Sphinx 1.7 (Tivit) by Chains96

Format: Commander

Commander: Tivit, Seller of Secrets

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 53

Deck overview

This Esper Commander deck leverages Tivit, Seller of Secrets as both a robust artifact-token engine and a potent combo finisher. Operating as a hybrid of Sphinx tribal, artifact synergies, and classic control, the deck accelerates early development through 13 low-cost mana rocks and cost reducers like Sol Ring, the Signet/Talisman cycles, and Heartless Summoning. Tivit reliably hits the battlefield on Turn 4–5, immediately generating five Clues and Treasures via Council's dilemma. When paired with Time Sieve, this produces an infinite extra-turn loop that closes the game on the spot through unhindered combat damage. If the combo is delayed, the deck seamlessly transitions into an oppressive midgame value engine powered by Sphinx staples such as Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign, Consecrated Sphinx, Magister Sphinx, and Sphinx of the Second Sun. A comprehensive interaction suite of premier spot exile, countermagic, and sweepers ensures the board remains controlled while digging for the win.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atemsis, All-Seeing
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brilliant Ultimatum
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Council's Judgment
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cruelclaw's Heist
  • 1 Curator of Destinies
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall
  • 1 Enigma Thief
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Head Games
  • 1 Heartless Summoning
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Master of Predicaments
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Parting Gust
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Perch Protection
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx Ambassador
  • 1 Sphinx of Foresight
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Time Sieve
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Uldaros Theorix
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Watcher of the Spheres
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Winds of Abandon