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Format: Commander

Commander: Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This mono-blue deck is commanded by Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign, operating as a dedicated Sphinx kindred and blink value engine. The primary strategy focuses on ramping into Unesh by Turn 5 to establish cost reduction and card flow. Each subsequent Sphinx trigger digs four cards deep via a mini Fact or Fiction effect, rapidly filling the hand and graveyard. The deck compounds this advantage using blink spells like Ghostly Flicker and Displacer Kitten, alongside trigger multipliers such as Roaming Throne, Panharmonicon, and Reflections of Littjara. Win conditions center on overwhelming opponents in the air with high-power flying Sphinxes cleared by Raise the Palisade and Cyclonic Rift, with an alternate storm route into Laboratory Maniac enabled by Conspiracy Unraveler. A suite of efficient countermagic and protection spells defends the board while advancing the primary clock.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Argent Sphinx
  • 1 Atemsis, All-Seeing
  • 1 Bloodline Pretender
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Caged Sun
  • 1 Chancellor of the Spires
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Conspiracy Unraveler
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curator of Destinies
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dream Eater
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Enigma Thief
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Gossip's Talent
  • 1 Hand of Vecna
  • 26 Island
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Loki, Lord of Misrule
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Nyx Lotus
  • 1 Ormos, Archive Keeper
  • 1 Orvar, the All-Form
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Planar Incision
  • 1 Quantum Riddler
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rescuer Sphinx
  • 1 Riddlemaster Sphinx
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll
  • 1 Sceptre of Eternal Glory
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Sphinx Ambassador
  • 1 Sphinx Mindbreaker
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Splash Portal
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Teferi's Time Twist
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Venser's Journal
  • 1 Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions
  • 1 Wisdom of Ages