deck Phenax, God of Deception

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Phenax, God of Deception

Indestructible As long as your devotion to blue and black is less than seven, Phenax isn't a creature. Creatures you control have "{T}: Target player mills X cards, where X is this creature's toughness."

Main Deck cards Phenax, God of Deception

Ashiok, Dream Render

1.0 in 100% of decks
Port of Karfell

1.0 in 100% of decks
Ice Tunnel

1.0 in 100% of decks
Necrotic Hex

1.0 in 100% of decks
Court of Cunning

1.0 in 100% of decks
Feed the Swarm

1.0 in 100% of decks
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse

1.0 in 100% of decks
Castle Locthwain

1.0 in 100% of decks
Castle Vantress

1.0 in 100% of decks
Drown in the Loch

1.0 in 100% of decks
Emry, Lurker of the Loch

1.0 in 100% of decks
Nightmare Unmaking

1.0 in 100% of decks
Scaretiller

1.0 in 100% of decks
Resculpt

1.0 in 100% of decks
Silent Arbiter

1.0 in 100% of decks
Crawlspace

1.0 in 100% of decks
Seat of the Synod

1.0 in 100% of decks
Pongify

1.0 in 100% of decks
Fabricate

1.0 in 100% of decks
Dimir Guildgate

1.0 in 100% of decks
Vault of Whispers

1.0 in 100% of decks
Opaline Unicorn

1.0 in 100% of decks
Dimir Signet

1.0 in 100% of decks
Island

1.0 in 100% of decks
Ensnaring Bridge

1.0 in 100% of decks
Zellix, Sanity Flayer

1.0 in 100% of decks
Lazav, Familiar Stranger

1.0 in 100% of decks
Screeching Scorchbeast

1.0 in 100% of decks
Scene of the Crime

1.0 in 100% of decks
Death in Heaven

1.0 in 100% of decks
Cruel Somnophage

1.0 in 100% of decks
Myr Convert

1.0 in 100% of decks
Mirrex

1.0 in 100% of decks
Soulless Jailer

1.0 in 100% of decks
Demolition Field

1.0 in 100% of decks
Terisiare's Devastation

1.0 in 100% of decks
Murderous Rider

1.0 in 100% of decks
Crystal Grotto

1.0 in 100% of decks
Sol Ring

1.0 in 100% of decks
From the Catacombs

1.0 in 100% of decks
Decanter of Endless Water

1.0 in 100% of decks
Sea Gate

1.0 in 100% of decks
Heap Gate

1.0 in 100% of decks
Black Dragon Gate

1.0 in 100% of decks
Gond Gate

1.0 in 100% of decks
Ornithopter of Paradise

1.0 in 100% of decks
Mistvault Bridge

1.0 in 100% of decks
Tormod's Cryptkeeper

1.0 in 100% of decks
Cunning Rhetoric

1.0 in 100% of decks
Callous Bloodmage

1.0 in 100% of decks
Dizzy Spell

1.0 in 100% of decks
Submerged Boneyard

1.0 in 100% of decks
Propaganda

1.0 in 100% of decks
Monastery Siege

1.0 in 100% of decks
Wizened Snitches

1.0 in 100% of decks
Mortuary Mire

1.0 in 100% of decks
Hedron Crawler

1.0 in 100% of decks
Command Tower

1.0 in 100% of decks
Whir of Invention

1.0 in 100% of decks
Warped Landscape

1.0 in 100% of decks
Dreadship Reef

1.0 in 100% of decks
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed

1.0 in 100% of decks
Dismal Backwater

1.0 in 100% of decks
Reshape

1.0 in 100% of decks
Alloy Myr

1.0 in 100% of decks
Sequestered Stash

1.0 in 100% of decks
Lantern of Insight

1.0 in 100% of decks
Sunken Hollow

1.0 in 100% of decks
Geier Reach Sanitarium

1.0 in 100% of decks
Soulquake

1.0 in 100% of decks
Archaeomancer

1.0 in 100% of decks
Reality Shift

1.0 in 100% of decks
Elixir of Immortality

1.0 in 100% of decks
Consuming Aberration

1.0 in 100% of decks
Deranged Assistant

1.0 in 100% of decks
Ghostly Flicker

1.0 in 100% of decks
Peregrine Drake

1.0 in 100% of decks
Swamp

1.0 in 100% of decks
Rapid Hybridization

1.0 in 100% of decks

Combos

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Strategy

The "Phenax, God of Deception" Commander deck revolves around milling your opponents' libraries, utilizing cards like Consuming Aberration, Traumatize, Mind Grind, and Fractured Sanity to quickly decrease their library size. Phenax himself is a great enabler for this strategy, letting you tap your creatures to mill whenever they deal combat damage. The good points of this deck include its ability to disrupt your opponents' game plan by getting rid of their crucial cards in their libraries, potentially causing them to deck out. Cards like Duskmantle Guildmage and Mindcrank provide alternative win conditions that can catch your opponents off guard. The deck also has good control elements with cards like Counterspell and Wall of Frost to protect yourself while setting up your milling strategy. However, the deck's weakness lies in its vulnerability to fast aggro strategies that can overwhelm you before you can set up your milling engine. Additionally, graveyard hate can disrupt your strategy by exiling key cards like Consuming Aberration or Mortivore. Overall, the Phenax deck is a fun and unique way to play Commander, focusing on a mill strategy that can catch your opponents by surprise while providing a challenging and interactive gameplay experience.