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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) 12

Commander

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Counters

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Bard the Bowman
Reach
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It gains lifelink until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Human Archer
Bard the Bowman (hob) 145
Baxter, Fly in the Ointment
Whenever Baxter enters or attacks, each creature you control with a counter on it gains flying until end of turn.
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Baxter.
Legendary Creature - Mutant Insect Scientist
Baxter, Fly in the Ointment (tmc) 10
Clinquant Skymage
Flying
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Wizard Bird
Clinquant Skymage (fdn) 33
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 (2x2) 50

Counters

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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
Curiosity Crafter
Flying
You have no maximum hand size.
Whenever a creature token you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Creature - Wizard Bird
Curiosity Crafter (soc) 191
Spellbook
You have no maximum hand size.
Artifact - Book
Spellbook (plst) 10E-343
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's Approach
Draw two cards. Then you may exile this spell and four cards named Sphinx's Approach from your graveyard. If you do, search your library for a Sphinx creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
A deck can have any number of cards named Sphinx's Approach.
Instant
Sphinx's Approach (fra) 41
Wizard Class
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
You have no maximum hand size.
: Level 2
When this Class becomes level 2, draw two cards.
: Level 3
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Enchantment - Class
Wizard Class (blc) 112

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Evasion

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Delver of Secrets
At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. You may reveal that card. If an instant or sorcery card is revealed this way, transform this creature.
Creature - Human Wizard
Delver of Secrets // Insectile Aberration (inr) 457Delver of Secrets // Insectile Aberration (inr) 457

Evasion

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Finisher

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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 (plst) AKH-4
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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Land

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Arcane Sanctum
This land enters tapped.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Arcane Sanctum (fic) 373
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (frc) 22
Contaminated Aquifer
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Land - Island Swamp
Contaminated Aquifer (fic) 383
Darkslick Shores
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Darkslick Shores (otc) 281
Deserted Beach
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Deserted Beach (fra) 176
Dismal Backwater
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Dismal Backwater (tdm) 254
Dromar's Cavern
When this land enters, sacrifice it unless you return a non-Lair land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land - Lair
Dromar's Cavern (dmr) 246
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
Hidden Hideout
This land enters tapped.
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
,
: Target creature you control with a counter on it gains lifelink until end of turn.
Land
Hidden Hideout (tmc) 43
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (mdd) 294
Morphic Pool
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Morphic Pool (clb) 357
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 (mdd) 292
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
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
Scrubland
(
: Add
or
.)
Land - Plains Swamp
Scrubland (3ed) 286
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
Shattered Sanctum
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Shattered Sanctum (sos) 260
Shipwreck Marsh
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Shipwreck Marsh (fra) 189
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (mdd) 296
Tranquil Cove
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Tranquil Cove (tdm) 270
Tundra
(
: Add
or
.)
Land - Plains Island
Tundra (3ed) 289
Turbulent Moor
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless your opponents control eight or more lands.
Land - Plains Swamp
Turbulent Moor (soc) 56
Turbulent Shore
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless your opponents control eight or more lands.
Land - Plains Island
Turbulent Shore (frc) 17
Turbulent Wetlands
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless your opponents control eight or more lands.
Land - Island Swamp
Turbulent Wetlands (frc) 18
Underground Sea
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: Add
or
.)
Land - Island Swamp
Underground Sea (3ed) 290
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.
Legendary Land
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (tsr) 287
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 (trk) 306

Land

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Lifegain

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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
Venser's Journal
You have no maximum hand size.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life for each card in your hand.
Artifact - Book
Venser's Journal (c21) 273

Lifegain

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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
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

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 (frc) 20
Bender's Waterskin
Untap this artifact during each other player's untap step.
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Bender's Waterskin (tla) 255
Decanter of Endless Water
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Decanter of Endless Water (clb) 309
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (frc) 21
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) 21
Thought Vessel
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Artifact
Thought Vessel (msc) 222

Ramp

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Recursion

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Dread Return
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Flashback—Sacrifice three creatures. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Dread Return (cmm) 153

Recursion

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Removal

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Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (fdc) 61
Dovin's Veto
This spell can't be countered.
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Dovin's Veto (war) 193
Erode
Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Instant
Erode (sos) 15
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) 57
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
Spider-Sense
Web-slinging
(You may cast this spell for
if you also return a tapped creature you control to its owner's hand.)
Counter target instant spell, sorcery spell, or triggered ability.
Instant
Spider-Sense (spm) 46
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (frc) 37
Void Rend
This spell can't be countered.
Destroy target nonland permanent.
Instant
Void Rend (fic) 331

Removal

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Tokens

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Alandra, Sky Dreamer
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.
Whenever you draw your fifth card each turn, Alandra and Drakes you control each get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Alandra, Sky Dreamer (mkc) 94
Alela, Cunning Conqueror
Flying
Whenever you cast your first spell during each opponent's turn, create a 1/1 black Faerie Rogue creature token with flying.
Whenever one or more Faeries you control deal combat damage to a player, goad target creature that player controls.
Legendary Creature - Faerie Warlock
Alela, Cunning Conqueror (woc) 3
Chasm Skulker
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature dies, create X 1/1 blue Squid creature tokens with islandwalk, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Creature - Horror Squid
Chasm Skulker (fic) 262
Council of Reeds
The "legend rule" doesn't apply to creatures you control.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you've cast a noncreature spell this turn, create a token that's a copy of Council of Reeds.
Legendary Creature - Human Scientist Hero
Council of Reeds (msc) 28
Docent of Perfection
Flying
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 blue Human Wizard creature token. Then if you control three or more Wizards, transform this creature.
Creature - Horror Insect
Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration (inr) 62Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration (inr) 62
Homunculus Horde
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a token that's a copy of this creature.
Creature - Homunculus
Homunculus Horde (fdn) 41
Lyra, Tolarian Archangel
Flying
At the beginning of each end step, if you've drawn three or more cards this turn, create a 3/3 blue Angel creature token with flying.
: Until end of turn, whenever Lyra deals combat damage to a player, draw two cards.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Angel
Lyra, Tolarian Archangel (fra) 301
Nadir Kraken
Whenever you draw a card, you may pay
. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and create a 1/1 blue Tentacle creature token.
Creature - Kraken
Nadir Kraken (j25) 332
Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation
Vigilance
If one or more creature tokens would be created under your control, three times that many of those tokens are created instead.
When Ojer Taq dies, return it to the battlefield tapped and transformed under its owner's control.
Legendary Creature - God
Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization (lci) 26Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization (lci) 26

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Deck Info

Deck stats

14 pips - 13 cards
26 mana - 26 cards
80 pips - 48 cards
32 mana - 32 cards
8 pips - 7 cards
23 mana - 23 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 7 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 7 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
5 mana - 4 cards
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