Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Expensive Defenders

Phenax, God of Deception
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Mar 4, 2026
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Silent Arbiter
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
99%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
99%synergy
Tree of Perdition
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
98%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
98%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
94%synergy
Consuming Aberration
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
85%synergy
Wall of Frost
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
84%synergy
Mortivore
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
84%synergy
Bonehoard
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
84%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
84%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
82%synergy
Nighthowler
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
80%synergy
Mana Drain
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
68%synergy
Ruin Crab
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
77%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
80%synergy
Visions of Beyond
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
82%synergy
Mindcrank
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
74%synergy
Counterspell
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
30%synergy
Fractured Sanity
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
76%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
59%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
34%synergy
Demonic Tutor
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Force of Will
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
33%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Ancient Tomb
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Notion Thief
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
17%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Creatures
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
64%synergy
The Ancient One
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
68%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
67%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
67%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
57%synergy
Eater of the Dead
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
56%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
56%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Guiltfeeder
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Fog Bank
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Hedron Crab
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Sheoldred
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
41%synergy
Hover Barrier
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
40%synergy
Manic Scribe
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Undead Alchemist
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Shadow Kin
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Weathered Sentinels
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Avatar of Woe
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Runes
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Canyon Crab
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Tears
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Dreadhound
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
The Reality Chip
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Soulless Jailer
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Glacial Wall
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Pollywog Prodigy
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Puppeteer
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Riddlekeeper
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Aegis Turtle
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Dramatic Reversal
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
68%synergy
Negate
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Thought Collapse
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
40%synergy
Force of Negation
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
34%synergy
Didn't Say Please
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Into the Story
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
41%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Psychic Strike
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Dark Ritual
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-7%synergy
Dig Through Time
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
19%synergy
Deadly Rollick
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-6%synergy
Pongify
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-1%synergy
See Double
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Mental Misstep
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Thirst for Discovery
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-17%synergy
Memory Plunder
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Brainstorm
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-16%synergy
Fact or Fiction
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Price of Fame
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Dispel
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Reality Shift
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
1%synergy
Intellectual Offering
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Bitter Triumph
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Strix Serenade
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Thought Scour
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Flusterstorm
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Swan Song
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Get Out
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Archive Trap
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Memory Deluge
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Pact of Negation
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Withering Torment
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Sorceries
Maddening Cacophony
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
61%synergy
Singularity Rupture
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
54%synergy
Feed the Swarm
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Mind Grind
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
52%synergy
Reanimate
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Toxic Deluge
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
17%synergy
Traumatize
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
33%synergy
Windfall
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
15%synergy
Cut Your Losses
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Treasure Cruise
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Mind Funeral
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
19%synergy
Terror Tide
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Damnation
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Extract from Darkness
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Grim Tutor
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Mesmeric Orb
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
52%synergy
Lightning Greaves
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
30%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
The Water Crystal
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
24%synergy
Altar of the Brood
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Keening Stone
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
1%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Palantír of Orthanc
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Isochron Scepter
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
65%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
64%synergy
Intruder Alarm
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Mystic Remora
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Fraying Sanity
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Propaganda
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
30%synergy
Memory Erosion
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Court of Cunning
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Animate Dead
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Freed from the Real
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
The Tale of Tamiyo
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
No Mercy
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Utility Lands
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
66%synergy
Bojuka Bog
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
33%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
30%synergy
Reliquary Tower
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Cabal Coffers
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
20%synergy
Dreadship Reef
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Urza's Saga
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
16%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Sol Ring
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Dimir Signet
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
12%synergy
The Soul Stone
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Commander's Sphere
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-16%synergy
Thought Vessel
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-17%synergy
Gilded Lotus
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Thran Dynamo
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Midnight Clock
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Mind Stone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-14%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
60%synergy
Island
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Polluted Delta
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
68%synergy
Watery Grave
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
52%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
32%synergy
Morphic Pool
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
49%synergy
Underground Sea
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
58%synergy
Sunken Hollow
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Tainted Isle
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-1%synergy
Prismatic Vista
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
37%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Underground River
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Choked Estuary
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-4%synergy
Undercity Sewers
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Misty Rainforest
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Exotic Orchard
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-4%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-9%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-11%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Scalding Tarn
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Marsh Flats
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Sunken Ruins
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Flooded Strand
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Fabled Passage
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Reflecting Pool
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
River of Tears
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Mana Confluence
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
City of Brass
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
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