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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

Commander

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Secret Salvage
Exile target nonland card from your graveyard. Search your library for any number of cards with the same name as that card, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Secret Salvage (aer) 71
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
Thrumming Stone
Spells you cast have ripple 4. (Whenever you cast a spell, you may reveal the top four cards of your library. You may cast spells with the same name as that spell from among the revealed cards without paying their mana costs. Put the rest on the bottom of your library.)
Legendary Artifact
Thrumming Stone (2x2) 315

Approach

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Archfiend of Ifnir
Flying
Whenever you cycle or discard another card, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature your opponents control.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Creature - Demon
Archfiend of Ifnir (ecc) 70
Bone Miser
Whenever you discard a creature card, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Whenever you discard a land card, add
.
Whenever you discard a noncreature, nonland card, draw a card.
Creature - Wizard Zombie
Bone Miser (plst) C19-15
Frantic Search
Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.
Instant
Frantic Search (trc) 438
Ledger Shredder
Flying
Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, this creature connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Creature - Bird Advisor
Ledger Shredder (snc) 46
Likeness Looter
Flying
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
: This creature becomes a copy of target creature card in your graveyard with mana value X, except it has flying and this ability. Activate only as a sorcery.
Creature - Faerie Shapeshifter
Likeness Looter (woe) 208
Monument to Endurance
Whenever you discard a card, choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn —
• Draw a card.
• Create a Treasure token.
• Each opponent loses 3 life.
Artifact
Monument to Endurance (dft) 237
The Queen of Dale
Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, you recruit. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.)
Legendary Creature - Human Noble
The Queen of Dale (hob) 24

Discard

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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
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

Draw

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Bojuka Bog
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
: Add
.
Land
Bojuka Bog (soc) 363
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (frc) 22
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (frc) 70
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (snc) 274
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 (snc) 273
Raffine's Tower
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: Add
,
, or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Plains Island Swamp
Raffine's Tower (snc) 254
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (snc) 276

Land

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Change of Plans
Each of X target creatures you control connive. You may have any number of them phase out. (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. Treat phased-out permanents and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until their controller's next turn.)
Instant
Change of Plans (ncc) 24

Protection

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (clb) 298
Fellwar Stone
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Artifact
Fellwar Stone (frc) 57
Talisman of Dominance
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (frc) 62
Talisman of Hierarchy
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Hierarchy (soc) 358
Talisman of Progress
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Progress (frc) 64

Ramp

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Animate Dead
Enchant creature card in a graveyard
When this Aura enters, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with this Aura." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach this Aura to it. When this Aura leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.
Enchantment - Aura
Animate Dead (soc) 207
Reanimate
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.
Sorcery
Reanimate (mkc) 137
Return to the Light Realms
Return all nonland permanent cards from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Sorcery
Return to the Light Realms (fra) 20
Rise of the Dark Realms
Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control.
Sorcery
Rise of the Dark Realms (jmp) 271

Recursion

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Aetherize
Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.
Instant
Aetherize (plst) DDO-36
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
Arcane Denial
Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
Instant
Arcane Denial (cmr) 393
Fell the Profane
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
Instant
Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244
Fell the Profane
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
Instant
Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244
Kindred Dominance
Choose a creature type. Destroy all creatures that aren't of the chosen type.
Sorcery
Kindred Dominance (plst) C17-18
Kindred Judgment
Choose a creature type. Destroy all creatures that aren't of the chosen type.
Sorcery
Kindred Judgment (fra) 13
Lofty Denial
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
. If you control a creature with flying, counter that spell unless its controller pays
instead.
Instant
Lofty Denial (m21) 56
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 (plst) BLC-147
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 (eoc) 45
Witch Enchanter
When this creature enters, destroy target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls.
Creature - Human Warlock
Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow (mh3) 239Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow (mh3) 239

Removal

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Consecrated Sphinx
Flying
Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may draw two cards.
Creature - Sphinx
Consecrated Sphinx (2x2) 43
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
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
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
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
Sphinx of the Chimes
Flying
Discard two nonland cards with the same name: Draw four cards.
Creature - Sphinx
Sphinx of the Chimes (rtr) 52
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 (mkc) 118
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
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 (j25) 391
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

Sphinx

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Akroma's Will
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Creatures you control gain flying, vigilance, and double strike until end of turn.
• Creatures you control gain lifelink, indestructible, and protection from each color until end of turn.
Instant
Akroma's Will (m3c) 165
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
Baleful Strix
Flying, deathtouch
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature Artifact - Bird
Baleful Strix (dmc) 143
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
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
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (fdc) 61
Curator of Destinies
This spell can't be countered.
Flying
When this creature enters, look at the top five cards of your library and separate them into a face-down pile and a face-up pile. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put that pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.
Creature - Sphinx
Curator of Destinies (fdn) 34
Curator of Mysteries
Flying
Whenever you cycle or discard another card, scry 1.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Creature - Sphinx
Curator of Mysteries (afc) 81
Doom Whisperer
Flying, trample
Pay 2 life: Surveil 2. (Look at the top two 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 - Demon Nightmare
Doom Whisperer (mkc) 128
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) 6
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 (plst) C18-178
Knowledge Is Power
Creatures you control get +X/+X, where X is the number of cards you've drawn this turn.
Enchantment
Knowledge Is Power (mkc) 42
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 (plst) M15-67
Midnight Clock
: Add
.
: Put an hour counter on this artifact.
At the beginning of each upkeep, put an hour counter on this artifact.
When the twelfth hour counter is put on this artifact, shuffle your hand and graveyard into your library, then draw seven cards. Exile this artifact.
Artifact
Midnight Clock (drc) 79
Moment of Truth
Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand, one into your graveyard, and one on the bottom of your library.
Instant
Moment of Truth (mom) 67
Mystic Confluence
Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once.
• Counter target spell unless its controller pays
.
• Return target creature to its owner's hand.
• Draw a card.
Instant
Mystic Confluence (cmm) 108
Omniscience
You may cast spells from your hand without paying their mana costs.
Enchantment
Omniscience (fdn) 161
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
Shadow of the Grave
Return to your hand all cards in your graveyard that you cycled or discarded this turn.
Instant
Shadow of the Grave (akh) 107
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
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
Strix Serenade
Counter target artifact, creature, or planeswalker spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Instant
Strix Serenade (mh3) 71
Syr Konrad, the Grim
Whenever another creature dies, or a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, or a creature card leaves your graveyard, Syr Konrad deals 1 damage to each opponent.
: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Legendary Creature - Human Knight
Syr Konrad, the Grim (dsc) 158
Vexing Sphinx
Flying
Cumulative upkeep—Discard a card. (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.)
When this creature dies, draw a card for each age counter on it.
Creature - Sphinx
Vexing Sphinx (dmr) 297
Warden of Evos Isle
Flying
Creature spells with flying you cast cost
less to cast.
Creature - Wizard Bird
Warden of Evos Isle (j25) 385
Watcher of the Spheres
Flying
Creature spells with flying you cast cost
less to cast.
Whenever another creature you control with flying enters, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Wizard Bird
Watcher of the Spheres (m21) 227
Windfall
Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.
Sorcery
Windfall (otc) 123

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Deck Info

Deck stats

15 pips - 12 cards
18 mana - 18 cards
76 pips - 45 cards
24 mana - 24 cards
20 pips - 14 cards
21 mana - 20 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
3 mana - 3 cards
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