Ur - Sphinx by Nferno587

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Sphinx tribal strategy commanded by The Ur-Sphinx. It leverages eminence cost reduction and low-mana artifact acceleration to rapidly deploy high-cost, high-impact Sphinxes ahead of curve. The core engine functions around Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign, Kindred Discovery, and Raffine, Scheming Seer, which turn Sphinx deployments into massive card advantage. Graveyard recursion cards such as Patriarch's Bidding, Victimize, and Animate Dead provide resilience against opposing removal, allowing the deck to rebuild intimidating flying boards quickly. Lethality is achieved through evasive combat damage enhanced by Magister Sphinx, Medomai the Ageless, and Blade of Selves, while Raise the Palisade clears opposing boards. A robust interaction suite consisting of efficient counterspells and versatile spot removal ensures the deck can protect its setup and disrupt critical opposing win attempts.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Countersquall
  • 1 Curator of Destinies
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dream Eater
  • 1 Dream Trawler
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elenda and Azor
  • 1 Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heartless Summoning
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isperia the Inscrutable
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Prognostic Sphinx
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scholar of the Lost Trove
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx Mindbreaker
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Sphinx of Clear Skies
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vexing Sphinx
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign