Ur-Sphinx V2 by Gimpin86

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Sphinx-tribal control strategy helmed by The Ur-Sphinx. The commander provides passive mana acceleration through its Eminence ability, reducing the cost of all other Sphinx spells from the command zone. The deck uses early turns to develop its mana with artifact ramp, sculpt its hand with efficient draw spells, and answer early threats with premier Esper removal and countermagic. By turns 4 and 5, it transitions into deploying powerhouse tribal engines like Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign and Consecrated Sphinx, generating overwhelming card advantage. In the late game, the deck closes out matches through devastating flying combat damage, accelerated by Magister Sphinx resetting life totals to 10 and The Ur-Sphinx casting free spells from opponents' milled libraries upon attacking. Strong recursion, redundant high-impact creatures, and robust counterspell shielding ensure resilient finishes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Conundrum Sphinx
  • 1 Council's Judgment
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dream Eater
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mastermind's Acquisition
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Mystic Confluence
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Painful Truths
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Sphinx Mindbreaker
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Sphinx of Foresight
  • 1 Sphinx of Lost Truths
  • 1 Sphinx of Uthuun
  • 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
  • 4 Sphinx's Approach
  • 1 Sphinx's Tutelage
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Utter End
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Worn Powerstone
  • 1 Wrath of God