Sphinx copy by cyrushernandez

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 54

Deck overview

This deck merges an Esper Sphinx tribal shell with a compact Thassa's Oracle and Demonic Consultation combo win condition. Guided by The Ur-Sphinx's eminence cost reduction, the early game focuses on hitting land drops, developing early interaction, and assembling the primary combo via efficient tutors like Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, and Gifts Ungiven. On Turn 5, the deck presents a game-ending stack interaction that exiles its library and wins immediately. If the combo is disrupted or exiled, the deck seamlessly transitions into a resilient midrange strategy. High-impact Sphinxes like Consecrated Sphinx, Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign, and Tivit, Seller of Secrets generate substantial card advantage, while Magister Sphinx, Bolas's Citadel, and Akroma's Will close out games through asymmetric life loss and flying combat damage. A robust suite of board wipes, spot removal, and countermagic ensures safety throughout all stages of play.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atemsis, All-Seeing
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Enigma Sphinx
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Kindred Judgment
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Master of Predicaments
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Scholar of the Lost Trove
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 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
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Uldaros Theorix
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Unsettled Mariner
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign