Take em away boys by Skinwalker

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Sphinx tribal control strategy commanded by The Ur-Sphinx. From the command zone, the commander provides passive eminence cost reduction to accelerate a dense curve of high-impact Sphinx creatures. The game plan relies on early mana rocks and asymmetrical taxing pieces—such as Drannith Magistrate, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, and Blind Obedience—to hinder opposing tempo while smoothly ramping into centerpiece engines like Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign, Consecrated Sphinx, and Tivit, Seller of Secrets by Turn 4. Once assembled, the deck chains massive card advantage and deploys devastating airborne threats including Magister Sphinx, Sphinx of the Second Sun, and The Ur-Sphinx around Turn 6. Supported by premier countermagic, instant-speed removal, and defensive spells like Teferi's Protection, the deck overwhelms the table through evasive combat damage and free-cast mill triggers, alongside a compact alternate mill finish via Bruvac the Grandiloquent and Maddening Cacophony.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Aura of Silence
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bruvac the Grandiloquent
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Enigma Sphinx
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sharding Sphinx
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
  • 3 Sphinx's Approach
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Immortal Sun
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign