Para de Sphinxir by Saturninity

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This Esper Sphinx Tribal deck is a synergistic midrange stompy strategy commanded by The Ur-Sphinx. The deck's primary operational engine leverages Eminence from the command zone alongside low-mana rocks and cost reducers to cast high-mana Sphinxes ahead of curve starting on Turn 4. From there, powerful value engines like Consecrated Sphinx, Kindred Discovery, and Tivit, Seller of Secrets generate massive card draw and treasure generation. On Turn 6, the deck pivots into critical combat onset using lethal anthems such as Coat of Arms, True Conviction, and Door of Destinies, or clearing blockers with asymmetric sweepers like Raise the Palisade and Kindred Dominance. With high natural flying stats and layered defensive tools, the deck steadily eliminates each opponent over consecutive combat phases, finishing the game by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 And They Shall Know No Fear
• 1 Arbiter of the Ideal
• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
• 1 Banner of Kinship
• 1 Call to the Kindred
• 1 Cavern of Souls
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Coat of Arms
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Consecrated Sphinx
• 1 Contaminated Landscape
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Dazzling Sphinx
• 1 Defiler of Dreams
• 1 Denzilore Fatehold
• 1 Door of Destinies
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Enigma Sphinx
• 1 Enlightened Tutor
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabricate
• 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Herald's Horn
• 7 Island
• 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
• 1 Kindred Discovery
• 1 Kindred Dominance
• 1 Kindred Judgment
• 1 Kozilek's Unsealing
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Magister Sphinx
• 1 Master of Predicaments
• 1 Medomai the Ageless
• 1 Metallic Mimic
• 1 Meticulous Archive
• 1 Morphic Pool
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Patchwork Banner
• 1 Path to Exile
• 5 Plains
• 1 Raffine's Tower
• 1 Raise the Palisade
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Reflections of Littjara
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Sapphire Medallion
• 1 Sea of Clouds
• 1 Shadowy Backstreet
• 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
• 1 Sokka's Charge
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sphinx Ambassador
• 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
• 1 Sphinx of Foresight
• 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
• 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
• 1 Sphinx of the Revelation
• 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
• 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
• 1 Stoic Sphinx
• 3 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 The Ur-Sphinx
• 1 Three Tree City
• 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
• 1 True Conviction
• 1 Uldaros Theorix
• 1 Undercity Sewers
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Urza's Incubator
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Vault of the Archangel
• 1 Watcher of the Spheres
• 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Windreader Sphinx
• 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign