Enter the Sphinx by user9853655

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is a dedicated Esper Sphinx tribal engine commanded by The Ur-Sphinx. It leverages built-in Eminence cost reduction alongside dedicated artifact reducers like Urza's Incubator and Herald's Horn to deploy high-cost flying creatures well ahead of curve. The engine centers around Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign and Kindred Discovery to draw through the library while establishing an evasive board state. Game-ending pressure comes from Magister Sphinx, Tivit, Seller of Secrets, and the commander's combat trigger, which mills all players and casts four free spells per attack. High-quality countermagic and asymmetric sweepers like Cyclonic Rift and Kindred Judgment keep opponents off balance while mass reanimation via Patriarch's Bidding ensures fast recovery from wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archive Arbiter
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Crippling Fear
  • 1 Curator of Mysteries
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Horn of the Mark
  • 19 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Judgment
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 1 Pillar of Origins
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prognostic Sphinx
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raise the Draugr
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Riddlemaster Sphinx
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 1 Sphinx of New Prahv
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 6 Sphinx's Approach
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Uldaros Theorix
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign