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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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Gathering Stone
As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.
Spells you cast of the chosen type cost
less to cast.
When this artifact enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. If it's a card of the chosen type, you may reveal it and put it into your hand. If you don't put the card into your hand, you may put it into your graveyard.
Artifact
Gathering Stone (ecl) 257
The Water Crystal
Blue spells you cast cost
less to cast.
If an opponent would mill one or more cards, they mill that many cards plus four instead.
,
: Each opponent mills cards equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Legendary Artifact
The Water Crystal (fin) 85
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
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 (uds) 142

Cost Reduce

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Brainstorm
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
Instant
Brainstorm (dsc) 113
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
Dream Trawler
Flying, lifelink
Whenever you draw a card, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Whenever this creature attacks, draw a card.
Discard a card: This creature gains hexproof until end of turn. Tap it.
Creature - Sphinx
Dream Trawler (thb) 214
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) 90
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
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 (gk2) 1
Kozilek's Unsealing
Devoid (This card has no color.)
Whenever you cast a creature spell with mana value 4, 5, or 6, create two 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens with "Sacrifice this token: Add
."
Whenever you cast a creature spell with mana value 7 or greater, draw three cards.
Enchantment
Kozilek's Unsealing (mh3) 65
Portent
Look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order. You may have that player shuffle.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
Sorcery
Portent (plst) C18-97
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) 84
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 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) 396
Sphinx of the Revelation
Flying, lifelink
Whenever you gain life, you get that many
(energy counters).
,
, Pay X
: Draw X cards.
Creature Artifact - Sphinx
Sphinx of the Revelation (m3c) 127
Windreader Sphinx
Flying
Whenever a creature with flying attacks, you may draw a card.
Creature - Sphinx
Windreader Sphinx (j25) 391

Draw

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Baleful Strix
Flying, deathtouch
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature Artifact - Bird
Baleful Strix (sld) 2070
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 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
Stoic Sphinx
Flash
Flying
This creature has hexproof as long as you haven't cast a spell this turn.
Creature - Sphinx
Stoic Sphinx (otj) 71
Warden of Evos Isle
Flying
Creature spells with flying you cast cost
less to cast.
Creature - Wizard Bird
Warden of Evos Isle (j25) 385

Early game

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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
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

Finisher

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Conundrum Sphinx
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, each player chooses a card name. Then each player reveals the top card of their library. If the card a player revealed has the name they chose, that player puts it into their hand. If it doesn't, that player puts it on the bottom of their library.
Creature - Sphinx
Conundrum Sphinx (c18) 84
Sphinx of Uthuun
Flying
When this creature enters, reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.
Creature - Sphinx
Sphinx of Uthuun (cmr) 406

Games

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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
Scholar of the Lost Trove
Flying
When this creature enters, you may cast target instant, sorcery, or artifact card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If an instant or sorcery spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Creature - Sphinx
Scholar of the Lost Trove (jmp) 14
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
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) 358

Graveyard

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Caves of Koilos
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Caves of Koilos (frc) 66
Choked Estuary
As this land enters, you may reveal an Island or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land
Choked Estuary (msc) 229
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (frc) 22
Fetid Heath
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Fetid Heath (frc) 72
Forbidden Orchard
: Add one mana of any color.
Whenever you tap this land for mana, target opponent creates a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token.
Land
Forbidden Orchard (2x2) 323
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
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
Hall of Heliod's Generosity
: Add
.
,
: Put target enchantment card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Legendary Land
Hall of Heliod's Generosity (dsc) 283
Hydroelectric Specimen
Flash
When this creature enters, you may change the target of target instant or sorcery spell with a single target to this creature.
Creature - Weird
Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory (mh3) 240Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory (mh3) 240
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
Isolated Watchtower
: Add
.
,
: Scry 1, then you may reveal the top card of your library. If a basic land card is revealed this way, put it onto the battlefield tapped. Activate only if an opponent controls at least two more lands than you.
Land
Isolated Watchtower (c18) 59
Mystic Gate
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Mystic Gate (frc) 76
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (trk) 317
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.
: Add
or
.
Land
Port Town (msc) 256
Prairie Stream
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Plains Island
Prairie Stream (frc) 79
Shattered Sanctum
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Shattered Sanctum (sos) 260
Sunken Hollow
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Island Swamp
Sunken Hollow (msc) 271
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
Underground River
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Underground River (frc) 87
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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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
Cryptic Command
Choose two —
• Counter target spell.
• Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
• Tap all creatures your opponents control.
• Draw a card.
Instant
Cryptic Command (lrw) 56
Kindred Judgment
Choose a creature type. Destroy all creatures that aren't of the chosen type.
Sorcery
Kindred Judgment (fra) 13

Mass Disruption

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Cauldron Haze
Choose any number of target creatures. Each of those creatures gains persist until end of turn. (When it dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Instant
Cauldron Haze (eve) 84
Lightning Greaves
Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lightning Greaves (sld) 2526

Protection

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (who) 239
Dimir Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Dimir Signet (lcc) 302
Fellwar Stone
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Artifact
Fellwar Stone (soc) 347
Land Tax
At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for up to three basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
Enchantment
Land Tax (cmm) 37
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (drc) 56
Talisman of Hierarchy
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Hierarchy (soc) 431
Talisman of Progress
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Progress (fic) 367
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

Ramp

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An Offer You Can't Refuse
Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (fdn) 160
Anguished Unmaking
Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.
Instant
Anguished Unmaking (soi) 242
Archive Arbiter
Flying
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Destroy target noncreature, nonland permanent.
• You gain 4 life.
Creature Artifact - Sphinx
Archive Arbiter (fra) 167
Despark
Exile target permanent with mana value 4 or greater.
Instant
Despark (pw25) 2
Dovin's Veto
This spell can't be countered.
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Dovin's Veto (fca) 51
Dream Eater
Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, surveil 4. When you do, you may return target nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand. (To surveil 4, look at the top four 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 - Nightmare Sphinx
Dream Eater (dsc) 116
Enigma Thief
Prowl
(You may cast this spell for its prowl cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with a Sphinx or Rogue.)
Flying
When this creature enters, for each opponent, return up to one target nonland permanent that player controls to its owner's hand.
Creature - Rogue Sphinx
Enigma Thief (znc) 4
Fell the Profane
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
Instant
Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244
Sink into Stupor
Return target spell or nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand.
Instant
Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241

Removal

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Future Sight
Play with the top card of your library revealed.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library.
Enchantment
Future Sight (mh1) 53
Isperia the Inscrutable
Flying
Whenever Isperia deals combat damage to a player, choose a card name. That player reveals their hand. If a card with the chosen name is revealed this way, search your library for a creature card with flying, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Legendary Creature - Sphinx
Isperia the Inscrutable (dis) 114
Lantern of Insight
Players play with the top card of their libraries revealed.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Target player shuffles.
Artifact
Lantern of Insight (plst) 5DN-135
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
Search for Azcanta
At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. Then if you have seven or more cards in your graveyard, you may transform Search for Azcanta. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)
Legendary Enchantment
Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin (plst) XLN-74Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin (plst) XLN-74
Siphon Insight
Look at the top two cards of target opponent's library. Exile one of them face down and put the other on the bottom of that library. You may play the exiled card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.
Flashback
Instant
Siphon Insight (mid) 375
Telepathy
Your opponents play with their hands revealed.
Enchantment
Telepathy (m10) 74
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

Telepathy & Manipulation

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Maskwood Nexus
Creatures you control are every creature type. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield.
,
: Create a 2/2 blue Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. (It is every creature type.)
Artifact
Maskwood Nexus (drc) 132
Reflections of Littjara
As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
Whenever you cast a spell of the chosen type, copy that spell. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)
Enchantment
Reflections of Littjara (clb) 733

Type Strength

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Deck Info

Deck stats

24 pips - 19 cards
24 mana - 20 cards
74 pips - 47 cards
31 mana - 29 cards
16 pips - 14 cards
22 mana - 20 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 5 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 5 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
11 mana - 10 cards
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