Product Details
Do you like drawing cards? Giving your opponents mind games that they can never win? Attacking with massive flyers? Unesh and his tribe of Sphinxes is a powerful way to make this a reality.
What Makes Unesh Special
Sphinxes in magic have always had a problem. They're extremely strong, but also expensive to cast, often making them too slow. Unesh does two things. The first is solve the problem of "too slow." By reducing all your sphinxes by 2, they are now much more in line with other powerful creatures but with even stronger effects. Unesh also helps churn through your deck. Every sphinx is a mini Fact or Fiction, which gives you just so many resources to work with.
Gameplan
We are... weak early, to say the least. You're really looking to Aetherize your most aggressive opponent on turn 5-6 to make sure that you can stay healthy. Ramping early is also critical.
Once we get to a midgame, we really start to shine. Sphinxes can drop every turn. Unesh can come out. The endless bombardment of threats will overwhelm and exhaust our opponents.
The late game is where things can get crazy. With access to basically unlimited cards, especially with Unesh out, we can drop TWO sphinxes per turn with relative ease. Suddenly, we are in a position to control every player, threaten lethal on anyone without a rival flying army, and give over no profitable blocks. It takes a second to get here, but the finale is worth the riddle we need to solve.
Commander
Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
Creatures
Atemsis, All-Seeing
Eligeth, Crossroads Augur
Ormos, Archive Keeper
Donal, Herald of Wings
Sphinx of Foresight
Defiler of Dreams
Glyph Keeper
Dazzling Sphinx
Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
Curator of Mysteries
Conundrum Sphinx
Argent Sphinx
Guardian of Tazeem
Inspired Sphinx
Arbiter of the Ideal
Sphinx of Lost Truths
Serum Sovereign
Prognostic Sphinx
Master of Predicaments
Enigma Thief
Conspiracy Unraveler
Chancellor of the Spires
Sphinx of Magosi
Curator of Destinies
Sphinx of Jwar Isle
Sphinx of Uthuun
Sphinx of the Final Word
Scholar of the Lost Trove
Windreader Sphinx
Rescuer Sphinx
Warden of Evos Isle
Horizon Scholar
Sorcery/Instants
Curse of the Swine
Flood of Tears
Fact or Fiction
Flow of Knowledge
Aetherize
Rewind
Reality Shift
Disdainful Stroke
Resculpt
Opt
Negate
Foil
Treasure Cruise
Ravenform
Enchantments
Call to the Kindred
Favorable Winds
Imprisoned in the Moon
Artifacts
Midnight Clock
Sol Ring
Unstable Obelisk
Kefnet's Monument
Dungeon Map
Thought Vessel
Hedron Archive
Dreamstone Hedron
Sisay's Ring
Sky Diamond
Wayfarer's Bauble
Arcane Signet
Lands
Lonely Sandbar
Myriad Landscape
Path of Ancestry
35x Islands
