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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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Reflections of Littjara
As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
Whenever you cast a spell of the chosen type, copy that spell. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)
Enchantment
Reflections of Littjara (tdc) 164
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) 258

Copy

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Denzilore Fatehold
Flash
Flying
Whenever you scry or surveil, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Legendary Creature - Elder Sphinx
Denzilore Fatehold (fra) 128

Counters

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Consecrated Sphinx
Flying
Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may draw two cards.
Creature - Sphinx
Consecrated Sphinx (2x2) 43
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
Eligeth, Crossroads Augur
Flying
If you would scry a number of cards, draw that many cards instead.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Legendary Creature - Sphinx
Eligeth, Crossroads Augur (cmr) 66
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 (h2r) 2
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
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 Enlightenment
Flying
When this creature enters, target opponent draws a card and you draw three cards.
Creature - Sphinx
Sphinx of Enlightenment (j25) 364
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 of Foresight
You may reveal this card from your opening hand. If you do, scry 3 at the beginning of your first upkeep.
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1.
Creature - Sphinx
Sphinx of Foresight (rna) 55
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
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
The One Ring
Indestructible
When The One Ring enters, if you cast it, you gain protection from everything until your next turn.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life for each burden counter on The One Ring.
: Put a burden counter on The One Ring, then draw a card for each burden counter on The One Ring.
Legendary Artifact
The One Ring (ltr) 246
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
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
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 (plst) TMP-315
Bojuka Bog
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
: Add
.
Land
Bojuka Bog (soc) 363
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (mdd) 294
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (mdd) 292
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (trc) 551
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (mdd) 296
Three Tree City
As Three Tree City enters, choose a creature type.
: Add
.
,
: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to the number of creatures you control of the chosen type.
Legendary Land
Three Tree City (blb) 260
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

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
Guardian of Tazeem (bfz) 78

Landfall

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Bruvac the Grandiloquent
If an opponent would mill one or more cards, they mill twice that many cards instead. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
Bruvac the Grandiloquent (rvr) 309
Psychic Corrosion
Whenever you draw a card, each opponent mills two cards.
Enchantment
Psychic Corrosion (plst) M19-68
The Water Crystal
Blue spells you cast cost
less to cast.
If an opponent would mill one or more cards, they mill that many cards plus four instead.
,
: Each opponent mills cards equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Legendary Artifact
The Water Crystal (fin) 85

Mill

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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
Clever Concealment
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for
or one mana of that creature's color.)
Any number of target nonland permanents you control phase out. (Treat them and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until your next turn.)
Instant
Clever Concealment (msc) 125
Flawless Maneuver
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Flawless Maneuver (frc) 25
Ghostly Prison
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays
for each creature they control that's attacking you.
Enchantment
Ghostly Prison (soc) 146
Propaganda
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays
for each creature they control that's attacking you.
Enchantment
Propaganda (msc) 151
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 (acr) 82
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
Teferi's Protection
Until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before you untap during your untap step.)
Exile Teferi's Protection.
Instant
Teferi's Protection (2x2) 32
Unsettled Mariner
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Whenever you or a permanent you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter that spell or ability unless its controller pays
.
Creature - Shapeshifter
Unsettled Mariner (plst) MH1-216

Protection

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (trc) 485
Cloud Key
As this artifact enters, choose artifact, creature, enchantment, instant, or sorcery.
Spells you cast of the chosen type cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Cloud Key (eoc) 54
Dark Ritual
Add
.
Instant
Dark Ritual (msc) 793
Gathering Stone
As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.
Spells you cast of the chosen type cost
less to cast.
When this artifact enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. If it's a card of the chosen type, you may reveal it and put it into your hand. If you don't put the card into your hand, you may put it into your graveyard.
Artifact
Gathering Stone (ecl) 257
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
White spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Blue spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Spells your opponents cast cost
more to cast.
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV (2x2) 221
Heartless Summoning
Creature spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Creatures you control get -1/-1.
Enchantment
Heartless Summoning (inr) 117
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 (trc) 493
Land Tax
At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for up to three basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
Enchantment
Land Tax (soc) 153
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 (cmm) 57
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (trc) 499
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 (mh3) 297
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

Ramp

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Patriarch's Bidding
Each player chooses a creature type. Each player returns all creature cards of a type chosen this way from their graveyard to the battlefield.
Sorcery
Patriarch's Bidding (mh2) 275
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) 159

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 (rvr) 313
Dovin's Veto
This spell can't be countered.
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Dovin's Veto (war) 193
Kindred Dominance
Choose a creature type. Destroy all creatures that aren't of the chosen type.
Sorcery
Kindred Dominance (msc) 156
Kindred Judgment
Choose a creature type. Destroy all creatures that aren't of the chosen type.
Sorcery
Kindred Judgment (fra) 13
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 (trc) 425
Riddlemaster Sphinx
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
When this creature enters, you may return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand.
Creature - Sphinx
Riddlemaster Sphinx (m20) 317
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (trc) 429

Removal

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Enlightened Tutor
Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Instant
Enlightened Tutor (dmr) 263
Isperia the Inscrutable
Flying
Whenever Isperia deals combat damage to a player, choose a card name. That player reveals their hand. If a card with the chosen name is revealed this way, search your library for a creature card with flying, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Legendary Creature - Sphinx
Isperia the Inscrutable (dis) 114
Vampiric Tutor
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.
Instant
Vampiric Tutor (dmr) 108

Tutor

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Deck Info

Deck stats

30 pips - 26 cards
11 mana - 11 cards
60 pips - 39 cards
20 mana - 20 cards
14 pips - 11 cards
10 mana - 8 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 2 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 2 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
8 mana - 6 cards
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