The Ur-Sphinx
Eminence — As long as The Ur-Sphinx is in the command zone or on the battlefield, other Sphinx spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Flying Whenever one or more Sphinxes you control attack, each player mills that many cards. For each player, you may cast a card that player milled this way without paying its mana cost.
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Complete 100-card Esper deck, free to read, with prices and buy links.
How The Ur-Sphinx decks play in EDH
The Ur-Sphinx is a Esper commander in white, blue and black costing 6WUB, and its legendary creature - sphinx avatar line shapes the whole deck around it. It fills graveyards, which can be a win condition on its own or fuel for recursion. Built-in evasion means damage gets through reliably, so effects that scale that damage are worth more than extra bodies. The cards below are the ones The Ur-Sphinx decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $44.10Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (7)
Removal (2)
Creatures (10)
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What colours can I use in a The Ur-Sphinx deck?
The Ur-Sphinx has a Esper colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white, blue and black or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for The Ur-Sphinx?
The cards played most often in The Ur-Sphinx decks include Sphinx of False Conclusions, Uldaros Theorix, Denzilore Fatehold. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a The Ur-Sphinx deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $44.10 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a The Ur-Sphinx deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.