Sphinx Tribal by Rizzoul

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Sphinx tribal midrange strategy commanded by The Ur-Sphinx. It leverages eminence and artifact cost reducers like Urza's Incubator and Herald's Horn to deploy high-cost, high-impact flying Sphinxes well ahead of curve. The engine centers on massive card advantage generated by Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign, Kindred Discovery, and Consecrated Sphinx, allowing the pilot to continuously flood the board with evasive beaters while keeping a full grip of answers. The deck controls the board using premier spot removal, cheap countermagic, and asymmetric tribal sweepers such as Raise the Palisade, Kindred Dominance, and Kindred Judgment. Once air superiority is established, it closes the game through overwhelming aerial combat damage supported by value triggers from Medomai the Ageless and Elenda and Azor.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Cavern of Souls
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Changeling Outcast
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Cloud Key
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Consecrated Sphinx
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Cyclonic Rift
• 1 Darkslick Shores
• 1 Dazzling Sphinx
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Defiler of Dreams
• 1 Denzilore Fatehold
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Dream Trawler
• 1 Elenda and Azor
• 1 Enigma Sphinx
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Herald's Horn
• 6 Island
• 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
• 1 Kindred Discovery
• 1 Kindred Dominance
• 1 Kindred Judgment
• 1 Mana Drain
• 1 Master of Predicaments
• 1 Medomai the Ageless
• 1 Metallic Mimic
• 1 Morphic Pool
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Phyrexian Arena
• 5 Plains
• 1 Ponder
• 1 Raffine's Tower
• 1 Raise the Palisade
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Reflections of Littjara
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Roaming Throne
• 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
• 1 Sea of Clouds
• 1 Seachrome Coast
• 1 Shipwreck Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spark Double
• 1 Sphinx Ambassador
• 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
• 1 Sphinx of Foresight
• 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
• 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
• 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
• 1 Supreme Verdict
• 5 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 The Ur-Sphinx
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
• 1 Universal Automaton
• 1 Urza's Cave
• 1 Urza's Incubator
• 1 Vanquisher's Banner
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Warden of Evos Isle
• 1 Watcher of the Spheres
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Windreader Sphinx
• 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign