Unesh, criosphinx sovereign tribal? I sphinx so!

Commander / EDH Combo Jank Mill Mono-Blue Multiplayer Tribal

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Creature (26)

• 1x Alhammarret, High Arbiter
• 1x Arbiter of the Ideal
• 1x Argent Sphinx
• 1x Belltower Sphinx
• 1x Cerulean Sphinx
• 1x Chancellor of the Spires
• 1x Consecrated SphinxGC
• 1x Conundrum Sphinx
• 1x Curator of Mysteries
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Glyph Keeper
• 1x Guardian of Tazeem
• 1x Master of Predicaments
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Prognostic Sphinx
• 1x Serra Sphinx
• 1x Sharding Sphinx
• 1x Sphinx Ambassador
• 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 Vexing Sphinx
• 1x Warden of Evos Isle
• 1x Windreader Sphinx

Land (31)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Blasted Landscape
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 21x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thespian's Stage

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rhystic StudyGC
• 1x Sphinx's Tutelage

Artifact (13)

• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Urza's Incubator

Instant (15)

• 1x Brain Freeze
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Commit / Memory
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Force of WillGC
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Mystical TutorGC
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Turnabout

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Beacon of Tomorrows
• 1x Day's Undoing
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Personal Tutor
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Time Reversal
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Time Warp
• 1x Windfall

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Future Sight

Artifact (1)

• 1x Kefnet's Monument

Instant (4)

• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Misdirection
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Twincast

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Wash Out

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Sandstone Oracle

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Riddleform

Artifact (3)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Sculpting Steel

Instant (2)

• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Hurkyl's Recall

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Rite of Replication

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About unesh.

When i first saw Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign spoiled, I thought to myself, what would happen if you took Urza's Incubator and Fact or Fiction and stuck them together on a legendary flyer?

So, i took all of the fancy sphinx in my collection and threw them into a "blue goodstuff" shell with things i had lying around, and with the cost reduction stacking you are able to cast LOTS of sphinx with large bodies and flying and trigger LOTS of unesh triggers to "Draw" LOTS of cards, I Was surprised how explosive the deck was once unesh resolved, and usually you have counters to protect him!

Now, about the deck!

You may like this deck if:

You like combo decks

You like playing decks with a decent amount of countermagic

You like difficult decks where you constantly have to choose piles dealt by opponents by Fact or Fiction triggers on unesh

You like drawing lots of cards

You like tribal decks with tons of interactive creature abilities

You may not like this deck if:

You dont like choosing between cards going to hand or graveyard

You dont like countermagic or High Tide strategies

You dont like high cmc creatures with situational and highly interactive abilities

You dont like tribal beatdown decks (primary wincon is flying damage)

You dont like decks where every decision counts

You dont like complex or confusing decks

Main kits/strategies

Cost reduction/ramp (naming sphinxes/blue):

This is to make all of my 4-7 mana sphinx cost much less and come into play much sooner than normal and by mana doubling your blue mana.

Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign

Sapphire Medallion

Urza's Incubator

Cloud Key

Warden of Evos Isle

Caged Sun

Gauntlet of Power

Tutor:

Tutors are very important in edh, thus i run as many as i own for blue

Merchant Scroll

Mystical Tutor

Personal Tutor

Fabricate

Recursion/resets/twisters

These are to stop you from decking yourself with too much draw, and to recur counters, sphinx, and cost reduction.

Memory

Time Spiral

Time Reversal

Day's Undoing

Mana ramp/rituals

Turnabout, High Tide, Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

Ultimate combo:

Cloudstone Curio + Omniscience

Bounce sphinx for more etb effects/ Fact or Fiction triggers on unesh, play more sphinx until youve played the deck!

Sphinx's Tutelage surprisingly, outside of flying combat damage as a wincon, this and Belltower Sphinx can mill out an opponent with some luck and holding off on Timetwister effects.

Dont forget to upvote and/or comment! Could use help tuning the deck

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 5 Rares 21 - 4 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.06
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Glyph Keeper 5/3 W, Manifest 2/2 C, Thopter 1/1 U
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