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Phenax, God of Deception
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Mar 4, 2026
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Echocasting Symposium
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
48%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Wall of Frost
86%inclusion85 decks99 decks
85%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
85%inclusion84 decks99 decks
83%synergy
Consuming Aberration
90%inclusion89 decks99 decks
75%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
77%inclusion76 decks99 decks
75%synergy
Nighthowler
76%inclusion75 decks99 decks
70%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
66%inclusion65 decks99 decks
65%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
64%inclusion9 decks14 decks
63%synergy
Mortivore
65%inclusion64 decks99 decks
63%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
67%inclusion66 decks99 decks
63%synergy
Glacial Wall
63%inclusion62 decks99 decks
62%synergy
Top Cards
Singularity Rupture
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
54%synergy
Bonehoard
63%inclusion62 decks99 decks
61%synergy
Hover Barrier
63%inclusion62 decks99 decks
62%synergy
Psychic Strike
60%inclusion59 decks99 decks
57%synergy
Ruin Crab
59%inclusion58 decks99 decks
50%synergy
Drown in the Loch
55%inclusion54 decks99 decks
37%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
55%inclusion54 decks99 decks
54%synergy
Negate
54%inclusion53 decks99 decks
21%synergy
Fraying Sanity
54%inclusion53 decks99 decks
50%synergy
The Ancient One
53%inclusion52 decks99 decks
49%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
5.1%inclusion5 decks99 decks
-6%synergy
Creatures
Duskmantle Guildmage
53%inclusion52 decks99 decks
48%synergy
Manic Scribe
51%inclusion50 decks99 decks
49%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
48%inclusion48 decks99 decks
43%synergy
Fleet Swallower
47%inclusion47 decks99 decks
45%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
47%inclusion47 decks99 decks
47%synergy
Aegis Turtle
46%inclusion46 decks99 decks
46%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
43%inclusion43 decks99 decks
38%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
42%inclusion42 decks99 decks
42%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
40%inclusion40 decks99 decks
39%synergy
Wall of Runes
38%inclusion38 decks99 decks
38%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
36%inclusion36 decks99 decks
34%synergy
Wall of Mist
35%inclusion35 decks99 decks
35%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
35%inclusion35 decks99 decks
32%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
34%inclusion34 decks99 decks
33%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
32%inclusion32 decks99 decks
19%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
32%inclusion32 decks99 decks
28%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
30%inclusion30 decks99 decks
30%synergy
Fog Bank
29%inclusion29 decks99 decks
28%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
29%inclusion29 decks99 decks
26%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
28%inclusion28 decks99 decks
28%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
26%inclusion26 decks99 decks
25%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
26%inclusion13 decks50 decks
25%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
25%inclusion25 decks99 decks
17%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
24%inclusion24 decks99 decks
24%synergy
Wall of Air
24%inclusion24 decks99 decks
24%synergy
Guiltfeeder
22%inclusion22 decks99 decks
17%synergy
Monastery Flock
22%inclusion22 decks99 decks
22%synergy
The Mindskinner
22%inclusion14 decks65 decks
15%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
21%inclusion21 decks99 decks
21%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
20%inclusion20 decks99 decks
20%synergy
Wall of Junk
19%inclusion19 decks99 decks
19%synergy
Eater of the Dead
19%inclusion19 decks99 decks
18%synergy
Tree of Perdition
18%inclusion18 decks99 decks
16%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
18%inclusion18 decks99 decks
18%synergy
Undead Alchemist
17%inclusion17 decks99 decks
15%synergy
Soulless Jailer
17%inclusion17 decks99 decks
17%synergy
Silvergill Peddler
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Omni-Changeling
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
16%inclusion16 decks99 decks
15%synergy
Academy Wall
15%inclusion15 decks99 decks
15%synergy
Disowned Ancestor
14%inclusion14 decks99 decks
14%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
14%inclusion14 decks99 decks
14%synergy
Sidisi's Faithful
14%inclusion14 decks99 decks
14%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Kraken Hatchling
13%inclusion13 decks99 decks
13%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
13%inclusion13 decks99 decks
12%synergy
Tide Drifter
12%inclusion12 decks99 decks
12%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
11%inclusion11 decks99 decks
-1%synergy
Coral Colony
11%inclusion11 decks99 decks
11%synergy
Doorkeeper
11%inclusion11 decks99 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Thought Collapse
52%inclusion51 decks99 decks
49%synergy
Didn't Say Please
44%inclusion44 decks99 decks
40%synergy
Counterspell
41%inclusion41 decks99 decks
-14%synergy
Into the Story
41%inclusion41 decks99 decks
40%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
34%inclusion34 decks99 decks
33%synergy
Crypt Incursion
34%inclusion34 decks99 decks
33%synergy
Aetherize
27%inclusion27 decks99 decks
16%synergy
Thought Scour
26%inclusion26 decks99 decks
20%synergy
Murder
22%inclusion22 decks99 decks
15%synergy
Doom Blade
20%inclusion20 decks99 decks
18%synergy
Intellectual Offering
18%inclusion18 decks99 decks
18%synergy
Brainstorm
16%inclusion16 decks99 decks
-14%synergy
Octopus Form
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Hero's Downfall
12%inclusion12 decks99 decks
9%synergy
Go for the Throat
10%inclusion10 decks99 decks
-6%synergy
Drown in Dreams
10%inclusion10 decks99 decks
6%synergy
Magic Damper
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
-2%synergy
Careful Consideration
9.1%inclusion9 decks99 decks
9%synergy
Memory Plunder
9.1%inclusion9 decks99 decks
3%synergy
Fact or Fiction
9.1%inclusion9 decks99 decks
0%synergy
Reality Shift
9.1%inclusion9 decks99 decks
-5%synergy
Opt
9.1%inclusion9 decks99 decks
-2%synergy
Cancel
8.1%inclusion8 decks99 decks
6%synergy
Expel from Orazca
8.1%inclusion8 decks99 decks
8%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
8.1%inclusion8 decks99 decks
7%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Essence Scatter
7.1%inclusion7 decks99 decks
5%synergy
Dark Ritual
7.1%inclusion7 decks99 decks
-29%synergy
Shore Up
7.1%inclusion7 decks99 decks
6%synergy
Infernal Grasp
7.1%inclusion7 decks99 decks
-9%synergy
Archive Trap
7.1%inclusion7 decks99 decks
5%synergy
Withering Torment
6.3%inclusion4 decks64 decks
-10%synergy
Resculpt
6.1%inclusion6 decks99 decks
0%synergy
Visions of Beyond
6.1%inclusion6 decks99 decks
2%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
5.1%inclusion5 decks99 decks
3%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.1%inclusion5 decks99 decks
4%synergy
Annul
5.1%inclusion5 decks99 decks
4%synergy
Dig Through Time
5.1%inclusion5 decks99 decks
-5%synergy
Sorceries
Treasure Cruise
44%inclusion44 decks99 decks
36%synergy
Fractured Sanity
43%inclusion43 decks99 decks
34%synergy
Cut Your Losses
41%inclusion41 decks99 decks
37%synergy
Extract from Darkness
40%inclusion40 decks99 decks
33%synergy
Traumatize
38%inclusion38 decks99 decks
34%synergy
Pilfered Plans
34%inclusion34 decks99 decks
32%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
33%inclusion33 decks99 decks
23%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
29%inclusion29 decks99 decks
23%synergy
Feed the Swarm
19%inclusion19 decks99 decks
-16%synergy
Breaking Wave
19%inclusion19 decks99 decks
19%synergy
Whispering Madness
18%inclusion18 decks99 decks
15%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
14%inclusion14 decks99 decks
9%synergy
Mind Grind
14%inclusion14 decks99 decks
9%synergy
Aether Gale
14%inclusion14 decks99 decks
13%synergy
Mind Funeral
14%inclusion14 decks99 decks
11%synergy
Read the Bones
13%inclusion13 decks99 decks
9%synergy
Mind Sculpt
11%inclusion11 decks99 decks
10%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Karn's Temporal Sundering
10%inclusion10 decks99 decks
9%synergy
Eldritch Pact
10%inclusion10 decks99 decks
10%synergy
Seize the Secrets
10%inclusion10 decks99 decks
10%synergy
Dark Deal
10%inclusion10 decks99 decks
9%synergy
Dread Summons
9.1%inclusion9 decks99 decks
6%synergy
Brainspoil
9.1%inclusion9 decks99 decks
9%synergy
Languish
9.1%inclusion9 decks99 decks
8%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
9.1%inclusion9 decks99 decks
8%synergy
Sign in Blood
9.1%inclusion9 decks99 decks
3%synergy
Ponder
7.1%inclusion7 decks99 decks
-9%synergy
Tome Scour
7.1%inclusion7 decks99 decks
6%synergy
Set Adrift
7.1%inclusion7 decks99 decks
7%synergy
Windfall
6.1%inclusion6 decks99 decks
-7%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
6.1%inclusion6 decks99 decks
6%synergy
Final Act
6.1%inclusion6 decks99 decks
5%synergy
Ravenform
6.1%inclusion6 decks99 decks
3%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
6.1%inclusion6 decks99 decks
-4%synergy
Decree of Pain
6.1%inclusion6 decks99 decks
3%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
6.1%inclusion6 decks99 decks
1%synergy
Hard Evidence
5.1%inclusion5 decks99 decks
5%synergy
Fascination
5.1%inclusion5 decks99 decks
5%synergy
Bond of Insight
5.1%inclusion5 decks99 decks
4%synergy
Epic Downfall
5.1%inclusion5 decks99 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Water Crystal
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
41%synergy
Keening Stone
39%inclusion39 decks99 decks
38%synergy
Mindcrank
29%inclusion29 decks99 decks
17%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
23%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
25%inclusion25 decks99 decks
12%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
23%inclusion23 decks99 decks
22%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
17%inclusion17 decks99 decks
17%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
14%inclusion14 decks99 decks
-10%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
13%inclusion13 decks99 decks
13%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
12%inclusion12 decks99 decks
10%synergy
Sentinel Totem
12%inclusion12 decks99 decks
12%synergy
Profane Memento
9.1%inclusion9 decks99 decks
9%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
5.1%inclusion5 decks99 decks
3%synergy
Lightning Greaves
5.1%inclusion5 decks99 decks
-22%synergy
Codex Shredder
5.1%inclusion5 decks99 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Patient Rebuilding
40%inclusion40 decks99 decks
40%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
31%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
30%inclusion30 decks99 decks
24%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
30%inclusion30 decks99 decks
28%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
25%inclusion25 decks99 decks
22%synergy
Propaganda
19%inclusion19 decks99 decks
2%synergy
Intruder Alarm
18%inclusion18 decks99 decks
17%synergy
Court of Cunning
12%inclusion12 decks99 decks
6%synergy
Drowned Secrets
12%inclusion12 decks99 decks
11%synergy
Memory Erosion
11%inclusion11 decks99 decks
7%synergy
Freed from the Real
7.1%inclusion7 decks99 decks
6%synergy
Death's Approach
6.1%inclusion6 decks99 decks
6%synergy
Jace's Erasure
6.1%inclusion6 decks99 decks
5%synergy
Animate Dead
6.1%inclusion6 decks99 decks
-5%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
6.1%inclusion6 decks99 decks
-7%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
5.1%inclusion5 decks99 decks
4%synergy
Lost in the Maze
5.1%inclusion5 decks99 decks
5%synergy
Retreat to Coralhelm
5.1%inclusion5 decks99 decks
5%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
6.1%inclusion6 decks99 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
26%inclusion26 decks99 decks
20%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
9.1%inclusion9 decks99 decks
7%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
7.1%inclusion7 decks99 decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
6.1%inclusion6 decks99 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
44%inclusion44 decks99 decks
36%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
22%synergy
Bojuka Bog
24%inclusion24 decks99 decks
-14%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion13 decks99 decks
4%synergy
Reliquary Tower
10%inclusion10 decks99 decks
-26%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
7.1%inclusion7 decks99 decks
-1%synergy
Dreadship Reef
6.1%inclusion6 decks99 decks
5%synergy
Mortuary Mire
5.1%inclusion5 decks99 decks
-3%synergy
Restless Reef
5.1%inclusion5 decks99 decks
-2%synergy
Field of Ruin
5.1%inclusion5 decks99 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
72%inclusion71 decks99 decks
-16%synergy
Arcane Signet
71%inclusion70 decks99 decks
-13%synergy
Dimir Signet
70%inclusion69 decks99 decks
11%synergy
Mind Stone
49%inclusion49 decks99 decks
21%synergy
Commander's Sphere
40%inclusion40 decks99 decks
24%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
33%inclusion33 decks99 decks
-25%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
33%inclusion33 decks99 decks
32%synergy
Dimir Locket
32%inclusion32 decks99 decks
30%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
24%inclusion24 decks99 decks
16%synergy
Sky Diamond
23%inclusion23 decks99 decks
15%synergy
Fellwar Stone
16%inclusion16 decks99 decks
-14%synergy
Prismatic Lens
14%inclusion14 decks99 decks
12%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
12%inclusion12 decks99 decks
12%synergy
Worn Powerstone
12%inclusion12 decks99 decks
9%synergy
Star Compass
10%inclusion10 decks99 decks
9%synergy
Thought Vessel
8.1%inclusion8 decks99 decks
-23%synergy
Midnight Clock
7.1%inclusion7 decks99 decks
0%synergy
Lands
Island
99%inclusion98 decks99 decks
2%synergy
Swamp
97%inclusion96 decks99 decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
73%inclusion72 decks99 decks
-15%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
60%inclusion59 decks99 decks
22%synergy
Dismal Backwater
57%inclusion56 decks99 decks
41%synergy
Evolving Wilds
56%inclusion55 decks99 decks
39%synergy
Sunken Hollow
51%inclusion50 decks99 decks
-15%synergy
Choked Estuary
40%inclusion40 decks99 decks
-7%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
39%inclusion39 decks99 decks
33%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
38%inclusion38 decks99 decks
27%synergy
Temple of Deceit
36%inclusion36 decks99 decks
1%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
31%inclusion31 decks99 decks
27%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
30%inclusion30 decks99 decks
-9%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
30%inclusion30 decks99 decks
25%synergy
Tainted Isle
22%inclusion22 decks99 decks
-22%synergy
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion22 decks99 decks
1%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
20%inclusion20 decks99 decks
-34%synergy
Exotic Orchard
13%inclusion13 decks99 decks
-19%synergy
Salt Marsh
12%inclusion12 decks99 decks
10%synergy
Grixis Panorama
10%inclusion10 decks99 decks
10%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
-2%synergy
Waterfront District
9.1%inclusion9 decks99 decks
6%synergy
Warped Landscape
9.1%inclusion9 decks99 decks
9%synergy
Fetid Pools
8.1%inclusion8 decks99 decks
-8%synergy
Ice Tunnel
7.1%inclusion7 decks99 decks
2%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
-2%synergy
Port of Karfell
6.1%inclusion6 decks99 decks
0%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
5.1%inclusion5 decks99 decks
-35%synergy
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