Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Upgraded Control

Phenax, God of Deception
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Mar 4, 2026
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Kitsune's Technique
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Ruin Crab
91%inclusion21 decks23 decks
83%synergy
Consuming Aberration
96%inclusion22 decks23 decks
81%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
78%inclusion18 decks23 decks
76%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
70%inclusion16 decks23 decks
65%synergy
Eater of the Dead
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
64%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
74%inclusion17 decks23 decks
63%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
60%synergy
Singularity Rupture
70%inclusion14 decks20 decks
58%synergy
Fractured Sanity
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
56%synergy
Tree of Perdition
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
55%synergy
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Drown in the Loch
70%inclusion16 decks23 decks
52%synergy
Counterspell
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
61%inclusion14 decks23 decks
55%synergy
Mindcrank
61%inclusion14 decks23 decks
49%synergy
Visions of Beyond
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
53%synergy
The Water Crystal
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
44%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
39%synergy
Nighthowler
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
46%synergy
The Ancient One
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
49%synergy
Mind Grind
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
47%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
20%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Demonic Tutor
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Notion Thief
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Force of Will
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-5%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Creatures
Wall of Frost
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
46%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
46%synergy
The Mindskinner
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
37%synergy
Mortivore
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
42%synergy
Hedron Crab
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
39%synergy
Silent Arbiter
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
38%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
30%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
30%synergy
Hover Barrier
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
30%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
26%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Manic Scribe
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Undead Alchemist
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Fog Bank
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Baleful Strix
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-6%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Riddlekeeper
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Guiltfeeder
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Wall of Junk
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
The Reality Chip
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Soulless Jailer
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
13%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Aegis Turtle
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Jace's Archivist
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Shadowmage Infiltrator
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Academy Wall
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Fleet Swallower
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Fatestitcher
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Dramatic Reversal
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
49%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Psychic Strike
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
36%synergy
Didn't Say Please
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
34%synergy
Swan Song
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Into the Story
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
29%synergy
Archive Trap
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
28%synergy
Negate
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
-7%synergy
Dark Ritual
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
-10%synergy
Mana Drain
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Deadly Rollick
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Pongify
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Thought Collapse
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Aetherize
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Thought Scour
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
20%synergy
Arcane Denial
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
-4%synergy
Memory Plunder
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Reality Shift
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Resculpt
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Sink into Stupor
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Force of Negation
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Drown in Dreams
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Go for the Throat
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Perplex
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Crypt Incursion
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Infernal Grasp
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Withering Torment
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Hero's Downfall
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
See Double
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Whir of Invention
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Frantic Search
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-10%synergy
Fell the Profane
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-7%synergy
Brainstorm
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-21%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Fact or Fiction
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Brain Freeze
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Baleful Mastery
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Memory Lapse
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Countersquall
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
48%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
43%synergy
Feed the Swarm
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Toxic Deluge
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
20%synergy
Windfall
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Cut Your Losses
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Mind Funeral
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Damnation
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Reanimate
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-11%synergy
Extract from Darkness
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Increasing Confusion
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Profane Tutor
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Decree of Pain
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Fabricate
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Startled Awake
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
42%synergy
Altar of the Brood
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
39%synergy
Lightning Greaves
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Bonehoard
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
29%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-7%synergy
Altar of Dementia
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Isochron Scepter
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Keening Stone
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Helm of Obedience
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-5%synergy
Grafdigger's Cage
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Expedition Map
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Folio of Fancies
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Relic of Progenitus
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Profane Memento
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Ensnaring Bridge
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Enchantments
Court of Cunning
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
42%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
46%synergy
Propaganda
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
31%synergy
Intruder Alarm
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
29%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
24%synergy
Fraying Sanity
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
27%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
30%synergy
Memory Erosion
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
26%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
23%synergy
Freed from the Real
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Mystic Remora
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Leyline of the Void
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
18%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
15%synergy
No Mercy
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Jace's Erasure
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
41%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
29%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Jace Beleren
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
18%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
43%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
30%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
26%synergy
Cabal Coffers
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
20%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
18%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Temple of the False God
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Reliquary Tower
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-19%synergy
Restless Reef
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Wasteland
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Maze of Ith
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Urza's Saga
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Rogue's Passage
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-18%synergy
Field of Ruin
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Agna Qel'a
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
96%inclusion22 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Arcane Signet
87%inclusion20 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Dimir Signet
61%inclusion14 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Thought Vessel
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Fellwar Stone
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Midnight Clock
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Mind Stone
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
-7%synergy
Gilded Lotus
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Commander's Sphere
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-8%synergy
Thran Dynamo
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
0%synergy
Lands
Island
96%inclusion22 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Command Tower
91%inclusion21 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Swamp
91%inclusion21 decks23 decks
-5%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
78%inclusion18 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Sunken Hollow
74%inclusion17 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Watery Grave
70%inclusion16 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Underground River
61%inclusion14 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Temple of Deceit
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Polluted Delta
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Tainted Isle
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
-5%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Morphic Pool
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
-2%synergy
Choked Estuary
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
-13%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Sunken Ruins
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Fetid Pools
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Underground Sea
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Evolving Wilds
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Undercity Sewers
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Exotic Orchard
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-15%synergy
Sink into Stupor
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Flooded Strand
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Prismatic Vista
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Myriad Landscape
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-8%synergy
Misty Rainforest
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Ice Tunnel
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Dismal Backwater
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Fabled Passage
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Fell the Profane
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-7%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Reflecting Pool
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Boggart Trawler
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
2%synergy
River of Tears
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-2%synergy
Darkslick Shores
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-5%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Scalding Tarn
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Maestros Theater
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
0%synergy
City of Brass
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Vibrant Cityscape
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
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