Art by Alexandre Honoré
The Ur-Sphinx
Legendary Creature — Sphinx Avatar
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.
Average Card Type Breakdown
Average Mana Curve
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Most Played With The Ur-Sphinx (160)
Arcane Signet
89% of decks · $0.49
Sol Ring
89% of decks · $1.38
Urza's Incubator
65% of decks · $20.18
Talisman of Progress
64% of decks · $0.28
Sphinx of the Second Sun
64% of decks · $5.11
Talisman of Dominance
63% of decks · $0.44
Enigma Sphinx
63% of decks · $0.32
Consecrated Sphinx
63% of decks · $32.80
Isperia, Supreme Judge
60% of decks · $0.41
Path to Exile
59% of decks · $0.64
Herald's Horn
58% of decks · $5.82
Dream Trawler
56% of decks · $0.40
Counterspell
54% of decks · $4.28
Sphinx of the Steel Wind
52% of decks · $0.64
Talisman of Hierarchy
51% of decks · $0.57
Master of Predicaments
49% of decks · $0.54
Sphinx Ambassador
48% of decks · $45.02
Sphinx of the Final Word
46% of decks · $0.51
Dovin's Veto
46% of decks · $2.86
Fellwar Stone
46% of decks
Sapphire Medallion
45% of decks · $8.55
Void Rend
44% of decks · $0.90
Roaming Throne
44% of decks · $51.97
Reanimate
43% of decks · $10.11
Atemsis, All-Seeing
43% of decks · $0.43
Ethersworn Sphinx
43% of decks · $0.20
Anguished Unmaking
42% of decks · $1.72
Thought Vessel
41% of decks
An Offer You Can't Refuse
40% of decks · $3.16
Kindred Dominance
40% of decks · $4.94
Azorius Signet
40% of decks · $0.28
Elenda and Azor
39% of decks · $0.59
Kindred Discovery
39% of decks · $4.87
Dimir Signet
38% of decks · $0.30
Raise the Palisade
38% of decks · $11.65
Lightning Greaves
36% of decks · $4.00
The Water Crystal
35% of decks · $4.45
Sharuum the Hegemon
35% of decks · $0.45
Arcane Denial
33% of decks · $2.03
Reflections of Littjara
32% of decks · $3.07
Enigma Thief
32% of decks · $0.43
Smothering Tithe
32% of decks · $56.14
Dark Ritual
32% of decks · $7.19
Watcher of the Spheres
32% of decks · $0.55
Curator of Destinies
32% of decks · $0.28
Propaganda
31% of decks · $2.22
Swan Song
29% of decks · $10.60
Mana Drain
28% of decks · $56.89
Sphinx Summoner
28% of decks · $0.26
Firdoch Core
28% of decks · $0.28
Dream Eater
27% of decks · $0.36
Toxic Deluge
26% of decks · $5.17
Chancellor of the Spires
26% of decks · $0.67
Warden of Evos Isle
26% of decks · $0.35
Scholar of the Lost Trove
26% of decks · $0.33
Orzhov Signet
26% of decks · $0.37
Sphinx of Enlightenment
26% of decks · $0.50
Quantum Riddler
25% of decks · $32.64
Prognostic Sphinx
25% of decks · $0.29
Black Market Connections
25% of decks · $10.47
Heartless Summoning
23% of decks · $1.84
Cyclonic Rift
23% of decks · $39.16
Ghostly Prison
22% of decks · $6.22
Rhystic Study
22% of decks · $69.59
Rise of the Dark Realms
22% of decks · $6.49
Conspiracy Unraveler
21% of decks · $0.36
Swiftfoot Boots
21% of decks
Supreme Verdict
21% of decks · $2.61
Brainstorm
21% of decks · $0.57
Chromatic Lantern
20% of decks
Gleaming Splendor
19% of decks · $30.72
Animate Dead
18% of decks · $7.00
Sphinx of Uthuun
18% of decks · $0.27
Sphinx of Clear Skies
18% of decks · $0.41
Patchwork Banner
17% of decks · $2.79
Sphinx Sovereign
17% of decks · $1.69
Sink into Stupor
16% of decks
Unsettled Mariner
16% of decks · $4.31
Esper Sentinel
15% of decks · $58.38
Despark
15% of decks · $0.32
Sphinx of the Revelation
15% of decks · $1.04
Gathering Stone
15% of decks · $0.47
Isperia the Inscrutable
15% of decks · $0.36
Teferi's Protection
15% of decks · $46.16
Kefnet's Monument
14% of decks · $0.41
Generous Gift
14% of decks · $0.92
Inspired Sphinx
14% of decks · $0.44
Bloodline Bidding
14% of decks · $2.93
Breach the Multiverse
14% of decks · $11.31
Frantic Search
13% of decks · $2.13
Mystic Remora
13% of decks · $15.08
The Soul Stone
13% of decks · $84.20
Serum Sovereign
13% of decks · $0.34
Victimize
13% of decks · $1.34
Sphinx's Tutelage
13% of decks · $2.03
Ormos, Archive Keeper
13% of decks · $0.31
Omni-Changeling
12% of decks · $0.27
Sphinx's Revelation
12% of decks · $0.35
Thran Dynamo
12% of decks · $4.43
Demonic Tutor
12% of decks · $69.17
Changeling Wayfinder
12% of decks · $0.26
Negate
12% of decks · $0.24
Damn
12% of decks · $1.84
Sphinx of the Chimes
12% of decks · $0.44
Flawless Maneuver
12% of decks · $9.70
Preordain
12% of decks · $0.87
Conundrum Sphinx
11% of decks · $0.60
Cloud Key
11% of decks · $1.44
Changeling Outcast
11% of decks · $2.38
Patriarch's Bidding
11% of decks · $3.70
Ponder
11% of decks · $3.58
Fell the Profane
11% of decks
Watcher of Hours
10% of decks · $0.36
Crib Swap
10% of decks · $0.29
Deadly Rollick
10% of decks · $28.68
Fierce Guardianship
10% of decks · $63.65
The Mind Stone
10% of decks · $40.17
Land Tax
10% of decks · $16.88
Curator of Mysteries
10% of decks · $0.69
Chronicle of Victory
10% of decks · $21.97
Omniscience
10% of decks · $6.18
Akroma's Will
10% of decks · $16.72
Return to the Light Realms
10% of decks · $6.62
Vexing Sphinx
10% of decks · $0.20
Wayfarer's Bauble
10% of decks · $5.61
Windfall
9% of decks · $6.02
Alhammarret, High Arbiter
9% of decks · $0.32
Gilded Lotus
9% of decks · $0.54
Mind Stone
9% of decks
Vampiric Tutor
9% of decks · $54.45
Pearl Medallion
9% of decks · $7.45
Sharding Sphinx
9% of decks · $0.34
Sandstone Oracle
9% of decks · $0.31
Universal Automaton
9% of decks · $0.65
Sphinx of Jwar Isle
9% of decks · $0.20
Monologue Tax
8% of decks · $1.10
Austere Command
8% of decks · $0.37
Commander's Sphere
8% of decks · $0.34
Decanter of Endless Water
8% of decks · $5.27
Maskwood Nexus
8% of decks · $3.33
Singularity Rupture
8% of decks · $1.89
Reconnaissance
8% of decks · $5.94
Jelenn Sphinx
8% of decks · $0.17
Sensei's Divining Top
8% of decks · $39.63
Pongify
7% of decks · $3.12
Time Sieve
7% of decks · $8.25
Semblance Anvil
7% of decks · $6.26
Archaeomancer's Map
7% of decks · $1.07
Force of Negation
7% of decks · $50.63
Enlightened Tutor
7% of decks · $38.32
Force of Will
7% of decks · $59.96
Clever Concealment
7% of decks · $3.63
Stroke of Midnight
7% of decks · $0.28
Shared Fate
7% of decks · $0.60
Fact or Fiction
6% of decks · $0.25
Sea Gate Restoration
6% of decks
Aetherize
6% of decks · $0.49
Dawn's Truce
6% of decks · $9.99
Erode
6% of decks · $7.63
Malakir Rebirth
6% of decks
New Cards
Sphinx of False Conclusions
66% of decks · $0.52
Uldaros Theorix
59% of decks · $3.71
Denzilore Fatehold
43% of decks · $3.57
Kindred Judgment
42% of decks · $1.47
Sphinx's Approach
27% of decks · $1.28
Creatures (50)
Sphinx of the Second Sun
64% of decks · $5.11
Enigma Sphinx
63% of decks · $0.32
Consecrated Sphinx
63% of decks · $32.80
Isperia, Supreme Judge
60% of decks · $0.41
Dream Trawler
56% of decks · $0.40
Sphinx of the Steel Wind
52% of decks · $0.64
Master of Predicaments
49% of decks · $0.54
Sphinx Ambassador
48% of decks · $45.02
Sphinx of the Final Word
46% of decks · $0.51
Roaming Throne
44% of decks · $51.97
Atemsis, All-Seeing
43% of decks · $0.43
Ethersworn Sphinx
43% of decks · $0.20
Elenda and Azor
39% of decks · $0.59
Sharuum the Hegemon
35% of decks · $0.45
Enigma Thief
32% of decks · $0.43
Watcher of the Spheres
32% of decks · $0.55
Curator of Destinies
32% of decks · $0.28
Sphinx Summoner
28% of decks · $0.26
Dream Eater
27% of decks · $0.36
Chancellor of the Spires
26% of decks · $0.67
Warden of Evos Isle
26% of decks · $0.35
Scholar of the Lost Trove
26% of decks · $0.33
Sphinx of Enlightenment
26% of decks · $0.50
Quantum Riddler
25% of decks · $32.64
Prognostic Sphinx
25% of decks · $0.29
Conspiracy Unraveler
21% of decks · $0.36
Sphinx of Uthuun
18% of decks · $0.27
Sphinx of Clear Skies
18% of decks · $0.41
Sphinx Sovereign
17% of decks · $1.69
Unsettled Mariner
16% of decks · $4.31
Esper Sentinel
15% of decks · $58.38
Sphinx of the Revelation
15% of decks · $1.04
Isperia the Inscrutable
15% of decks · $0.36
Inspired Sphinx
14% of decks · $0.44
Serum Sovereign
13% of decks · $0.34
Ormos, Archive Keeper
13% of decks · $0.31
Omni-Changeling
12% of decks · $0.27
Changeling Wayfinder
12% of decks · $0.26
Sphinx of the Chimes
12% of decks · $0.44
Conundrum Sphinx
11% of decks · $0.60
Changeling Outcast
11% of decks · $2.38
Watcher of Hours
10% of decks · $0.36
Curator of Mysteries
10% of decks · $0.69
Vexing Sphinx
10% of decks · $0.20
Alhammarret, High Arbiter
9% of decks · $0.32
Sharding Sphinx
9% of decks · $0.34
Sandstone Oracle
9% of decks · $0.31
Universal Automaton
9% of decks · $0.65
Sphinx of Jwar Isle
9% of decks · $0.20
Jelenn Sphinx
8% of decks · $0.17
Instants (37)
Path to Exile
59% of decks · $0.64
Counterspell
54% of decks · $4.28
Dovin's Veto
46% of decks · $2.86
Void Rend
44% of decks · $0.90
Anguished Unmaking
42% of decks · $1.72
An Offer You Can't Refuse
40% of decks · $3.16
Arcane Denial
33% of decks · $2.03
Dark Ritual
32% of decks · $7.19
Swan Song
29% of decks · $10.60
Mana Drain
28% of decks · $56.89
Cyclonic Rift
23% of decks · $39.16
Brainstorm
21% of decks · $0.57
Sink into Stupor
16% of decks
Despark
15% of decks · $0.32
Teferi's Protection
15% of decks · $46.16
Generous Gift
14% of decks · $0.92
Frantic Search
13% of decks · $2.13
Sphinx's Revelation
12% of decks · $0.35
Negate
12% of decks · $0.24
Flawless Maneuver
12% of decks · $9.70
Fell the Profane
11% of decks
Crib Swap
10% of decks · $0.29
Deadly Rollick
10% of decks · $28.68
Fierce Guardianship
10% of decks · $63.65
Akroma's Will
10% of decks · $16.72
Vampiric Tutor
9% of decks · $54.45
Pongify
7% of decks · $3.12
Force of Negation
7% of decks · $50.63
Enlightened Tutor
7% of decks · $38.32
Force of Will
7% of decks · $59.96
Clever Concealment
7% of decks · $3.63
Stroke of Midnight
7% of decks · $0.28
Fact or Fiction
6% of decks · $0.25
Aetherize
6% of decks · $0.49
Dawn's Truce
6% of decks · $9.99
Erode
6% of decks · $7.63
Malakir Rebirth
6% of decks
Sorceries (19)
Reanimate
43% of decks · $10.11
Kindred Dominance
40% of decks · $4.94
Raise the Palisade
38% of decks · $11.65
Toxic Deluge
26% of decks · $5.17
Rise of the Dark Realms
22% of decks · $6.49
Supreme Verdict
21% of decks · $2.61
Bloodline Bidding
14% of decks · $2.93
Breach the Multiverse
14% of decks · $11.31
Victimize
13% of decks · $1.34
Demonic Tutor
12% of decks · $69.17
Damn
12% of decks · $1.84
Preordain
12% of decks · $0.87
Patriarch's Bidding
11% of decks · $3.70
Ponder
11% of decks · $3.58
Return to the Light Realms
10% of decks · $6.62
Windfall
9% of decks · $6.02
Austere Command
8% of decks · $0.37
Singularity Rupture
8% of decks · $1.89
Sea Gate Restoration
6% of decks
Utility Artifacts (17)
Urza's Incubator
65% of decks · $20.18
Herald's Horn
58% of decks · $5.82
Sapphire Medallion
45% of decks · $8.55
Lightning Greaves
36% of decks · $4.00
The Water Crystal
35% of decks · $4.45
Swiftfoot Boots
21% of decks
Gathering Stone
15% of decks · $0.47
Kefnet's Monument
14% of decks · $0.41
Cloud Key
11% of decks · $1.44
Chronicle of Victory
10% of decks · $21.97
Wayfarer's Bauble
10% of decks · $5.61
Pearl Medallion
9% of decks · $7.45
Maskwood Nexus
8% of decks · $3.33
Sensei's Divining Top
8% of decks · $39.63
Time Sieve
7% of decks · $8.25
Semblance Anvil
7% of decks · $6.26
Archaeomancer's Map
7% of decks · $1.07
Mana Artifacts (20)
Arcane Signet
89% of decks · $0.49
Sol Ring
89% of decks · $1.38
Talisman of Progress
64% of decks · $0.28
Talisman of Dominance
63% of decks · $0.44
Talisman of Hierarchy
51% of decks · $0.57
Fellwar Stone
46% of decks
Thought Vessel
41% of decks
Azorius Signet
40% of decks · $0.28
Dimir Signet
38% of decks · $0.30
Firdoch Core
28% of decks · $0.28
Orzhov Signet
26% of decks · $0.37
Chromatic Lantern
20% of decks
Patchwork Banner
17% of decks · $2.79
The Soul Stone
13% of decks · $84.20
Thran Dynamo
12% of decks · $4.43
The Mind Stone
10% of decks · $40.17
Gilded Lotus
9% of decks · $0.54
Mind Stone
9% of decks
Commander's Sphere
8% of decks · $0.34
Decanter of Endless Water
8% of decks · $5.27
Enchantments (17)
Kindred Discovery
39% of decks · $4.87
Reflections of Littjara
32% of decks · $3.07
Smothering Tithe
32% of decks · $56.14
Propaganda
31% of decks · $2.22
Black Market Connections
25% of decks · $10.47
Heartless Summoning
23% of decks · $1.84
Ghostly Prison
22% of decks · $6.22
Rhystic Study
22% of decks · $69.59
Gleaming Splendor
19% of decks · $30.72
Animate Dead
18% of decks · $7.00
Mystic Remora
13% of decks · $15.08
Sphinx's Tutelage
13% of decks · $2.03
Land Tax
10% of decks · $16.88
Omniscience
10% of decks · $6.18
Monologue Tax
8% of decks · $1.10
Reconnaissance
8% of decks · $5.94
Shared Fate
7% of decks · $0.60
Utility Lands (16)
Reliquary Tower
53% of decks
Bojuka Bog
30% of decks
Otawara, Soaring City
24% of decks
Three Tree City
21% of decks
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
16% of decks
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14% of decks
Ancient Tomb
14% of decks
Urza's Saga
11% of decks
Command Beacon
11% of decks
Vault of the Archangel
10% of decks
Rogue's Passage
10% of decks
Temple of the False God
10% of decks
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
8% of decks
Mystic Sanctuary
7% of decks
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
7% of decks
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
7% of decks
Lands (50)
Island
97% of decks
Plains
94% of decks
Swamp
92% of decks
Command Tower
88% of decks
Hallowed Fountain
65% of decks
Watery Grave
63% of decks
Path of Ancestry
61% of decks
Godless Shrine
59% of decks
Raffine's Tower
59% of decks
Exotic Orchard
58% of decks
Glacial Fortress
57% of decks
Drowned Catacomb
54% of decks
Isolated Chapel
46% of decks
Flooded Strand
46% of decks
Sea of Clouds
45% of decks
Polluted Delta
45% of decks
Arcane Sanctum
44% of decks
Morphic Pool
43% of decks
Deserted Beach
41% of decks
Shipwreck Marsh
40% of decks
Cavern of Souls
40% of decks
Marsh Flats
39% of decks
Vault of Champions
36% of decks
Adarkar Wastes
36% of decks
Underground River
34% of decks
Prairie Stream
33% of decks
Shattered Sanctum
30% of decks
Sunken Hollow
30% of decks
Caves of Koilos
29% of decks
Reflecting Pool
27% of decks
Meticulous Archive
26% of decks
Undercity Sewers
26% of decks
Fabled Passage
22% of decks
Shadowy Backstreet
19% of decks
Tundra
17% of decks
Underground Sea
17% of decks
Secluded Courtyard
17% of decks
Sink into Stupor
16% of decks
Scrubland
16% of decks
Unclaimed Territory
16% of decks
Floodfarm Verge
15% of decks
Temple of Enlightenment
15% of decks
Gloomlake Verge
15% of decks
Turbulent Shore
15% of decks
Turbulent Wetlands
15% of decks
City of Brass
14% of decks
Temple of Deceit
14% of decks
Mystic Gate
14% of decks
Mana Confluence
13% of decks
Fell the Profane
11% of decks
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