Shpinx Swarm by Maneastj

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Sphinx tribal strategy that leverages the Eminence ability of The Ur-Sphinx to discount expensive flying creatures right from the command zone. Supported by artifact ramp and cost reducers like Urza's Incubator and Watcher of the Spheres, the deck quickly ramps into formidable threats such as Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign, Tivit, Seller of Secrets, and Dream Trawler. These creatures double as substantial combat threats and massive card-flow engines through synergy with effects like Kindred Discovery and Bident of Thassa. The deck controls opposing battlefields using asymmetric wipes like Kindred Dominance and efficient single-target removal, while using low-cost reanimation spells to bypass high mana costs. Victory is achieved through commanding air superiority, accelerated by life-setting triggers like Magister Sphinx and extra turn generation from Medomai the Ageless.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archive Arbiter
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Atemsis, All-Seeing
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Curator of Destinies
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dream Trawler
  • 1 Elenda and Azor
  • 1 Enigma Sphinx
  • 1 Esper Panorama
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Kindred Judgment
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Master of Predicaments
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Sejiri Refuge
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx Ambassador
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Sphinx of Foresight
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
  • 5 Sphinx's Approach
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Uldaros Theorix
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Warden of Evos Isle
  • 1 Watcher of the Spheres
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign