Sphinx by mtg_noob

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Sphinx tribal strategy built around The Ur-Sphinx, utilizing its eminence ability to reduce the cost of all Sphinx spells straight from the command zone. The deck leverages ten copies of Sphinx's Approach for reliable card velocity and library tutoring. The core value engine pivots around Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign, which turns every Sphinx into a four-card selection burst while applying additional cost reductions. Once an aerial fleet is established, the deck pivots into aggressive pressure on Turn 6 using Magister Sphinx, Blade of Selves, and Akroma's Will to close out the game over two combat cycles. Defensive instants such as Ultimate Magic: Holy protect key creatures from opposing sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Arbiter of the Ideal
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Argent Sphinx
  • 1 As Foretold
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Echocasting Symposium
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 1 Flowering of the White Tree
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Quantum Riddler
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restoration Seminar
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Slip On the Ring
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx Mindbreaker
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 1 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 10 Sphinx's Approach
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Vexing Sphinx
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Watcher of Hours
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign