Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Upgraded Control

Phenax, God of Deception
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Kitsune's Technique
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Ruin Crab
90%inclusion19 decks21 decks
82%synergy
Consuming Aberration
95%inclusion20 decks21 decks
80%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
76%inclusion16 decks21 decks
74%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
67%inclusion14 decks21 decks
62%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
67%inclusion14 decks21 decks
61%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
71%inclusion15 decks21 decks
61%synergy
Eater of the Dead
62%inclusion13 decks21 decks
61%synergy
Singularity Rupture
67%inclusion12 decks18 decks
54%synergy
Visions of Beyond
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
53%synergy
Fractured Sanity
62%inclusion13 decks21 decks
52%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
67%inclusion14 decks21 decks
49%synergy
Counterspell
62%inclusion13 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
44%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
51%synergy
Mindcrank
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
45%synergy
The Water Crystal
53%inclusion10 decks19 decks
44%synergy
Tree of Perdition
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
51%synergy
The Ancient One
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
49%synergy
Mind Grind
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
47%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
49%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Demonic Tutor
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
0%synergy
Notion Thief
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Force of Will
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-9%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-6%synergy
Creatures
Nighthowler
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
42%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
45%synergy
Wall of Frost
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
46%synergy
The Mindskinner
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
36%synergy
Mortivore
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
41%synergy
Hedron Crab
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
39%synergy
Silent Arbiter
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
37%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
34%synergy
Hover Barrier
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
32%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
28%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
28%synergy
Manic Scribe
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
24%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Undead Alchemist
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Fog Bank
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
20%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Baleful Strix
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-4%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Riddlekeeper
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Junk
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
9%synergy
The Reality Chip
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Soulless Jailer
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Jace's Archivist
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
11%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Aegis Turtle
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Silvergill Peddler
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-3%synergy
Guiltfeeder
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Academy Wall
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Shadowmage Infiltrator
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Psychic Strike
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
40%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Didn't Say Please
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
38%synergy
Swan Song
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Archive Trap
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Into the Story
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Negate
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
-9%synergy
Thought Collapse
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Aetherize
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Thought Scour
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
22%synergy
Arcane Denial
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Deadly Rollick
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Pongify
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Memory Plunder
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Dark Ritual
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-17%synergy
Mana Drain
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Resculpt
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Sink into Stupor
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Drown in Dreams
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Go for the Throat
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Reality Shift
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
0%synergy
Perplex
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Infernal Grasp
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Crypt Incursion
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Hero's Downfall
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Fell the Profane
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-6%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
See Double
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Whir of Invention
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Frantic Search
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-9%synergy
Brainstorm
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-21%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Fact or Fiction
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
0%synergy
Countersquall
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Force of Negation
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
0%synergy
Baleful Mastery
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Memory Lapse
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Withering Torment
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-7%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
48%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
42%synergy
Feed the Swarm
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Toxic Deluge
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Windfall
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Cut Your Losses
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
20%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Damnation
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Mind Funeral
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Extract from Darkness
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Increasing Confusion
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Profane Tutor
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Fabricate
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Decree of Pain
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Startled Awake
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Reanimate
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-15%synergy
Sign in Blood
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Strategic Betrayal
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
5%synergy
Ureni's Rebuff
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
5%synergy
Grasping Tentacles
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
41%synergy
Altar of the Brood
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
38%synergy
Lightning Greaves
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Bonehoard
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-5%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Keening Stone
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Altar of Dementia
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Isochron Scepter
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Helm of Obedience
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-4%synergy
Relic of Progenitus
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Grafdigger's Cage
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Expedition Map
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Folio of Fancies
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Profane Memento
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Ensnaring Bridge
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
1%synergy
Enchantments
Court of Cunning
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
42%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
45%synergy
Propaganda
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
26%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Memory Erosion
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
24%synergy
Freed from the Real
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Intruder Alarm
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Fraying Sanity
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
20%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Mystic Remora
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Leyline of the Void
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Jace's Erasure
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Jaws of Defeat
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
46%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Jace Beleren
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
47%inclusion9 decks19 decks
42%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
29%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Cabal Coffers
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
20%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Temple of the False God
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Wasteland
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Maze of Ith
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Urza's Saga
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Reliquary Tower
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-22%synergy
Restless Reef
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Rogue's Passage
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-18%synergy
Agna Qel'a
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Mistrise Village
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
95%inclusion20 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Arcane Signet
86%inclusion18 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Signet
67%inclusion14 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
62%inclusion13 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Thought Vessel
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Fellwar Stone
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Midnight Clock
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Mind Stone
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-9%synergy
Gilded Lotus
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Commander's Sphere
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-8%synergy
Thran Dynamo
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Island
95%inclusion20 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Command Tower
90%inclusion19 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Swamp
90%inclusion19 decks21 decks
-6%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
81%inclusion17 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Sunken Hollow
71%inclusion15 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Watery Grave
67%inclusion14 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Underground River
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Temple of Deceit
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Polluted Delta
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Tainted Isle
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
-6%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Choked Estuary
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
-9%synergy
Morphic Pool
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
-8%synergy
Fetid Pools
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Evolving Wilds
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
0%synergy
Sunken Ruins
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Undercity Sewers
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Exotic Orchard
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-14%synergy
Underground Sea
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Sink into Stupor
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Myriad Landscape
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-7%synergy
Ice Tunnel
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Dismal Backwater
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Flooded Strand
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Fell the Profane
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-6%synergy
Misty Rainforest
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Reflecting Pool
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Boggart Trawler
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
River of Tears
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Maestros Theater
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Scalding Tarn
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Vibrant Cityscape
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
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