Ur Sphinx by ttaren56

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This Esper deck leverages The Ur-Sphinx's Eminence ability to discount Sphinx spells straight from the command zone. It accelerates in the early turns using 2-CMC mana rocks and tribal cost reducers like Urza's Incubator and Herald's Horn. By Turn 4, it deploys high-impact Sphinxes such as Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign and Raffine, Scheming Seer, chaining card advantage through Fact or Fiction triggers and combat draw abilities. The deck establishes a commanding aerial presence by Turn 6, utilizing pillowfort enchantments like Propaganda to deter counterattacks while controlling the board with efficient spot removal and sweepers. It finishes games by Turn 8 through overwhelming flying combat damage, augmented by Mirror Entity or one-sided wipes like Kindred Dominance.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conundrum Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crib Swap
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Graveshifter
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isperia the Inscrutable
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Kindred Judgment
  • 1 Lich's Relic
  • 1 Master of Predicaments
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Mirror Entity
  • 1 Moonsilver Key
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shredder's Technique
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx Ambassador
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx's Tutelage
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Witness the Future
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign