Riddle Me This... [Unesh]

Commander / EDH Casual Mono-Blue Sphinx

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Creature (28)

• 1x Thassa's Oracle
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Warden of Evos Isle
• 1x Argent Sphinx
• 1x Conundrum Sphinx
• 1x Rescuer Sphinx
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Defiler of Dreams
• 1x Glyph Keeper
• 1x Guardian of Tazeem
• 1x Jwar Isle Avenger
• 1x Master of Predicaments
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Prognostic Sphinx
• 1x Sphinx of Lost Truths
• 1x Arbiter of the Ideal
• 1x Atemsis, All-Seeing
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Sphinx of Magosi
• 1x Chancellor of the Spires
• 1x Enigma Thief
• 1x Scholar of the Lost Trove
• 1x Sphinx Ambassador
• 1x Sphinx of the Final Word
• 1x Sphinx of Uthuun
• 1x Windreader Sphinx
• 1x Sphinx of the Second Sun

Artifact (15)

• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Empyrial Plate
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Kefnet's Monument
• 1x Worn Powerstone
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Cryptic Gateway

Land (37)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 30x Island
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Soldevi Excavations
• 1x Temple of the False God

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Flood of Tears

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

Commander (1)

Instant (13)

• 1x High Tide
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Mystic Confluence

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Back to Basics
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon

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I was looking for another deck to play a few years ago after realizing that my current decks (W/U/B Oloro and R/B/G Sek'Kuar) were a little more powerful than intended in my new college meta. I needed something on the cheap side mana-base wise, and after looking around a bit, Unesh's triple threat of insane draw potential, cost reduction shenanigans, and tribal themes seemed too good to pass up.

Used to be more of a casual list, bashing face with sphinxes, but the deck is now a more streamlined, combo-focused deck. Since Unesh draws us approximately 1000000 cards, the general plan is to dig to Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake for infinite mana, then storm off, drawing our deck with Unesh, before winning with Thassa's Oracle or Jace, Wielder of Mysteries.

There are some notable exclusions in here, foremost of all being Universal Automaton, which I will die before including. One day I will get down to 0 non-sphinxes, and I think the little guy is a step in the wrong direction. If you wanted to increase the power level of the list though, it's a must include. I would look to upgrade the interaction, and trim some of the weaker sphinxes for more protection.

Thanks for checking this out! Hope you have a great day! :D

Date added	4 years
Last updated	10 months
Key combos	Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.00
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Boar 2/2 G, Copy Clone, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Glyph Keeper 5/3 W, Manifest 2/2 C