Phenax, God of Deception
$16.55
$16.55Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
New Cards
Recent-set cards that Phenax, God of Deception players are trying out in Control decks.
Exhibition Tidecaller+13% Synergy
$0.67
Emeritus of Woe+9% Synergy
$12.42
Flow State+4% Synergy
$1.84
Decorum Dissertation+4% Synergy
$5.37
Emeritus of Ideation+4% Synergy
$5.54
High Synergy Cards
The highest-synergy picks for Phenax, God of Deception's Control builds — cards that lean hardest into the Control theme.
Consuming Aberration+74% Synergy
$0.36
Duskmantle Guildmage+71% Synergy
$0.62
Charix, the Raging Isle+66% Synergy
$0.42
Ruin Crab+65% Synergy
$1.83
Maddening Cacophony+65% Synergy
$6.03
Mindcrank+60% Synergy
$11.87
Bruvac the Grandiloquent+59% Synergy
$45.47
Eater of the Dead+57% Synergy
$0.67
Tree of Perdition+56% Synergy
$3.32
Cruel Somnophage+51% Synergy
$1.08
Top Cards
The staple cards most Phenax, God of Deception Control decks run as their core.
Fractured Sanity+49% Synergy
$3.37
Drown in the Loch+46% Synergy
$3.66
Singularity Rupture+44% Synergy
$0.82
Wall of Frost+44% Synergy
$0.29
Nighthowler+41% Synergy
$0.30
Traumatize+41% Synergy
$4.14
Psychic Corrosion+38% Synergy
$5.93
Syr Konrad, the Grim+37% Synergy
$1.14
Propaganda+32% Synergy
$2.54
Counterspell+6% Synergy
$3.32
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a Phenax, God of Deception Control game on their own.
Cyclonic Rift+23% Synergy
$38.67
Rhystic Study+16% Synergy
$69.93
Demonic Tutor+16% Synergy
$61.95
Mystical Tutor+12% Synergy
$16.42
Notion Thief+12% Synergy
$1.47
Vampiric Tutor+11% Synergy
$54.82
Force of Will+9% Synergy
$59.38
Fierce Guardianship+8% Synergy
$57.26
Ancient Tomb+7% Synergy
$134.99
Mana Vault+7% Synergy
$120.10
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Control plan in Phenax, God of Deception decks, from early pressure to payoff.
The Ancient One+40% Synergy
$1.94
Wight of Precinct Six+40% Synergy
$0.25
The Mindskinner+34% Synergy
$2.45
Hedron Crab+32% Synergy
$2.87
Silent Arbiter+32% Synergy
$11.82
Mortivore+31% Synergy
$0.45
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant+26% Synergy
$0.35
Sewer Nemesis+25% Synergy
$1.33
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind+22% Synergy
$0.88
The Walls of Ba Sing Se+22% Synergy
$24.25
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed+22% Synergy
$0.38
Zellix, Sanity Flayer+21% Synergy
$25.64
Fleet Swallower+21% Synergy
$1.30
Sire of Stagnation+20% Synergy
$1.86
Manic Scribe+20% Synergy
$0.35
Terisian Mindbreaker+18% Synergy
$1.67
Corrupted Shapeshifter+18% Synergy
$0.22
Drift of Phantasms+18% Synergy
$0.26
Hover Barrier+18% Synergy
$0.42
Undead Alchemist+17% Synergy
$0.80
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker+17% Synergy
$0.44
Ioreth of the Healing House+16% Synergy
$0.37
Disciple of Deceit+16% Synergy
$0.19
Crashing Drawbridge+15% Synergy
$0.76
Deepmuck Desperado+15% Synergy
$0.14
Aphetto Alchemist+15% Synergy
$5.88
Nemesis of Reason+14% Synergy
$3.27
Fog Bank+14% Synergy
$0.13
Dimir Doppelganger+13% Synergy
$0.59
Soulless Jailer+13% Synergy
$2.63
Painter's Servant+13% Synergy
$54.81
Doomsday Excruciator+12% Synergy
$1.29
Avatar of Woe+12% Synergy
$6.33
Jace's Phantasm+11% Synergy
$0.32
Wall of Lost Thoughts+11% Synergy
$0.19
Riddlekeeper+11% Synergy
$11.96
The Haunt of Hightower+11% Synergy
$2.05
Dreamborn Muse+10% Synergy
$3.31
Captain N'ghathrod+9% Synergy
$13.39
Aegis Turtle+9% Synergy
$0.19
Guiltfeeder+8% Synergy
$1.42
Rune-Sealed Wall+8% Synergy
$0.99
Mirelurk Queen+8% Synergy
$0.98
Spellseeker+7% Synergy
$17.04
Dauthi Voidwalker+6% Synergy
$5.84
Consecrated Sphinx+5% Synergy
$29.93
Spellskite+4% Synergy
$7.99
Thassa's Oracle+2% Synergy
$21.94
Opposition Agent+2% Synergy
$18.87
Baleful Strix-7% Synergy
$3.21
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep Phenax, God of Deception's Control deck ahead.
Visions of Beyond+41% Synergy
$5.08
Dramatic Reversal+37% Synergy
$0.51
Psychic Strike+25% Synergy
$0.27
Didn't Say Please+22% Synergy
$0.34
Muddle the Mixture+16% Synergy
$2.58
Grisly Spectacle+16% Synergy
$0.12
Crypt Incursion+16% Synergy
$0.34
Thought Collapse+15% Synergy
$0.33
Archive Trap+15% Synergy
$1.84
Into the Story+15% Synergy
$0.27
Mana Drain+12% Synergy
$57.71
Perplex+12% Synergy
$1.75
Drown in Dreams+9% Synergy
$1.83
Thought Scour+8% Synergy
$1.01
Aetherize+7% Synergy
$0.73
Doom Blade+7% Synergy
$0.24
Memory Lapse+7% Synergy
$0.73
Force of Negation+6% Synergy
$49.89
Memory Plunder+5% Synergy
$1.40
Brain Freeze+5% Synergy
$3.77
Resculpt+4% Synergy
$0.28
Narset's Reversal+4% Synergy
$2.21
Disallow+4% Synergy
$1.80
An Offer You Can't Refuse+3% Synergy
$3.83
Lim-Dûl's Vault+3% Synergy
$6.08
Pact of Negation+3% Synergy
$18.00
See Double+3% Synergy
$1.28
Demonic Consultation+2% Synergy
$7.02
Baleful Mastery+2% Synergy
$2.90
Arcane Denial+1% Synergy
$1.67
Rapid Hybridization+1% Synergy
$1.20
Dig Through Time+1% Synergy
$0.30
Flusterstorm+1% Synergy
$8.78
Swan Song0% Synergy
$11.36
Dispel0% Synergy
$0.41
Pongify-1% Synergy
$1.91
Sink into Stupor-1% Synergy
$6.91
Murder-1% Synergy
$0.21
Go for the Throat-2% Synergy
$0.57
Reality Shift-3% Synergy
$0.32
Opt-4% Synergy
$0.23
Waterlogged Teachings-4% Synergy
$0.36
Deadly Rollick-5% Synergy
$27.91
Infernal Grasp-5% Synergy
$0.35
Withering Torment-5% Synergy
$0.86
Fell the Profane-5% Synergy
$3.86
Dark Ritual-6% Synergy
$5.94
Negate-8% Synergy
$0.31
Brainstorm-8% Synergy
$1.41
Frantic Search-12% Synergy
$1.94
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Control game plan forward for Phenax, God of Deception.
Mind Grind+37% Synergy
$2.76
Tasha's Hideous Laughter+33% Synergy
$3.75
Glimpse the Unthinkable+18% Synergy
$3.56
Cut Your Losses+18% Synergy
$2.26
Mind Funeral+18% Synergy
$1.29
Windfall+17% Synergy
$5.05
Damnation+14% Synergy
$20.48
Toxic Deluge+11% Synergy
$4.37
Grim Tutor+11% Synergy
$24.73
Pilfered Plans+11% Synergy
$0.31
Rise of the Dark Realms+9% Synergy
$6.58
Diabolic Tutor+9% Synergy
$2.35
Breach the Multiverse+8% Synergy
$10.56
Increasing Confusion+8% Synergy
$0.80
Extract from Darkness+7% Synergy
$0.28
Scheming Symmetry+7% Synergy
$9.00
Whispering Madness+6% Synergy
$3.82
Reanimate+5% Synergy
$9.76
Sign in Blood+4% Synergy
$3.83
Imperial Seal+4% Synergy
$165.76
Fabricate+4% Synergy
$10.13
Peer into the Abyss+4% Synergy
$3.15
Dark Deal+4% Synergy
$1.70
Nuclear Fallout+4% Synergy
$3.37
Decree of Pain+3% Synergy
$0.33
Personal Tutor+3% Synergy
$6.59
Night's Whisper+1% Synergy
$5.42
Serum Visions+1% Synergy
$2.73
Read the Bones+1% Synergy
$0.34
Ponder-2% Synergy
$2.28
Preordain-3% Synergy
$0.68
Feed the Swarm-8% Synergy
$0.16
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to Phenax, God of Deception Control decks.
Thousand-Year Elixir+37% Synergy
$14.66
The Water Crystal+30% Synergy
$3.63
Altar of the Brood+28% Synergy
$9.13
Riverchurn Monument+27% Synergy
$2.26
Mesmeric Orb+26% Synergy
$18.32
Bonehoard+21% Synergy
$0.74
Grindstone+15% Synergy
$13.72
Illusionist's Bracers+13% Synergy
$5.85
Profane Memento+12% Synergy
$1.49
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree+11% Synergy
$0.66
Keening Stone+11% Synergy
$0.41
Isochron Scepter+10% Synergy
$11.80
Tormod's Crypt+9% Synergy
$0.72
Folio of Fancies+9% Synergy
$1.65
Soul-Guide Lantern+8% Synergy
$0.35
Sting, the Glinting Dagger+7% Synergy
$3.79
Ensnaring Bridge+6% Synergy
$11.32
Grafdigger's Cage+5% Synergy
$1.93
Codex Shredder+5% Synergy
$0.36
Nihil Spellbomb+5% Synergy
$2.51
Relic of Progenitus+4% Synergy
$6.66
Sapphire Medallion+3% Synergy
$6.98
Expedition Map+3% Synergy
$0.95
Lantern of Insight+3% Synergy
$2.98
The One Ring+1% Synergy
$115.22
Lightning Greaves-2% Synergy
$4.52
Jet Medallion-3% Synergy
$12.26
Sensei's Divining Top-4% Synergy
$42.88
Wayfarer's Bauble-5% Synergy
$4.67
Swiftfoot Boots-8% Synergy
$2.28
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Control strategy in Phenax, God of Deception decks.
Memory Erosion+37% Synergy
$9.41
Fraying Sanity+33% Synergy
$0.92
Unstoppable Plan+30% Synergy
$2.85
Bloodchief Ascension+28% Synergy
$20.47
Court of Cunning+28% Synergy
$4.49
Intruder Alarm+25% Synergy
$5.84
Sphinx's Tutelage+20% Synergy
$1.24
Freed from the Real+16% Synergy
$8.59
Pemmin's Aura+15% Synergy
$11.71
Mystic Remora+12% Synergy
$13.04
Phyrexian Arena+11% Synergy
$4.43
Teferi's Tutelage+10% Synergy
$0.31
No Mercy+9% Synergy
$26.83
Leyline of the Void+9% Synergy
$0.63
Patient Rebuilding+6% Synergy
$0.46
Animate Dead+5% Synergy
$7.87
Necropotence+4% Synergy
$36.65
Drowned Secrets+4% Synergy
$0.57
Virtue of Persistence+3% Synergy
$6.09
Black Market Connections-1% Synergy
$10.16
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up Phenax, God of Deception's Control game plan.
Jace, Memory Adept+24% Synergy
$3.47
Ashiok, Dream Render+20% Synergy
$1.51
Jace, the Perfected Mind+13% Synergy
$1.92
Jace Beleren+8% Synergy
$2.12
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries+7% Synergy
$9.36
Narset, Parter of Veils+6% Synergy
$1.44
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver+4% Synergy
$1.53
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in Phenax, God of Deception Control decks.
Nephalia Drownyard+32% Synergy
$0.29
Minamo, School at Water's Edge+20% Synergy
$60.52
Scavenger Grounds+19% Synergy
$0.30
Bojuka Bog+16% Synergy
$1.93
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital+16% Synergy
$1.34
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth+12% Synergy
$54.58
Mystic Sanctuary+12% Synergy
$1.09
Restless Reef+12% Synergy
$2.05
Otawara, Soaring City+11% Synergy
$28.30
Duskmantle, House of Shadow+11% Synergy
$0.19
Halimar Depths+6% Synergy
$0.39
Maze of Ith+6% Synergy
$9.65
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx+6% Synergy
$53.41
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire+5% Synergy
$10.89
Cabal Coffers+5% Synergy
$29.97
Urza's Saga+5% Synergy
$38.89
Witch's Cottage+5% Synergy
$1.06
Dreadship Reef+5% Synergy
$0.35
Academy Ruins+4% Synergy
$8.07
Mistrise Village+4% Synergy
$8.61
Wasteland+4% Synergy
$27.52
Temple of the False God+3% Synergy
$0.26
Geier Reach Sanitarium+3% Synergy
$3.38
Inventors' Fair+3% Synergy
$17.64
Castle Vantress+2% Synergy
$0.34
Castle Locthwain+2% Synergy
$4.58
Reliquary Tower+1% Synergy
$3.52
Cephalid Coliseum+1% Synergy
$0.31
Mortuary Mire0% Synergy
$0.39
Rogue's Passage-17% Synergy
$0.36
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out Phenax, God of Deception's Control strategy.
Altar of the Pantheon+9% Synergy
$0.30
Sol Ring+7% Synergy
$1.55
Midnight Clock+6% Synergy
$0.62
Mox Opal+5% Synergy
$238.58
Gilded Lotus+5% Synergy
$0.57
Chromatic Lantern+5% Synergy
$0.87
Dimir Locket+4% Synergy
$0.20
Basalt Monolith+4% Synergy
$4.46
Thran Dynamo+3% Synergy
$4.34
Mox Diamond+2% Synergy
$1131.80
Worn Powerstone+2% Synergy
$0.37
Commander's Sphere0% Synergy
$0.34
Sky Diamond0% Synergy
$0.26
Chrome Mox0% Synergy
$165.23
Thought Vessel-1% Synergy
$2.59
Charcoal Diamond-1% Synergy
$0.38
Lotus Petal-1% Synergy
$38.19
Dimir Signet-4% Synergy
$1.20
Mind Stone-4% Synergy
$0.31
Fellwar Stone-6% Synergy
$0.89
Arcane Signet-7% Synergy
$0.89
Talisman of Dominance-9% Synergy
$1.04
Lands
The mana base behind Phenax, God of Deception's Control decks.
Watery Grave+14% Synergy
$9.66
Gloomlake Verge+14% Synergy
$10.54
Drowned Catacomb+13% Synergy
$1.19
Polluted Delta+13% Synergy
$20.44
Underground River+12% Synergy
$2.22
Shipwreck Marsh+12% Synergy
$7.45
Darkslick Shores+12% Synergy
$2.67
Sunken Ruins+10% Synergy
$7.72
Flooded Strand+9% Synergy
$15.97
Clearwater Pathway+8% Synergy
$4.39
Fetid Pools+7% Synergy
$0.26
Underground Sea+7% Synergy
Misty Rainforest+7% Synergy
$35.90
Verdant Catacombs+7% Synergy
$28.70
Dimir Guildgate+7% Synergy
$0.14
Dimir Aqueduct+6% Synergy
$0.33
Morphic Pool+6% Synergy
$27.14
Scalding Tarn+6% Synergy
$37.29
Bloodstained Mire+6% Synergy
$18.20
Marsh Flats+6% Synergy
$31.87
Jwar Isle Refuge+6% Synergy
$0.41
Dismal Backwater+5% Synergy
$0.26
Fabled Passage+5% Synergy
$1.11
Ice Tunnel+5% Synergy
$0.52
Temple of Deceit+4% Synergy
$0.22
Mana Confluence+4% Synergy
$36.24
Evolving Wilds+3% Synergy
$0.25
Prismatic Vista+3% Synergy
$32.42
Reflecting Pool+3% Synergy
$14.88
Submerged Boneyard+3% Synergy
$0.25
Darkwater Catacombs+2% Synergy
$0.38
Terramorphic Expanse+2% Synergy
$0.26
Snow-Covered Swamp+2% Synergy
$0.77
Command Tower+1% Synergy
$0.31
Contaminated Aquifer+1% Synergy
$0.67
City of Brass+1% Synergy
$12.30
Island0% Synergy
$0.08
Snow-Covered Island0% Synergy
$1.47
Swamp-1% Synergy
$0.08
Sink into Stupor-1% Synergy
$6.91
Hydroelectric Specimen-1% Synergy
$0.88
Choked Estuary-2% Synergy
$0.31
Sunken Hollow-3% Synergy
$0.33
Undercity Sewers-3% Synergy
$15.18
River of Tears-3% Synergy
$0.28
Waterlogged Teachings-4% Synergy
$0.36
Fell the Profane-5% Synergy
$3.86
Tainted Isle-7% Synergy
$2.91
Myriad Landscape-7% Synergy
$0.37
Exotic Orchard-12% Synergy
$0.24
Similar Commanders
The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like Phenax, God of Deception: Control.
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
The Mindskinner
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Wrexial, the Risen Deep
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Agent of the Iron Throne
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Criminal Past
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Cultist of the Absolute
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Scion of Halaster
Raul, Trouble Shooter
Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
Captain N'ghathrod
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken // Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Haunted One
Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy // Criminal Past
The Ancient One
The Master, Transcendent
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Candlekeep Sage
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Dungeon Delver
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Feywild Visitor
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Shameless Charlatan
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Sword Coast Sailor
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken // Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
Neerdiv, Devious Diver
Ambassador Laquatus
Lord Xander, the Collector
Lazav, Familiar Stranger
Saruman of Many Colors
The Wise Mothman
Cloudhoof Kirin
Gyruda, Doom of Depths
Hope Estheim
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
Oona, Queen of the Fae
The Mimeoplasm
Zareth San, the Trickster
Tasha, the Witch Queen
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Cloakwood Hermit
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Inspiring Leader
Circu, Dimir Lobotomist
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Far Traveler