the sphynx say... what? v6 by REPRE

Format: Commander

Commander: Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This Esper deck focuses on cheating massive odd-mana-value spells into play using Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign. The primary strategy pairs early mana acceleration and topdeck manipulation—such as Sensei's Divining Top, Scroll Rack, and Brainstorm—to guarantee high-impact odd payoffs whenever Yennett attacks. The deck features game-warping odd bombs including Void Winnower, Expropriate, Breach the Multiverse, and Rise of the Dark Realms, which decisively overwhelm the board. A robust interaction suite featuring Swords to Plowshares, Void Rend, Cyclonic Rift, and Dovin's Veto ensures control over opposing threats, while Lightning Greaves, Swiftfoot Boots, and Teferi's Protection defend the board. If Yennett is removed, the deck transitions into a hardcast control shell, leaning on large sphinxes and reanimation spells to grind out the late game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aminatou, the Fateshifter
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Cellarspawn
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Cavalier of Gales
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crystal Ball
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Expropriate
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Halimar Depths
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hidetsugu and Kairi
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prognostic Sphinx
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Smuggler's Share
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soothsaying
  • 1 Sphinx Ambassador
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Temporal Manipulation
  • 1 Temporal Mastery
  • 1 Time Warp
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Vega, the Watcher
  • 1 Vesuvan Drifter
  • 1 Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Void Winnower
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign