Phenax, God of Deception: Defenders
$15.30
$15.30Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
New Cards
Recent-set cards that Phenax, God of Deception players are trying out in Defenders decks.
Exhibition Tidecaller+11% Synergy
$0.91
Pull from the Grave+6% Synergy
$0.15
High Synergy Cards
The highest-synergy picks for Phenax, God of Deception's Defenders builds — cards that lean hardest into the Defenders theme.
Charix, the Raging Isle+87% Synergy
$0.48
Wall of Frost+82% Synergy
$0.28
Tree of Perdition+71% Synergy
$3.15
Consuming Aberration+69% Synergy
$0.32
Ruin Crab+64% Synergy
$2.32
Hover Barrier+55% Synergy
$0.42
Maddening Cacophony+55% Synergy
$7.28
Wight of Precinct Six+54% Synergy
$0.30
Fractured Sanity+49% Synergy
$3.27
Nighthowler+49% Synergy
$0.34
Top Cards
The staple cards most Phenax, God of Deception Defenders decks run as their core.
Cruel Somnophage+48% Synergy
$0.83
Singularity Rupture+47% Synergy
$1.09
Bruvac the Grandiloquent+47% Synergy
$45.96
Mortivore+47% Synergy
$0.55
Drown in the Loch+46% Synergy
$1.36
Mindcrank+46% Synergy
$10.64
The Ancient One+46% Synergy
$2.28
The Water Crystal+45% Synergy
$3.77
Mind Grind+41% Synergy
$4.94
Counterspell-7% Synergy
$3.43
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a Phenax, God of Deception Defenders game on their own.
Notion Thief+3% Synergy
$1.61
Consecrated Sphinx+3% Synergy
$34.59
Mystical Tutor0% Synergy
$17.28
Force of Will-3% Synergy
$70.22
Cyclonic Rift-5% Synergy
$41.26
Demonic Tutor-7% Synergy
$70.03
Rhystic Study-8% Synergy
$69.44
Vampiric Tutor-9% Synergy
$62.01
Fierce Guardianship-11% Synergy
$56.78
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Defenders plan in Phenax, God of Deception decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Fog Bank+44% Synergy
$0.15
Duskmantle Guildmage+42% Synergy
$1.32
Wall of Lost Thoughts+42% Synergy
$0.18
Glacial Wall+41% Synergy
$0.35
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant+40% Synergy
$0.14
Corrupted Shapeshifter+39% Synergy
$0.21
Eater of the Dead+37% Synergy
$0.87
Jace's Phantasm+35% Synergy
$0.34
Silent Arbiter+32% Synergy
$13.41
The Walls of Ba Sing Se+30% Synergy
$26.27
Crashing Drawbridge+28% Synergy
$0.78
Manic Scribe+28% Synergy
$0.38
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed+28% Synergy
$0.45
Sire of Stagnation+27% Synergy
$1.24
Drift of Phantasms+27% Synergy
$0.35
Aegis Turtle+26% Synergy
$0.25
Sewer Nemesis+25% Synergy
$0.96
Hedron Crab+25% Synergy
$2.82
Syr Konrad, the Grim+24% Synergy
$0.74
Wall of Runes+23% Synergy
$0.22
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind+21% Synergy
$0.73
Ioreth of the Healing House+21% Synergy
$0.33
Merfolk Secretkeeper+19% Synergy
$0.24
Wall of Mist+19% Synergy
$0.10
Wall of Air+19% Synergy
$0.32
Fleet Swallower+18% Synergy
$1.33
The Mindskinner+17% Synergy
$2.99
Guiltfeeder+17% Synergy
$1.03
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker+17% Synergy
$0.47
The Haunt of Hightower+17% Synergy
$3.19
Zellix, Sanity Flayer+16% Synergy
$26.86
Coral Colony+16% Synergy
$0.10
Doorkeeper+16% Synergy
$0.07
Undead Alchemist+15% Synergy
$1.25
Avatar of Woe+15% Synergy
$4.48
Dreamborn Muse+15% Synergy
$3.37
Wall of Junk+15% Synergy
$0.28
Rune-Sealed Wall+14% Synergy
$0.06
Murmuring Phantasm+14% Synergy
$0.18
Academy Wall+13% Synergy
$0.20
Soulless Jailer+13% Synergy
$1.23
Guard Gomazoa+13% Synergy
$0.56
Unhallowed Phalanx+13% Synergy
$0.22
Deepmuck Desperado+13% Synergy
$0.17
Mnemonic Wall+13% Synergy
$0.22
Captain N'ghathrod+12% Synergy
$11.74
Amaranthine Wall+12% Synergy
$0.26
Riptide Turtle+12% Synergy
$0.09
Doomsday Excruciator+11% Synergy
$0.77
Nemesis of Reason+10% Synergy
$3.15
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep Phenax, God of Deception's Defenders deck ahead.
Dramatic Reversal+42% Synergy
$3.95
Visions of Beyond+37% Synergy
$4.66
Psychic Strike+31% Synergy
$0.35
Thought Collapse+30% Synergy
$0.37
Didn't Say Please+27% Synergy
$0.38
Into the Story+27% Synergy
$0.36
Crypt Incursion+19% Synergy
$0.29
Archive Trap+19% Synergy
$1.63
Grisly Spectacle+18% Synergy
$0.10
Drown in Dreams+12% Synergy
$3.24
Thought Scour+10% Synergy
$0.70
Intellectual Offering+9% Synergy
$0.33
Aetherize+8% Synergy
$0.37
Perplex+8% Synergy
$1.61
Kitsune's Technique+8% Synergy
$1.16
Doom Blade+6% Synergy
$0.29
Muddle the Mixture+5% Synergy
$1.88
Memory Lapse+5% Synergy
$0.53
Essence Scatter+4% Synergy
$0.19
Cancel+3% Synergy
$0.32
Memory Plunder+1% Synergy
$1.28
Bitter Triumph+1% Synergy
$1.28
Reality Shift-1% Synergy
$0.28
Waterlogged Teachings-2% Synergy
$0.44
Murder-2% Synergy
$0.12
Fact or Fiction-3% Synergy
$0.22
Negate-4% Synergy
$0.14
Mana Drain-4% Synergy
$52.75
Infernal Grasp-4% Synergy
$0.28
Force of Negation-4% Synergy
$49.82
Dig Through Time-4% Synergy
$0.26
Rapid Hybridization-5% Synergy
$0.60
Opt-6% Synergy
$0.26
Sink into Stupor-7% Synergy
$7.11
Go for the Throat-8% Synergy
$0.61
Fell the Profane-9% Synergy
$3.00
Swan Song-10% Synergy
$7.86
Pongify-10% Synergy
$1.98
Frantic Search-11% Synergy
$0.51
Arcane Denial-12% Synergy
$1.46
Deadly Rollick-12% Synergy
$26.21
Brainstorm-13% Synergy
$1.43
Dark Ritual-18% Synergy
$4.19
An Offer You Can't Refuse-21% Synergy
$2.26
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Defenders game plan forward for Phenax, God of Deception.
Traumatize+38% Synergy
$3.87
Tasha's Hideous Laughter+26% Synergy
$3.63
Mind Funeral+21% Synergy
$1.11
Glimpse the Unthinkable+20% Synergy
$3.16
Cut Your Losses+14% Synergy
$1.38
Breach the Multiverse+13% Synergy
$9.77
Rise of the Dark Realms+12% Synergy
$7.08
Windfall+11% Synergy
$4.34
Pilfered Plans+11% Synergy
$0.17
Dream Harvest+8% Synergy
$0.30
Damnation+7% Synergy
$21.38
Mind Sculpt+6% Synergy
$0.32
Startled Awake+6% Synergy
$0.87
Aether Gale+6% Synergy
$0.29
Treasure Cruise+5% Synergy
$0.23
Whispering Madness+5% Synergy
$4.18
Eldritch Pact+5% Synergy
$0.32
Read the Bones+3% Synergy
$0.31
Diabolic Tutor+2% Synergy
$2.09
Scheming Symmetry+1% Synergy
$9.46
Extract from Darkness-1% Synergy
$0.23
Sign in Blood-1% Synergy
$2.85
Toxic Deluge-2% Synergy
$4.98
Blasphemous Edict-2% Synergy
$4.22
Ponder-5% Synergy
$2.00
Preordain-5% Synergy
$0.66
Feed the Swarm-6% Synergy
$0.33
Reanimate-11% Synergy
$8.59
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to Phenax, God of Deception Defenders decks.
Thousand-Year Elixir+40% Synergy
$15.61
Bonehoard+32% Synergy
$0.91
Riverchurn Monument+24% Synergy
$2.77
Keening Stone+24% Synergy
$0.44
Mesmeric Orb+18% Synergy
$18.53
Altar of the Brood+18% Synergy
$9.09
Profane Memento+10% Synergy
$1.32
Soul-Guide Lantern+9% Synergy
$0.31
Slagwurm Armor+9% Synergy
$1.04
Sting, the Glinting Dagger+9% Synergy
$3.63
Nihil Spellbomb+9% Synergy
$1.86
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree+8% Synergy
$0.64
Tormod's Crypt+7% Synergy
$0.51
Sapphire Medallion+6% Synergy
$6.10
Crawlspace+4% Synergy
$10.23
Isochron Scepter+3% Synergy
$12.89
Altar of Dementia+1% Synergy
$16.99
Wayfarer's Bauble-3% Synergy
$0.32
Lightning Greaves-7% Synergy
$3.93
Swiftfoot Boots-11% Synergy
$2.99
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Defenders strategy in Phenax, God of Deception decks.
Fraying Sanity+39% Synergy
$0.49
Psychic Corrosion+33% Synergy
$5.83
Memory Erosion+30% Synergy
$8.90
Sphinx's Tutelage+30% Synergy
$1.87
Court of Cunning+28% Synergy
$4.07
Intruder Alarm+28% Synergy
$3.92
Freed from the Real+26% Synergy
$8.69
Unstoppable Plan+25% Synergy
$2.88
Propaganda+21% Synergy
$3.52
Bloodchief Ascension+21% Synergy
$19.87
Pemmin's Aura+17% Synergy
$11.71
Patient Rebuilding+11% Synergy
$0.75
Teferi's Tutelage+9% Synergy
$0.35
Leyline of the Void+8% Synergy
$0.51
Phyrexian Arena+7% Synergy
$4.02
Jaws of Defeat+5% Synergy
$1.10
No Mercy+4% Synergy
$25.85
Search for Azcanta+4% Synergy
$2.02
Witness Protection+4% Synergy
$0.31
Mystic Remora-1% Synergy
$11.44
Animate Dead-5% Synergy
$4.74
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up Phenax, God of Deception's Defenders game plan.
Jace, Memory Adept+25% Synergy
$2.54
Ashiok, Dream Render+19% Synergy
$1.78
Jace, the Perfected Mind+12% Synergy
$1.70
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse+4% Synergy
$3.03
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in Phenax, God of Deception Defenders decks.
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital+37% Synergy
$1.56
Nephalia Drownyard+32% Synergy
$0.25
Scavenger Grounds+11% Synergy
$0.35
Restless Reef+10% Synergy
$2.60
Mystic Sanctuary+9% Synergy
$0.85
Minamo, School at Water's Edge+6% Synergy
$60.97
Castle Locthwain+6% Synergy
$4.00
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea+6% Synergy
$5.35
Dreadship Reef+4% Synergy
$0.35
Castle Vantress+3% Synergy
$0.29
Lonely Sandbar+3% Synergy
$0.27
Bojuka Bog+2% Synergy
$0.63
Otawara, Soaring City+1% Synergy
$31.72
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth0% Synergy
$57.13
Temple of the False God0% Synergy
$0.32
Mortuary Mire0% Synergy
$0.35
Halimar Depths-1% Synergy
$0.38
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire-3% Synergy
$11.57
Cabal Coffers-5% Synergy
$29.69
Reliquary Tower-10% Synergy
$2.76
Rogue's Passage-20% Synergy
$0.36
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out Phenax, God of Deception's Defenders strategy.
Altar of the Pantheon+11% Synergy
$0.30
Midnight Clock+8% Synergy
$0.57
Dimir Cluestone+5% Synergy
$0.14
Commander's Sphere+4% Synergy
$0.25
Dimir Locket+4% Synergy
$0.24
Worn Powerstone+3% Synergy
$0.36
Charcoal Diamond+2% Synergy
$0.32
Sky Diamond+2% Synergy
$0.26
Mind Stone+1% Synergy
$0.34
Sol Ring-4% Synergy
$1.40
Arcane Signet-6% Synergy
$0.46
Talisman of Dominance-6% Synergy
$2.58
Dimir Signet-10% Synergy
$1.19
Fellwar Stone-10% Synergy
$0.60
Thought Vessel-14% Synergy
$2.60
Lands
The mana base behind Phenax, God of Deception's Defenders decks.
Dismal Backwater+14% Synergy
$0.18
Dimir Aqueduct+11% Synergy
$0.31
Evolving Wilds+9% Synergy
$0.39
Fabled Passage+7% Synergy
$1.02
Sunken Hollow+6% Synergy
$0.36
Ice Tunnel+6% Synergy
$0.44
Jwar Isle Refuge+5% Synergy
$0.33
Contaminated Aquifer+5% Synergy
$0.31
Warped Landscape+5% Synergy
$0.18
Submerged Boneyard+4% Synergy
$0.21
Waterfront District+4% Synergy
$0.21
Darkwater Catacombs+3% Synergy
$0.33
Clearwater Pathway+3% Synergy
$4.24
Terramorphic Expanse+3% Synergy
$0.26
Prismatic Vista+2% Synergy
$39.06
Dimir Guildgate+2% Synergy
$0.12
Reflecting Pool+2% Synergy
$17.20
Swamp+1% Synergy
$0.07
Island+1% Synergy
$0.07
Myriad Landscape+1% Synergy
$0.24
Shipwreck Marsh0% Synergy
$7.35
Darkslick Shores0% Synergy
$2.49
Mistvault Bridge0% Synergy
$0.64
Choked Estuary-1% Synergy
$0.38
Temple of Deceit-1% Synergy
$0.25
Flooded Strand-1% Synergy
$15.52
Bloodstained Mire-1% Synergy
$17.82
Waterlogged Teachings-2% Synergy
$0.44
Marsh Flats-2% Synergy
$30.45
Drowned Catacomb-3% Synergy
$2.51
Misty Rainforest-3% Synergy
$36.10
Command Tower-4% Synergy
$0.25
Polluted Delta-4% Synergy
$18.92
Sunken Ruins-4% Synergy
$8.65
River of Tears-5% Synergy
$0.35
Underground Sea-6% Synergy
Watery Grave-7% Synergy
$12.40
Gloomlake Verge-7% Synergy
$10.63
Fetid Pools-7% Synergy
$0.26
Sink into Stupor-7% Synergy
$7.11
Underground River-9% Synergy
$1.42
Fell the Profane-9% Synergy
$3.00
Undercity Sewers-12% Synergy
$19.18
Tainted Isle-16% Synergy
$0.70
Morphic Pool-16% Synergy
$27.85
Exotic Orchard-16% Synergy
$0.36
Path of Ancestry-22% Synergy
$0.32
Similar Commanders
The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like Phenax, God of Deception: Defenders.
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