Phenax, God of Deception
$15.26
$15.26Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
How it feels to play against
Mildly Annoying
Some frustrating moments but still fun.
Popularity
Ranking
#304
Current Rank
#327
Last Week
#262
Past 2 Years
Combos
Debut Set
Decks on Moxfield
Decks on Archidekt
Scryfall
CardmarketVideos
Commander gameplay videos featuring Phenax, God of Deception.
MTG Commander Bracket 4 Gameplay! | Phenax | Neheb | The First Sliver | Tifa | MTG EDH Matchup
Born of the Gods Box Brawl
Commander, but Damage is Banned
$50 Budget Commander - EDH Gameplay Ep 113
We Always Wanted To Build These Commanders | Midnight Mana Episode 10
Trapped In Commander Purgatory | Meaty Magic
Bilbo vs Phenax vs Go-Shintai vs Caesar | EDH Gameplay | Smooth Brain EDH
Phenax VS Kotis 1v1 EDH/CMDR Gameplay
MAMTG cEDH S5 E22 | ITS STORM FORCE OF NATURE TIME! | ft @ComedIanMTG
ALL HALLOW'S EVE? | Edgar Markov vs Reaper King vs Vren vs Phenax | MTG Commander Gameplay | GMR #11
More Phenax, God of Deception VideosNew Cards
Fresh cards from recent sets that players are experimenting with in Phenax, God of Deception decks.
Exhibition Tidecaller+6% Synergy
$0.58
Emeritus of Woe+1% Synergy
$17.35
Flow State+0% Synergy
$2.70
Decorum Dissertation+0% Synergy
$7.92
Grave Researcher-1% Synergy
$3.08
High Synergy Cards
Cards that work exceptionally well with Phenax, God of Deception's abilities and overall game plan.
Consuming Aberration+71% Synergy
$0.23
Charix, the Raging Isle+69% Synergy
$0.42
Ruin Crab+64% Synergy
$2.05
Maddening Cacophony+59% Synergy
$7.66
Tree of Perdition+57% Synergy
$2.96
Bruvac the Grandiloquent+56% Synergy
$45.22
Mindcrank+53% Synergy
$10.59
Wight of Precinct Six+53% Synergy
$0.32
Duskmantle Guildmage+51% Synergy
$1.43
Wall of Frost+49% Synergy
$0.28
Top Cards
The most popular and reliable cards that form the backbone of successful Phenax, God of Deception decks.
Fractured Sanity+49% Synergy
$3.14
Cruel Somnophage+47% Synergy
$0.88
Traumatize+47% Synergy
$3.99
Nighthowler+45% Synergy
$0.31
Mind Grind+44% Synergy
$4.78
The Water Crystal+43% Synergy
$4.10
Drown in the Loch+41% Synergy
$1.45
Singularity Rupture+39% Synergy
$0.49
Syr Konrad, the Grim+37% Synergy
$0.91
Counterspell+1% Synergy
$3.67
Game Changers
Powerful cards that can single-handedly turn the tide of a game when resolved.
Rhystic Study+6% Synergy
$66.59
Cyclonic Rift+5% Synergy
$41.55
Consecrated Sphinx+4% Synergy
$34.55
Notion Thief+3% Synergy
$1.54
Demonic Tutor+2% Synergy
$72.10
Mystical Tutor+0% Synergy
$18.15
Ancient Tomb-1% Synergy
$129.20
Vampiric Tutor-1% Synergy
$60.87
Force of Will-2% Synergy
$64.63
Fierce Guardianship-5% Synergy
$58.52
Creatures
Essential creatures that complement Phenax, God of Deception's strategy through synergy, utility, or raw power.
The Ancient One+45% Synergy
$2.61
Eater of the Dead+44% Synergy
$0.86
Mortivore+41% Synergy
$0.57
Hedron Crab+38% Synergy
$2.70
The Walls of Ba Sing Se+35% Synergy
$24.91
Hover Barrier+33% Synergy
$0.39
Fleet Swallower+32% Synergy
$1.31
The Mindskinner+31% Synergy
$2.81
Silent Arbiter+30% Synergy
$13.02
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant+30% Synergy
$0.22
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker+29% Synergy
$0.47
Sire of Stagnation+28% Synergy
$1.26
Zellix, Sanity Flayer+26% Synergy
$26.35
Sewer Nemesis+25% Synergy
$1.14
Nemesis of Reason+24% Synergy
$3.36
Terisian Mindbreaker+24% Synergy
$2.44
Corrupted Shapeshifter+23% Synergy
$0.20
Wall of Lost Thoughts+22% Synergy
$0.18
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed+21% Synergy
$0.45
Jace's Phantasm+21% Synergy
$0.37
Manic Scribe+21% Synergy
$0.35
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind+21% Synergy
$0.83
Ioreth of the Healing House+20% Synergy
$0.38
Glacial Wall+19% Synergy
$0.35
Fog Bank+18% Synergy
$0.16
Undead Alchemist+16% Synergy
$1.14
Aegis Turtle+15% Synergy
$0.22
Deepmuck Desperado+15% Synergy
$0.20
Crashing Drawbridge+14% Synergy
$0.60
Riddlekeeper+14% Synergy
$13.33
Dreamborn Muse+14% Synergy
$3.28
The Haunt of Hightower+14% Synergy
$3.32
Soulless Jailer+13% Synergy
$1.63
Guiltfeeder+13% Synergy
$1.22
Unhallowed Phalanx+13% Synergy
$0.24
Avatar of Woe+12% Synergy
$4.96
Captain N'ghathrod+12% Synergy
$12.38
Merfolk Secretkeeper+11% Synergy
$0.26
Doomsday Excruciator+10% Synergy
$0.72
Wall of Runes+10% Synergy
$0.21
Disciple of Deceit+9% Synergy
$0.20
Drift of Phantasms+9% Synergy
$0.32
Wall of Junk+9% Synergy
$0.31
Mirelurk Queen+7% Synergy
$0.61
Dimir Doppelganger+7% Synergy
$0.56
Jace's Archivist+7% Synergy
$9.36
Wall of Mist+7% Synergy
$0.09
Wrexial, the Risen Deep+4% Synergy
$1.76
Dauthi Voidwalker+0% Synergy
$5.36
Baleful Strix-14% Synergy
$3.04
Instants
Key instant-speed responses for protection, removal, and keeping Phenax, God of Deception safe.
Visions of Beyond+39% Synergy
$4.96
Dramatic Reversal+37% Synergy
$0.48
Didn't Say Please+29% Synergy
$0.36
Thought Collapse+28% Synergy
$0.37
Psychic Strike+25% Synergy
$0.36
Archive Trap+21% Synergy
$1.74
Grisly Spectacle+17% Synergy
$0.11
Into the Story+15% Synergy
$0.30
Crypt Incursion+15% Synergy
$0.33
Drown in Dreams+13% Synergy
$2.80
Thought Scour+12% Synergy
$1.51
Kitsune's Technique+10% Synergy
$1.47
Psychic Spiral+7% Synergy
$0.20
Perplex+5% Synergy
$1.59
Intellectual Offering+4% Synergy
$0.33
Aetherize+4% Synergy
$0.41
Memory Plunder+4% Synergy
$1.29
Doom Blade+2% Synergy
$0.18
Muddle the Mixture+2% Synergy
$2.30
Mana Drain+1% Synergy
$55.81
Murder-1% Synergy
$0.22
Rapid Hybridization-2% Synergy
$0.50
Waterlogged Teachings-2% Synergy
$0.46
Fact or Fiction-3% Synergy
$0.25
Force of Negation-3% Synergy
$50.70
Pongify-4% Synergy
$1.72
Negate-4% Synergy
$0.20
Withering Torment-5% Synergy
$3.47
Reality Shift-5% Synergy
$0.26
Swan Song-5% Synergy
$8.00
Arcane Denial-5% Synergy
$2.01
Brainstorm-5% Synergy
$1.39
Fell the Profane-6% Synergy
$3.79
Sink into Stupor-6% Synergy
$6.82
Go for the Throat-7% Synergy
$0.57
Infernal Grasp-7% Synergy
$0.25
Deadly Rollick-9% Synergy
$28.12
Dark Ritual-12% Synergy
$3.90
An Offer You Can't Refuse-12% Synergy
$2.27
Sorceries
Important sorcery spells that advance Phenax, God of Deception's game plan and control the board.
Tasha's Hideous Laughter+32% Synergy
$3.90
Glimpse the Unthinkable+25% Synergy
$3.18
Cut Your Losses+25% Synergy
$1.41
Mind Funeral+24% Synergy
$1.14
Windfall+14% Synergy
$4.94
Breach the Multiverse+14% Synergy
$9.79
Rise of the Dark Realms+13% Synergy
$7.39
Pilfered Plans+10% Synergy
$0.20
Extract from Darkness+9% Synergy
$0.23
Increasing Confusion+8% Synergy
$1.05
Damnation+7% Synergy
$20.99
Mind Sculpt+6% Synergy
$0.32
Whispering Madness+6% Synergy
$3.98
Diabolic Tutor+6% Synergy
$2.11
Startled Awake+6% Synergy
$0.82
Nuclear Fallout+5% Synergy
$3.43
Tome Scour+4% Synergy
$0.33
Eldritch Pact+4% Synergy
$0.32
Scheming Symmetry+4% Synergy
$8.01
Peer into the Abyss+3% Synergy
$3.24
Grim Tutor+2% Synergy
$26.04
Treasure Cruise+2% Synergy
$0.24
Dread Summons+1% Synergy
$0.25
Read the Bones+1% Synergy
$0.29
Sign in Blood+0% Synergy
$3.67
Toxic Deluge0% Synergy
$5.05
Preordain-2% Synergy
$0.50
Reanimate-3% Synergy
$8.19
Ponder-5% Synergy
$1.75
Feed the Swarm-15% Synergy
$0.21
Utility Artifacts
Versatile artifacts that provide ongoing value, card selection, or strategic advantages.
Thousand-Year Elixir+35% Synergy
$14.81
Bonehoard+30% Synergy
$0.98
Mesmeric Orb+29% Synergy
$18.39
Riverchurn Monument+23% Synergy
$2.42
Altar of the Brood+23% Synergy
$8.34
Keening Stone+17% Synergy
$0.41
Grindstone+11% Synergy
$13.47
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree+8% Synergy
$0.66
Profane Memento+7% Synergy
$1.80
Sting, the Glinting Dagger+7% Synergy
$4.04
Folio of Fancies+6% Synergy
$1.80
Illusionist's Bracers+6% Synergy
$5.10
Tormod's Crypt+5% Synergy
$0.59
Isochron Scepter+5% Synergy
$13.86
Slagwurm Armor+5% Synergy
$0.97
Nihil Spellbomb+4% Synergy
$1.98
Altar of Dementia+4% Synergy
$17.16
Sapphire Medallion+2% Synergy
$6.26
Lightning Greaves+1% Synergy
$4.44
Wayfarer's Bauble-1% Synergy
$0.30
Jet Medallion-3% Synergy
$11.34
Swiftfoot Boots-9% Synergy
$1.95
Enchantments
Powerful enchantments that support Phenax, God of Deception's strategy and create lasting battlefield effects.
Fraying Sanity+42% Synergy
$0.58
Psychic Corrosion+41% Synergy
$6.90
Memory Erosion+39% Synergy
$9.00
Sphinx's Tutelage+29% Synergy
$2.88
Unstoppable Plan+27% Synergy
$2.40
Court of Cunning+27% Synergy
$4.44
Propaganda+26% Synergy
$3.11
Intruder Alarm+23% Synergy
$4.30
Bloodchief Ascension+20% Synergy
$20.52
Freed from the Real+17% Synergy
$9.62
Teferi's Tutelage+13% Synergy
$0.37
Patient Rebuilding+11% Synergy
$0.96
Pemmin's Aura+10% Synergy
$10.87
Phyrexian Arena+8% Synergy
$4.22
Leyline of the Void+6% Synergy
$0.58
Drowned Secrets+6% Synergy
$0.63
No Mercy+5% Synergy
$26.10
Jace's Erasure+5% Synergy
$0.34
Mystic Remora+0% Synergy
$12.00
Animate Dead0% Synergy
$5.00
Black Market Connections-3% Synergy
$19.62
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that work alongside Phenax, God of Deception to provide ongoing value and board presence.
Jace, Memory Adept+22% Synergy
$2.66
Ashiok, Dream Render+19% Synergy
$1.72
Jace, the Perfected Mind+13% Synergy
$1.74
Jace Beleren+6% Synergy
$1.88
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries+6% Synergy
$8.80
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that offer additional utility beyond just mana production.
Nephalia Drownyard+29% Synergy
$0.33
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital+25% Synergy
$1.46
Restless Reef+10% Synergy
$2.86
Minamo, School at Water's Edge+10% Synergy
$62.97
Scavenger Grounds+9% Synergy
$0.40
Bojuka Bog+7% Synergy
$0.70
Duskmantle, House of Shadow+7% Synergy
$0.19
Mystic Sanctuary+4% Synergy
$0.85
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx+3% Synergy
$51.37
Temple of the False God+2% Synergy
$0.33
Castle Locthwain+1% Synergy
$3.70
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth+1% Synergy
$63.55
Halimar Depths+0% Synergy
$0.36
Mortuary Mire+0% Synergy
$0.46
Reliquary Tower+0% Synergy
$2.94
Cabal Coffers0% Synergy
$33.04
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire-1% Synergy
$10.74
Creeping Tar Pit-2% Synergy
$0.36
Otawara, Soaring City-4% Synergy
$30.88
Rogue's Passage-15% Synergy
$0.38
Mana Artifacts
Artifacts focused on mana acceleration and color fixing for consistent gameplay.
Altar of the Pantheon+7% Synergy
$0.29
Commander's Sphere+6% Synergy
$0.33
Dimir Locket+4% Synergy
$0.23
Dimir Cluestone+4% Synergy
$0.13
Midnight Clock+3% Synergy
$0.63
Gilded Lotus+2% Synergy
$1.08
Dimir Signet+1% Synergy
$1.20
Sol Ring+0% Synergy
$1.13
Thran Dynamo+0% Synergy
$4.53
Mind Stone+0% Synergy
$0.21
Sky Diamond+0% Synergy
$0.30
Charcoal Diamond0% Synergy
$0.36
Arcane Signet-4% Synergy
$1.10
Thought Vessel-4% Synergy
$2.51
Fellwar Stone-4% Synergy
$2.20
Talisman of Dominance-6% Synergy
$1.62
Lands
The mana base foundation for Phenax, God of Deception decks, ensuring smooth and reliable mana development.
Evolving Wilds+9% Synergy
$0.12
Dismal Backwater+7% Synergy
$0.20
Terramorphic Expanse+7% Synergy
$0.16
Dimir Guildgate+7% Synergy
$0.12
Dimir Aqueduct+6% Synergy
$0.34
Drowned Catacomb+6% Synergy
$1.77
Jwar Isle Refuge+5% Synergy
$0.36
Temple of Deceit+3% Synergy
$0.24
Reflecting Pool+3% Synergy
$16.60
Submerged Boneyard+3% Synergy
$0.24
Watery Grave+2% Synergy
$10.77
Shipwreck Marsh+2% Synergy
$6.71
Sunken Ruins+2% Synergy
$9.25
Fabled Passage+1% Synergy
$3.30
Ice Tunnel+1% Synergy
$0.48
Clearwater Pathway+0% Synergy
$4.57
Prismatic Vista+0% Synergy
$37.91
Fetid Pools+0% Synergy
$0.33
Darkslick Shores+0% Synergy
$2.12
Gloomlake Verge+0% Synergy
$10.12
Contaminated Aquifer+0% Synergy
$0.31
Island0% Synergy
$0.07
Polluted Delta0% Synergy
$18.92
Swamp0% Synergy
$2.00
Underground Sea0% Synergy
Boggart Trawler-1% Synergy
$0.87
Morphic Pool-1% Synergy
$28.09
Snow-Covered Swamp-1% Synergy
$0.70
Snow-Covered Island-1% Synergy
$1.01
Darkwater Catacombs-1% Synergy
$0.37
River of Tears-1% Synergy
$0.33
Hydroelectric Specimen-2% Synergy
$0.80
Waterlogged Teachings-2% Synergy
$0.46
Sunken Hollow-2% Synergy
$0.34
Scalding Tarn-2% Synergy
$36.04
Misty Rainforest-2% Synergy
$36.97
Myriad Landscape-2% Synergy
$0.33
Bloodstained Mire-2% Synergy
$17.33
Flooded Strand-2% Synergy
$16.02
Choked Estuary-4% Synergy
$0.31
Command Tower-4% Synergy
$0.25
Undercity Sewers-5% Synergy
$16.81
Underground River-5% Synergy
$1.47
Fell the Profane-6% Synergy
$3.79
Sink into Stupor-6% Synergy
$6.82
Tainted Isle-7% Synergy
$0.85
Exotic Orchard-11% Synergy
$0.82
Path of Ancestry-21% Synergy
$0.27
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