The Ur-Sphinx by user7630989

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Sphinx tribal midrange strategy commanded by The Ur-Sphinx. The game plan leverages the commander's command-zone Eminence ability alongside artifact cost reducers like Urza's Incubator and Herald's Horn to deploy high-cost, high-stature flying Sphinxes turns ahead of their printed costs. In the mid-game, threats like Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign, Tivit, Seller of Secrets, and Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign establish massive aerial dominance while fueling card velocity. The deck secures board supremacy through asymmetric sweepers such as Kindred Dominance and Kindred Judgment that leave its tribal board intact. Although the 99 includes a game-ending two-card infinite combo in Tivit, Seller of Secrets and Time Sieve, the absence of tutors keeps its execution primarily focused on resilient evasive combat. Reliable removal spells and targeted counters offer defense, but high casting costs require disciplined resource management.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atemsis, All-Seeing
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curator of Mysteries
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eligeth, Crossroads Augur
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Guardian of Tazeem
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Kefnet's Monument
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Kindred Judgment
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Replicating Ring
  • 1 Return to the Light Realms
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Singularity Rupture
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Sphinx's Tutelage
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Time Sieve
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Uldaros Theorix
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign