The Ur-sphinx (copy)

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

The Ur-Sphinx commands an Esper kindred deck built around colossal flying Sphinxes. The commander provides passive mana acceleration through eminence from the command zone and late-game theft when cast. The game plan focuses on deploying high-impact flyers that draw cards and control the board while benefiting from cost reduction. Mid-game engines like Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign and Kindred Discovery bury opponents in card advantage, while Magister Sphinx rapidly lowers player life totals. The deck closes games through overwhelming aerial combat enhanced by True Conviction, extra combat steps from Medomai the Ageless, and uncounterable late-game threats like Sphinx of the Final Word.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Aetherize
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Call to the Kindred
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Chancellor of the Spires
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Conspiracy Unraveler
• 1 Conundrum Sphinx
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Crib Swap
• 1 Curator of Destinies
• 1 Dazzling Sphinx
• 1 Defiler of Dreams
• 1 Dimir Signet
• 1 Dispel
• 1 Dream Eater
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Elenda and Azor
• 1 Enigma Sphinx
• 1 Enigma Thief
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Fetid Heath
• 1 Firdoch Core
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Glyph Keeper
• 1 Guardian of Tazeem
• 1 Herald's Horn
• 1 Inspired Sphinx
• 13 Island
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
• 1 Kaya the Inexorable
• 1 Kefnet's Monument
• 1 Kindred Discovery
• 1 Lofty Denial
• 1 Magister Sphinx
• 1 Master of Predicaments
• 1 Medomai the Ageless
• 1 Mystic Gate
• 1 Negate
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Path to Exile
• 6 Plains
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Raise the Palisade
• 1 Reflections of Littjara
• 1 Scholar of the Lost Trove
• 1 Sharding Sphinx
• 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sphinx Summoner
• 1 Sphinx of Clear Skies
• 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
• 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
• 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
• 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
• 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
• 1 Stoic Sphinx
• 1 Stubborn Denial
• 1 Sunken Ruins
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 The Ur-Sphinx
• 1 True Conviction
• 1 Unclaimed Territory
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
• 1 Vexing Sphinx
• 1 Windreader Sphinx
• 1 Winged Words
• 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign