The Sphinx's riddle

Commander / EDH Counterspell Flying Mono-Blue Sphinx

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Creature (33)

• 1x Alhammarret, High Arbiter
• 1x Arbiter of the Ideal
• 1x Argent Sphinx
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Chancellor of the Spires
• 1x Conundrum Sphinx
• 1x Curator of Mysteries
• 1x Defiler of Dreams
• 1x Dream Eater
• 1x Glyph Keeper
• 1x Guardian of Tazeem
• 1x Inspired Sphinx
• 1x Jwar Isle Avenger
• 1x Littjara Kinseekers
• 1x Master of Predicaments
• 1x Master of Winds
• 1x Mirror Image
• 1x Mothdust Changeling
• 1x Prognostic Sphinx
• 1x Riddlemaster Sphinx
• 1x Scholar of the Lost Trove
• 1x Silver Myr
• 1x Sphinx Ambassador
• 1x Sphinx of Foresight
• 1x Sphinx of Jwar Isle
• 1x Sphinx of Lost Truths
• 1x Sphinx of Magosi
• 1x Sphinx of the Final Word
• 1x Sphinx of Uthuun
• 1x Universal Automaton
• 1x Vexing Sphinx
• 1x Warden of Evos Isle
• 1x Windreader Sphinx

Artifact (11)

• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Kefnet's Monument
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Neurok Stealthsuit
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Skyclave Relic
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Displacement Wave
• 1x Quasiduplicate
• 1x Ravenform
• 1x Rite of Replication

Land (36)

• 1x Desert of the Mindful
• 33x Island
• 1x Island
• 1x Nephalia Academy

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Call to the Kindred
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Reflections of Littjara

Commander (1)

Instant (10)

• 1x Blue Elemental Blast
• 1x Cackling Counterpart
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Engulf the Shore
• 1x Essence Scatter
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Negate
• 1x Opt
• 1x Pongify

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

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• Introduction:

The world has always had mysteries. Sphinxes are nothing but those mysteries, given form and function. Sphinxes love to play riddles, but in their hearths, they truly hate it. Because they are riddles by theirselves. And when their true riddles are solved... They dissapear like dust to the wind.

• The deck:

This is a tribal sphinx deck, with two major win conditions, one being automill and winning with Jace, Wielder of Mysteries and the other one being purely by combat damage. Sphinxes tend to be beefy, and thanks to Unesh, and also by theirselves, will offer some sort of card advantage or another. Not like you will lack card draw either, being mono blue.

• Why is Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign the commander of the deck?

He is THE sphinx lord, and as such we need him: he provides cost reduction and vast card advantage, making him the main card draw engine. Sphinxes are also a bit mana intensive, so his mana reduction is also very welcome.

• The deck's weaknesses:

We have many sub-par sphinxes, that become playable with unesh, but we need him on play to have this effect, so try to prtect him with our counterspell toolkit. We are weak to very early aggresion too, and we should try to give unseh triggers to our allies rather than our enemies: allies will help us and give us the most cards most of the time.

• The deck's strengths:

Sphinxes tend to be beefy and they all fly, so you can work as a watered down dragon deck with a lot of card draw. Our 2 wincons offer us some flexibility on the late game, but be aware that most game ending threats are more powerful than your sphinxes, so save countermagic to stop or delay them just enough.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.81
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 1/1 U, Boar 2/2 G, Copy Clone, Glyph Keeper 5/3 W, Thopter 1/1 C
Folders	MTG Playgroup