The Ur - Sphinx by Vegeta84

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Sphinx tribal strategy commanded by The Ur-Sphinx. From the command zone, the commander provides a continuous Eminence discount of {1} to all Sphinx spells. The deck uses early artifact ramp and defensive enchantments to transition into mid-game powerhouses like Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign and Consecrated Sphinx, which generate immense card flow. In the late game, the deck deploys massive flying threats such as Magister Sphinx, Sphinx of the Steel Wind, and Dream Trawler, or casts The Ur-Sphinx to attack, mill all libraries, and cast high-impact spells for free. Supported by efficient Esper removal and countermagic, the deck controls opposing threats while methodically dismantling opponents through evasive combat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage's Charm
  • 1 Argent Sphinx
  • 1 As Foretold
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curator of Mysteries
  • 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 Eye of Ojer Taq // Apex Observatory
  • 1 Fatehold Charm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Icy Reception
  • 1 Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Kindred Judgment
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 One with the Multiverse
  • 1 Oracle's Vault
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quantum Riddler
  • 1 Quicksilver Amulet
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Refute
  • 1 Serra Sphinx
  • 1 Serum Sovereign
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Singularity Rupture
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Space-Time Anomaly
  • 1 Sphinx Ambassador
  • 1 Sphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Sphinx of Foresight
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 1 Sphinx of Magosi
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Stoic Sphinx
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Theorix Charm
  • 1 Tome of the Guildpact
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Twisted Fates
  • 1 Uldaros Theorix
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vanishing Verse
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave