Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Combo

Mike Carrozza
Mar 4, 2026
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Emeritus of Woe
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Shredder's Technique
3.1%inclusion1 decks32 decks
2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
90%inclusion126 decks140 decks
75%synergy
Eater of the Dead
73%inclusion102 decks140 decks
72%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
81%inclusion113 decks140 decks
70%synergy
Mindcrank
79%inclusion111 decks140 decks
67%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
73%inclusion102 decks140 decks
67%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
70%inclusion98 decks140 decks
65%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
65%inclusion91 decks140 decks
63%synergy
Tree of Perdition
61%inclusion85 decks140 decks
59%synergy
Ruin Crab
64%inclusion89 decks140 decks
55%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
52%inclusion73 decks140 decks
51%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
62%inclusion87 decks140 decks
44%synergy
Counterspell
61%inclusion85 decks140 decks
5%synergy
Fractured Sanity
59%inclusion82 decks140 decks
49%synergy
Singularity Rupture
54%inclusion47 decks87 decks
42%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
52%inclusion73 decks140 decks
45%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
51%inclusion72 decks140 decks
39%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
50%inclusion70 decks140 decks
44%synergy
Visions of Beyond
45%inclusion63 decks140 decks
41%synergy
The Water Crystal
45%inclusion42 decks94 decks
36%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
44%inclusion61 decks140 decks
40%synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
45%inclusion63 decks140 decks
26%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
44%inclusion62 decks140 decks
21%synergy
Rhystic Study
44%inclusion61 decks140 decks
20%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
33%inclusion46 decks140 decks
15%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
32%inclusion45 decks140 decks
16%synergy
Mystical Tutor
30%inclusion42 decks140 decks
16%synergy
Notion Thief
21%inclusion30 decks140 decks
10%synergy
Ancient Tomb
21%inclusion29 decks140 decks
12%synergy
Force of Will
20%inclusion28 decks140 decks
10%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
16%inclusion23 decks140 decks
9%synergy
Creatures
The Ancient One
42%inclusion59 decks140 decks
39%synergy
Nighthowler
41%inclusion58 decks140 decks
36%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
41%inclusion57 decks140 decks
39%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
37%inclusion52 decks140 decks
30%synergy
Mortivore
31%inclusion44 decks140 decks
30%synergy
Undead Alchemist
31%inclusion44 decks140 decks
29%synergy
Wall of Frost
31%inclusion43 decks140 decks
29%synergy
The Mindskinner
30%inclusion40 decks132 decks
23%synergy
Silent Arbiter
29%inclusion40 decks140 decks
27%synergy
Hedron Crab
29%inclusion40 decks140 decks
25%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
29%inclusion40 decks140 decks
24%synergy
Fleet Swallower
28%inclusion39 decks140 decks
25%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
26%inclusion37 decks140 decks
22%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
25%inclusion35 decks140 decks
24%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
24%inclusion34 decks140 decks
24%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
23%inclusion32 decks140 decks
11%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
22%inclusion31 decks140 decks
18%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
22%inclusion31 decks140 decks
19%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
21%inclusion30 decks140 decks
20%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
21%inclusion13 decks62 decks
20%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
20%inclusion24 decks118 decks
19%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
20%inclusion28 decks140 decks
19%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
19%inclusion27 decks140 decks
18%synergy
Painter's Servant
19%inclusion26 decks140 decks
18%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
17%inclusion24 decks140 decks
16%synergy
Riddlekeeper
17%inclusion24 decks140 decks
16%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
17%inclusion23 decks139 decks
16%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
16%inclusion23 decks140 decks
15%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
16%inclusion23 decks140 decks
8%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
16%inclusion22 decks140 decks
13%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
15%inclusion21 decks140 decks
14%synergy
Manic Scribe
15%inclusion21 decks140 decks
14%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
15%inclusion20 decks135 decks
13%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
14%inclusion20 decks140 decks
13%synergy
Hover Barrier
14%inclusion20 decks140 decks
13%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
14%inclusion19 decks140 decks
12%synergy
Soulless Jailer
13%inclusion18 decks140 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
12%inclusion17 decks140 decks
11%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
12%inclusion17 decks140 decks
11%synergy
Opposition Agent
11%inclusion16 decks140 decks
4%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
11%inclusion15 decks139 decks
3%synergy
Guiltfeeder
11%inclusion15 decks140 decks
6%synergy
Laboratory Maniac
11%inclusion15 decks140 decks
7%synergy
Gogo, Master of Mimicry
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Spellskite
10%inclusion14 decks140 decks
3%synergy
Avatar of Woe
9.3%inclusion13 decks140 decks
8%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
9.3%inclusion13 decks140 decks
6%synergy
Aegis Turtle
9.3%inclusion13 decks140 decks
9%synergy
Fog Bank
8.6%inclusion12 decks140 decks
7%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
8.6%inclusion12 decks140 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Dark Ritual
38%inclusion53 decks140 decks
2%synergy
Mana Drain
36%inclusion51 decks140 decks
19%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
31%inclusion44 decks140 decks
1%synergy
Brainstorm
31%inclusion43 decks140 decks
1%synergy
Didn't Say Please
26%inclusion36 decks140 decks
21%synergy
Archive Trap
23%inclusion32 decks140 decks
21%synergy
Swan Song
23%inclusion32 decks140 decks
5%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
22%inclusion31 decks140 decks
17%synergy
Negate
21%inclusion29 decks140 decks
-12%synergy
Arcane Denial
19%inclusion27 decks140 decks
-6%synergy
Psychic Strike
19%inclusion26 decks140 decks
16%synergy
Sink into Stupor
18%inclusion25 decks139 decks
2%synergy
Thought Collapse
18%inclusion25 decks140 decks
15%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
15%inclusion21 decks140 decks
5%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
14%inclusion20 decks140 decks
6%synergy
Thought Scour
14%inclusion20 decks140 decks
8%synergy
Deadly Rollick
14%inclusion20 decks140 decks
-5%synergy
Force of Negation
14%inclusion20 decks140 decks
5%synergy
Pongify
14%inclusion19 decks140 decks
-1%synergy
Fell the Profane
12%inclusion17 decks139 decks
-3%synergy
Perplex
12%inclusion17 decks140 decks
9%synergy
Drown in Dreams
12%inclusion17 decks140 decks
8%synergy
Demonic Consultation
12%inclusion17 decks140 decks
6%synergy
Pact of Negation
12%inclusion17 decks140 decks
7%synergy
Aetherize
11%inclusion15 decks140 decks
0%synergy
Crypt Incursion
11%inclusion15 decks140 decks
9%synergy
Into the Story
11%inclusion15 decks140 decks
9%synergy
Withering Torment
10%inclusion13 decks132 decks
-6%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
8.6%inclusion12 decks139 decks
-3%synergy
Tainted Pact
8.6%inclusion12 decks140 decks
4%synergy
Resculpt
8.6%inclusion12 decks140 decks
2%synergy
Reality Shift
8.6%inclusion12 decks140 decks
-5%synergy
Memory Plunder
7.9%inclusion11 decks140 decks
2%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
7.9%inclusion11 decks140 decks
6%synergy
Frantic Search
7.1%inclusion10 decks140 decks
-12%synergy
Cabal Ritual
7.1%inclusion10 decks140 decks
2%synergy
Entomb
6.4%inclusion9 decks140 decks
-2%synergy
Fact or Fiction
6.4%inclusion9 decks140 decks
-3%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.4%inclusion9 decks140 decks
-9%synergy
Disallow
5.7%inclusion8 decks140 decks
4%synergy
Flusterstorm
5.0%inclusion7 decks140 decks
-1%synergy
Dig Through Time
5.0%inclusion7 decks140 decks
-5%synergy
Sorceries
Toxic Deluge
43%inclusion60 decks140 decks
17%synergy
Mind Grind
39%inclusion55 decks140 decks
34%synergy
Traumatize
38%inclusion53 decks140 decks
33%synergy
Windfall
36%inclusion51 decks140 decks
23%synergy
Reanimate
34%inclusion48 decks140 decks
10%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
31%inclusion43 decks140 decks
26%synergy
Cut Your Losses
26%inclusion36 decks140 decks
22%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
25%inclusion35 decks140 decks
21%synergy
Damnation
24%inclusion34 decks140 decks
14%synergy
Feed the Swarm
21%inclusion30 decks140 decks
-14%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
20%inclusion28 decks140 decks
15%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
20%inclusion28 decks140 decks
11%synergy
Grim Tutor
20%inclusion28 decks140 decks
16%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
19%inclusion26 decks140 decks
9%synergy
Mind Funeral
17%inclusion24 decks140 decks
14%synergy
Sign in Blood
12%inclusion17 decks140 decks
6%synergy
Ponder
11%inclusion16 decks140 decks
-5%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
11%inclusion15 decks140 decks
4%synergy
Imperial Seal
9.3%inclusion13 decks140 decks
4%synergy
Extract from Darkness
9.3%inclusion13 decks140 decks
2%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
8.6%inclusion12 decks140 decks
7%synergy
Pilfered Plans
8.6%inclusion12 decks140 decks
6%synergy
Profane Tutor
7.9%inclusion11 decks140 decks
6%synergy
Night's Whisper
7.9%inclusion11 decks140 decks
1%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
7.8%inclusion10 decks128 decks
1%synergy
Whispering Madness
7.1%inclusion10 decks140 decks
4%synergy
Fabricate
7.1%inclusion10 decks140 decks
4%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
7.1%inclusion10 decks140 decks
6%synergy
Read the Bones
6.4%inclusion9 decks140 decks
2%synergy
Doomsday
6.4%inclusion9 decks140 decks
4%synergy
Preordain
5.7%inclusion8 decks140 decks
-4%synergy
Mnemonic Betrayal
5.7%inclusion8 decks140 decks
2%synergy
Syphon Mind
5.7%inclusion8 decks140 decks
3%synergy
Stock Up
5.1%inclusion6 decks118 decks
4%synergy
Dark Deal
5.0%inclusion7 decks140 decks
4%synergy
Beseech the Mirror
5.0%inclusion7 decks140 decks
2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Lightning Greaves
39%inclusion54 decks140 decks
11%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
38%inclusion53 decks140 decks
33%synergy
Altar of the Brood
34%inclusion47 decks140 decks
29%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
25%inclusion29 decks118 decks
21%synergy
Bonehoard
22%inclusion31 decks140 decks
20%synergy
Grindstone
22%inclusion31 decks140 decks
21%synergy
Isochron Scepter
21%inclusion29 decks140 decks
18%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
14%inclusion20 decks140 decks
14%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
13%inclusion18 decks140 decks
-12%synergy
The One Ring
12%inclusion17 decks140 decks
5%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
11%inclusion15 decks140 decks
10%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
10%inclusion14 decks140 decks
1%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
10%inclusion14 decks140 decks
2%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
9.3%inclusion13 decks140 decks
-4%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
9.3%inclusion13 decks140 decks
5%synergy
Altar of Dementia
9.3%inclusion13 decks140 decks
5%synergy
Keening Stone
7.9%inclusion11 decks140 decks
7%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
7.1%inclusion10 decks140 decks
5%synergy
Profane Memento
7.1%inclusion10 decks140 decks
7%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
6.4%inclusion9 decks140 decks
4%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
5.7%inclusion8 decks140 decks
4%synergy
Relic of Progenitus
5.7%inclusion8 decks140 decks
5%synergy
Folio of Fancies
5.7%inclusion8 decks140 decks
5%synergy
Jet Medallion
5.0%inclusion7 decks140 decks
-3%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
5.0%inclusion7 decks140 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
41%inclusion58 decks140 decks
35%synergy
Propaganda
39%inclusion54 decks140 decks
21%synergy
Fraying Sanity
39%inclusion54 decks140 decks
35%synergy
Mystic Remora
36%inclusion51 decks140 decks
21%synergy
Memory Erosion
36%inclusion51 decks140 decks
32%synergy
Intruder Alarm
35%inclusion49 decks140 decks
34%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
27%inclusion38 decks140 decks
24%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
25%inclusion30 decks118 decks
23%synergy
Freed from the Real
25%inclusion35 decks140 decks
24%synergy
Court of Cunning
24%inclusion33 decks140 decks
18%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
21%inclusion29 decks140 decks
8%synergy
Animate Dead
19%inclusion26 decks140 decks
8%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
15%inclusion21 decks140 decks
14%synergy
Black Market Connections
15%inclusion21 decks140 decks
5%synergy
Necropotence
14%inclusion20 decks140 decks
11%synergy
Leyline of the Void
11%inclusion16 decks140 decks
8%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
8.6%inclusion12 decks140 decks
7%synergy
No Mercy
8.6%inclusion12 decks140 decks
6%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
7.9%inclusion11 decks140 decks
7%synergy
Dance of the Dead
5.0%inclusion7 decks140 decks
4%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
5.0%inclusion7 decks140 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
26%inclusion36 decks140 decks
20%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
17%inclusion24 decks140 decks
15%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
16%inclusion23 decks140 decks
14%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
11%inclusion16 decks140 decks
9%synergy
Narset, Parter of Veils
7.1%inclusion10 decks140 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
51%inclusion71 decks140 decks
12%synergy
Reliquary Tower
41%inclusion58 decks140 decks
5%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
35%inclusion34 decks96 decks
31%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
33%inclusion46 decks140 decks
24%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
31%inclusion44 decks140 decks
12%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
31%inclusion43 decks140 decks
27%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
30%inclusion42 decks140 decks
11%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
26%inclusion36 decks140 decks
9%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
21%inclusion30 decks140 decks
9%synergy
Restless Reef
18%inclusion25 decks140 decks
11%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
15%inclusion21 decks140 decks
12%synergy
Cabal Coffers
14%inclusion19 decks140 decks
3%synergy
Urza's Saga
11%inclusion15 decks140 decks
5%synergy
Maze of Ith
11%inclusion15 decks140 decks
9%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
11%inclusion15 decks140 decks
5%synergy
Academy Ruins
10%inclusion14 decks140 decks
6%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
9.3%inclusion13 decks140 decks
8%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
9.3%inclusion13 decks140 decks
6%synergy
Temple of the False God
8.6%inclusion12 decks140 decks
-1%synergy
Halimar Depths
7.9%inclusion11 decks140 decks
1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
7.9%inclusion11 decks140 decks
-19%synergy
Mistrise Village
7.2%inclusion8 decks111 decks
4%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
7.1%inclusion10 decks140 decks
5%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.1%inclusion10 decks140 decks
-1%synergy
Castle Locthwain
7.1%inclusion10 decks140 decks
3%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
6.4%inclusion9 decks140 decks
6%synergy
Field of Ruin
6.4%inclusion9 decks140 decks
5%synergy
Castle Vantress
5.7%inclusion8 decks140 decks
1%synergy
War Room
5.0%inclusion7 decks140 decks
4%synergy
Strip Mine
5.0%inclusion7 decks140 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
95%inclusion133 decks140 decks
7%synergy
Arcane Signet
86%inclusion121 decks140 decks
3%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
58%inclusion81 decks140 decks
0%synergy
Dimir Signet
56%inclusion79 decks140 decks
-3%synergy
Thought Vessel
29%inclusion41 decks140 decks
-2%synergy
Mind Stone
26%inclusion36 decks140 decks
-3%synergy
Fellwar Stone
24%inclusion34 decks140 decks
-6%synergy
Mana Vault
15%inclusion21 decks140 decks
10%synergy
Commander's Sphere
14%inclusion19 decks140 decks
-3%synergy
Midnight Clock
13%inclusion18 decks140 decks
6%synergy
Lotus Petal
12%inclusion17 decks140 decks
5%synergy
Chrome Mox
11%inclusion16 decks140 decks
5%synergy
Gilded Lotus
10%inclusion14 decks140 decks
7%synergy
Mox Opal
10%inclusion14 decks140 decks
6%synergy
Basalt Monolith
9.3%inclusion13 decks140 decks
8%synergy
Mox Diamond
8.6%inclusion12 decks140 decks
4%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.9%inclusion11 decks140 decks
2%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
6.4%inclusion9 decks140 decks
6%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
5.0%inclusion7 decks140 decks
-1%synergy
Lands
Swamp
98%inclusion137 decks140 decks
1%synergy
Island
98%inclusion137 decks140 decks
1%synergy
Command Tower
94%inclusion132 decks140 decks
7%synergy
Watery Grave
73%inclusion102 decks140 decks
25%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
69%inclusion96 decks140 decks
15%synergy
Sunken Hollow
64%inclusion89 decks140 decks
-2%synergy
Underground River
56%inclusion79 decks140 decks
16%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
56%inclusion78 decks140 decks
16%synergy
Polluted Delta
50%inclusion70 decks140 decks
18%synergy
Morphic Pool
46%inclusion65 decks140 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
44%inclusion61 decks140 decks
5%synergy
Choked Estuary
41%inclusion58 decks140 decks
-6%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
40%inclusion56 decks140 decks
15%synergy
Tainted Isle
38%inclusion53 decks140 decks
-6%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
35%inclusion49 decks140 decks
-5%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
35%inclusion46 decks132 decks
11%synergy
Temple of Deceit
33%inclusion46 decks140 decks
-3%synergy
Sunken Ruins
32%inclusion45 decks140 decks
16%synergy
Darkslick Shores
25%inclusion35 decks140 decks
11%synergy
Undercity Sewers
23%inclusion32 decks140 decks
2%synergy
Exotic Orchard
21%inclusion29 decks140 decks
-12%synergy
Underground Sea
19%inclusion26 decks140 decks
5%synergy
Sink into Stupor
18%inclusion25 decks139 decks
2%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
18%inclusion25 decks140 decks
10%synergy
Flooded Strand
18%inclusion25 decks140 decks
9%synergy
Fabled Passage
17%inclusion24 decks140 decks
9%synergy
Myriad Landscape
17%inclusion24 decks140 decks
-4%synergy
Scalding Tarn
17%inclusion24 decks140 decks
9%synergy
Fetid Pools
16%inclusion23 decks140 decks
0%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
16%inclusion23 decks140 decks
9%synergy
Misty Rainforest
16%inclusion23 decks140 decks
8%synergy
Evolving Wilds
16%inclusion22 decks140 decks
-1%synergy
Marsh Flats
14%inclusion20 decks140 decks
6%synergy
City of Brass
14%inclusion20 decks140 decks
8%synergy
Dismal Backwater
14%inclusion19 decks140 decks
-2%synergy
Mana Confluence
13%inclusion18 decks140 decks
7%synergy
Fell the Profane
12%inclusion17 decks139 decks
-3%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
12%inclusion17 decks140 decks
1%synergy
Reflecting Pool
12%inclusion17 decks140 decks
7%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
11%inclusion15 decks139 decks
3%synergy
Prismatic Vista
11%inclusion15 decks140 decks
5%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
8.6%inclusion12 decks139 decks
-3%synergy
River of Tears
8.6%inclusion12 decks140 decks
-2%synergy
Ice Tunnel
7.1%inclusion10 decks140 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
7.1%inclusion10 decks140 decks
0%synergy
Port of Karfell
6.4%inclusion9 decks140 decks
0%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
6.4%inclusion9 decks140 decks
1%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.8%inclusion8 decks139 decks
-1%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
5.7%inclusion8 decks140 decks
0%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
5.0%inclusion7 decks140 decks
-1%synergy