Sphinxies • (Esper Commander deck) • Archidekt

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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

$1.49 $0.57 $0.57

Commander

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Empyrean Eagle

Flying
Other creatures you control with flying get +1/+1.

Creature - Bird Spirit

$0.35 $0.28 $0.15

Anthem

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Deadeye Navigator

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)
As long as Deadeye Navigator is paired with another creature, each of those creatures has "

: Exile this creature, then return it to the battlefield under your control."

Creature - Spirit

$3.99 $2.63 $2.15

Essence Flux

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If it's a Spirit, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Instant

$1.99 $0.71 $0.54

Blink

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Psychosis Crawler

Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature Artifact - Horror Phyrexian

$1.49 $1.03 $1.07

Burn

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Copycrook

You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it has "Whenever this creature attacks, it connives." (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

Creature - Rogue Shapeshifter

$0.35 $0.25 $0.15

Clones

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Consign to Memory

Replicate

(When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Counter target triggered ability or colorless spell.

Instant

$5.99 $3.34 $2.34

Counters

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Sphinx of New Prahv

Flying, vigilance
Spells your opponents cast that target this creature cost

more to cast.

Creature - Sphinx

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

Creature

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Atemsis, All-Seeing

Flying

: Draw two cards, then discard a card.
Whenever Atemsis deals damage to an opponent, you may reveal your hand. If cards with at least six different mana values are revealed this way, that player loses the game.

Legendary Creature - Sphinx

$1.29 $0.44 $0.23

Brainsurge

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

Instant

$0.39 $0.35 $0.15

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

$0.35 $0.21 $0.15

Consecrated Sphinx

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

Creature - Sphinx

$47.99 $33.12 $30.16

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

$1.49 $0.43 $0.15

Deep Analysis

Target player draws two cards.
Flashback—

, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.24 $0.15

Dictate of Kruphix

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card.

Enchantment

$0.49 $0.50 $0.15

Epiphany at the Drownyard

Reveal the top X plus one cards of your library and separate them into two piles. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put that pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Instant

$0.49 $0.31 $0.15

Fact or Fiction

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.

Instant

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Finale of Revelation

Draw X cards. If X is 10 or more, instead shuffle your graveyard into your library, draw X cards, untap up to five lands, and you have no maximum hand size for the rest of the game.
Exile Finale of Revelation.

Sorcery

$0.99 $0.58 $0.15

Inspired Sphinx

Flying
When this creature enters, draw cards equal to the number of opponents you have.

: Create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.

Creature - Sphinx

$0.99 $0.47 $0.15

Isperia, Supreme Judge

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

Legendary Creature - Sphinx

$0.99 $0.51 $0.19

Lucid Dreams

Draw X cards, where X is the number of card types among cards in your graveyard.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.17 $0.15

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

$0.35 $0.18 $0.15

Opt

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

Instant

$0.35 $0.17 $0.15

Precognition Field

You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast instant and sorcery spells from the top of your library.

: Exile the top card of your library.

Enchantment

$0.49 $0.26 $0.15

Prophetic Prism

When this artifact enters, draw a card.

: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact

$0.35 $0.18 $0.15

Sandstone Oracle

Flying
When this creature enters, choose an opponent. If that player has more cards in hand than you, draw cards equal to the difference.

Creature Artifact - Sphinx

$0.69 $0.31 $0.15

Sleight of Hand

Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library.

Sorcery

$2.29 $1.71 $0.56

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

$0.99 $0.42 $0.25

Sphinx's Revelation

You gain X life and draw X cards.

Instant

$0.99 $0.40 $0.23

Tidings

Draw four cards.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.33 $0.20

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

$9.99 $8.86 $6.87

Vega, the Watcher

Flying
Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, draw a card.

Legendary Creature - Bird Spirit

$0.69 $0.37 $0.15

Witness the Future

Target player shuffles up to four target cards from their graveyard into their library. You look at the top four cards of your library, then put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Draw

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Stoic Sphinx

Flash
Flying
This creature has hexproof as long as you haven't cast a spell this turn.

Creature - Sphinx

$0.49 $0.19 $0.15

Evasion

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Darksteel Colossus

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Indestructible (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this creature.)
If Darksteel Colossus would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, reveal Darksteel Colossus and shuffle it into its owner's library instead.

Creature Artifact - Golem

$1.99 $0.93 $0.76

Finisher

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Arcane Sanctum

This land enters tapped.

: Add

, or

Land

$0.69 $0.44 $0.26

Contaminated Landscape

: Add

, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Plains, Island, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Cycling

(

, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land

$0.35 $0.18 $0.15

Dismal Backwater

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.

: Add

Land

$0.35 $0.21 $0.15

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

$0.39 $0.20 $0.15

Evolving Wilds

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

Land

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

Island

(

: Add

Basic Land - Island

$---- $---- $----

Plains

(

: Add

Basic Land - Plains

$---- $---- $----

Swamp

(

: Add

Basic Land - Swamp

$---- $---- $----

Temple of Enlightenment

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

: Add

Land

$0.49 $0.28 $0.15

Terramorphic Expanse

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

Land

$---- $0.26 $0.15

Thriving Heath

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than white.

: Add

or one mana of the chosen color.

Land

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

Thriving Isle

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than blue.

: Add

or one mana of the chosen color.

Land

$0.35 $0.20 $0.15

Thriving Moor

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than black.

: Add

or one mana of the chosen color.

Land

$0.35 $0.24 $0.15

Land

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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 - Sphinx

$0.59 $0.26 $0.15

Landfall

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Chase Inspiration

Target creature you control gets +0/+3 and gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant

$0.35 $0.12 $0.15

Dog Umbra

Flash
Enchant creature
As long as another player controls enchanted creature, it can't attack or block. Otherwise, this Aura has umbra armor. (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Enchantment - Aura

$0.49 $0.33 $0.15

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

$0.99 $0.67 $0.15

Sphinx's Decree

Each opponent can't cast instant or sorcery spells during that player's next turn.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.56 $0.30

Take Up the Shield

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It gains lifelink and indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant

$0.35 $0.22 $0.15

Protection

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Burnished Hart

, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature Artifact - Elk

$0.35 $0.32 $0.15

Firdoch Core

Changeling (This card is every creature type.)

: Add one mana of any color.

: This artifact becomes a 4/4 artifact creature until end of turn.

Artifact Kindred - Shapeshifter

$0.49 $0.40 $0.15

Mocking Sprite

Flying
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost

less to cast.

Creature - Rogue Faerie

$0.49 $0.23 $0.15

Seer's Lantern

: Add

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

Artifact

$0.35 $0.07 $0.15

Shattered Seraph

Flying
When this creature enters, you gain 3 life.

, Exile this card from your hand: Target land gains "

: Add

, or

" until this card is cast from exile. You may cast this card for as long as it remains exiled.

Creature - Angel Rogue

$0.49 $0.17 $0.15

Ramp

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Gravedig

Choose one —
• Target player creates a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
• Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Entwine

(Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.16 $0.15

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

$0.79 $0.32 $0.29

Recursion

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Alhammarret, High Arbiter

Flying
As Alhammarret enters, each opponent reveals their hand. You choose the name of a nonland card revealed this way.
Your opponents can't cast spells with the chosen name (as long as this creature is on the battlefield).

Legendary Creature - Sphinx

$1.99 $0.40 $0.26

Angel of the Ruins

Flying
When this creature enters, exile up to two target artifacts and/or enchantments.
Plainscycling

(

, Discard this card: Search your library for a Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Creature Artifact - Angel

$0.39 $0.29 $0.15

Disdainful Stroke

Counter target spell with mana value 4 or greater.

Instant

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Flare of Denial

You may sacrifice a nontoken blue creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.

Instant

$4.99 $3.38 $2.32

Hullbreaker Horror

Flash
This spell can't be countered.
Whenever you cast a spell, choose up to one —
• Return target spell you don't control to its owner's hand.
• Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

Creature - Horror Kraken

$11.99 $7.53 $6.48

Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Instant

$0.79 $0.41 $0.18

Meteor Golem

When this creature enters, destroy target nonland permanent an opponent controls.

Creature Artifact - Golem

$0.35 $0.28 $0.15

Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant

$0.49 $0.32 $0.15

Sink into Stupor

Return target spell or nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand.

Instant

Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241

$13.99 $8.29 $8.75

Strix Serenade

Counter target artifact, creature, or planeswalker spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Instant

$5.49 $4.55 $2.81

Thraben Charm

Choose one —
• Thraben Charm deals damage equal to twice the number of creatures you control to target creature.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Exile any number of target players' graveyards.

Instant

$0.69 $0.41 $0.15

Valorous Stance

Choose one —
• Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
• Destroy target creature with toughness 4 or greater.

Instant

$0.35 $0.20 $0.15

Warrant

Put target attacking or blocking creature on top of its owner's library.

Instant

$0.49 $0.23 $0.15

Removal

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Diluvian Primordial

Flying
When this creature enters, for each opponent, you may cast up to one target instant or sorcery card from that player's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If a spell cast this way would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.

Creature - Avatar

$0.79 $0.50 $0.50

Theft

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Waterlogged Teachings

Search your library for an instant card or a card with flash, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Instant

Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive (mh3) 261

$0.99 $0.39 $0.15

Tutor

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $147.24

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 4.05Total Mana Value: 255.00

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Theft

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19 pips - 14 cards

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15 mana - 15 cards

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75 pips - 47 cards

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23 mana - 23 cards

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5 pips - 5 cards

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14 mana - 14 cards

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0 pips - 0 cards

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0 mana - 2 cards

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0 pips - 0 cards

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0 mana - 2 cards

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0 pips - 0 cards

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2 mana - 2 cards

Avg Mana Value: 4.05Total Mana Value: 255.00

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