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Phenax, God of Deception
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Mar 4, 2026
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Loki, God of Mischief
100%inclusion1 decks1 decks
99%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
88%inclusion72 decks82 decks
86%synergy
Wall of Frost
84%inclusion69 decks82 decks
83%synergy
Consuming Aberration
89%inclusion73 decks82 decks
74%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
74%inclusion61 decks82 decks
72%synergy
Nighthowler
71%inclusion58 decks82 decks
65%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
65%inclusion53 decks82 decks
64%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
67%inclusion55 decks82 decks
64%synergy
Mortivore
63%inclusion52 decks82 decks
62%synergy
Hover Barrier
61%inclusion50 decks82 decks
60%synergy
Bonehoard
61%inclusion50 decks82 decks
59%synergy
Top Cards
Singularity Rupture
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
54%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
60%inclusion9 decks15 decks
59%synergy
Ruin Crab
60%inclusion49 decks82 decks
51%synergy
Glacial Wall
57%inclusion47 decks82 decks
57%synergy
Fraying Sanity
57%inclusion47 decks82 decks
53%synergy
Drown in the Loch
56%inclusion46 decks82 decks
38%synergy
Psychic Strike
56%inclusion46 decks82 decks
53%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
54%inclusion44 decks82 decks
49%synergy
The Ancient One
52%inclusion43 decks82 decks
49%synergy
Negate
51%inclusion42 decks82 decks
19%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
-4%synergy
Creatures
Corrupted Shapeshifter
50%inclusion41 decks82 decks
49%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
50%inclusion41 decks82 decks
45%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
50%inclusion41 decks82 decks
49%synergy
Aegis Turtle
48%inclusion39 decks82 decks
47%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
46%inclusion38 decks82 decks
46%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
45%inclusion37 decks82 decks
40%synergy
Fleet Swallower
41%inclusion34 decks82 decks
39%synergy
Manic Scribe
41%inclusion34 decks82 decks
40%synergy
Wall of Runes
40%inclusion33 decks82 decks
40%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
40%inclusion33 decks82 decks
39%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
37%inclusion30 decks82 decks
34%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
35%inclusion29 decks82 decks
34%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
34%inclusion28 decks82 decks
21%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
33%inclusion27 decks82 decks
29%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
32%inclusion26 decks82 decks
30%synergy
Fog Bank
30%inclusion25 decks82 decks
29%synergy
Wall of Mist
30%inclusion25 decks82 decks
30%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
29%inclusion24 decks82 decks
28%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
29%inclusion24 decks82 decks
21%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
27%inclusion22 decks82 decks
26%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
26%inclusion13 decks50 decks
25%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
26%inclusion21 decks82 decks
25%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
26%inclusion21 decks82 decks
25%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
26%inclusion21 decks82 decks
22%synergy
Wall of Air
24%inclusion20 decks82 decks
24%synergy
Guiltfeeder
22%inclusion18 decks82 decks
17%synergy
The Mindskinner
22%inclusion15 decks69 decks
15%synergy
Eater of the Dead
21%inclusion17 decks82 decks
19%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
18%inclusion15 decks82 decks
18%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
18%inclusion15 decks82 decks
18%synergy
Monastery Flock
18%inclusion15 decks82 decks
18%synergy
Silvergill Peddler
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Omni-Changeling
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Tree of Perdition
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Junk
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
16%synergy
Undead Alchemist
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
13%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
15%synergy
Soulless Jailer
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
15%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
16%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
14%synergy
Disowned Ancestor
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
15%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
13%synergy
Sidisi's Faithful
13%inclusion11 decks82 decks
13%synergy
Kraken Hatchling
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
12%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
-1%synergy
Academy Wall
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
11%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Vantress Gargoyle
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
11%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
8%synergy
Avatar of Woe
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Thought Collapse
51%inclusion42 decks82 decks
48%synergy
Didn't Say Please
48%inclusion39 decks82 decks
43%synergy
Counterspell
46%inclusion38 decks82 decks
-10%synergy
Into the Story
44%inclusion36 decks82 decks
42%synergy
Crypt Incursion
33%inclusion27 decks82 decks
31%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
32%inclusion26 decks82 decks
30%synergy
Aetherize
29%inclusion24 decks82 decks
18%synergy
Thought Scour
27%inclusion22 decks82 decks
21%synergy
Murder
23%inclusion19 decks82 decks
16%synergy
Doom Blade
20%inclusion16 decks82 decks
17%synergy
Brainstorm
18%inclusion15 decks82 decks
-11%synergy
Intellectual Offering
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
17%synergy
Opt
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Octopus Form
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Hero's Downfall
13%inclusion11 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Memory Plunder
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
7%synergy
Fact or Fiction
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Drown in Dreams
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
-1%synergy
Magic Damper
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Dark Ritual
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
-27%synergy
Archive Trap
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Go for the Throat
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
-7%synergy
Reality Shift
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
-5%synergy
Cancel
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
7.8%inclusion5 decks64 decks
6%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Essence Scatter
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Careful Consideration
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
7%synergy
Resculpt
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
1%synergy
Infernal Grasp
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
-9%synergy
Shore Up
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Expel from Orazca
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Withering Torment
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
-10%synergy
Sorceries
Fractured Sanity
45%inclusion37 decks82 decks
36%synergy
Treasure Cruise
41%inclusion34 decks82 decks
33%synergy
Cut Your Losses
40%inclusion33 decks82 decks
36%synergy
Extract from Darkness
37%inclusion30 decks82 decks
29%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
35%inclusion29 decks82 decks
25%synergy
Traumatize
34%inclusion28 decks82 decks
30%synergy
Pilfered Plans
32%inclusion26 decks82 decks
29%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
26%inclusion21 decks82 decks
19%synergy
Feed the Swarm
18%inclusion15 decks82 decks
-17%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
12%synergy
Whispering Madness
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
14%synergy
Mind Funeral
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
14%synergy
Breaking Wave
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
16%synergy
Mind Sculpt
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
14%synergy
Read the Bones
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
11%synergy
Mind Grind
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Aether Gale
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
11%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Ponder
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
-5%synergy
Eldritch Pact
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Seize the Secrets
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
11%synergy
Dread Summons
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Sign in Blood
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Windfall
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
-5%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Languish
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Tome Scour
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
7%synergy
Final Act
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Karn's Temporal Sundering
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Dark Deal
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Brainspoil
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
7%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
-3%synergy
Bond of Insight
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Deep Analysis
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Decree of Pain
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Ravenform
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Set Adrift
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Water Crystal
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
41%synergy
Keening Stone
39%inclusion32 decks82 decks
38%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
21%synergy
Mindcrank
24%inclusion20 decks82 decks
12%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
22%inclusion18 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
20%inclusion16 decks82 decks
19%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
16%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
-9%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
12%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Sentinel Totem
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Profane Memento
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Lightning Greaves
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
-21%synergy
Codex Shredder
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Patient Rebuilding
39%inclusion32 decks82 decks
38%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
29%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
29%inclusion24 decks82 decks
27%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
27%inclusion22 decks82 decks
20%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
21%inclusion17 decks82 decks
18%synergy
Propaganda
21%inclusion17 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Intruder Alarm
20%inclusion16 decks82 decks
18%synergy
Court of Cunning
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Memory Erosion
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Drowned Secrets
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
11%synergy
Freed from the Real
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Jace's Erasure
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Lost in the Maze
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
7%synergy
Scuttletide
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Crab Umbra
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Reflections of Littjara
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
-3%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
-7%synergy
Death's Approach
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Retreat to Coralhelm
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
26%inclusion21 decks82 decks
20%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
45%inclusion37 decks82 decks
36%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
22%synergy
Bojuka Bog
24%inclusion20 decks82 decks
-14%synergy
Reliquary Tower
13%inclusion11 decks82 decks
-23%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion11 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Dreadship Reef
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
-1%synergy
Halimar Depths
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
1%synergy
Mortuary Mire
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
-2%synergy
Field of Ruin
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Restless Reef
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
-0%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
76%inclusion62 decks82 decks
-12%synergy
Arcane Signet
73%inclusion60 decks82 decks
-11%synergy
Dimir Signet
71%inclusion58 decks82 decks
12%synergy
Mind Stone
48%inclusion39 decks82 decks
20%synergy
Commander's Sphere
39%inclusion32 decks82 decks
23%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
35%inclusion29 decks82 decks
-22%synergy
Dimir Locket
29%inclusion24 decks82 decks
27%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
29%inclusion24 decks82 decks
28%synergy
Sky Diamond
22%inclusion18 decks82 decks
14%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
22%inclusion18 decks82 decks
14%synergy
Fellwar Stone
21%inclusion17 decks82 decks
-10%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
12%synergy
Worn Powerstone
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Prismatic Lens
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Thought Vessel
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
-20%synergy
Midnight Clock
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
1%synergy
Star Compass
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Island
99%inclusion81 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Swamp
96%inclusion79 decks82 decks
-0%synergy
Command Tower
73%inclusion60 decks82 decks
-14%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
60%inclusion49 decks82 decks
22%synergy
Evolving Wilds
55%inclusion45 decks82 decks
38%synergy
Sunken Hollow
54%inclusion44 decks82 decks
-12%synergy
Dismal Backwater
52%inclusion43 decks82 decks
37%synergy
Choked Estuary
40%inclusion33 decks82 decks
-7%synergy
Temple of Deceit
39%inclusion32 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
37%inclusion30 decks82 decks
30%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
35%inclusion29 decks82 decks
24%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
29%inclusion24 decks82 decks
-10%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
27%inclusion22 decks82 decks
21%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
26%inclusion21 decks82 decks
21%synergy
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion18 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Tainted Isle
21%inclusion17 decks82 decks
-24%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
21%inclusion17 decks82 decks
-34%synergy
Exotic Orchard
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
-18%synergy
Salt Marsh
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
-1%synergy
Fetid Pools
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
-6%synergy
Grixis Panorama
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Waterfront District
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Warped Landscape
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Ice Tunnel
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
-33%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
-1%synergy
Port of Karfell
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
1%synergy
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