Phenax, God of Deception: Control
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Legendary Enchantment Creature — God

New Cards
Recent-set cards that Phenax, God of Deception players are trying out in Control decks.
Exhibition Tidecaller
Emeritus of Woe
Flow State
Decorum Dissertation
Emeritus of IdeationHigh Synergy Cards
The highest-synergy picks for Phenax, God of Deception's Control builds — cards that lean hardest into the Control theme.
Consuming Aberration
Duskmantle Guildmage
Ruin Crab
Maddening Cacophony
Mindcrank
Eater of the Dead
Tree of Perdition
Cruel SomnophageTop Cards
The staple cards most Phenax, God of Deception Control decks run as their core.
Fractured Sanity
Drown in the Loch
Singularity Rupture
Wall of Frost
Traumatize
Nighthowler
Psychic Corrosion
Propaganda
CounterspellGame Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a Phenax, God of Deception Control game on their own.
Cyclonic Rift
Rhystic Study
Demonic Tutor
Mystical Tutor
Notion Thief
Vampiric Tutor
Force of Will
Fierce Guardianship
Ancient Tomb
Mana VaultCreatures
Creatures that carry the Control plan in Phenax, God of Deception decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Wight of Precinct Six
Silent Arbiter
Hedron Crab
Mortivore
Sewer Nemesis
Manic Scribe
Fleet Swallower
Sire of Stagnation
Terisian Mindbreaker
Corrupted Shapeshifter
Drift of Phantasms
Hover Barrier
Undead Alchemist
Disciple of Deceit
Crashing Drawbridge
Deepmuck Desperado
Aphetto Alchemist
Nemesis of Reason
Fog Bank
Soulless Jailer
Painter's Servant
Doomsday Excruciator
Dimir Doppelganger
Avatar of Woe
Jace's Phantasm
Wall of Lost Thoughts
Riddlekeeper
Dreamborn Muse
Aegis Turtle
Guiltfeeder
Jace's Archivist
Rune-Sealed Wall
Mirelurk Queen
Dauthi Voidwalker
Consecrated Sphinx
Spellskite
Thassa's Oracle
Opposition Agent
Baleful StrixInstants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep Phenax, God of Deception's Control deck ahead.
Visions of Beyond
Dramatic Reversal
Psychic Strike
Didn't Say Please
Muddle the Mixture
Thought Collapse
Grisly Spectacle
Crypt Incursion
Archive Trap
Into the Story
Mana Drain
Perplex
Drown in Dreams
Thought Scour
Aetherize
Doom Blade
Memory Lapse
Force of Negation
Memory Plunder
Brain Freeze
Resculpt
Narset's Reversal
Disallow
An Offer You Can't Refuse
Lim-Dûl's Vault
Pact of Negation
Demonic Consultation
Baleful Mastery
Arcane Denial
Rapid Hybridization
Dig Through Time
Flusterstorm
Tainted Pact
Swan Song
Dispel
Pongify
Murder
Go for the Throat
Sink into Stupor
Reality Shift
Infernal Grasp
Opt
Waterlogged Teachings
Deadly Rollick
Withering Torment
Fell the Profane
Dark Ritual
Negate
Brainstorm
Frantic SearchSorceries
Sorceries that push the Control game plan forward for Phenax, God of Deception.
Mind Grind
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
Glimpse the Unthinkable
Cut Your Losses
Mind Funeral
Windfall
Damnation
Toxic Deluge
Grim Tutor
Pilfered Plans
Rise of the Dark Realms
Diabolic Tutor
Breach the Multiverse
Increasing Confusion
Extract from Darkness
Scheming Symmetry
Whispering Madness
Reanimate
Sign in Blood
Imperial Seal
Fabricate
Peer into the Abyss
Nuclear Fallout
Dark Deal
Decree of Pain
Personal Tutor
Night's Whisper
Serum Visions
Read the Bones
Ponder
Preordain
Feed the SwarmUtility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to Phenax, God of Deception Control decks.
Thousand-Year Elixir
The Water Crystal
Altar of the Brood
Riverchurn Monument
Mesmeric Orb
Bonehoard
Grindstone
Illusionist's Bracers
Profane Memento
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
Keening Stone
Isochron Scepter
Tormod's Crypt
Folio of Fancies
Soul-Guide Lantern
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
Ensnaring Bridge
Grafdigger's Cage
Codex Shredder
Nihil Spellbomb
Relic of Progenitus
Sapphire Medallion
Expedition Map
Lantern of Insight
The One Ring
Lightning Greaves
Sensei's Divining Top
Wayfarer's Bauble
Swiftfoot BootsEnchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Control strategy in Phenax, God of Deception decks.
Memory Erosion
Fraying Sanity
Unstoppable Plan
Bloodchief Ascension
Court of Cunning
Intruder Alarm
Sphinx's Tutelage
Freed from the Real
Pemmin's Aura
Mystic Remora
Phyrexian Arena
Teferi's Tutelage
No Mercy
Leyline of the Void
Patient Rebuilding
Animate Dead
Necropotence
Drowned Secrets
Virtue of Persistence
Black Market ConnectionsPlaneswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up Phenax, God of Deception's Control game plan.
Jace, Memory Adept
Ashiok, Dream Render
Jace, the Perfected Mind
Jace Beleren
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
Narset, Parter of Veils
Ashiok, Nightmare WeaverUtility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in Phenax, God of Deception Control decks.
Nephalia Drownyard
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
Scavenger Grounds
Bojuka Bog
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Mystic Sanctuary
Restless Reef
Otawara, Soaring City
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
Halimar Depths
Maze of Ith
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
Cabal Coffers
Urza's Saga
Witch's Cottage
Dreadship Reef
Academy Ruins
Mistrise Village
Wasteland
Temple of the False God
Geier Reach Sanitarium
Inventors' Fair
Castle Vantress
Reliquary Tower
Cephalid Coliseum
Castle Locthwain
Mortuary Mire
Rogue's PassageMana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out Phenax, God of Deception's Control strategy.
Altar of the Pantheon
Sol Ring
Midnight Clock
Mox Opal
Gilded Lotus
Chromatic Lantern
Dimir Locket
Basalt Monolith
Thran Dynamo
Mox Diamond
Worn Powerstone
Commander's Sphere
Sky Diamond
Chrome Mox
Charcoal Diamond
Lotus Petal
Thought Vessel
Dimir Signet
Mind Stone
Arcane Signet
Fellwar Stone
Talisman of DominanceLands
The mana base behind Phenax, God of Deception's Control decks.
Watery Grave
Gloomlake Verge
Drowned Catacomb
Polluted Delta
Underground River
Shipwreck Marsh
Darkslick Shores
Sunken Ruins
Flooded Strand
Clearwater Pathway
Fetid Pools
Underground Sea
Misty Rainforest
Verdant Catacombs
Dimir Guildgate
Dimir Aqueduct
Morphic Pool
Scalding Tarn
Bloodstained Mire
Jwar Isle Refuge
Dismal Backwater
Fabled Passage
Marsh Flats
Ice Tunnel
Temple of Deceit
Mana Confluence
Evolving Wilds
Prismatic Vista
Reflecting Pool
Submerged Boneyard
Darkwater Catacombs
Terramorphic Expanse
Snow-Covered Swamp
Command Tower
Contaminated Aquifer
City of Brass
Island
Snow-Covered Island
Swamp
Hydroelectric Specimen
Choked Estuary
Sink into Stupor
Sunken Hollow
Undercity Sewers
River of Tears
Waterlogged Teachings
Fell the Profane
Tainted Isle
Myriad Landscape
Exotic OrchardSimilar Commanders
The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like Phenax, God of Deception: Control.
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
The Mindskinner
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
Raul, Trouble Shooter
The Master, Transcendent
The Ancient One
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Agent of the Iron Throne
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Scion of Halaster
Captain N'ghathrod
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Criminal Past
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Cultist of the Absolute
Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken // Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar
Lazav, Familiar Stranger
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Haunted One
Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy // Criminal Past
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
Neerdiv, Devious Diver
Lord Xander, the Collector
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken // Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
Saruman of Many Colors
Ambassador Laquatus
Cloudhoof Kirin
Araumi of the Dead Tide
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
Hope Estheim
The Mimeoplasm
Syr Konrad, the Grim
Gyruda, Doom of Depths
Oona, Queen of the Fae
The Wise Mothman
Zareth San, the Trickster
Circu, Dimir Lobotomist
The Haunt of Hightower
Bruvac the Grandiloquent