New Untitled Deck by pokedude121215

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Sphinx typal midrange strategy led by The Ur-Sphinx. It uses the commander's eminence ability to reduce the cost of all Sphinx spells by {1} right from the command zone. The deck ramps on early turns with two-mana artifacts before deploying value-generating Sphinxes such as Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign, Tivit, Seller of Secrets, and Sphinx of Uthuun. Once an aerial fleet is established, the deck applies overwhelming combat pressure. Casting and attacking with The Ur-Sphinx allows the pilot to mill all players and cast free spells from the milled cards. The deck controls the tempo of the game using efficient single-target removal, mass exile board wipes like Sunfall, and defensive tools such as Propaganda. Without relying on infinite combos or fast mana, it wins through consistent card advantage, high-toughness flying blockers, and decisive combat damage over consecutive turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Alhammarret, High Arbiter
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Conspiracy Unraveler
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crib Swap
  • 1 Curator of Destinies
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dream Eater
  • 1 Dream Trawler
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elenda and Azor
  • 1 Enigma Sphinx
  • 1 Enigma Thief
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Fatehold Charm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Goliath Sphinx
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Hex
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Lunar Insight
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Master of Predicaments
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Ormos, Archive Keeper
  • 1 Parting Gust
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Restless Anchorage
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Sphinx of Enlightenment
  • 1 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
  • 1 Sphinx of Uthuun
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunfall
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Reproach
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Turbulent Shore
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Will of the Temur
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx