Mystery Sphinx Library 3000

Commander / EDH Exile Mono-Blue Sphinx

Rodfjell

Artifact (16)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chariot of Victory
• 1x Crumbling Sanctuary
• 1x Eye of Ramos
• 1x Goblin Charbelcher
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mirror of Fate
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Tel-Jilad Stylus
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Land (36)

• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 14x Island
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 14x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x War Room

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

Creature (15)

• 1x Academy Loremaster
• 1x Apprentice Wizard
• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Defiler of Dreams
• 1x Hapless Researcher
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Leveler
• 1x Living Conundrum
• 1x Magus of the Bazaar
• 1x Phyrexian Devourer
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Thassa's Oracle
• 1x Thought Courier

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Diplomatic Immunity
• 1x Excavation
• 1x Hive Mind
• 1x Idle Thoughts
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Ordeal of Thassa
• 1x Psychic Vortex
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 1x Thought Lash

Commander (1)

Instant (13)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyber Conversion
• 1x Delay
• 1x Engulf the Shore
• 1x Filter Out
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Pulse of the Grid
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Remand
• 1x Repeal

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Consuming Tide
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Mana Severance
• 1x Paradigm Shift
• 1x Personal Tutor
• 1x Selective Memory
• 1x Treasure Hunt
• 1x Wave Goodbye

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Artifact (9)

• 1x Bone Mask
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Mithril Coat
• 1x Paleontologist's Pick-Axe  ^Flip
• 1x Pip-Boy 3000
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Strength-Testing Hammer
• 1x Tome of Legends

Instant (3)

• 1x Peek
• 1x Perilous Research
• 1x Quick Study

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Careful Study
• 1x Divination

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Propaganda

Creature (1)

• 1x Windreader Sphinx

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What's with the name?

Mystery because Jace, Wielder of Mysteries, Sphinx because of Ormos, Archive Keeper, Library because there are so many books in the card art of this deck and we're exiling all of them, and 3000 because that's how many +1/+1 counters we're trying to put on Ormos. Also I'm a nerd for Mystery Science Theater 3000.

How does this deck win?

Thassa's Oracle, Laboratory Maniac, and Jace, Wielder of Mysteries say "you win the game" so you can do it that way, but the fun way is to win with commander damage. Both strategies rely upon there being no cards in your library, so this is a very high risk deck.

You can win on turn two with Paradigm Shift, Thassa's Oracle, Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, and two Islands. You can do it with Hapless Researcher and Laboratory Maniac as well.

Typically though, you'll be trying to get to six mana to cast Ormos, Archive Keeper as soon as possible and then exile your deck. With three Islands, High Tide, Arcane Signet, and Lightning Greaves, you could cast Ormos with haste on turn 3.

You can use Goblin Charbelcher + Mana Severance to win.

You can also win with Hive Mind + Paradigm Shift .

How this deck came about...

I thought what if I remove all the white spells from my Card-Draw Bunny Battlecruiser and make Ormos the commander? So I designed that, but you simply cannot draw all the cards in your deck quick enough to utilize Ormos's +1/+1 counters ability. So I moved on to self-mill, and ended up designing around Persistent Petitioners. Again, too slow. That's when I explored self-exile...

Wholesale relocating your library into the exile zone is very risky (but expedient — Paradigm Shift!): lose Ormos and you're dead unless you get her back out before you have to draw a card or you have Living Conundrum out. You could also use Tel-Jilad Stylus to help. So it's a real glass cannon.

But I love this deck because self-exile is unique and you have to go all in — we're here for a good time, not a long time.

Suggestions welcome!

Date added	10 months
Last updated	7 months
Key combos	Goblin Charbelcher + Mana Severance Hive Mind + Paradigm Shift
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.91
Tokens	Frog Lizard 3/3 G