Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Budget Core

Phenax, God of Deception
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Landon Crispens
Dec 8, 2025
Landon Crispens
The Best MTG Sorceries of 2025 for Commander
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72%inclusion57 decks79 decks
71%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
71%inclusion56 decks79 decks
69%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
71%inclusion56 decks79 decks
69%synergy
Consuming Aberration
76%inclusion60 decks79 decks
61%synergy
Nighthowler
65%inclusion51 decks79 decks
59%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
58%inclusion46 decks79 decks
58%synergy
Psychic Strike
58%inclusion46 decks79 decks
55%synergy
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54%inclusion43 decks79 decks
53%synergy
Glacial Wall
52%inclusion41 decks79 decks
51%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
56%inclusion44 decks79 decks
50%synergy
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Thought Collapse
53%inclusion42 decks79 decks
50%synergy
Negate
53%inclusion42 decks79 decks
21%synergy
Didn't Say Please
51%inclusion40 decks79 decks
46%synergy
Manic Scribe
51%inclusion40 decks79 decks
50%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
48%inclusion38 decks79 decks
47%synergy
Aegis Turtle
46%inclusion36 decks79 decks
45%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
46%inclusion36 decks79 decks
44%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
44%inclusion35 decks79 decks
44%synergy
Pilfered Plans
43%inclusion34 decks79 decks
41%synergy
Hover Barrier
43%inclusion34 decks79 decks
42%synergy
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Notion Thief
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
-6%synergy
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Duskmantle Guildmage
43%inclusion34 decks79 decks
39%synergy
Wall of Runes
39%inclusion31 decks79 decks
39%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
39%inclusion31 decks79 decks
37%synergy
Ruin Crab
38%inclusion30 decks79 decks
29%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
37%inclusion29 decks79 decks
32%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
35%inclusion28 decks79 decks
23%synergy
Mortivore
35%inclusion28 decks79 decks
34%synergy
Fleet Swallower
33%inclusion26 decks79 decks
30%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
32%inclusion25 decks79 decks
29%synergy
Undead Alchemist
30%inclusion24 decks79 decks
28%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
30%inclusion24 decks79 decks
30%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
30%inclusion24 decks79 decks
30%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
29%inclusion23 decks79 decks
29%synergy
Fog Bank
29%inclusion23 decks79 decks
28%synergy
The Ancient One
29%inclusion23 decks79 decks
26%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
29%inclusion23 decks79 decks
28%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
27%inclusion21 decks79 decks
23%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
24%inclusion19 decks79 decks
23%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
23%inclusion18 decks79 decks
23%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
22%inclusion11 decks49 decks
22%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
22%inclusion17 decks79 decks
21%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
22%inclusion17 decks79 decks
20%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
22%inclusion17 decks79 decks
21%synergy
Wall of Mist
20%inclusion16 decks79 decks
20%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
19%inclusion15 decks79 decks
18%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
19%inclusion15 decks79 decks
11%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
18%inclusion14 decks79 decks
18%synergy
Guiltfeeder
15%inclusion12 decks79 decks
10%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
15%inclusion12 decks79 decks
11%synergy
Monastery Flock
15%inclusion12 decks79 decks
15%synergy
Tymaret, Chosen from Death
14%inclusion11 decks79 decks
14%synergy
Siren of the Silent Song
14%inclusion11 decks79 decks
13%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
14%inclusion11 decks79 decks
13%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
13%inclusion9 decks67 decks
13%synergy
Imperious Mindbreaker
13%inclusion10 decks79 decks
12%synergy
Academy Wall
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
11%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
11%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
10%synergy
The Mindskinner
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
4%synergy
Shadow Kin
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
9%synergy
Catapult Fodder
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
11%synergy
Wall of Air
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
11%synergy
Riptide Turtle
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
11%synergy
Tree of Perdition
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
8%synergy
Relic Golem
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
10%synergy
Disowned Ancestor
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
10%synergy
Wall of Junk
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
10%synergy
Coral Colony
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
10%synergy
Moaning Wall
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
10%synergy
Fallowsage
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Into the Story
43%inclusion34 decks79 decks
42%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
39%inclusion31 decks79 decks
36%synergy
Drown in the Loch
32%inclusion25 decks79 decks
14%synergy
Thought Scour
25%inclusion20 decks79 decks
19%synergy
Crypt Incursion
25%inclusion20 decks79 decks
24%synergy
Murder
24%inclusion19 decks79 decks
17%synergy
Fact or Fiction
20%inclusion16 decks79 decks
11%synergy
Aetherize
20%inclusion16 decks79 decks
9%synergy
Counterspell
18%inclusion14 decks79 decks
-38%synergy
Countermand
16%inclusion13 decks79 decks
16%synergy
Drown in Dreams
16%inclusion13 decks79 decks
12%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
15%inclusion12 decks79 decks
13%synergy
Doom Blade
15%inclusion12 decks79 decks
13%synergy
Brainstorm
14%inclusion11 decks79 decks
-15%synergy
Intellectual Offering
14%inclusion11 decks79 decks
14%synergy
Soul Manipulation
13%inclusion10 decks79 decks
10%synergy
Cancel
13%inclusion10 decks79 decks
10%synergy
Archive Trap
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
9%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
-0%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
9%synergy
Winds of Rebuke
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
9%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
-3%synergy
Induce Paranoia
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Charm
8.9%inclusion7 decks79 decks
7%synergy
Perplex
8.9%inclusion7 decks79 decks
6%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
8.9%inclusion7 decks79 decks
8%synergy
Memory Lapse
8.9%inclusion7 decks79 decks
7%synergy
Hero's Downfall
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Careful Consideration
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
7%synergy
Go for the Throat
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
-8%synergy
Memory Plunder
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
2%synergy
Triton Tactics
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
8%synergy
Psychic Spiral
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
7%synergy
Dream Twist
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
7%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
-26%synergy
Essence Scatter
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Countersquall
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
0%synergy
Opt
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
-5%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
-10%synergy
Expel from Orazca
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
6%synergy
Cast Down
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
6%synergy
Refute
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
4%synergy
Thirst for Discovery
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
4%synergy
Dissolve
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Price of Fame
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
1%synergy
Anticognition
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Aetherspouts
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
3%synergy
Mana Leak
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
2%synergy
Withering Torment
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
-11%synergy
Banishing Betrayal
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Extract from Darkness
43%inclusion34 decks79 decks
36%synergy
Singularity Rupture
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Traumatize
33%inclusion26 decks79 decks
28%synergy
Cut Your Losses
32%inclusion25 decks79 decks
28%synergy
Treasure Cruise
30%inclusion24 decks79 decks
22%synergy
Fractured Sanity
27%inclusion21 decks79 decks
17%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
22%inclusion17 decks79 decks
15%synergy
Feed the Swarm
19%inclusion15 decks79 decks
-16%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
19%inclusion15 decks79 decks
8%synergy
Mind Sculpt
18%inclusion14 decks79 decks
17%synergy
Read the Bones
15%inclusion12 decks79 decks
11%synergy
Whispering Madness
15%inclusion12 decks79 decks
12%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
13%inclusion10 decks79 decks
12%synergy
Mind Grind
13%inclusion10 decks79 decks
7%synergy
Tome Scour
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
11%synergy
Sign in Blood
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Eldritch Pact
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
10%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Ravenform
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
8%synergy
Compulsive Research
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
10%synergy
Bond of Insight
8.9%inclusion7 decks79 decks
8%synergy
Mind Funeral
8.9%inclusion7 decks79 decks
6%synergy
Notion Rain
8.9%inclusion7 decks79 decks
6%synergy
Dream Harvest
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Concentrate
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
7%synergy
Aether Gale
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
7%synergy
Hex
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Memory Sluice
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
6%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
2%synergy
Psychic Drain
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
6%synergy
Seize the Secrets
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
6%synergy
Dreadwaters
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
6%synergy
Languish
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
6%synergy
Deadly Cover-Up
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
3%synergy
Coerced Confession
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Rise from the Grave
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
4%synergy
Compelling Argument
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Fell
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
3%synergy
Preordain
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
-5%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
-0%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Keening Stone
38%inclusion30 decks79 decks
37%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
20%inclusion16 decks79 decks
8%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
16%inclusion13 decks79 decks
15%synergy
Mindcrank
15%inclusion12 decks79 decks
3%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
13%inclusion10 decks79 decks
13%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
10%synergy
The Water Crystal
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
2%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
6%synergy
Folio of Fancies
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
7%synergy
Profane Memento
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
7%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
-17%synergy
Millstone
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
6%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
3%synergy
Sentinel Totem
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
4%synergy
Sands of Delirium
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Codex Shredder
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
37%inclusion29 decks79 decks
33%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
34%inclusion27 decks79 decks
33%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
30%inclusion24 decks79 decks
29%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
16%inclusion13 decks79 decks
10%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
14%inclusion11 decks79 decks
11%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
14%inclusion11 decks79 decks
12%synergy
Drowned Secrets
13%inclusion10 decks79 decks
12%synergy
Jace's Erasure
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
9%synergy
Court of Cunning
8.9%inclusion7 decks79 decks
3%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
8.9%inclusion7 decks79 decks
9%synergy
Death's Approach
8.9%inclusion7 decks79 decks
9%synergy
Propaganda
8.9%inclusion7 decks79 decks
-9%synergy
Freed from the Real
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Intruder Alarm
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Chronic Flooding
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
6%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Lost in the Maze
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Unable to Scream
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
4%synergy
Eaten by Piranhas
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
22%inclusion17 decks79 decks
16%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
13%inclusion10 decks79 decks
11%synergy
Jace Beleren
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
6%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
38%inclusion30 decks79 decks
29%synergy
Bojuka Bog
15%inclusion12 decks79 decks
-23%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13%inclusion10 decks79 decks
10%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
10%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
9%synergy
Mortuary Mire
8.9%inclusion7 decks79 decks
1%synergy
Desert of the Mindful
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
7%synergy
Reliquary Tower
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
-28%synergy
Temple of the False God
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
-1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
-19%synergy
Dreadship Reef
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Barren Moor
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
4%synergy
Ipnu Rivulet
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
6%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
-3%synergy
Restless Reef
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
-1%synergy
Field of Ruin
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
58%inclusion46 decks79 decks
-25%synergy
Sol Ring
56%inclusion44 decks79 decks
-32%synergy
Dimir Signet
56%inclusion44 decks79 decks
-2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
47%inclusion37 decks79 decks
31%synergy
Mind Stone
37%inclusion29 decks79 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Locket
29%inclusion23 decks79 decks
27%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
19%inclusion15 decks79 decks
11%synergy
Sky Diamond
19%inclusion15 decks79 decks
11%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
18%inclusion14 decks79 decks
-40%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
16%inclusion13 decks79 decks
15%synergy
Worn Powerstone
14%inclusion11 decks79 decks
10%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
13%inclusion10 decks79 decks
12%synergy
Fellwar Stone
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
-19%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Midnight Clock
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
4%synergy
Prismatic Lens
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
6%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
1%synergy
Honored Heirloom
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
6%synergy
Star Compass
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
6%synergy
Blitzball
6.3%inclusion2 decks32 decks
6%synergy
Hedron Archive
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion79 decks79 decks
3%synergy
Island
100%inclusion79 decks79 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
70%inclusion55 decks79 decks
-18%synergy
Dismal Backwater
67%inclusion53 decks79 decks
51%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
59%inclusion47 decks79 decks
23%synergy
Temple of Deceit
53%inclusion42 decks79 decks
19%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
51%inclusion40 decks79 decks
44%synergy
Sunken Hollow
51%inclusion40 decks79 decks
-15%synergy
Choked Estuary
44%inclusion35 decks79 decks
-3%synergy
Evolving Wilds
41%inclusion32 decks79 decks
24%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
34%inclusion27 decks79 decks
-5%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
32%inclusion25 decks79 decks
21%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
27%inclusion21 decks79 decks
22%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
25%inclusion20 decks79 decks
20%synergy
Fetid Pools
20%inclusion16 decks79 decks
4%synergy
Myriad Landscape
19%inclusion15 decks79 decks
-0%synergy
Waterfront District
16%inclusion13 decks79 decks
14%synergy
Tainted Isle
15%inclusion12 decks79 decks
-29%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
14%inclusion11 decks79 decks
-41%synergy
A.I.M. Labs
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
6%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
-0%synergy
Path of Ancestry
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
-17%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
4%synergy
Exotic Orchard
8.9%inclusion7 decks79 decks
-23%synergy
Soured Springs
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Port of Karfell
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
2%synergy
Salt Marsh
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Underground River
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
-35%synergy
River of Tears
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
-3%synergy
Watery Grave
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
-43%synergy
Ice Tunnel
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
1%synergy
Warped Landscape
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
5%synergy
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