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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) 12

Commander

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Gravitational Shift
Creatures with flying get +2/+0.
Creatures without flying get -2/-0.
Enchantment
Gravitational Shift (scd) 54

Anthem

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Citywatch Sphinx
Flying
When this creature dies, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Creature - Sphinx
Citywatch Sphinx (plst) GRN-33
Cloudreader Sphinx
Flying
When this creature enters, 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.)
Creature - Sphinx
Cloudreader Sphinx (plst) DOM-47
Denzilore Fatehold
Flash
Flying
Whenever you scry or surveil, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Legendary Creature - Elder Sphinx
Denzilore Fatehold (fra) 128
Sphinx of Jwar Isle
Flying
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
Creature - Sphinx
Sphinx of Jwar Isle (c18) 103
Sphinx of New Prahv
Flying, vigilance
Spells your opponents cast that target this creature cost
more to cast.
Creature - Sphinx
Sphinx of New Prahv (rvr) 227
Uldaros Theorix
Flying
When Uldaros Theorix enters, if you cast him, exile up to one target nonland card of each card type from your graveyard. Copy those cards. You may cast any number of spells with total mana value 6 or less from among the copies without paying their mana costs. (Permanent spells cast this way become tokens.)
Legendary Creature - Elder Sphinx
Uldaros Theorix (fra) 159

Creature

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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
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
. If you do, you gain X life and draw X cards.
Legendary Creature - Sphinx
Azor, the Lawbringer (rix) 154
Consecrated Sphinx
Flying
Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may draw two cards.
Creature - Sphinx
Consecrated Sphinx (2x2) 43
Enigma Sphinx
Flying
When this creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, put it into your library third from the top.
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
Creature Artifact - Sphinx
Enigma Sphinx (c18) 178
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) 213
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
Sphinx of the Second Sun
Flying
At the beginning of each of your postcombat main phases, there is an additional beginning phase after this phase. (The beginning phase includes the untap, upkeep, and draw steps.)
Creature - Sphinx
Sphinx of the Second Sun (mkc) 118
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
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 - Sphinx
Vexing Sphinx (dmr) 297
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

Draw

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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

Finisher

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Arcane Sanctum
This land enters tapped.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Arcane Sanctum (fic) 373
Cavern of Souls
As this land enters, choose a creature type.
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type, and that spell can't be countered.
Land
Cavern of Souls (lci) 269
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 (frc) 22
Concealed Courtyard
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Concealed Courtyard (otj) 268
Darkslick Shores
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Darkslick Shores (otc) 281
Drowned Catacomb
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp.
: Add
or
.
Land
Drowned Catacomb (frc) 69
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (frc) 70
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) 220
Glacial Fortress
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island.
: Add
or
.
Land
Glacial Fortress (frc) 73
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 (trk) 285
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 (trk) 286
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (trk) 319
Isolated Chapel
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp.
: Add
or
.
Land
Isolated Chapel (frc) 74
Meticulous Archive
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Land - Plains Island
Meticulous Archive (mkm) 264
Morphic Pool
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Morphic Pool (clb) 357
Mystic Gate
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Mystic Gate (frc) 76
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
Path of Ancestry
This land enters tapped.
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Land
Path of Ancestry (frc) 77
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (trk) 317
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) 224
Prismatic Vista
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Prismatic Vista (sld) 2699
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 (frc) 23
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (soc) 398
Sea of Clouds
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Sea of Clouds (clb) 360
Seachrome Coast
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Seachrome Coast (blc) 328
Secluded Courtyard
As this land enters, choose a creature type.
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type or activate an ability of a creature source of the chosen type.
Land
Secluded Courtyard (msc) 265
Shattered Sanctum
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Shattered Sanctum (sos) 260
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (trk) 321
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: Mill three cards, then return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire (neo) 278
Undercity Sewers
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Land - Island Swamp
Undercity Sewers (mkm) 270
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 (trk) 306

Land

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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

Lifegain

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Chancellor of the Spires
You may reveal this card from your opening hand. If you do, at the beginning of the first upkeep, each opponent mills seven cards.
Flying
When this creature enters, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard without paying its mana cost.
Creature - Sphinx Phyrexian
Chancellor of the Spires (nph) 31

Mill

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Dissipation Field
Whenever a permanent deals damage to you, return it to its owner's hand.
Enchantment
Dissipation Field (clb) 718
Ghostly Prison
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays
for each creature they control that's attacking you.
Enchantment
Ghostly Prison (soc) 146
Propaganda
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays
for each creature they control that's attacking you.
Enchantment
Propaganda (msc) 151
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
Unbreakable Formation
Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, put a +1/+1 counter on each of those creatures and they gain vigilance until end of turn.
Instant
Unbreakable Formation (rvr) 32

Protection

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Azorius Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Azorius Signet (tdc) 312
Cloud Key
As this artifact enters, choose artifact, creature, enchantment, instant, or sorcery.
Spells you cast of the chosen type cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Cloud Key (brr) 12
Dimir Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Dimir Signet (drc) 129
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
White spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Blue spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Spells your opponents cast cost
more to cast.
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV (2x2) 221
Herald's Horn
As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.
Creature spells you cast of the chosen type cost
less to cast.
At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. If it's a creature card of the chosen type, you may reveal it and put it into your hand.
Artifact
Herald's Horn (msc) 287
Jet Medallion
Black spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Jet Medallion (mh3) 292
Pearl Medallion
White spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Pearl Medallion (mh3) 294
Sapphire Medallion
Blue spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Sapphire Medallion (mh3) 296
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 (cmm) 57
Thought Vessel
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Artifact
Thought Vessel (msc) 222
Thran Dynamo
: Add
.
Artifact
Thran Dynamo (msc) 290
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
Urza's Incubator
As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.
Creature spells of the chosen type cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Urza's Incubator (mh3) 297

Ramp

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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
Sharuum the Hegemon
Flying
When Sharuum enters, you may return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Legendary Creature Artifact - Sphinx
Sharuum the Hegemon (brc) 128
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

Recursion

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Anguished Unmaking
Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.
Instant
Anguished Unmaking (soc) 293
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (dsc) 114
Doom Blade
Destroy target nonblack creature.
Instant
Doom Blade (msc) 576
Kindred Dominance
Choose a creature type. Destroy all creatures that aren't of the chosen type.
Sorcery
Kindred Dominance (msc) 156
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 (frc) 30
Ravenform
Exile target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Foretell
(During your turn, you may pay
and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)
Sorcery
Ravenform (lcc) 167
Swan Song
Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Instant
Swan Song (eoc) 46
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (frc) 37
Vanishing Verse
Exile target monocolored permanent.
Instant
Vanishing Verse (soc) 335

Removal

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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

Theft

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Fabricate
Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Fabricate (plst) M10-52
Sphinx Summoner
Flying
When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature Artifact - Sphinx
Sphinx Summoner (2xm) 220

Tutor

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Cyclonic Rift
Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload
(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Instant
Cyclonic Rift (rvr) 313
Demonic Tutor
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (cmm) 150

Maybeboard

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Deck Info

Deck stats

22 pips - 20 cards
24 mana - 22 cards
52 pips - 34 cards
40 mana - 38 cards
18 pips - 16 cards
22 mana - 22 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 8 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 8 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
8 mana - 6 cards
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