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Commander

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The Ur-Sphinx
Eminence — As long as The Ur-Sphinx is in the command zone or on the battlefield, other Sphinx spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Flying
Whenever one or more Sphinxes you control attack, each player mills that many cards. For each player, you may cast a card that player milled this way without paying its mana cost.
Legendary Creature - Avatar Sphinx
The Ur-Sphinx (frc) 97

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Clones

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Glasspool Mimic
You may have this creature enter as a copy of a creature you control, except it's a Shapeshifter Rogue in addition to its other types.
Creature - Rogue Shapeshifter
Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore (znr) 60Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore (znr) 60

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Counters

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Flare of Denial
You may sacrifice a nontoken blue creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.
Instant
Flare of Denial (mh3) 326
Force of Negation
If it's not your turn, you may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
Instant
Force of Negation (rfin) J1
Mana Drain
Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of
equal to that spell's mana value.
Instant
Mana Drain (2x2) 348
Misdirection
You may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Change the target of target spell with a single target.
Instant
Misdirection (sld) 1272
Pact of Negation
Counter target spell.
At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay
. If you don't, you lose the game.
Instant
Pact of Negation (mp2) 16
Subtlety
Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, choose up to one target creature spell or planeswalker spell. Its owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.
Evoke—Exile a blue card from your hand.
Creature - Elemental Incarnation
Subtlety (spg) 45
Swan Song
Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Instant
Swan Song (sld) 1591

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Creature

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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 - Sphinx
Dazzling Sphinx (otc) 93
Elenda and Azor
Flying, ward

Whenever Elenda and Azor attacks, you may pay
. If you do, draw X cards.
At the beginning of each end step, you may pay 4 life. If you do, create a number of 1/1 black Vampire Knight creature tokens with lifelink equal to the number of cards you've drawn this turn.
Legendary Creature - Knight Vampire Sphinx
Elenda and Azor (moc) 6
Marauding Sphinx
Flying, vigilance, ward

Whenever you commit a crime, surveil 2. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)
Creature - Rogue Sphinx
Marauding Sphinx (otj) 56
Raffine, Scheming Seer
Flying, ward

Whenever you attack, target attacking creature connives X, where X is the number of attacking creatures. (Draw X cards, then discard X cards. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each nonland card discarded this way.)
Legendary Creature - Demon Sphinx
Raffine, Scheming Seer (snc) 327
Sphinx of Clear Skies
Flying, ward

Domain — Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, reveal the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard. (Piles can be empty.)
Creature - Sphinx
Sphinx of Clear Skies (dmu) 67
Sphinx of False Conclusions
Flash
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, draw a card, then discard a card.
When this creature dies, if it isn't a token, create a token that's a copy of it.
Creature - Illusion Sphinx
Sphinx of False Conclusions (fra) 338
Sphinx of the Steel Wind
Flying, first strike, vigilance, lifelink, protection from red and from green
Creature Artifact - Sphinx
Sphinx of the Steel Wind (ema) 207
Sphinx Sovereign
Flying
At the beginning of your end step, you gain 3 life if this creature is untapped. Otherwise, each opponent loses 3 life.
Creature Artifact - Sphinx
Sphinx Sovereign (ala) 196

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Deck Manipulation

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Prognostic Sphinx
Flying
Discard a card: This creature gains hexproof until end of turn. Tap it.
Whenever this creature attacks, scry 3.
Creature - Sphinx
Prognostic Sphinx (dsc) 124
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
Sphinx of Foresight (rna) 55

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Draw

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Arbiter of the Ideal
Flying
Inspired — Whenever this creature becomes untapped, reveal the top card of your library. If it's an artifact, creature, or land card, you may put it onto the battlefield with a manifestation counter on it. That permanent is an enchantment in addition to its other types.
Creature - Sphinx
Arbiter of the Ideal (bng) 31
Bident of Thassa
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.
,
: Creatures your opponents control attack this turn if able.
Legendary Artifact Enchantment
Bident of Thassa (m3c) 177
Black Market Connections
At the beginning of your first main phase, choose one or more —
• Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life.
• Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life.
• Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It is every creature type.)
Enchantment
Black Market Connections (lcc) 181
Consecrated Sphinx
Flying
Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may draw two cards.
Creature - Sphinx
Consecrated Sphinx (sld) 165
Defiler of Dreams
Flying
As an additional cost to cast blue permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost
less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of blue mana you pay.
Whenever you cast a blue permanent spell, draw a card.
Creature - Sphinx Phyrexian
Defiler of Dreams (dmu) 46
Esper Sentinel
Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card unless that player pays
, where X is this creature's power.
Creature Artifact - Human Soldier
Esper Sentinel (mh2) 12
Isperia, Supreme Judge
Flying
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, you may draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Sphinx
Isperia, Supreme Judge (c20) 217
Mystic Remora
Cumulative upkeep
(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.)
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays
.
Enchantment
Mystic Remora (sld) 406
Tymna the Weaver
Lifelink
At the beginning of each of your postcombat main phases, you may pay X life, where X is the number of opponents that were dealt combat damage this turn. If you do, draw X cards.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Legendary Creature - Human Cleric
Tymna the Weaver (c16) 48
Windreader Sphinx
Flying
Whenever a creature with flying attacks, you may draw a card.
Creature - Sphinx
Windreader Sphinx (j25) 391
Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign
Flying, vigilance, menace
Whenever Yennett attacks, reveal the top card of your library. You may cast it without paying its mana cost if its mana value is odd. If you don't cast it, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Sphinx
Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign (cmm) 363

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Finisher

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Magister Sphinx
Flying
When this creature enters, target player's life total becomes 10.
Creature Artifact - Sphinx
Magister Sphinx (2x2) 247
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.
Legendary Creature - Sphinx
Medomai the Ageless (ths) 196

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Land

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Ancient Tomb
: Add
. This land deals 2 damage to you.
Land
Ancient Tomb (eos) 1
Bleachbone Verge
: Add
.
: Add
. Activate only if you control a Plains or a Swamp.
Land
Bleachbone Verge (dft) 371
City of Brass
Whenever this land becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
: Add one mana of any color.
Land
City of Brass (tmc) 62
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (pw25) 17
Deserted Beach
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Deserted Beach (mid) 281
Drowned Catacomb
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp.
: Add
or
.
Land
Drowned Catacomb (sld) 457
Flooded Strand
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Flooded Strand (mh3) 353
Floodfarm Verge
: Add
.
: Add
. Activate only if you control a Plains or an Island.
Land
Floodfarm Verge (dsk) 330
Glacial Fortress
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island.
: Add
or
.
Land
Glacial Fortress (sld) 456
Gloomlake Verge
: Add
.
: Add
. Activate only if you control an Island or a Swamp.
Land
Gloomlake Verge (dsk) 331
Godless Shrine
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Plains Swamp
Godless Shrine (unf) 282
Hallowed Fountain
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Plains Island
Hallowed Fountain (ecl) 347
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (fra) 385
Isolated Chapel
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp.
: Add
or
.
Land
Isolated Chapel (sld) 739
Mana Confluence
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.
Land
Mana Confluence (jou) 163
Marsh Flats
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Marsh Flats (spg) 110
Morphic Pool
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Morphic Pool (zne) 17
Otawara, Soaring City
: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Otawara, Soaring City (neo) 271
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (fra) 382
Polluted Delta
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Polluted Delta (mh3) 356
Raffine's Tower
(
: Add
,
, or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Plains Island Swamp
Raffine's Tower (snc) 254
Reflecting Pool
: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce.
Land
Reflecting Pool (ltc) 373
Sea of Clouds
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Sea of Clouds (zne) 16
Shattered Sanctum
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Shattered Sanctum (sos) 303
Shipwreck Marsh
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Shipwreck Marsh (mid) 285
Spire of Industry
: Add
.
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control an artifact.
Land
Spire of Industry (eoc) 183
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (fra) 388
Vault of Champions
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Vault of Champions (cmm) 436
Watery Grave
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Island Swamp
Watery Grave (rvr) 301

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Protection

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Sphinx of the Final Word
This spell can't be countered.
Flying
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Instant and sorcery spells you control can't be countered.
Creature - Sphinx
Sphinx of the Final Word (fdn) 597

Protection

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (sld) 1492
Azorius Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Azorius Signet (sld) 286
Cabal Ritual
Add
.
Threshold — Add
instead if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
Instant
Cabal Ritual (v16) 2
Dark Ritual
Add
.
Instant
Dark Ritual (sta) 26
Dimir Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Dimir Signet (sld) 287
Fellwar Stone
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Artifact
Fellwar Stone (sld) 7062
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, you lose 1 life and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Legendary Creature - Rogue Halfling
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff (ltr) 664
Monologue Tax
Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, you create a Treasure token.
Enchantment
Monologue Tax (msc) 139
Mox Opal
Metalcraft —
: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.
Legendary Artifact
Mox Opal (mps) 19
Ornithopter of Paradise
Flying
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature Artifact - Thopter
Ornithopter of Paradise (mh2) 430
Orzhov Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Orzhov Signet (sld) 294
Sapphire Medallion
Blue spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Sapphire Medallion (mh3) 349
Smothering Tithe
Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay
. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Enchantment
Smothering Tithe (wot) 67
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (mps) 24
Talisman of Dominance
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (sld) 1053
Talisman of Hierarchy
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Hierarchy (sld) 1057
Talisman of Progress
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Progress (sld) 1052
The Mind Stone
Indestructible
: Add
.
,
: Harness The Mind Stone. (Once harnessed, its ∞ ability is active.)
∞ — At the beginning of your end step, exile up to one other target nonland permanent you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.
Legendary Artifact - Infinity Stone
The Mind Stone (msh) 385
The Soul Stone
Indestructible
: Add
.
,
, Exile a creature you control: Harness The Soul Stone. (Once harnessed, its ∞ ability is active.)
∞ — At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Legendary Artifact - Infinity Stone
The Soul Stone (spm) 242
Tivit, Seller of Secrets
Flying, ward

Council's dilemma — Whenever Tivit enters or deals combat damage to a player, starting with you, each player votes for evidence or bribery. For each evidence vote, investigate. For each bribery vote, create a Treasure token.
While voting, you may vote an additional time. (The votes can be for different choices or for the same choice.)
Legendary Creature - Rogue Sphinx
Tivit, Seller of Secrets (ncc) 10
Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
Flying
Sphinx spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Whenever Unesh or another Sphinx you control enters, reveal the top four cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.
Legendary Creature - Sphinx
Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign (hou) 52
Worn Powerstone
This artifact enters tapped.
: Add
.
Artifact
Worn Powerstone (plst) USG-318

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Recursion

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Animate Dead
Enchant creature card in a graveyard
When this Aura enters, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with this Aura." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach this Aura to it. When this Aura leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.
Enchantment - Aura
Animate Dead (p22) 7
Necromancy
You may cast this spell as though it had flash. If you cast it any time a sorcery couldn't have been cast, the controller of the permanent it becomes sacrifices it at the beginning of the next cleanup step.
When this enchantment enters, if it's on the battlefield, it becomes an Aura with "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Necromancy." Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control and attach this enchantment to it. When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchantment
Necromancy (mkc) 131
Priest of Fell Rites
, Pay 3 life, Sacrifice this creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
Unearth
(
: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Human Warlock
Priest of Fell Rites (fic) 328
Reanimate
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.
Sorcery
Reanimate (fic) 282
Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to that card's mana cost. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Creature - Sphinx
Sphinx of Forgotten Lore (fdn) 51
Stitch Together
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Threshold — Return that card from your graveyard to the battlefield instead if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
Sorcery
Stitch Together (fic) 286

Recursion

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Removal

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Anguished Unmaking
Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.
Instant
Anguished Unmaking (psoi) 242
Damn
Destroy target creature. A creature destroyed this way can't be regenerated.
Overload
(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Sorcery
Damn (drc) 89
Deadly Rollick
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Exile target creature.
Instant
Deadly Rollick (tle) 309
Fracture
Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or planeswalker.
Instant
Fracture (stx) 378
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (sta) 10
Vindicate
Destroy target permanent.
Sorcery
Vindicate (fic) 330
Void Rend
This spell can't be countered.
Destroy target nonland permanent.
Instant
Void Rend (snc) 338

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Deck Info

Deck stats

23 pips - 22 cards
29 mana - 29 cards
54 pips - 33 cards
30 mana - 30 cards
27 pips - 25 cards
40 mana - 31 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 11 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 11 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
11 mana - 8 cards
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