The Ur-Sphinx (Copy) by user4143512

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 60

Deck overview

This Esper deck leverages The Ur-Sphinx to execute a powerful tribal midrange strategy. The commander's Eminence ability reduces the casting cost of all other Sphinxes by one generic mana from the command zone. Early turns focus on deploying fast mana artifacts and premier card advantage engines such as Rhystic Study and The One Ring. By Turn 4, the deck deploys core value creatures like Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign or Tivit, Seller of Secrets to chain discounted threats. On Turn 5, it establishes a decisive board presence with Magister Sphinx, Sphinx of the Second Sun, or The Ur-Sphinx itself, often backed by one-sided bounces like Raise the Palisade. A dense suite of free and efficient counterspells, targeted removal, and board protection like Teferi's Protection defends the setup, culminating in a lethal aerial assault by Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Conspiracy Unraveler
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dream Trawler
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Intuition
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scholar of the Lost Trove
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Sphinx of Foresight
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temporal Mastery
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Uldaros Theorix
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign