The Ur-Sphinx-ish by Snuirky

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck executes an Esper Changeling tribal strategy built around 'tribal tribal' lord synergies, anchored by The Ur-Sphinx in the command zone. Its Eminence ability passively discounts Sphinx spells—and therefore all Changeling creature cards—by one generic mana, accelerating early deployments. The deck leverages creatures that possess every creature type to exploit powerful lords from disparate tribes: Sea Gate Loremaster draws massive hand refills as an Ally payoff, Knight Exemplar grants invulnerability as a Knight lord, Herald of Hoofbeats offers unblockable horsemanship, and Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart provides vigilance, lifelink, and stat boosts for Humans. Midgame mana acceleration is reinforced by White Lotus Tile and Treasure engines like Mari, the Killing Quill and Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator. While the commander itself costs nine mana, it serves primarily as a late-game finisher that casts spells from milled opponent libraries, while the core board wins via wide, evasive combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Amoeboid Changeling
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avian Changeling
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodline Pretender
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Changeling Wayfinder
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Cid, Timeless Artificer
  • 1 Crib Swap
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Discreet Retreat
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Exterminate!
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flash Photography
  • 1 Flock Impostor
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Giada, Font of Hope
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Graveborn Muse
  • 1 Graveshifter
  • 1 Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Herald of Hoofbeats
  • 1 Hibernation Sliver
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 1 Irregular Cohort
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Knight Exemplar
  • 1 Loyal Inventor
  • 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
  • 1 Mari, the Killing Quill
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mirror Entity
  • 1 Mistwalker
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mothdust Changeling
  • 1 Multiversal Recruitment
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Nameless Inversion
  • 1 Omni-Changeling
  • 1 Orvar, the All-Form
  • 1 Peer Pressure
  • 1 Personify
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Relm's Sketching
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sea Gate Loremaster
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shapesharer
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stalactite Dagger
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Séance Board
  • 1 TARDIS
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Destined Thief
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Three Tree Mascot
  • 1 Titan of Littjara
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Turbulent Shore
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Universal Automaton
  • 1 Unsettled Mariner
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 White Lotus Tile
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow