The Urrrrrinx idea by user8560336

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Sphinx tribal stompy strategy helmed by `The Ur-Sphinx`. It relies on the commander's command-zone Eminence ability to provide an inherent {1} generic mana discount on all Sphinx spells throughout the game. Supported by 12 pieces of low-cost mana acceleration and specialized cost reducers like `Urza's Incubator` and `Herald's Horn`, the deck curves into substantial mid-game value engines by Turn 4, led by `Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign`. By Turn 5, it establishes an overwhelming aerial board state, deploying game-altering threats such as `Magister Sphinx`, `Medomai the Ageless`, and `Consecrated Sphinx`. Backed by premier Esper spot removal and countermagic, the deck uses defensive pillowfort enchantments (`Ghostly Prison`, `Propaganda`) to stall ground aggression while closing the game through evasive combat damage by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Conundrum Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curator of Destinies
  • 1 Curator of Mysteries
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enigma Sphinx
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Master of Predicaments
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prognostic Sphinx
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx Ambassador
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Sphinx of Foresight
  • 1 Sphinx of the Revelation
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 4 Sphinx's Approach
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Thryx, the Sudden Storm
  • 1 Time Wipe
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Uldaros Theorix
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Unsettled Mariner
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign