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I Sphinx You'll Find That's Mine

Commander / EDH Budget Casual Control Flying Mono-Blue Scry Sphinx

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Land (35)

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Commander: foil Eligeth, Crossroads Augur
Commander: foil Siani, Eye of the Storm

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Having put lots of multi-coloured decks together I finally wanted to make a mono-colour EDH deck. As I like building non-conventional decks the archetypal artifact or counter spell decks that you would normally associate with blue didn't really appeal and neither did a deck with an abrupt win condition e.g. Triskaidekaphile or Laboratory Maniac.

As such this tribal Sphinx deck aims to win by gaining control of opponent's key cards, simultaneously disrupting their play (not just by preventing the spells being played, as no one likes that) whilst giving me different possibilities of win conditions. As decks mostly have multiple ways of winning and with multiple opponents, card draw is a significant part of the rest of the deck provided by the Sphinx, turning scry into draw and thus keeping the gain control spells coming. The fact they are all flying and have decent amounts of attack/defence also helps but wouldn't stand up to big hitting decks which is where the gain control would help in this scenario.

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Headers13 says... Edit Remove Edit Delete #1

Two cracking and versatile suggestions, thanks.

February 3, 2023 11:49 a.m.

Kashai says... Edit Remove Edit Delete #2

Treachery is pretty cool and on theme, plus you can do some neat mana tricks with multiple mana producing lands

In the same vein Cloud of Faeries for more mana tricks

For some Scry support Retreat to Coralhelm

And for synergy with both a multi-mana land that also scys, Soldevi Excavations

Some Multi-Mana Lands Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, Coral Atoll, Lotus Vale, Lotus Field, Ancient Tomb

February 3, 2023 2:49 p.m.

Headers13 says... Edit Remove Edit Delete #3

Unfortunately on my budget I would have to rule some of these out (fortunately I drafted a Nykthos when drafting Theros), Lotus Field looks interesting though.

February 3, 2023 3 p.m.

NV_1980 says... Edit Remove Edit Delete #4

Desertion is a fun surprise for your opponents.

February 9, 2023 3:06 a.m.

Barbarian_Sun_Pope says... Edit Remove Edit Delete #5

Spark Double is a nice combo piece with Thassa, God of the Sea and works pretty well on it's own since it lets you double up on even legendary creatures. Hope this helps.

March 23, 2023 5:29 p.m.

Nunu312 says... Edit Remove Edit Delete #6

While I think this deck is a little too control heavy (may cross the line to the point where other players can't play the game due to you having every creature), I really like and respect your design philosophy. It's so dull to make a deck that just sits down and does the same thing every game.

I would like to suggest Mystic Reflection as a cool spell. It is rather cheap, especially when foretold, and can really throw a wrench into the works in a fun way that people just aren't expecting. It could turn their commander into any other creature on the battlefield... Or duplicate one of your own. Alternatively maybe someone just made 30 goblin tokens and you turn them all into Sphinx of Enlightenment and now they have to draw 90 cards.

August 24, 2024 7:45 a.m.

Headers13 says... Edit Remove Edit Delete #7

Nunu312, thanks for the suggestion, I do like the idea of Mystic Reflection just to add a bit of second guessing for an opponent as to what their key creature might end up as if not cast at the right time.

You're right in the fact this is very control heavy but my play group is quite small (and also accommodating) and as we have quite a few decks between us it's not something I run regularly so no one minds playing it every now and then (plus some of their decks can disrupt the card draw which means I'm only stealing a couple of creatures in a game)

August 24, 2024 10:26 a.m.

Craeter says... Edit Remove Edit Delete #8

This deck is sweet, it gave me a few ideas for my Masters of the Universe deck. Appreciate it m8

Have you considered Sea Gate Restoration  Flip? Could be strong in here.

September 20, 2024 10:59 a.m.

Headers13 says... Edit Remove Edit Delete #9

Thanks, had a look at your deck, there's a lot going on there, bet you need a crib sheet to spot all the combos!

I don't think Sea Gate Restoration would quite fit in this deck, by the time it gets to 7 mana it's normally got a card draw engine going and I'd be looking to invest that much mana in a gain control spell against someone.

September 20, 2024 5:03 p.m.

KermitWizard says... Edit Remove Edit Delete #10

This is such a fun one. I had this idea in mind.

May 28, 2025 1:58 a.m.

carpecanum says... Edit Remove Edit Delete #11

Vedalken Shackles

Rite of Replication is fun, but its really fun with Keiga, the Tide Star where you just take 5 creatures

February 3, 2023 10:35 a.m.

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