New Untitled Deck by Death7heReaper

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Sphinx tribal midrange strategy commanded by The Ur-Sphinx. It leverages the commander's eminence ability to permanently reduce the cost of all Sphinx spells by {1} from the command zone. Supported by dense low-cost acceleration and tribal reducers such as Urza's Incubator, Herald's Horn, and Watcher of the Spheres, the deck quickly deploys powerful 5-to-7 mana flying creatures ahead of schedule. The deck's primary engine revolves around Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign, which converts every subsequent Sphinx cast into a four-card mini Fact or Fiction, generating immense card velocity and card selection. Win conditions rely on overwhelming aerial combat pressure supplemented by game-warping payoffs like Magister Sphinx, Medomai the Ageless, and Breach the Multiverse. Esper colors provide robust interaction through efficient single-target removal, flexible countermagic, and one-sided board wipes in Kindred Dominance and Kindred Judgment, ensuring the deck controls the tempo while soaring over grounded defenses.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Arbiter of the Ideal
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archive Arbiter
  • 1 Atemsis, All-Seeing
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Black Mage's Rod
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chancellor of the Spires
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curator of Destinies
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dream Eater
  • 1 Dream Trawler
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elenda and Azor
  • 1 Eligeth, Crossroads Augur
  • 1 Enigma Sphinx
  • 1 Enigma Thief
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Inspired Sphinx
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Kindred Judgment
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Master of Predicaments
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scholar of the Lost Trove
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx Ambassador
  • 1 Sphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Sphinx of Clear Skies
  • 1 Sphinx of Enlightenment
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Sphinx of Foresight
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
  • 5 Sphinx's Approach
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Uldaros Theorix
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Warden of Evos Isle
  • 1 Watcher of the Spheres
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign