Sphinx Overcast

Commander / EDH Control Mono-Blue Ramp

Mr_Radical

Sphinxes (21)

• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Argent Sphinx
• 1x Chancellor of the Spires
• 1x Conspiracy Unraveler
• 1x Conundrum Sphinx
• 1x Dazzling Sphinx
• 1x Glyph Keeper
• 1x Goliath Sphinx
• 1x Guardian of Tazeem
• 1x Jwar Isle Avenger
• 1x Master of Predicaments
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Prognostic Sphinx
• 1x Serra Sphinx
• 1x Sphinx Ambassador
• 1x Sphinx of Foresight
• 1x Sphinx of Jwar Isle
• 1x Sphinx of Magosi
• 1x Sphinx of the Final Word
• 1x Sphinx of the Second Sun
• 1x Windreader Sphinx

Boardwipes (4)

• 1x Aether Gale
• 1x Inundate
• 1x River's Rebuke
• 1x Wash Out

Other (1)

• 1x Door of Destinies

Ramp (17)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Silver Myr
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Star Compass
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Freezerays (5)

• 1x Encrust
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Narcolepsy
• 1x Runner's Bane
• 1x Singing Bell Strike

Land (37)

• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 35x Island
• 1x Reliquary Tower

Commander (1)

Stall (11)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Echoing Truth
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Guard Gomazoa
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Unsubstantiate
• 1x Unsummon
• 1x Wall of Frost

Protection (3)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Monastery Siege
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

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Possibilities (10)

• 1x Defiler of Dreams
• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Enigma Thief
• 1x Irenicus's Vile Duplication
• 1x Sakashima the Impostor
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Sphinx of Enlightenment
• 1x Stoic Sphinx
• 1x Stubborn Denial
• 1x Zimone's Hypothesis

Pricey Alternatives (5)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Raise the Palisade
• 1x Temporal Trespass
• 1x Urza's Incubator

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This deck's goal is play a sphinx every turn and smash face. Simple as that. It's viable primarily because of Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign; a cost reduction of 2 makes sphinxes playable and a Fact or Fiction per sphinx entry means the strategy can plausibly never run out of gas (about 1 in every 4 cards is a sphinx and Unesh yields 4 cards). Thus the deck's initial objective is getting Unesh out as soon as possible (hopefully around turn 4) and protecting him till there's a stable board state.

The bulk of the deck is sphinxes (20) and ramp (17). On the side, there's permanent protection (3), Temporal Trespass to utilize cards Unesh dumps, and Door of Destinies simply for fun. From there, control and stall fill in the gaps.

Let me know what you think!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	2 months
Exclude colors	WBRG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 21 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.67
Tokens	Glyph Keeper 5/3 W