Oops all Sphinx's by Stefanrkent

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This Esper deck leverages Sphinx tribal synergies under The Ur-Sphinx. The game plan revolves around accelerating mana through tribal cost reducers such as Herald's Horn, Cloud Key, and the commander's eminence ability. This discount allows the deck to deploy large, evasive flying creatures ahead of schedule. By turns 4 and 5, it establishes solid board presence with mid-sized Sphinxes and card-draw engines like Sphinx of Uthuun and Defiler of Dreams. The deck transitions into a lethal clock around turn 6 using tribal anthems such as Coat of Arms or high-impact bombs like Sphinx of the Steel Wind. Opponents face steady aerial pressure that closes the game around turn 8. While the deck boasts resilient individual threats with native protection keywords, it relies primarily on combat damage and remains susceptible to well-timed mass board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Automaton
  • 1 Azorius Guildgate
  • 1 Belbe's Portal
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodline Pretender
  • 1 Chancellor of the Spires
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Daxos of Meletis
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Esper Charm
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 1 Fisk Tower
  • 1 Foot Headquarters
  • 1 Forum of Amity
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glyph Keeper
  • 1 Helm of Awakening
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Inspired Sphinx
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Isperia the Inscrutable
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Jelenn Sphinx
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Marauding Sphinx
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mischievous Sneakling
  • 1 Nita, Forum Conciliator
  • 1 Null Summoner
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Repel Calamity
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Shields of Velis Vel
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Sphinx of Clear Skies
  • 1 Sphinx of Enlightenment
  • 1 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
  • 1 Sphinx of Magosi
  • 1 Sphinx of New Prahv
  • 1 Sphinx of Uthuun
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
  • 1 Sphinx's Decree
  • 1 Sphinx's Disciple
  • 1 Sphinx's Insight
  • 1 Sphinx's Tutelage
  • 1 Stormscape Familiar
  • 1 Survivors' Encampment
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Terrarion
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Thrór's Map
  • 1 Tormod's Crypt
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Undermine
  • 1 Universal Automaton
  • 1 Unsettled Mariner
  • 1 Vexing Sphinx
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx