New Untitled Deck by nerdzoic

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This Commander deck is an Esper Sphinx tribal midrange powerhouse helmed by The Ur-Sphinx. From the command zone, the commander provides a persistent eminence cost reduction that accelerates all other Sphinx spells. The early game focuses on deploying two-mana artifact ramp and tribal cost reducers such as Urza's Incubator and Herald's Horn. By Turn 4, the deck deploys compounding card engines like Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign, Consecrated Sphinx, or Kindred Discovery, generating an overwhelming influx of cards. In the midgame, the deck establishes a formidable airborne fleet featuring high-utility creatures like Tivit, Seller of Secrets and Magister Sphinx. The primary victory path closes the game on Turns 6 to 7 via devastating combat overruns using Akroma's Will or Moonshaker Cavalry, backed by an alternate infinite life-drain combo between Exquisite Blood and Sanguine Bond. Layered protection from Kira, Great Glass-Spinner, Cavern of Souls, and efficient countermagic ensures the engine survives to lethal execution.

Decklist (110 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archive Arbiter
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curator of Destinies
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Diplomatic Immunity
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enigma Sphinx
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Charm
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Riddlemaster Sphinx
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Sphinx of Foresight
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 1 Sphinx of New Prahv
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx of the Revelation
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 True Conviction
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vexing Sphinx
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Warden of Evos Isle
  • 1 Watcher of the Spheres
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign