Ur-Sphinx (purchases) by user7752303

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This Esper deck is a dedicated Sphinx tribal midrange strategy built around The Ur-Sphinx. Through its command zone Eminence ability, the commander provides constant cost reduction to deploy high-cost, evasive Sphinxes ahead of curve. The deck establishes an early foundation using 2-CMC mana rocks and cost reducers like Herald's Horn before landing powerhouse card engines such as Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign and Kindred Discovery. Once online, these engines draw through the library to assemble a lethal aerial army. The deck closes games via overwhelming flying combat damage, accelerated by impact finishers like Moonshaker Cavalry, True Conviction, and Magister Sphinx. A versatile Esper interaction suite featuring Swords to Plowshares, Counterspell, and Kindred Dominance keeps opposing threats in check, while phase protection from Clever Concealment and Dawn's Truce preserves board investment against sweepers. The deck delivers resilient, high-tempo flying beatdown with steady card advantage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absorb
  • 1 Arcane Adaptation
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fateful Absence
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Icon of Ancestry
  • 1 Inspired Sphinx
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Lich's Relic
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Memorial to Folly
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirror Entity
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Obelisk of Urd
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Rewrite Regrets
  • 1 Search for Glory
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sinister Hideout
  • 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Sphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Sphinx of Clear Skies
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Sphinx of New Prahv
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Theorix Charm
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Titan of Littjara
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 True Conviction
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Warden of Evos Isle
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign