Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign (Commander) - Optimized Control

Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
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Jeremy Rowe
Sep 23, 2026
Jeremy Rowe
Is Sphinx's Approach a New Commander Staple?
How good is Sphinx's Approach? Will it spawn its own micro deck subtype, or should it be relegated as a useless curiosity?
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Sphinx of False Conclusions
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Enigma Thief
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Dazzling Sphinx
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Argent Sphinx
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Sphinx of Foresight
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Dream Eater
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Curator of Destinies
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Conspiracy Unraveler
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Defiler of Dreams
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Mana Drain
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Counterspell
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An Offer You Can't Refuse
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Roaming Throne
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Swan Song
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Force of Negation
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Raise the Palisade
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Consecrated Sphinx
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Cyclonic Rift
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Fierce Guardianship
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Ancient Tomb
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Force of Will
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Thassa's Oracle
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Chrome Mox
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Mystical Tutor
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Intuition
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Gifts Ungiven
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Guardian of Tazeem
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Phyrexian Metamorph
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Scholar of the Lost Trove
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Rescuer Sphinx
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Universal Automaton
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Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
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Atemsis, All-Seeing
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Conundrum Sphinx
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Quantum Riddler
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Sphinx of Lost Truths
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Jwar Isle Avenger
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Sphinx of Uthuun
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Master of Predicaments
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Windreader Sphinx
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Master of Winds
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Spark Double
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Prognostic Sphinx
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Arbiter of the Ideal
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Phantasmal Image
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Glasspool Mimic
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Sphinx of the Final Word
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Stoic Sphinx
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Warden of Evos Isle
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Omni-Changeling
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Barkform Harvester
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Curator of Mysteries
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Ormos, Archive Keeper
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Flesh Duplicate
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13xlift
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
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3.6xlift
Riddlemaster Sphinx
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132xlift
Ornithopter of Paradise
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3.8xlift
Shapesharer
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66xlift
Sphinx of the Second Sun
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6.8xlift
Bloodline Pretender
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88xlift
Scourge of Fleets
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3.3xlift
Sphinx Ambassador
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88xlift
Three Tree Mascot
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88xlift
Marauding Sphinx
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132xlift
Sphinx of Clear Skies
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264xlift
Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
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Auton Soldier
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Cloudreader Sphinx
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Vexing Sphinx
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Clever Impersonator
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Serum Sovereign
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53xlift
Sphinx of Enlightenment
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132xlift
Chancellor of the Spires
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132xlift
Trinket Mage
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1.4xlift
Starfield Vocalist
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Changeling Wayfinder
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168xlift
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Sink into Stupor
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Pongify
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Rapid Hybridization
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Negate
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Resculpt
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Cryptic Command
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High Tide
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Muddle the Mixture
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1.3xlift
Stubborn Denial
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11xlift
Reality Shift
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Disallow
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Arcane Denial
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Pact of Negation
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Chain of Vapor
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Three Steps Ahead
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Flare of Denial
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Mindbreak Trap
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Turnabout
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Foil
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Into the Flood Maw
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Engulf the Shore
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Snap
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Get Out
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Unsubstantiate
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Mystic Confluence
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Narset's Reversal
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Lofty Denial
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Bounce Off
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March of Swirling Mist
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Reenact the Crime
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Learn from the Past
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Dig Through Time
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Evacuation
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Multiversal Recruitment
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Quantum Misalignment
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Echo of Eons
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Fabricate
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Sea Gate Restoration
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Season of Weaving
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Wash Out
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Quasiduplicate
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Turbulent Dreams
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Spectral Deluge
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Time Spiral
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Rite of Replication
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Herald's Horn
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Wayfarer's Bauble
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Cloudstone Curio
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Sculpting Steel
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Panharmonicon
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Uba Mask
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132xlift
Semblance Anvil
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Lightning Greaves
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Vedalken Shackles
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Omniscience
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4.5xlift
Mystic Remora
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0.8xlift
Dream Halls
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31xlift
Mirrormade
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Copy Artifact
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Leyline of Anticipation
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1.7xlift
Quest for Ancient Secrets
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264xlift
Propaganda
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Virtue of Knowledge
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8.5xlift
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Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
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1.7xlift
Utility Lands
Mystic Sanctuary
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Reliquary Tower
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Otawara, Soaring City
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Command Beacon
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Urza's Saga
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Cephalid Coliseum
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Castle Vantress
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Rivendell
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Ghost Quarter
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Mistrise Village
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Maze of Ith
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Tolaria West
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Soldevi Excavations
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Scavenger Grounds
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Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
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Terrain Generator
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Sunken Palace
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Temple of the False God
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Field of Ruin
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Agna Qel'a
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Sol Ring
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Arcane Signet
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Fellwar Stone
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Thought Vessel
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Caged Sun
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Mind Stone
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Gauntlet of Power
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Thran Dynamo
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Extraplanar Lens
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Everflowing Chalice
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1.3xlift
Sky Diamond
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Hedron Archive
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Lotus Petal
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Machine God's Effigy
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Mana Vault
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Worn Powerstone
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Midnight Clock
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Firdoch Core
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34xlift
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Sink into Stupor
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Cavern of Souls
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
7.2xlift
Island
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Myriad Landscape
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2.3xlift
Glasspool Mimic
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Misty Rainforest
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1.3xlift
Sea Gate Restoration
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Snow-Covered Island
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1.5xlift
Path of Ancestry
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5.4xlift
Scalding Tarn
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1.3xlift
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1.2xlift
Flooded Strand
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1.2xlift
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