The Ur-Sphinx

Commander Intelligence

The Ur-Sphinx - Synergies

Support packages and cards that fit this commander's plan.

Synergy Summary

Support packages to check

The Ur-Sphinx has 18 connected cards across Command-zone cost reduction, Esper mana fixing, Deploy Sphinx payoffs support packages. Start with the role on each card, then use the support package to decide whether it fits the commander plan.

Support Package Map

Cards that fit this commander

Cards are grouped from existing roles, support-package notes, and attached market context. These are cards to check, not a full decklist.

5 groups
Command-zone cost reduction3 cards

Eminence already discounts other Sphinx spells by {1} from the command zone, before The Ur-Sphinx is even cast. Stacking additional Sphinx-typal cost reducers compounds that discount instead of replacing it.

Esper mana fixing2 cards

Generic three-color identity fixing supports both the commander itself and its Sphinx-typal support package -- there is nothing Sphinx-specific about this need.

Deploy Sphinx payoffs8 cards

These Sphinxes receive the Eminence discount directly and each contribute their own standalone payoff -- evaluate them on their own text, not only as attack-trigger fodder.

Attack-wide theft engine3 cards

The mill/free-cast trigger scales with the number of attacking Sphinxes you control, not with combat damage dealt or a specific opponent targeted -- cards that reward or amplify a wide Sphinx attack step matter more here than raw power.

Self-mill and reanimator watch2 cards

You mill yourself along with every other player. This research pass records that as a build-path watch item, not a confirmed reanimator Strategy relationship -- no independently verified reanimation-package support cards were added here.

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