Ur-Sphinx by user1175026

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Sphinx tribal midrange strategy commanded by The Ur-Sphinx. It leverages the commander's Eminence ability alongside tribal cost reducers like Urza's Incubator and Herald's Horn to accelerate high-mana flying threats ahead of curve. The primary game plan revolves around establishing an explosive card-advantage engine through Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign, Consecrated Sphinx, or Kindred Discovery by Turn 4. From there, the deck chains massive flying creatures, building an imposing aerial army. Critical onset occurs on Turn 6 when attacking with The Ur-Sphinx, which mills each player and casts their most impactful spells for free. The deck closes games around Turn 8 through overwhelming flying combat damage amplified by Door of Destinies and Mirror Entity, supported by one-sided board wipes like Raise the Palisade. It defends its proactive game plan with efficient instant-speed protection like Dawn's Truce and Grand Crescendo.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Agna Qel'a
  • 1 And They Shall Know No Fear
  • 1 Arbiter of the Ideal
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Belltower Sphinx
  • 1 Bloodline Pretender
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Curator of Destinies
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Dream Trawler
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Elenda and Azor
  • 1 Enigma Sphinx
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 Geode Golem
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isperia the Inscrutable
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Jelenn Sphinx
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kindred Boon
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Master of Predicaments
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Mirror Entity
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Omni-Changeling
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Ormos, Archive Keeper
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Quantum Riddler
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellbook
  • 1 Sphinx of Clear Skies
  • 1 Sphinx of Foresight
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Unsettled Mariner
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign