Ur-Sphinx by SpagNoodle

Format: Commander

Creator: SpagNoodle

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper kindred midrange archetype centered on Sphinx tribal synergies, piloted by The Ur-Sphinx. From the command zone, the commander provides constant cost reduction via eminence, easing the steep mana demands of bulky, evasive flyers. The deck's primary route to victory is establishing a dominant flying aerial presence backed by compounding card-flow engines like Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign and Kindred Discovery. By Turn 5 to 6, it transitions from ramping and deploying cost reducers to resolving game-ending Sphinxes such as Magister Sphinx, Azor, the Lawbringer, and The Ur-Sphinx. Once on board, combat steps leverage mass evasion, mill, and free spell-casting from all graveyards to lock down opponents and deal lethal combat damage across subsequent turns. While powerful in the late game, the deck's high average mana value makes it susceptible to early hyper-aggressive strategies and well-timed board sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arbiter of the Ideal
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atemsis, All-Seeing
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curator of Destinies
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dream Trawler
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elenda and Azor
  • 1 Enigma Sphinx
  • 1 Enigma Thief
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Heartless Summoning
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Kindred Judgment
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Master of Predicaments
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Obscura Storefront
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx of Enlightenment
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Sphinx of Foresight
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Uldaros Theorix
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Warden of Evos Isle
  • 1 Watcher of the Spheres
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign