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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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Mana Leak
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
.
Instant
Mana Leak (2x2) 58

Counters

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Anticipate
Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Instant
Anticipate (m19) 44
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
Farsight Ritual
Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.)
Look at the top four cards of your library. If this spell was bargained, look at the top eight cards of your library instead. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Instant
Farsight Ritual (woe) 49
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
Jace's Machinations
Until end of turn, you may activate loyalty abilities of Jace planeswalkers you control on any player's turn any time you could cast an instant.
Empower Jace 8. (Put eight loyalty counters on a Jace token you control. If you don't control one, first create a blue Jace planeswalker token with "[−1]: Surveil 1" and "[−3]: Draw a card.")
Instant
Jace's Machinations (fra) 32
Kamiz, Obscura Oculus
Whenever you attack, target attacking creature can't be blocked this turn. It connives. Then choose another attacking creature with lesser power. That creature gains double strike until end of turn. (To have a creature connive, draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)
Legendary Creature - Rogue Octopus
Kamiz, Obscura Oculus (ncc) 3
Mask of Riddles
Equipped creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Mask of Riddles (ncc) 347
Ormos, Archive Keeper
Flying
If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, instead put five +1/+1 counters on Ormos.
, Discard three cards with different names: Draw five cards.
Legendary Creature - Sphinx
Ormos, Archive Keeper (plst) JMP-13
Reverent Howl
Choose one —
• Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
• Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains lifelink until end of turn.
Instant
Reverent Howl (hob) 81
Rise of the Deathbringer
Choose one —
• Draw cards equal to the greatest power among creatures you control. You lose life equal to the number of cards drawn this way.
• All creatures get -3/-3 until end of turn.
Instant
Rise of the Deathbringer (fra) 63
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) 40
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
Sphinx's Revelation
You gain X life and draw X cards.
Instant
Sphinx's Revelation (rvr) 228

Draw

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Security Bypass
Enchant creature
As long as enchanted creature is attacking alone, it can't be blocked.
Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, it connives." (Its controller draws a card, then discards a card. If they discarded a nonland card, they put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Enchantment - Aura
Security Bypass (snc) 59

Evasion

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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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Corrupted Conscience
Enchant creature
You control enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature has infect. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
Enchantment - Aura
Corrupted Conscience (plst) MBS-22

Infect

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Arcane Sanctum
This land enters tapped.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Arcane Sanctum (brc) 173
Ash Barrens
: Add
.
Basic landcycling
(
, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Land
Ash Barrens (2xm) 310
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (frc) 22
Evolving Wilds
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Evolving Wilds (dmc) 208
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (frc) 70
Hall of the Bandit Lord
Hall of the Bandit Lord enters tapped.
, Pay 3 life: Add
. If that mana is spent on a creature spell, it gains haste.
Legendary Land
Hall of the Bandit Lord (plst) CHK-277
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (dft) 282
Obscura Storefront
When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Plains, Island, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.
Land
Obscura Storefront (snc) 252
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 (fra) 282
Restless Reef
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 4/4 blue and black Shark creature with deathtouch. It's still a land.
Whenever this land attacks, target player mills four cards.
Land
Restless Reef (lci) 282
Skycloud Expanse
,
: Add
.
Land
Skycloud Expanse (cmm) 1035
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (tla) 284

Land

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Eternal Thirst
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has lifelink and "Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature." (Damage dealt by a creature with lifelink also causes its controller to gain that much life.)
Enchantment - Aura
Eternal Thirst (plst) IMA-89

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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Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
Equipped creature has lifelink.
As long as you have 30 or more life, equipped creature gets +5/+5 and has indestructible and "Prevent all damage that would be dealt to this creature."
Equip
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Caduceus, Staff of Hermes (acr) 2
Feign Death
Until end of turn, target creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it."
Instant
Feign Death (afr) 103
Redirect
You may choose new targets for target spell.
Instant
Redirect (m13) 64
Ring of Evos Isle
: Equipped creature gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on equipped creature if it's blue.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Ring of Evos Isle (m13) 211
Swiftfoot Boots
Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and
no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Swiftfoot Boots (msc) 216
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
Take Up the Shield (msh) 39
You See a Guard Approach
Choose one —
• Distract the Guard — Tap target creature.
• Hide — Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Instant
You See a Guard Approach (afr) 85

Protection

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Quick-Draw Katana
During your turn, equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has first strike. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Quick-Draw Katana (fdn) 130

Pump

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Talisman of Dominance
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (trc) 505
Talisman of Progress
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Progress (trc) 508
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
Warden of Evos Isle
Flying
Creature spells with flying you cast cost
less to cast.
Creature - Wizard Bird
Warden of Evos Isle (m14) 79
Worn Powerstone
This artifact enters tapped.
: Add
.
Artifact
Worn Powerstone (cm2) 230

Ramp

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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

Recursion

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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
Break Under Pressure
Target opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the greatest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control. You gain 2 life.
Instant
Break Under Pressure (fra) 50
Cancel
Counter target spell.
Instant
Cancel (m15) 274
Countersculpt
As an additional cost to cast this spell, behold a Jace or pay
. (To behold a Jace, choose a Jace you control or reveal a Jace card from your hand.)
Counter target spell. Empower Jace 1. (Put a loyalty counter on a Jace token you control. If you don't control one, first create a blue Jace planeswalker token with "[−1]: Surveil 1" and "[−3]: Draw a card.")
Instant
Countersculpt (fra) 25
Dark Betrayal
Destroy target black creature.
Instant
Dark Betrayal (ths) 83
Disdainful Stroke
Counter target spell with mana value 4 or greater.
Instant
Disdainful Stroke (woe) 47
Doom Blade
Destroy target nonblack creature.
Instant
Doom Blade (msc) 576
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
Essence Capture
Counter target creature spell. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature you control.
Instant
Essence Capture (neo) 52
Fatehold Charm
Choose one —
• Draw a card. Empower Jace 2.
• Return target spell or creature to its owner's hand.
• Creatures you control get +1/+2 until end of turn.
Instant
Fatehold Charm (fra) 132
Icy Reception
Choose one —
• Counter target creature or legendary spell unless its controller pays
.
• Target creature gets -5/-0 until end of turn.
Instant
Icy Reception (fra) 30
Multiply by Zero
Target creature has base power and toughness 0/0 until end of turn.
Instant
Multiply by Zero (fra) 58
Out of Air
This spell costs
less to cast if it targets a creature spell.
Counter target spell.
Instant
Out of Air (lci) 69
Prophesied End
Destroy target creature. If it wasn't attacking, its controller draws a card.
Instant
Prophesied End (fra) 17
Run Away Together
Choose two target creatures controlled by different players. Return those creatures to their owners' hands.
Instant
Run Away Together (ecl) 67
The Fire Nation Drill
Trample
When The Fire Nation Drill enters, you may tap it. When you do, destroy target creature with power 4 or less.
: Permanents your opponents control lose hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Crew 2
Legendary Artifact - Vehicle
The Fire Nation Drill (tla) 98
Theorix Charm
Choose one —
• Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays
.
• Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
• Mill three cards, then draw a card. (To mill three cards, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)
Instant
Theorix Charm (fra) 155
Twisted Riddlekeeper
Emerge
(You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.)
When you cast this spell, tap up to two target permanents. Put a stun counter on each of them. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
Flying
Creature - Sphinx Eldrazi
Twisted Riddlekeeper (mh3) 14
Unlicensed Hearse
: Exile up to two target cards from a single graveyard.
Unlicensed Hearse's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards exiled with it.
Crew 2
Artifact - Vehicle
Unlicensed Hearse (otp) 64
Unsummon
Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Instant
Unsummon (fra) 46
Vanish into Eternity
This spell costs
more to cast if it targets a creature.
Exile target nonland permanent.
Instant
Vanish into Eternity (one) 36

Removal

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Alela, Artful Provocateur
Flying, deathtouch, lifelink
Other creatures you control with flying get +1/+0.
Whenever you cast an artifact or enchantment spell, create a 1/1 blue Faerie creature token with flying.
Legendary Creature - Faerie Warlock
Alela, Artful Provocateur (ncc) 325
Sharding Sphinx
Flying
Whenever an artifact creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may create a 1/1 blue Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
Creature Artifact - Sphinx
Sharding Sphinx (moc) 235

Tokens

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Manifold Key
,
: Untap another target artifact.
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Artifact
Manifold Key (clb) 319
Rustler Rampage
Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
+
— Untap all creatures target player controls.
+
— Target creature gains double strike until end of turn.
Instant
Rustler Rampage (otj) 27

Untap

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Deck Info

Deck stats

16 pips - 15 cards
13 mana - 13 cards
52 pips - 35 cards
22 mana - 22 cards
18 pips - 17 cards
13 mana - 13 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 3 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 3 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
6 mana - 5 cards
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