Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign (Commander) - Optimized Sphinxes

Yennett, Cryptic 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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Kindred Judgment
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The Ur-Sphinx
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67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
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Lim-Dûl's Vault
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Brainstorm
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
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Ponder
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
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Enigma Sphinx
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
1.8xlift
Lightning Greaves
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
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Counterspell
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
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Sensei's Divining Top
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
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Magister Sphinx
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
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Void Rend
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
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Swords to Plowshares
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
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Medomai the Ageless
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
1.1xlift
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Mystical Tutor
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
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Consecrated Sphinx
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
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Vampiric Tutor
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Teferi's Protection
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
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Imperial Seal
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Force of Will
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Enlightened Tutor
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
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Fierce Guardianship
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
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Smothering Tithe
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
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Cyclonic Rift
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Marvo, Deep Operative
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Sphinx Ambassador
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
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Ethersworn Sphinx
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Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
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Azor, the Lawbringer
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Prognostic Sphinx
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Raffine, Scheming Seer
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Sephara, Sky's Blade
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Artisan of Kozilek
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Angelic Arbiter
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
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Sepulchral Primordial
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
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Doom Whisperer
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Sphinx of Uthuun
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Master of Predicaments
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
1.1xlift
Windreader Sphinx
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
1.1xlift
Scholar of the Lost Trove
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
1.3xlift
Dream Trawler
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
1.1xlift
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
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Void Winnower
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
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Sphinx of Clear Skies
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
Blazing Archon
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Sheoldred, Whispering One
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Vega, the Watcher
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Defiler of Dreams
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
0.7xlift
Ancient Cellarspawn
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Isperia, Supreme Judge
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
1.3xlift
Sphinx of the Final Word
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
Hullbreaker Horror
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Serum Sovereign
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Tivit, Seller of Secrets
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
0.8xlift
Atemsis, All-Seeing
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
1.3xlift
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Irma, Part-Time Mutant
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Solemn Simulacrum
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
Dazzling Sphinx
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
0.6xlift
Ormos, Archive Keeper
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
Cavalier of Gales
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Snapcaster Mage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
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Roaming Throne
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
0.4xlift
Ornithopter of Paradise
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Sphinx Sovereign
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.1xlift
Emrakul, the Promised End
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
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Sphinx of the Second Sun
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0.6xlift
Esper Sentinel
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Mother of Runes
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1.6xlift
Vesuvan Drifter
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Palladium Myr
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1.6xlift
Cavalier of Dawn
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3.2xlift
Burnished Hart
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
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Mana Drain
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Dovin's Veto
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
0.8xlift
Brainsurge
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3.2xlift
Sphinx's Revelation
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1.6xlift
Cryptic Command
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
2.1xlift
Anguished Unmaking
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
1.1xlift
Esper Charm
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Path to Exile
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
0.8xlift
Deadly Rollick
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
Pongify
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Rapid Hybridization
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
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Fated Return
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Ephemerate
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Telling Time
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Render Silent
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Flawless Maneuver
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Opt
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Swan Song
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Emergency Powers
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1.6xlift
Arcane Denial
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1.6xlift
Force of Negation
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1.6xlift
Sink into Stupor
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1.1xlift
Otherworldly Gaze
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3.2xlift
Narset's Reversal
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3.2xlift
Mortify
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3.2xlift
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In Garruk's Wake
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Expropriate
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1.9xlift
Alrund's Epiphany
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3.2xlift
Approach of the Second Sun
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3.2xlift
Time Wipe
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
2.1xlift
Index
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3.2xlift
Scheming Symmetry
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Dream Cache
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Brilliant Ultimatum
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
2.1xlift
Preordain
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
2.1xlift
Toxic Deluge
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
2.1xlift
Temporal Trespass
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Time Warp
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3.2xlift
Dream Harvest
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3.4xlift
Supreme Verdict
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.1xlift
Diabolic Intent
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Windfall
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.1xlift
Plague Wind
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3.2xlift
Gift of Estates
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3.2xlift
Peer into the Abyss
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
Haunting Voyage
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3.2xlift
Rush of Knowledge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Terminus
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3.2xlift
Devastation Tide
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Sea Gate Restoration
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Serum Visions
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Read the Bones
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Vindicate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Temporal Manipulation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
Diabolic Vision
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3.2xlift
Insatiable Avarice
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Ugin's Insight
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3.2xlift
Kindred Dominance
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1.1xlift
Unburial Rites
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1.6xlift
Rise of the Dark Realms
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Breach the Multiverse
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
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Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Scroll Rack
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Urza's Incubator
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
0.8xlift
Swiftfoot Boots
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
Tarrian's Soulcleaver
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Wayfarer's Bauble
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Lavaspur Boots
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Panharmonicon
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.1xlift
The Key to the Vault
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Spellbook
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Whispersilk Cloak
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
Explorer's Scope
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Crystal Ball
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Strionic Resonator
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
Isochron Scepter
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Buster Sword
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
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Soothsaying
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Haunted Crossroads
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Propaganda
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
1.9xlift
Mind's Dilation
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Ghostly Prison
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
One with the Multiverse
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Aqueous Form
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.1xlift
Omniscience
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.1xlift
Penance
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Leyline of Anticipation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Debtors' Knell
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Kaya's Ghostform
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
Phyrexian Arena
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Planeswalkers
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Teferi, Time Raveler
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Utility Lands
Reliquary Tower
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
1.4xlift
Halimar Depths
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
1.8xlift
Mystic Sanctuary
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
2.1xlift
Rivendell
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
2.1xlift
Bojuka Bog
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
0.6xlift
Zhalfirin Void
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Mortuary Mire
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Isolated Watchtower
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Witch's Cottage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Command Beacon
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
Thespian's Stage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Castle Vantress
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
Temple of the False God
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Uthros, Titanic Godcore
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.0xlift
Adagia, Windswept Bastion
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.0xlift
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
1.0xlift
Arcane Signet
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
0.7xlift
Thought Vessel
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
1.4xlift
Dimir Signet
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
0.9xlift
Azorius Signet
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
0.9xlift
Talisman of Progress
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
1.1xlift
Talisman of Dominance
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
1.1xlift
Decanter of Endless Water
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Fellwar Stone
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
0.9xlift
Gilded Lotus
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
2.1xlift
Thran Dynamo
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Worn Powerstone
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Chromatic Orrery
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Talisman of Hierarchy
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
Mind Stone
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.1xlift
Orzhov Signet
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
0.5xlift
Misleading Signpost
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
The Eternity Elevator
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.0xlift
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Command Tower
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
1.0xlift
Swamp
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
1.1xlift
Island
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
1.0xlift
Plains
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
1.1xlift
Temple of Deceit
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
2.6xlift
Arcane Sanctum
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
1.2xlift
Glacial Fortress
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
Raffine's Tower
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
1.4xlift
Drowned Catacomb
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
1.4xlift
Temple of Enlightenment
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
2.1xlift
Path of Ancestry
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
1.8xlift
Prairie Stream
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
Sunken Hollow
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
1.4xlift
Temple of Silence
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
1.9xlift
Hallowed Fountain
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
0.8xlift
Watery Grave
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
0.9xlift
Undercity Sewers
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
1.3xlift
Azorius Chancery
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
1.3xlift
Myriad Landscape
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
2.1xlift
Contaminated Landscape
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Godless Shrine
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
0.6xlift
Isolated Chapel
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
1.1xlift
Evolving Wilds
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
Tainted Isle
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
The Mycosynth Gardens
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Clearwater Pathway
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Terramorphic Expanse
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
Brightclimb Pathway
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Shadowy Backstreet
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.1xlift
Bad River
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Exotic Orchard
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
0.4xlift
Fetid Pools
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Dimir Aqueduct
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.1xlift
Irrigated Farmland
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Tainted Field
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Hengegate Pathway
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Port Town
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Sea Gate Restoration
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Ash Barrens
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Sea of Clouds
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
0.5xlift
Reflecting Pool
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.1xlift
Underground River
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
Dismal Backwater
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
Cavern of Souls
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
0.6xlift
Flood Plain
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
Malakir Rebirth
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.6xlift
Sink into Stupor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.1xlift
Meticulous Archive
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
0.8xlift
Mana Confluence
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1.1xlift
Choked Estuary
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3.2xlift
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