Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Self-Mill

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Landon Crispens
Dec 8, 2025
Landon Crispens
The Best MTG Sorceries of 2025 for Commander
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100%inclusion1 decks1 decks
100%synergy
The Master of Lake-town
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Hidden Lair
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Super Intelligence
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
A.I.M. Labs
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
56%inclusion23 decks41 decks
54%synergy
Laboratory Maniac
54%inclusion22 decks41 decks
50%synergy
Fraying Sanity
49%inclusion20 decks41 decks
45%synergy
Traumatize
49%inclusion20 decks41 decks
44%synergy
Ruin Crab
49%inclusion20 decks41 decks
40%synergy
Consuming Aberration
54%inclusion22 decks41 decks
38%synergy
The Ancient One
41%inclusion17 decks41 decks
38%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
44%inclusion18 decks41 decks
38%synergy
Singularity Rupture
49%inclusion17 decks35 decks
36%synergy
Tree of Perdition
37%inclusion15 decks41 decks
35%synergy
Top Cards
Fractured Sanity
44%inclusion18 decks41 decks
34%synergy
Mindcrank
41%inclusion17 decks41 decks
29%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
41%inclusion17 decks41 decks
31%synergy
Nighthowler
39%inclusion16 decks41 decks
33%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
39%inclusion16 decks41 decks
34%synergy
Counterspell
39%inclusion16 decks41 decks
-17%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
37%inclusion15 decks41 decks
24%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
37%inclusion15 decks41 decks
34%synergy
Drown in the Loch
37%inclusion15 decks41 decks
19%synergy
Wall of Frost
34%inclusion14 decks41 decks
33%synergy
Game Changers
Thassa's Oracle
27%inclusion11 decks41 decks
20%synergy
Demonic Tutor
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Rhystic Study
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
-3%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
-5%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
2%synergy
Mystical Tutor
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
2%synergy
Necropotence
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
9%synergy
Gifts Ungiven
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
8%synergy
Field of the Dead
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
-8%synergy
Creatures
Eater of the Dead
32%inclusion13 decks41 decks
30%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
32%inclusion13 decks41 decks
27%synergy
Hedron Crab
29%inclusion12 decks41 decks
25%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
28%inclusion11 decks40 decks
27%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
24%synergy
The Mindskinner
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
15%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
15%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
20%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
18%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
19%synergy
Glacial Wall
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
19%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
15%synergy
Aegis Turtle
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
19%synergy
Silent Arbiter
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
16%synergy
Wall of Junk
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
17%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
15%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
16%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
14%synergy
Guiltfeeder
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
10%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
14%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
13%synergy
Baleful Strix
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
-9%synergy
Fleet Swallower
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
12%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
11%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
14%synergy
Hover Barrier
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
14%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
11%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
9%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
0%synergy
Havengul Lich
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
8%synergy
Snapcaster Mage
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
10%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
12%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
12%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
11%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
12%synergy
Sheoldred
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
11%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
4%synergy
Jace's Archivist
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
11%synergy
Leveler
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
12%synergy
Manic Scribe
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
11%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
11%synergy
Gogo, Master of Mimicry
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
10%synergy
Exhibition Tidecaller
10%inclusion2 decks20 decks
8%synergy
Mortivore
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
8%synergy
Wall of Runes
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
9%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
-3%synergy
Fog Bank
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
9%synergy
Oona, Queen of the Fae
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
9%synergy
The Reality Chip
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
29%inclusion12 decks41 decks
25%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
21%synergy
Dark Ritual
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
-15%synergy
Negate
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
-13%synergy
Didn't Say Please
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
15%synergy
Drown in Dreams
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
15%synergy
Brainstorm
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
-12%synergy
Thought Collapse
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
14%synergy
Arcane Denial
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
-9%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
-17%synergy
Fact or Fiction
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Swan Song
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
-4%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
14%synergy
Archive Trap
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
13%synergy
Withering Torment
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
-1%synergy
Psychic Strike
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
9%synergy
Songs of the Damned
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
11%synergy
Demonic Consultation
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Frantic Search
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
-10%synergy
Entomb
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
1%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
2%synergy
Opt
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
-2%synergy
Intellectual Offering
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
10%synergy
Mana Drain
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
-8%synergy
Crypt Incursion
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
8%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
-2%synergy
Pact of Negation
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Dig Through Time
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
0%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
-9%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
-3%synergy
Tainted Pact
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
3%synergy
Brain Freeze
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Thought Scour
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
1%synergy
Force of Negation
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
-2%synergy
Borne Upon a Wind
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Into the Story
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Think Twice
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Dreams of Laguna
5.3%inclusion2 decks38 decks
4%synergy
Divergent Equation
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Chase Inspiration
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Windfall
32%inclusion13 decks41 decks
18%synergy
Reanimate
29%inclusion12 decks41 decks
4%synergy
Mind Grind
27%inclusion11 decks41 decks
22%synergy
Cut Your Losses
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
21%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
17%synergy
Toxic Deluge
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
-3%synergy
Treasure Cruise
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
11%synergy
Ponder
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
1%synergy
Dread Return
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
11%synergy
Unearth
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
14%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Feed the Swarm
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
-23%synergy
Damnation
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
2%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
3%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
8%synergy
Deep Analysis
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Karn's Temporal Sundering
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
9%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Doomsday
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
8%synergy
Preordain
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
-0%synergy
Disentomb
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
9%synergy
Extract from Darkness
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
2%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
9%synergy
Increasing Confusion
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
1%synergy
Profane Tutor
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
3%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
1%synergy
Living Death
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
2%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Zombify
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Sign in Blood
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
1%synergy
Grim Tutor
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
4%synergy
Afterlife from the Loam
5.1%inclusion2 decks39 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Water Crystal
32%inclusion12 decks37 decks
23%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
32%inclusion13 decks41 decks
26%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
32%inclusion13 decks41 decks
30%synergy
Lightning Greaves
27%inclusion11 decks41 decks
-1%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
23%inclusion9 decks40 decks
19%synergy
Altar of the Brood
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
17%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
-8%synergy
Profane Memento
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
12%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
4%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
8%synergy
Crucible of Worlds
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
9%synergy
Bonehoard
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
8%synergy
Folio of Fancies
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
9%synergy
Keening Stone
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
9%synergy
Altar of Dementia
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
-2%synergy
Matzalantli, the Great Door
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
5%synergy
The Everflowing Well
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
The Grim Captain's Locker
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
The One Ring
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
1%synergy
Grindstone
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Jet Medallion
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
-1%synergy
Enchantments
Sphinx's Tutelage
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
22%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
18%synergy
Propaganda
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
11%synergy
Court of Cunning
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
16%synergy
Animate Dead
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
11%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
20%inclusion8 decks40 decks
18%synergy
Freed from the Real
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
16%synergy
Intruder Alarm
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
16%synergy
Mystic Remora
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
2%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
10%synergy
Memory Erosion
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
13%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
8%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
9%synergy
Case of the Shifting Visage
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Out of the Tombs
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
No Mercy
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
4%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
5%synergy
One Ring to Rule Them All
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Tortured Existence
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Jaws of Defeat
5.1%inclusion2 decks39 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, the Perfected Mind
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
13%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
13%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Liliana, Death's Majesty
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
8%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
2%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
54%inclusion22 decks41 decks
15%synergy
Reliquary Tower
34%inclusion14 decks41 decks
-2%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
29%inclusion11 decks38 decks
24%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
27%inclusion11 decks41 decks
18%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
12%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
0%synergy
Cabal Coffers
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
11%synergy
Academy Ruins
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
10%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
-4%synergy
Rogue's Passage
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
-12%synergy
Mortuary Mire
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Urza's Saga
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
10%synergy
Temple of the False God
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
3%synergy
Halimar Depths
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
3%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
8%synergy
Restless Reef
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
4%synergy
Ancient Tomb
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
-1%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
-1%synergy
Barren Moor
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Buried Ruin
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
4%synergy
Seat of the Synod
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
1%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
4%synergy
Witch's Cottage
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
4%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
4%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Thespian's Stage
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Ipnu Rivulet
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Dakmor Salvage
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Petrified Hamlet
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Mistrise Village
5.1%inclusion2 decks39 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
85%inclusion35 decks41 decks
-2%synergy
Arcane Signet
83%inclusion34 decks41 decks
-1%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
44%inclusion18 decks41 decks
-14%synergy
Dimir Signet
44%inclusion18 decks41 decks
-15%synergy
Mind Stone
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
-3%synergy
Thought Vessel
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
-12%synergy
Fellwar Stone
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
-14%synergy
Commander's Sphere
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
-4%synergy
Basalt Monolith
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
11%synergy
The Soul Stone
11%inclusion4 decks35 decks
6%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
-0%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Sky Diamond
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
-1%synergy
Lotus Petal
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
-0%synergy
Midnight Clock
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Island
95%inclusion39 decks41 decks
-2%synergy
Command Tower
90%inclusion37 decks41 decks
3%synergy
Swamp
90%inclusion37 decks41 decks
-6%synergy
Sunken Hollow
68%inclusion28 decks41 decks
3%synergy
Watery Grave
56%inclusion23 decks41 decks
8%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
54%inclusion22 decks41 decks
-1%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
41%inclusion17 decks41 decks
4%synergy
Choked Estuary
41%inclusion17 decks41 decks
-6%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
39%inclusion16 decks41 decks
-0%synergy
Morphic Pool
39%inclusion16 decks41 decks
3%synergy
Tainted Isle
34%inclusion14 decks41 decks
-10%synergy
Dismal Backwater
34%inclusion14 decks41 decks
18%synergy
Temple of Deceit
29%inclusion12 decks41 decks
-6%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
29%inclusion12 decks41 decks
-11%synergy
Underground River
29%inclusion12 decks41 decks
-12%synergy
Sunken Ruins
27%inclusion11 decks41 decks
10%synergy
Polluted Delta
27%inclusion11 decks41 decks
-6%synergy
Undercity Sewers
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
1%synergy
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
2%synergy
Fabled Passage
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
11%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
-5%synergy
Fetid Pools
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
4%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
-5%synergy
Darkslick Shores
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
3%synergy
Port of Karfell
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
9%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
1%synergy
Exotic Orchard
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
-20%synergy
Underground Sea
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
-1%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Evolving Wilds
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
-4%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Prismatic Vista
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
4%synergy
River of Tears
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
-0%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
-2%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
-9%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
3%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
-1%synergy
Ash Barrens
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
2%synergy
Reflecting Pool
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
2%synergy
Cavern of Souls
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
-1%synergy
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