Sphinx Tribal by user9627585

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 53

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Esper Sphinx tribal and midrange control deck commanded by The Ur-Sphinx. It utilizes the commander's passive Eminence ability alongside low-cost mana rocks and tribal cost reducers like Urza's Incubator and Watcher of the Spheres to deploy expensive, game-warping Sphinxes well ahead of curve. Once assembled on Turn 4, the deck generates immense card advantage through engines like Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign, Consecrated Sphinx, and The One Ring. It transitions to a critical threat state on Turn 5 by setting life totals low with Magister Sphinx, resetting opposing boards with Raise the Palisade, or casting The Ur-Sphinx to steal spells on attack. The deck closes out the game around Turn 7 via overwhelming aerial combat backed by Akroma's Will. A top-tier Esper interaction suite and robust reanimation package ensure strong resilience against sweepers and opposing disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curator of Destinies
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dream Trawler
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elenda and Azor
  • 1 Enigma Sphinx
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Scholar of the Lost Trove
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Uldaros Theorix
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watcher of the Spheres
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign