Instant (20)
- 1x Arcane Denial
- 1x Counterspell
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- 1x Flusterstorm
- 1x Insidious Will
- 1x Learn from the Past
- 1x Mystic Confluence
- 1x Oblation
- 1x Path to Exile
- 1x Reins of Power
- 1x Render Silent
- 1x Return to Dust
- 1x Rewind
- 1x Silence
- 1x Sphinx's Revelation
- 1x Swan Song
- 1x Teferi's Protection
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Artifact (12)
- 1x Azorius Signet
- 1x Chromatic Lantern
- 1x Coalition Relic
- 1x Conqueror's Flail
- 1x Lightning Greaves
- 1x Ojutai Monument
- 1x Primal Amulet Flip
- 1x Relic of Progenitus
- 1x Sol Ring
- 1x Talisman of Progress
- 1x Thought Vessel
- 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
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- 1x Detention Sphere
- 1x Dissipation Field
- 1x Ghostly Prison
- 1x Grasp of Fate
- 1x Karmic Justice
- 1x Monastery Siege
- 1x Oblivion Ring
- 1x Prison Term
- 1x Propaganda
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- 1x Consecrated Sphinx
- 1x Grand Abolisher
- 1x Guardian of Tazeem
- 1x Horizon Scholar
- 1x Imposing Sovereign
- 1x Isperia, Supreme Judge
- 1x Sphinx of the Final Word
- 1x Sphinx of Uthuun
- 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
- 1x Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
- 1x Windreader Sphinx
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- 1x Conjurer's Closet
- 1x Elixir of Immortality
- 1x Norn's Annex
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- 1x Swiftfoot Boots
- 1x Thorn of Amethyst
- 1x Veilstone Amulet
- 1x Winter Orb
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I was looking for a nice bearded commander and my coworker just showed me this newly spoiled sphinx. I'm normally not a blue player, but his beard is impressive - my beard is also impressive - so this might just work.
Some cards I don't want; I have a bad impression of Brago, King Eternal, so I'm not necessarily thinking about blink / repeat tactics. Also, Cyclonic Rift is banned in my group. And I find Capsize with buyback worse than Brago. Infinites are also banned.
So, as I don't usually find myself in this part of Magic, I could use some help getting started in U/W control.
For now I'm just finding all the nice potential cards and throwing em all in a pile. Then comes selection and possible sub-themes. Currently, the maybe-board holds a "flying matters" theme where flying gets +1/+1 etc. but I'm not sure if I'm going this route. Sphinxes seem nice.
The main board has a lot, perhaps too much, control-oriented stax-ey cards, but I'm still exploring other options and am open to all suggestions.
Ok, after some more thinking, I realized (perhaps too late haha), that He won't completely block people from casting spells in their turn. They can still cast Instants in other player's turns. It does block Sorcery speed Ramp and Wipes, so you're slowing everything down considerably. If you really want to mess with people, adding Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir would pretty much do it, as they won't be able to cast Instants during other people's turn anymore. This does mean you'd need to have back-up blink spells to protect both Azor and Teferi and to repeat the ETB-protection the moment you put it in the field, because you'll definitely be the target of all the removal (/ creatures). It might also be nice to go with Veilstone Amulet.
All things considered, it seems like a lot of work trying to emulate Narset Transcendent's ultimate / Emblem.
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| Date added | 6 years |
| Last updated | 3 years |
| Exclude colors | BRG |
| Legality | This deck is Commander / EDH legal. |
| Rarity (main - side) | 8 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 1 Commons |
| Cards | 100 |
| Avg. CMC | 3.35 |
| Tokens | Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Narset Transcendent |
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