Phenax, God of Deception

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Name	Phenax, God of Deception
Type	Legendary enchantment creature — god
Description	Indestructible As long as your devotion to blue and black is less than seven, Phenax isn't a creature. Creatures you control have ": Target player mills X cards, where X is this creature's toughness."
Artist	Ryan Barger
Set	Pioneer Masters #94555
Wallpaper	download
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About Phenax, God of Deception

Phenax, God of Deception, Legendary enchantment creature — god, designed by Ryan Barger first released in Feb, 2014 in the set Born of the Gods and was printed exactly in 4 different ways. It see play in 1 formats: Commander. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of NZ$ 29.66. It's a key card in 17 combos.

A deck centered around mill strategies, particularly focused on control, would benefit from including Phenax, God of Deception as it provides a constant source of milling potential while also having the ability to turn your creatures into milling engines. While there may be better cards for specific mill strategies, Phenax's versatility and resilience as a difficult-to-remove enchantment creature make it a solid choice for decks looking to slowly mill out opponents. Overall, Phenax should definitely see play in dedicated mill decks looking to capitalize on its unique abilities.

Rules

01/24/20

Counters put on a God remain on it while it’s not a creature, even if they have no effect.

01/24/20

The abilities of Gods function as long as they’re on the battlefield, regardless of whether they’re creatures.

01/24/20

The type-changing ability that can make a God not be a creature functions only on the battlefield. It’s always a creature card in other zones, regardless of your devotion to its color. It’s always a creature spell while it’s on the stack.

01/24/20

When a God enters the battlefield, your devotion to its color (including the mana symbols in the mana cost of the God itself) will determine if a creature entered the battlefield or not for abilities that trigger whenever a creature enters the battlefield.

02/01/14

If you activate the ability Phenax grants to creatures you control, the toughness of the creature is calculated as the ability resolves. If the creature is no longer on the battlefield at that time, use its toughness when it was last on the battlefield.

02/01/14

If you tap Phenax to activate the ability it grants itself, and Phenax is no longer a creature but still on the battlefield as that ability resolves, no cards will be put into the target player’s graveyard. Similarly, if Phenax isn’t on the battlefield as the ability resolves and wasn’t a creature when it left the battlefield, no cards will be put into the graveyard.

09/15/13

Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).

09/15/13

Numeric mana symbols (, , and so on) in mana costs of permanents you control don’t count toward your devotion to any color.

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