Budget Decks: Rogib's Sphinxes

by NorthernWarlord on 04 May 2014

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sorceries (2)


Instants (8)


Enchantments (4)


Land (23)

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Deck Description

Are you bored? Does Magic: The Gathering feel old and vapid? Got any useless bucks in your bank account? Ladies and Gentlemen, I have solution.
Use your bank account on nearest MtG marketplace website and buy some cheap cards, craft a deck, and challenge your friends! To double the fun, ask your friend to create such a deck too!
The Budget Decks -series is meant for your free time! These are meant to inspire you, and deck's value is meant to be low! (Between 10 and 20 bucks.)

How to Play

Inspired by rogib.
Is this good enough? It is a bit creature based, but I hope it is okay...
This creature-based control deck overwhelms your opposition with bunch of majestic sphinxes. Some control spells come with this deck too.

-Sage Owl, Augury Owl and Fog Bank go in for a good start. They are all underused, underpriced (well, maybe not Fog Bank...) and clearly underestimated.
-All the Sphinxes of this deck are complete bosses. All they rock.

Deck Tags

  • Inspired Deck
  • Control
  • Budget
  • Cheap

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

052000

Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Budget Decks: Rogib's Sphinxes

that looks really cool man, literally one card id put in though and thats hour of need from journey into nyx, lets you swap your piddly birds for sphinx tokens!!!! time to get ordering though :D ill let you know how it plays :)

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Posted 04 May 2014 at 15:41

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Thanks! I would love to know how it works!
And you can surely add those Hour of Needs if you want!

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Posted 04 May 2014 at 15:44

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An interesting concept!

If I had to make a suggestion, It would be as follows:
1. Replacing Prognostic Sphinx with other available sphinx. His abilities aren't that great, especially if you are trying to run some control. Some alternatives might be: Conundrum Sphinx (in conjunction with Jwar Isles, works pretty well) or Sphinx of Magosi (draw and buff it up).
2. Fated Infatuation is great for ETB effects, but most of the sphinxes don't have that. It might be better to run Sleep in its stead for more control.

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Posted 04 May 2014 at 23:30

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Spiffing deck!

Northern, I have a request! I've postponed it for a while but I'm stuck and it seems like a brilliant idea, but I definitely need some help.

I'm building an Aztec deck, based on Aztec spiritualism, culture, warfare and technology; this means that I'm trying to avoid fantasy creatures like Nacatls or the likes.

I've already made a small collection of cards that would fit (http://www.mtgvault.com/spiffmeister/decks/aztec-concept-deck/), and it seems like a U/W/G deck could work! With some sacrifice for power and use of Wheel of Sun and Moon to put the sacrificed cards back in the deck, there's also some room for a combo. The trap cards are brilliant as well, as are the Coatl's, although they're a bit "fantasy"-esque. My current concept is totally lacking any warrior-base or any wincon, though. I've got more details in the Concept deck, if you care tot take a look?

What do you think, doable?

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Posted 05 May 2014 at 09:24

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Of course I take a look.
Your quest sounds like very challenging, but I try my best to help you. Can I even call myself a human if I don't help another soul in need? I don't think so.

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Posted 05 May 2014 at 14:49

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Well, it's véry specific, and I've made it very hard by trying to make it historically accurate... but I think something can be done with all the cards MTG has to offer! Maybe it can be a joint effort since I'm so picky about the cards? :-)

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Posted 05 May 2014 at 14:53

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