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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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Roaming Throne
Ward

As this creature enters, choose a creature type.
This creature is the chosen type in addition to its other types.
If a triggered ability of another creature you control of the chosen type triggers, it triggers an additional time.
Creature Artifact - Golem
Roaming Throne (lci) 344
Strionic Resonator
,
: Copy target triggered ability you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A triggered ability uses the words "when," "whenever," or "at.")
Artifact
Strionic Resonator (moc) 384

Copy

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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) 346
Force of Will
You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.
Instant
Force of Will (soa) 19

Counters

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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
Black Market Connections
At the beginning of your first main phase, choose one or more —
• Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life.
• Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life.
• Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It is every creature type.)
Enchantment
Black Market Connections (clb) 669
Consecrated Sphinx
Flying
Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may draw two cards.
Creature - Sphinx
Consecrated Sphinx (pf26) 4
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 (pthb) 214p
Esper Sentinel
Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card unless that player pays
, where X is this creature's power.
Creature Artifact - Human Soldier
Esper Sentinel (mh2) 12
Kindred Discovery
As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
Whenever a creature you control of the chosen type enters or attacks, draw a card.
Enchantment
Kindred Discovery (wot) 22
Mystic Remora
Cumulative upkeep
(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.)
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays
.
Enchantment
Mystic Remora (ice) 87
Quantum Riddler
Flying
When this creature enters, draw a card.
As long as you have one or fewer cards in hand, if you would draw one or more cards, you draw that many cards plus one instead.
Warp
Creature - Sphinx
Quantum Riddler (peoe) 72p
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
Rhystic Study
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays
.
Enchantment
Rhystic Study (j22) 114
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 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 (cmr) 99
The Theorist, Jace Beleren
At the beginning of each opponent's draw step, you draw a card.
+1: Create a 1/1 blue Illusion creature token.
−2: For each opponent, return up to one target artifact or creature that player controls to its owner's hand.
−6: Draw three cards. Then put X +1/+1 counters on each creature you control, where X is the number of cards in your hand.
Legendary Planeswalker - Jace
The Theorist, Jace Beleren (fra) 363
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
Windreader Sphinx
Flying
Whenever a creature with flying attacks, you may draw a card.
Creature - Sphinx
Windreader Sphinx (jmp) 194
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
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

Finisher

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Ancient Tomb
: Add
. This land deals 2 damage to you.
Land
Ancient Tomb (ltc) 357
Arid Mesa
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Mountain or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Arid Mesa (mh2) 244
Bloodstained Mire
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Bloodstained Mire (mh3) 352
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 (uma) 237
Command Beacon
: Add
.
, Sacrifice this land: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone.
Land
Command Beacon (plst) C15-56
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (sld) 1496★
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (afc) 236
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
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 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
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 (j25) 86
Mana Confluence
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.
Land
Mana Confluence (jou) 163
Marsh Flats
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Marsh Flats (mh2) 476
Misty Rainforest
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Misty Rainforest (mh2) 477
Morphic Pool
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Morphic Pool (zne) 17
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
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (j25) 81
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) 356
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 (clb) 358
Scalding Tarn
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Scalding Tarn (mh2) 478
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) 605
Shattered Sanctum
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Shattered Sanctum (sos) 303
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 (j25) 89
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
Tundra
(
: Add
or
.)
Land - Plains Island
Tundra (3ed) 289
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
Underground Sea
(
: Add
or
.)
Land - Island Swamp
Underground Sea (3ed) 290
Urza's Saga
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — This Saga gains "
: Add
."
II — This Saga gains "
,
: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'"
III — Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost
or
, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land Enchantment - Saga Urza's
Urza's Saga (mh2) 259
Vault of Champions
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Vault of Champions (cmm) 667
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 (rvr) 301
Windswept Heath
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Windswept Heath (ons) 328

Land

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Breach the Multiverse
Each player mills ten cards. For each player, choose a creature or planeswalker card in that player's graveyard. Put those cards onto the battlefield under your control. Then each creature you control becomes a Phyrexian in addition to its other types.
Sorcery
Breach the Multiverse (mom) 94
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
Sphinx Mindbreaker
Flying
When this creature enters, each opponent mills ten cards.
Creature - Sphinx
Sphinx Mindbreaker (thb) 290

Mill

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Grand Abolisher
During your turn, your opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities of artifacts, creatures, or enchantments.
Creature - Human Cleric
Grand Abolisher (c14) 74
Lightning Greaves
Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lightning Greaves (sld) 1493★
Reconnaissance
: Remove target attacking creature you control from combat and untap it. (If you activate during end of combat, the creature will untap after it deals combat damage.)
Enchantment
Reconnaissance (plst) EXO-17
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

Protection

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (sld) 1492★
Basalt Monolith
This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.
: Add
.
: Untap this artifact.
Artifact
Basalt Monolith (mb2) 217
Conspiracy Unraveler
Flying
You may collect evidence 10 rather than pay the mana cost for spells you cast. (To collect evidence 10, exile cards with total mana value 10 or greater from your graveyard.)
Creature - Sphinx Detective
Conspiracy Unraveler (mkm) 47
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
Firdoch Core (ecl) 255
Gleaming Splendor
Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you create a Treasure token.
: Two target players each draw a card.
Enchantment
Gleaming Splendor (hob) 15
Heartless Summoning
Creature spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Creatures you control get -1/-1.
Enchantment
Heartless Summoning (inr) 309
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 (m3c) 296
Mana Vault
This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay
. If you do, untap this artifact.
At the beginning of your draw step, if this artifact is tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
: Add
.
Artifact
Mana Vault (5ed) 388
Master of Predicaments
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, choose a card in your hand. That player guesses whether the card's mana value is greater than 4. If the player guessed wrong, you may cast the card without paying its mana cost.
Creature - Sphinx
Master of Predicaments (m15) 67
Sapphire Medallion
Blue spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Sapphire Medallion (cmm) 407
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 (2x2) 342
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (sld) 1494★
Talisman of Dominance
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (mic) 164
Talisman of Progress
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Progress (ltc) 286
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 (dmr) 453

Ramp

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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

Recursion

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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 (cmm) 84
Fierce Guardianship
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Fierce Guardianship (cmm) 694
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) 348
Raise the Palisade
Choose a creature type. Return all creatures that aren't of the chosen type to their owners' hands.
Sorcery
Raise the Palisade (msc) 278
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
Swan Song
Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Instant
Swan Song (ltc) 197
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (slp) 20
Toxic Deluge
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
Sorcery
Toxic Deluge (2xm) 345
Void Rend
This spell can't be countered.
Destroy target nonland permanent.
Instant
Void Rend (snc) 338

Removal

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Time Sieve
, Sacrifice five artifacts: Take an extra turn after this one.
Artifact
Time Sieve (arb) 31

Sac Outlet

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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
Sphinx Ambassador
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, search that player's library for a card, then that player chooses a card name. If you searched for a creature card that doesn't have that name, you may put it onto the battlefield under your control. Then that player shuffles.
Creature - Sphinx
Sphinx Ambassador (m10) 73

Theft

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Demonic Tutor
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (sta) 90
Enlightened Tutor
Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Instant
Enlightened Tutor (mir) 14
Mystical Tutor
Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Instant
Mystical Tutor (mir) 80
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
Vampiric Tutor
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.
Instant
Vampiric Tutor (soa) 100

Tutor

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Deck Info

Deck stats

19 pips - 16 cards
18 mana - 18 cards
62 pips - 39 cards
22 mana - 22 cards
17 pips - 15 cards
21 mana - 21 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 8 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 8 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
17 mana - 11 cards
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