Sphinx deck by user5179492

Format: Commander

Commander: Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign is the engine: the deck ramps to her, then attacks to cast odd-mana spells free. The primary plan is topdeck manipulation plus free big spells (Ulamog, Expropriate, Elesh Norn) while Sphinx synergies draw cards and control the board. Secondary paths are Approach of the Second Sun with tutors, and commander-damage beats with unblockable/pump effects. Aminatou, the Fateshifter acts as a hidden-commander-grade value piece, but the deck is not built around her. The commander is single-faced; both faces are not applicable. The deck wins through value advantage and a two-cast Approach finish rather than a fast combo.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aminatou, the Fateshifter
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arbiter of the Ideal
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bad River
  • 1 Blatant Thievery
  • 1 Blazing Archon
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Cascading Cataracts
  • 1 Cavalier of Gales
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Cosmic Cube
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crystal Ball
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dream Cache
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
  • 1 Enigma Sphinx
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Explorer's Scope
  • 1 Expropriate
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Haunted Crossroads
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Index
  • 1 Kor Haven
  • 1 Kozilek's Unsealing
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Library of Leng
  • 1 Lotus Field
  • 1 Lotus Vale
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mind's Dilation
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Portal to Phyrexia
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 River Song's Diary
  • 1 Scholar of the Lost Trove
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sephara, Sky's Blade
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx Ambassador
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vega, the Watcher
  • 1 Venser's Journal
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Volrath's Stronghold
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign