New Untitled Deck by MasterChief

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck leverages The Ur-Sphinx's Eminence ability to reduce the casting cost of all Sphinx spells by {1} from the command zone. Supported by low-cost mana rocks and additional tribal reducers like Urza's Incubator, the deck accelerates into powerful mid-game threats by Turn 4. The draw engine relies on 10 copies of Sphinx's Approach, Consecrated Sphinx, and Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign to churn through the library rapidly. The primary win condition combines Deadeye Navigator with Tivit, Seller of Secrets to generate infinite Clues and mana, or blinks Magister Sphinx to set opposing life totals to 10 before resetting the board with Cyclonic Rift or Raise the Palisade. A robust suite of low-CMC counterspells and flicker protection safeguards key permanents while Ghostly Prison and Propaganda slow incoming combat pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Argent Sphinx
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brago, King Eternal
  • 1 Charming Prince
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadeye Navigator
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flickering Hound
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quantum Riddler
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Sphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 10 Sphinx's Approach
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Uldaros Theorix
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watcher of the Spheres
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign