Unesh, the all drawing by user6470346

Format: Commander

Commander: Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This mono-blue deck uses Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign to transform Sphinx tribal into an explosive card-churning engine. Unesh reduces the cost of all Sphinx spells by two mana and triggers a mini Fact or Fiction whenever a Sphinx enters the battlefield. By stacking cost reducers like Sapphire Medallion and Urza's Incubator with trigger doublers like Panharmonicon and Roaming Throne, the deck chains Sphinxes one after another. Milled cards fuel Conspiracy Unraveler to cast spells for free by collecting evidence, or power delve spells like Dig Through Time. The deck defends itself during high-mana turns using zero-mana pitch counterspells such as Foil, Thwart, and Commandeer. Once the engine runs, it digs through the entire library in a single storm turn, winning on the spot with Jace, Wielder of Mysteries or bouncing the entire board with an overloaded Cyclonic Rift.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Aetherspouts
  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arbiter of the Ideal
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Caged Sun
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Conspiracy Unraveler
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Displacement Wave
  • 1 Dream Eater
  • 1 Enigma Thief
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Foil
  • 1 Gauntlet of Power
  • 1 Halimar Depths
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Inspired Sphinx
  • 20 Island
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Long-Term Plans
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Mystic Confluence
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Perplexing Test
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sceptre of Eternal Glory
  • 1 Scholar of the Lost Trove
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Show and Tell
  • 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snapback
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Sphinx Ambassador
  • 1 Sphinx of Enlightenment
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 1 Sphinx of Uthuun
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Terrain Generator
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Thwart
  • 1 Time Warp
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Worn Powerstone