Approach of the Sphinx

Approach of the Sphinx is a mono-blue Commander tribal/control deck, built around Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign and a heavy Sphinx theme. Its main plan is to ramp with mana rocks, reduce creature costs with cards like Urza’s Incubator, Herald’s Horn, and Sapphire Medallion, then flood the board with big flying Sphinxes while gaining value from Unesh’s repeated Fact or Fiction-style selection.

The deck plays like a blue midrange-control tribal list: it protects its board and tempo with lots of countermagic and interaction such as Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship, Cyclonic Rift, Pongify, and Reality Shift, while drawing huge amounts of cards through Kindred Discovery, Bident of Thassa, Rhystic Study, Mystic Remora, and powerful Sphinxes like Consecrated Sphinx.

It usually wins by overwhelming opponents with evasive flying threats, generating massive card advantage, and using anthem/tribal payoffs like Door of Destinies, Vanquisher’s Banner, and **Reflections of