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9/27/2024
Sphinx Control
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Est deck cost: $662.01
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Commander

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Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

White spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Blue spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Spells your opponents cast cost {1} more to cast.

Creature
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV (2x2) 379

Commander

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Instant

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Absorb

Counter target spell. You gain 3 life.

Instant
Absorb (dmr) 443
An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (snc) 464
Azorius Charm

Choose one — • Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn. • Draw a card. • Put target attacking or blocking creature on top of its owner's library.

Instant
Azorius Charm (rtr) 145
Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant
Brainstorm (sta) 13
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (sta) 15
Dawn Charm

Choose one — • Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. • Regenerate target creature. • Counter target spell that targets you.

Instant
Dawn Charm (uma) 13
Demystify

Destroy target enchantment.

Instant
Demystify (8ed) 16★
Desertion

Counter target spell. If an artifact or creature spell is countered this way, put that card onto the battlefield under your control instead of into its owner's graveyard.

Instant
Desertion (cm1) 4
Dovin's Veto

This spell can't be countered. Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Dovin's Veto (pwar) 193
Frantic Search

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.

Instant
Frantic Search (cmm) 632
Mystical Tutor

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Instant
Mystical Tutor (dmr) 421
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (sta) 18
Opt

Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) Draw a card.

Instant
Opt (sta) 19
Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Path to Exile (pf20) 1
Render Silent

Counter target spell. Its controller can't cast spells this turn.

Instant
Render Silent (dgm) 96
Silence

Your opponents can't cast spells this turn.

Instant
Silence (m10) 31
Sphinx's Revelation

You gain X life and draw X cards.

Instant
Sphinx's Revelation (rtr) 200
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (sta) 10

Instant

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Artifact

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (cmm) 653
Azorius Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Artifact
Azorius Signet (sld) 286
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (cmm) 703
Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact
Thought Vessel (cmr) 703

Artifact

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Land

Quantity: 36Price: $134.26
Azorius Chancery

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Land
Azorius Chancery (2x2) 400
Celestial Colonnade

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. {3}{W}{U}: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 4/4 white and blue Elemental creature with flying and vigilance. It's still a land.

Land
Celestial Colonnade (uma) 238
Coastal Tower

Coastal Tower enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Coastal Tower (8ed) 323
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (cmm) 659
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (brc) 184
Glacial Fortress

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Glacial Fortress (m13) 225
Halimar Depths

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. {T}: Add {U}.

Land
Halimar Depths (wwk) 137
Hallowed Fountain

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Hallowed Fountain (rtr) 241
Irrigated Farmland

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Irrigated Farmland (akh) 245
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (thb) 251
Mystic Gate

{T}: Add {C}. {W/U}, {T}: Add {W}{W}, {W}{U}, or {U}{U}.

Land
Mystic Gate (2xm) 324
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (thb) 250
Port Town

As this land enters, you may reveal a Plains or Island card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Port Town (soi) 278
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (cmm) 663
Sejiri Refuge

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Sejiri Refuge (zen) 224
Skyline Cascade

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, target creature an opponent controls doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. {T}: Add {U}.

Land
Skyline Cascade (bfz) 246
Terramorphic Expanse

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (brc) 210
Tranquil Cove

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Tranquil Cove (frf) 174

Land

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Creature

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Azor, the Lawbringer

Flying When Azor enters, each opponent can't cast instant or sorcery spells during that player's next turn. Whenever Azor attacks, you may pay {X}{W}{U}{U}. If you do, you gain X life and draw X cards.

Creature
Azor, the Lawbringer (rix) 154
Baral, Chief of Compliance

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Creature
Baral, Chief of Compliance (mul) 138
Consecrated Sphinx

Flying Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may draw two cards.

Creature
Consecrated Sphinx (2x2) 345
Dazzling Sphinx

Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then that player puts the exiled cards that weren't cast this way on the bottom of their library in a random order.

Creature
Dazzling Sphinx (c21) 352
Elite Guardmage

Flying When this creature enters, you gain 3 life and draw a card.

Creature
Elite Guardmage (war) 195
Esior, Wardwing Familiar

Flying Spells your opponents cast that target one or more commanders you control cost {3} more to cast. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Esior, Wardwing Familiar (cmr) 557
Geist of Saint Traft

Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Whenever Geist of Saint Traft attacks, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying that's tapped and attacking. Exile that token at end of combat.

Creature
Geist of Saint Traft (ddq) 1
Gregor, Shrewd Magistrate

Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.) Whenever Gregor, Shrewd Magistrate deals combat damage to a player, draw cards equal to its power.

Creature
Gregor, Shrewd Magistrate (sld) 145
Guardian of Tazeem

Flying Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, tap target creature an opponent controls. If that land is an Island, that creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Creature
Guardian of Tazeem (bfz) 78
Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker

Flying Whenever an opponent casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Ishai. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker (cm2) 12
Isperia, Supreme Judge

Flying Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, you may draw a card.

Creature
Isperia, Supreme Judge (scd) 4
Jacob Hauken, Inspector

Creature
Jacob Hauken, Inspector // Hauken's Insight (vow) 332Jacob Hauken, Inspector // Hauken's Insight (vow) 332
Lavinia, Azorius Renegade

Each opponent can't cast noncreature spells with mana value greater than the number of lands that player controls. Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast it, counter that spell.

Creature
Lavinia, Azorius Renegade (prna) 189
Meddling Mage

As this creature enters, choose a nonland card name. Spells with the chosen name can't be cast.

Creature
Meddling Mage (2xm) 355
Medomai the Ageless

Flying Whenever Medomai deals combat damage to a player, take an extra turn after this one. Medomai can't attack during extra turns.

Creature
Medomai the Ageless (ths) 196
Reflector Mage

When this creature enters, return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand. That creature's owner can't cast spells with the same name as that creature until your next turn.

Creature
Reflector Mage (sld) 1108
Scheming Fence

As this creature enters, you may choose a nonland permanent. Activated abilities of the chosen permanent can't be activated. This creature has all activated abilities of the chosen permanent except for loyalty abilities. You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to activate those abilities.

Creature
Scheming Fence (snc) 349
Siren Stormtamer

Flying {U}, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target spell or ability that targets you or a creature you control.

Creature
Siren Stormtamer (cmr) 96
Soulherder

Whenever a creature is exiled from the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. At the beginning of your end step, you may exile another target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Creature
Soulherder (h1r) 30
Spectral Adversary

Flash Flying When this creature enters, you may pay {1}{U} any number of times. When you pay this cost one or more times, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature, then up to that many other target artifacts, creatures, and/or enchantments phase out.

Creature
Spectral Adversary (mid) 341
Sphinx of Foresight

You may reveal this card from your opening hand. If you do, scry 3 at the beginning of your first upkeep. Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1.

Creature
Sphinx of Foresight (rna) 55
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben

First strike Noncreature spells cost {1} more to cast.

Creature
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben (vow) 331
The Council of Four

Whenever a player draws their second card during their turn, you draw a card. Whenever a player casts their second spell during their turn, you create a 2/2 white Knight creature token.

Creature
The Council of Four (clb) 530
Thieving Skydiver

Kicker {X}. X can't be 0. (You may pay an additional {X} as you cast this spell.) Flying When this creature enters, if it was kicked, gain control of target artifact with mana value X or less. If that artifact is an Equipment, attach it to this creature.

Creature
Thieving Skydiver (znr) 335
Vexing Sphinx

Flying Cumulative upkeep—Discard a card. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.) When this creature dies, draw a card for each age counter on it.

Creature
Vexing Sphinx (dmr) 297
Watcher of the Spheres

Flying Creature spells with flying you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever another creature you control with flying enters, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Watcher of the Spheres (m21) 227

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Planeswalker

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Dovin Baan

+1: Until your next turn, up to one target creature gets -3/-0 and its activated abilities can't be activated. −1: You gain 2 life and draw a card. −7: You get an emblem with "Your opponents can't untap more than two permanents during their untap steps."

Planeswalker
Dovin Baan (kld) 179
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead. +1: Target player mills two cards. Draw a card. −8: Draw seven cards. Then if your library has no cards in it, you win the game.

Planeswalker
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries (sld) 1576★
Narset, Parter of Veils

Each opponent can't draw more than one card each turn. −2: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Planeswalker
Narset, Parter of Veils (war) 61

Planeswalker

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Enchantment

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Authority of the Consuls

Creatures your opponents control enter tapped. Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Authority of the Consuls (kld) 5
Ghostly Prison

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Ghostly Prison (sld) 424
Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Propaganda (sld) 381
Search for Azcanta

Enchantment
Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin (xln) 74Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin (xln) 74

Enchantment

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Sorcery

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Approach of the Second Sun

If this spell was cast from your hand and you've cast another spell named Approach of the Second Sun this game, you win the game. Otherwise, put Approach of the Second Sun into its owner's library seventh from the top and you gain 7 life.

Sorcery
Approach of the Second Sun (sta) 1
Gitaxian Probe

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.) Look at target player's hand. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Gitaxian Probe (nph) 35
Personal Tutor

Search your library for a sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Sorcery
Personal Tutor (cmm) 633
Ponder

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Ponder (sld) 245
Preordain

Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery
Preordain (cmr) 640
Supreme Verdict

This spell can't be countered. Destroy all creatures.

Sorcery
Supreme Verdict (2x2) 388
Time Warp

Target player takes an extra turn after this one.

Sorcery
Time Warp (sta) 22
Time Wipe

Return a creature you control to its owner's hand, then destroy all creatures.

Sorcery
Time Wipe (pwar) 223

Sorcery

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Tokens & Extras

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Angel

Creature Token
Angel (ptdmu) 2
Knight

Creature Token
Knight (tclb) 2
Treasure

{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact Token
Treasure (tclb) 17

Tokens & Extras

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Deck Info

Deck stats

36 pips - 32 cards
26 mana - 24 cards
67 pips - 51 cards
29 mana - 27 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 3 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 3 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 3 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
5 mana - 4 cards
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