminence ability alongside cards like Urza's Incubator, Heartless Summoning, and Sapphire Medallion—to deploy expensive, high-impact Sphinxes turns ahead of their natural mana curve. Once established on Turn 5, engines like Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign, Tivit, Seller of Secrets, and Kindred Discovery generate massive card advantage while developing an overwhelming aerial combat force. The deck transitions into a lethal clock around Turn 6, using evasive flying combat bolstered by asymmetric sweepers like Raise the Palisade or decisive finishers like Akroma's Will to close the game by Turn 8. A dense suite of spot removal, countermagic, and protective spells ensures smooth execution and high resilience against board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arbiter of the Ideal
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Crib Swap
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dream Trawler
  • 1 Enigma Thief
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heartless Summoning
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Impostor Syndrome
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Jelenn Sphinx
  • 1 Kefnet's Monument
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Judgment
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Perch Protection
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return to the Light Realms
  • 1 Riddlemaster Sphinx
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scholar of the Lost Trove
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Serum Sovereign
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx Ambassador
  • 1 Sphinx of Enlightenment
  • 1 Sphinx of Foresight
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Titan of Littjara
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Turbulent Shore
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Warden of Evos Isle
  • 1 Watcher of the Spheres
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign