The Ancient One (Commander) - Core

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Arnaud Gompertz
Jul 30, 2025
Trim Down Libraries With Phenax, God of Deception
On this From the Brim to the Trim, Arnaud trims a Phenax, God of Deception deck, while also trimming your libraries.
Deck Filters
Cardsphere
Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Terror Tide
53%inclusion217 decks407 decks
52%synergy
Matzalantli, the Great Door
53%inclusion217 decks407 decks
51%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
55%inclusion225 decks407 decks
50%synergy
Wonder
54%inclusion219 decks407 decks
48%synergy
The Everflowing Well
48%inclusion195 decks407 decks
46%synergy
Training Grounds
49%inclusion200 decks407 decks
45%synergy
Starving Revenant
46%inclusion188 decks407 decks
44%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
57%inclusion233 decks407 decks
44%synergy
Wail of the Forgotten
45%inclusion184 decks407 decks
44%synergy
Dreadhound
44%inclusion180 decks407 decks
43%synergy
Top Cards
Likeness Looter
48%inclusion196 decks407 decks
40%synergy
Dread Return
47%inclusion191 decks407 decks
40%synergy
Counterspell
43%inclusion176 decks407 decks
-13%synergy
Souls of the Lost
42%inclusion172 decks407 decks
42%synergy
Victimize
42%inclusion171 decks407 decks
29%synergy
Consuming Aberration
41%inclusion168 decks407 decks
26%synergy
Drown in the Loch
41%inclusion167 decks407 decks
22%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
41%inclusion166 decks407 decks
31%synergy
Millikin
41%inclusion165 decks407 decks
37%synergy
Reanimate
40%inclusion162 decks407 decks
16%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
5.2%inclusion21 decks407 decks
-7%synergy
Creatures
Obsessive Stitcher
38%inclusion156 decks407 decks
36%synergy
Deranged Assistant
38%inclusion153 decks407 decks
35%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
32%inclusion132 decks407 decks
28%synergy
Chupacabra Echo
32%inclusion132 decks407 decks
32%synergy
Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator
32%inclusion130 decks407 decks
28%synergy
Shadow of Mortality
32%inclusion129 decks407 decks
26%synergy
Disciple of Bolas
28%inclusion115 decks407 decks
28%synergy
Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake
27%inclusion109 decks407 decks
26%synergy
Fleet Swallower
27%inclusion109 decks407 decks
24%synergy
Bringer of the Last Gift
26%inclusion105 decks407 decks
25%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
26%inclusion105 decks407 decks
23%synergy
Gyruda, Doom of Depths
25%inclusion102 decks407 decks
21%synergy
Kiora, the Rising Tide
24%inclusion56 decks235 decks
22%synergy
Ruin Crab
23%inclusion93 decks407 decks
14%synergy
Stitcher's Supplier
23%inclusion93 decks407 decks
19%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
22%inclusion89 decks407 decks
16%synergy
Nighthowler
21%inclusion86 decks407 decks
15%synergy
Rona, Herald of Invasion
20%inclusion82 decks407 decks
17%synergy
Doomed Necromancer
20%inclusion81 decks407 decks
19%synergy
Laboratory Maniac
20%inclusion81 decks407 decks
16%synergy
Screeching Scorchbeast
19%inclusion70 decks359 decks
19%synergy
The Mindskinner
19%inclusion52 decks276 decks
12%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
18%inclusion75 decks407 decks
6%synergy
Nezahal, Primal Tide
17%inclusion68 decks407 decks
13%synergy
Massacre Wurm
16%inclusion67 decks407 decks
8%synergy
Phenax, God of Deception
16%inclusion66 decks407 decks
14%synergy
Huskburster Swarm
16%inclusion49 decks304 decks
16%synergy
Overlord of the Balemurk
16%inclusion44 decks273 decks
14%synergy
Hollow Marauder
16%inclusion54 decks339 decks
16%synergy
Doom Whisperer
15%inclusion62 decks407 decks
10%synergy
Dreadwing Scavenger
15%inclusion35 decks233 decks
14%synergy
Shadowgrange Archfiend
15%inclusion60 decks407 decks
14%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
15%inclusion60 decks407 decks
10%synergy
Hullbreaker Horror
14%inclusion59 decks407 decks
-1%synergy
Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
13%inclusion54 decks407 decks
11%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
13%inclusion54 decks407 decks
5%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
13%inclusion31 decks235 decks
11%synergy
Hedron Crab
13%inclusion52 decks407 decks
9%synergy
Archon of Cruelty
13%inclusion51 decks407 decks
8%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
12%inclusion47 decks407 decks
4%synergy
Ruthless Technomancer
12%inclusion47 decks407 decks
11%synergy
Soulcoil Viper
11%inclusion45 decks407 decks
11%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
11%inclusion45 decks407 decks
5%synergy
Valgavoth, Terror Eater
11%inclusion30 decks278 decks
9%synergy
Baleful Strix
10%inclusion42 decks407 decks
-12%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
10%inclusion41 decks407 decks
-3%synergy
Noxious Gearhulk
10%inclusion41 decks407 decks
7%synergy
Stinging Cave Crawler
10%inclusion41 decks407 decks
10%synergy
Qarsi Revenant
10%inclusion13 decks132 decks
9%synergy
Archaeomancer
10%inclusion40 decks407 decks
7%synergy
Instants
Frantic Search
37%inclusion150 decks407 decks
18%synergy
Another Chance
29%inclusion119 decks407 decks
29%synergy
Join the Dead
26%inclusion106 decks407 decks
26%synergy
Negate
24%inclusion99 decks407 decks
-8%synergy
Dig Through Time
23%inclusion95 decks407 decks
13%synergy
Fact or Fiction
20%inclusion83 decks407 decks
10%synergy
Bitter Triumph
20%inclusion81 decks407 decks
15%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
20%inclusion81 decks407 decks
19%synergy
Songs of the Damned
18%inclusion72 decks407 decks
16%synergy
Thought Scour
17%inclusion70 decks407 decks
11%synergy
Dark Ritual
16%inclusion67 decks407 decks
-18%synergy
Withering Torment
13%inclusion36 decks274 decks
-3%synergy
Confounding Riddle
13%inclusion53 decks407 decks
12%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion42 decks323 decks
2%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
13%inclusion51 decks407 decks
-17%synergy
Arcane Denial
12%inclusion50 decks407 decks
-13%synergy
Circular Logic
11%inclusion45 decks407 decks
10%synergy
Stubborn Denial
11%inclusion44 decks407 decks
10%synergy
Tainted Indulgence
11%inclusion44 decks407 decks
8%synergy
Consider
11%inclusion43 decks407 decks
-3%synergy
Entomb
10%inclusion39 decks407 decks
2%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
8.9%inclusion24 decks271 decks
6%synergy
Infernal Grasp
8.8%inclusion36 decks407 decks
-7%synergy
Otherworldly Gaze
8.4%inclusion34 decks407 decks
2%synergy
Brainstorm
8.1%inclusion33 decks407 decks
-23%synergy
Fell the Profane
8.0%inclusion26 decks323 decks
-7%synergy
Aetherize
7.4%inclusion30 decks407 decks
-3%synergy
Reenact the Crime
7.1%inclusion27 decks378 decks
6%synergy
Curtains' Call
7.1%inclusion29 decks407 decks
3%synergy
Visions of Beyond
6.9%inclusion28 decks407 decks
3%synergy
Resculpt
6.6%inclusion27 decks407 decks
0%synergy
Didn't Say Please
6.6%inclusion27 decks407 decks
2%synergy
Drown in Dreams
6.4%inclusion26 decks407 decks
2%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
5.9%inclusion24 decks407 decks
5%synergy
Sink into Stupor
5.9%inclusion19 decks323 decks
-9%synergy
Deadly Rollick
5.7%inclusion23 decks407 decks
-14%synergy
Reality Shift
5.7%inclusion23 decks407 decks
-9%synergy
Psychic Strike
5.4%inclusion22 decks407 decks
2%synergy
Archive Trap
5.4%inclusion22 decks407 decks
4%synergy
Counterpoint
5.3%inclusion20 decks378 decks
3%synergy
Go for the Throat
5.2%inclusion21 decks407 decks
-11%synergy
Sorceries
Stitch Together
39%inclusion157 decks407 decks
35%synergy
Feed the Swarm
33%inclusion133 decks407 decks
-4%synergy
Windfall
31%inclusion128 decks407 decks
18%synergy
Extract from Darkness
30%inclusion122 decks407 decks
22%synergy
Treasure Cruise
28%inclusion112 decks407 decks
18%synergy
Living Death
22%inclusion91 decks407 decks
17%synergy
Singularity Rupture
22%inclusion16 decks72 decks
10%synergy
Persist
22%inclusion90 decks407 decks
18%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
21%inclusion87 decks407 decks
12%synergy
Cut Your Losses
21%inclusion84 decks407 decks
17%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
18%inclusion73 decks407 decks
7%synergy
Coiling Rebirth
17%inclusion50 decks302 decks
15%synergy
Fractured Sanity
16%inclusion66 decks407 decks
6%synergy
Defossilize
15%inclusion62 decks407 decks
15%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
15%inclusion60 decks407 decks
10%synergy
Toxic Deluge
13%inclusion53 decks407 decks
-13%synergy
Deep Analysis
12%inclusion47 decks407 decks
8%synergy
Incarnation Technique
11%inclusion44 decks407 decks
9%synergy
From the Catacombs
11%inclusion43 decks407 decks
9%synergy
Buried Alive
8.4%inclusion34 decks407 decks
1%synergy
Connive // Concoct
7.6%inclusion31 decks407 decks
4%synergy
Traumatize
7.6%inclusion31 decks407 decks
3%synergy
Mind Grind
7.6%inclusion31 decks407 decks
2%synergy
Lively Dirge
7.4%inclusion25 decks339 decks
6%synergy
Unearth
7.4%inclusion30 decks407 decks
4%synergy
Diresight
7.2%inclusion22 decks304 decks
5%synergy
Zombify
6.6%inclusion27 decks407 decks
6%synergy
Ancestral Reminiscence
6.6%inclusion27 decks407 decks
6%synergy
Restart Sequence
6.4%inclusion20 decks312 decks
4%synergy
Afterlife from the Loam
6.1%inclusion8 decks131 decks
5%synergy
Winternight Stories
6.1%inclusion8 decks132 decks
5%synergy
Charnel Serenade
5.8%inclusion22 decks378 decks
4%synergy
Chart a Course
5.7%inclusion23 decks407 decks
3%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
5.5%inclusion13 decks236 decks
-2%synergy
Exhume
5.2%inclusion21 decks407 decks
4%synergy
Inspiration from Beyond
5.1%inclusion12 decks236 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Cauldron of Eternity
35%inclusion141 decks407 decks
34%synergy
Altar of the Wretched
28%inclusion114 decks407 decks
28%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
22%inclusion91 decks407 decks
8%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
19%inclusion79 decks407 decks
-5%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
19%inclusion78 decks407 decks
14%synergy
Lightning Greaves
19%inclusion78 decks407 decks
-8%synergy
Mindcrank
19%inclusion78 decks407 decks
7%synergy
Perpetual Timepiece
15%inclusion61 decks407 decks
14%synergy
The Water Crystal
14%inclusion13 decks95 decks
5%synergy
Waterlogged Hulk
12%inclusion49 decks407 decks
12%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
11%inclusion19 decks168 decks
8%synergy
The Enigma Jewel
11%inclusion43 decks407 decks
10%synergy
The Grim Captain's Locker
10%inclusion42 decks407 decks
9%synergy
Bonehoard
10%inclusion39 decks407 decks
8%synergy
Altar of Dementia
10%inclusion39 decks407 decks
5%synergy
Fell Gravship
8.5%inclusion6 decks71 decks
8%synergy
Tarrian's Journal
7.9%inclusion32 decks407 decks
7%synergy
Crucible of Worlds
7.4%inclusion30 decks407 decks
6%synergy
Palantír of Orthanc
6.9%inclusion28 decks407 decks
5%synergy
Throne of the Grim Captain
6.1%inclusion25 decks407 decks
6%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
6.1%inclusion25 decks407 decks
6%synergy
Monument to Endurance
5.4%inclusion9 decks167 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Animate Dead
32%inclusion129 decks407 decks
20%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
27%inclusion88 decks323 decks
24%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
21%inclusion86 decks407 decks
19%synergy
Fraying Sanity
19%inclusion79 decks407 decks
16%synergy
Case of the Shifting Visage
16%inclusion62 decks378 decks
13%synergy
Court of Cunning
16%inclusion66 decks407 decks
10%synergy
Cemetery Tampering
15%inclusion60 decks407 decks
14%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
14%inclusion56 decks407 decks
7%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
14%inclusion55 decks407 decks
11%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
12%inclusion47 decks407 decks
-2%synergy
Canonized in Blood
10%inclusion42 decks407 decks
10%synergy
One Ring to Rule Them All
10%inclusion41 decks407 decks
9%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
9.1%inclusion37 decks407 decks
2%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
8.6%inclusion35 decks407 decks
7%synergy
Necromancy
8.6%inclusion35 decks407 decks
4%synergy
Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette
8.5%inclusion23 decks272 decks
8%synergy
Teferi's Ageless Insight
8.4%inclusion34 decks407 decks
5%synergy
Song of Stupefaction
7.9%inclusion32 decks407 decks
8%synergy
Eaten by Piranhas
7.6%inclusion31 decks407 decks
6%synergy
Memory Erosion
7.4%inclusion30 decks407 decks
3%synergy
Out of the Tombs
6.6%inclusion27 decks407 decks
6%synergy
Search for Azcanta
6.6%inclusion27 decks407 decks
4%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
6.1%inclusion25 decks407 decks
3%synergy
Fungal Fortitude
6.1%inclusion25 decks407 decks
6%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
5.7%inclusion23 decks407 decks
4%synergy
Propaganda
5.7%inclusion23 decks407 decks
-10%synergy
The Tale of Tamiyo
5.5%inclusion15 decks274 decks
5%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
5.4%inclusion22 decks407 decks
3%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
20%inclusion81 decks407 decks
18%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
13%inclusion54 decks407 decks
7%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
12%inclusion49 decks407 decks
9%synergy
Liliana, Death's Majesty
10%inclusion39 decks407 decks
4%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
6.6%inclusion27 decks407 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Restless Reef
41%inclusion168 decks407 decks
34%synergy
Bojuka Bog
35%inclusion141 decks407 decks
-4%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
35%inclusion141 decks407 decks
25%synergy
Rogue's Passage
31%inclusion128 decks407 decks
4%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
21%inclusion84 decks407 decks
3%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
15%inclusion62 decks407 decks
2%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
15%inclusion61 decks407 decks
14%synergy
Drownyard Temple
15%inclusion61 decks407 decks
12%synergy
Reliquary Tower
14%inclusion56 decks407 decks
-23%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
12%inclusion47 decks407 decks
6%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
11%inclusion8 decks72 decks
9%synergy
Hidden Cataract
11%inclusion45 decks407 decks
10%synergy
Tomb Fortress
11%inclusion45 decks407 decks
10%synergy
Echoing Deeps
11%inclusion44 decks407 decks
10%synergy
Mortuary Mire
11%inclusion43 decks407 decks
2%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
10%inclusion10 decks99 decks
5%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
10%inclusion41 decks407 decks
7%synergy
Dakmor Salvage
10%inclusion40 decks407 decks
9%synergy
Tyrite Sanctum
9.3%inclusion38 decks407 decks
9%synergy
Barren Moor
8.4%inclusion34 decks407 decks
6%synergy
Witch's Cottage
8.1%inclusion33 decks407 decks
5%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
7.9%inclusion32 decks407 decks
5%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
7.4%inclusion30 decks407 decks
-11%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
7.1%inclusion29 decks407 decks
-13%synergy
Sunken Palace
6.8%inclusion22 decks322 decks
6%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
6.6%inclusion27 decks407 decks
5%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Pit of Offerings
5.4%inclusion22 decks407 decks
5%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
5.4%inclusion22 decks407 decks
-3%synergy
Temple of the False God
5.2%inclusion21 decks407 decks
-5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
77%inclusion315 decks407 decks
-11%synergy
Arcane Signet
77%inclusion313 decks407 decks
-7%synergy
Dimir Signet
59%inclusion240 decks407 decks
-2%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
48%inclusion194 decks407 decks
-11%synergy
Mind Stone
34%inclusion140 decks407 decks
5%synergy
Fellwar Stone
24%inclusion99 decks407 decks
-7%synergy
Commander's Sphere
21%inclusion84 decks407 decks
2%synergy
Thought Vessel
13%inclusion52 decks407 decks
-19%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
8.1%inclusion33 decks407 decks
0%synergy
Sky Diamond
6.9%inclusion28 decks407 decks
-2%synergy
Worn Powerstone
6.6%inclusion27 decks407 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Swamp
97%inclusion396 decks407 decks
1%synergy
Island
97%inclusion396 decks407 decks
1%synergy
Command Tower
81%inclusion331 decks407 decks
-7%synergy
Sunken Hollow
70%inclusion283 decks407 decks
3%synergy
Choked Estuary
53%inclusion216 decks407 decks
5%synergy
Tainted Isle
43%inclusion177 decks407 decks
-1%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
43%inclusion175 decks407 decks
3%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
43%inclusion174 decks407 decks
-10%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
42%inclusion169 decks407 decks
2%synergy
Evolving Wilds
37%inclusion150 decks407 decks
20%synergy
Temple of Deceit
33%inclusion136 decks407 decks
-3%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
33%inclusion133 decks407 decks
-7%synergy
Myriad Landscape
30%inclusion123 decks407 decks
7%synergy
Underground River
28%inclusion115 decks407 decks
-11%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
28%inclusion113 decks407 decks
16%synergy
Exotic Orchard
26%inclusion107 decks407 decks
-7%synergy
Fetid Pools
26%inclusion105 decks407 decks
9%synergy
Port of Karfell
24%inclusion99 decks407 decks
17%synergy
Watery Grave
24%inclusion98 decks407 decks
-22%synergy
Undercity Sewers
22%inclusion84 decks382 decks
2%synergy
Morphic Pool
19%inclusion79 decks407 decks
-17%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
17%inclusion46 decks276 decks
-6%synergy
Polluted Delta
15%inclusion62 decks407 decks
-16%synergy
Dismal Backwater
14%inclusion59 decks407 decks
-2%synergy
River of Tears
14%inclusion57 decks407 decks
3%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
14%inclusion55 decks407 decks
-11%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion42 decks323 decks
2%synergy
Ash Barrens
13%inclusion51 decks407 decks
7%synergy
Darkslick Shores
12%inclusion47 decks407 decks
-2%synergy
Promising Vein
11%inclusion43 decks407 decks
10%synergy
Fabled Passage
10%inclusion40 decks407 decks
2%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
10%inclusion40 decks407 decks
3%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
9.1%inclusion37 decks407 decks
2%synergy
Fell the Profane
8.0%inclusion26 decks323 decks
-7%synergy
Sunken Ruins
7.6%inclusion31 decks407 decks
-7%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
7.5%inclusion24 decks322 decks
-1%synergy
Obscura Storefront
7.4%inclusion30 decks407 decks
6%synergy
Sinister Hideout
7.0%inclusion3 decks43 decks
4%synergy
Boggart Trawler
6.8%inclusion22 decks322 decks
0%synergy
Ice Tunnel
6.6%inclusion27 decks407 decks
1%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.6%inclusion27 decks407 decks
-21%synergy
Hidden Grotto
5.9%inclusion18 decks304 decks
4%synergy
Sink into Stupor
5.9%inclusion19 decks323 decks
-9%synergy
Maestros Theater
5.4%inclusion22 decks407 decks
4%synergy
Thriving Isle
5.4%inclusion22 decks407 decks
3%synergy
Waterfront District
5.2%inclusion21 decks407 decks
2%synergy