Phenax, God of Deception
$11.43
$11.43Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
New Cards
Recent-set cards that Phenax, God of Deception players are trying out in Defenders decks.
Exhibition Tidecaller+10% Synergy
$0.54
Pull from the Grave+5% Synergy
$0.13
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
$0.42
Wall of Frost+83% Synergy
$0.27
Tree of Perdition+70% Synergy
$2.94
Consuming Aberration+69% Synergy
$0.35
Ruin Crab+64% Synergy
$1.34
Hover Barrier+56% Synergy
$0.32
Maddening Cacophony+56% Synergy
$6.63
Wight of Precinct Six+55% Synergy
$0.32
Nighthowler+50% Synergy
$0.33
Cruel Somnophage+49% Synergy
$0.90
Top Cards
The staple cards most Phenax, God of Deception Defenders decks run as their core.
Fractured Sanity+48% Synergy
$3.05
Bruvac the Grandiloquent+48% Synergy
$46.09
Mortivore+48% Synergy
$0.44
Drown in the Loch+46% Synergy
$1.67
The Ancient One+46% Synergy
$1.63
Singularity Rupture+45% Synergy
$1.79
Mindcrank+45% Synergy
$13.37
The Water Crystal+45% Synergy
$4.67
Duskmantle Guildmage+42% Synergy
$0.73
Counterspell-7% Synergy
$4.28
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a Phenax, God of Deception Defenders game on their own.
Notion Thief+4% Synergy
$1.51
Consecrated Sphinx+3% Synergy
$32.89
Mystical Tutor+1% Synergy
$18.67
Cyclonic Rift-4% Synergy
$39.16
Force of Will-4% Synergy
$59.96
Demonic Tutor-6% Synergy
$69.17
Rhystic Study-8% Synergy
$69.59
Vampiric Tutor-9% Synergy
$54.03
Fierce Guardianship-10% Synergy
$63.43
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Defenders plan in Phenax, God of Deception decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Fog Bank+44% Synergy
$0.18
Wall of Lost Thoughts+43% Synergy
$0.22
Glacial Wall+42% Synergy
$0.29
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant+41% Synergy
$0.32
Corrupted Shapeshifter+41% Synergy
$0.19
Eater of the Dead+39% Synergy
$0.79
Jace's Phantasm+35% Synergy
$0.35
Silent Arbiter+32% Synergy
$10.64
The Walls of Ba Sing Se+31% Synergy
$23.80
Manic Scribe+30% Synergy
$0.32
Crashing Drawbridge+28% Synergy
$1.13
Sire of Stagnation+28% Synergy
$1.79
Sewer Nemesis+27% Synergy
$1.40
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed+27% Synergy
$0.37
Drift of Phantasms+27% Synergy
$0.23
Aegis Turtle+25% Synergy
$0.15
Syr Konrad, the Grim+24% Synergy
$1.67
Hedron Crab+24% Synergy
$3.44
Wall of Runes+24% Synergy
$0.27
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind+22% Synergy
$0.66
Ioreth of the Healing House+22% Synergy
$0.35
Merfolk Secretkeeper+21% Synergy
$0.26
Fleet Swallower+19% Synergy
$1.22
Wall of Air+19% Synergy
$0.26
The Mindskinner+18% Synergy
$3.27
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker+18% Synergy
$0.40
Wall of Mist+18% Synergy
$0.14
The Haunt of Hightower+17% Synergy
$1.72
Zellix, Sanity Flayer+16% Synergy
$25.38
Guiltfeeder+16% Synergy
$1.40
Undead Alchemist+16% Synergy
$0.74
Wall of Junk+16% Synergy
$0.30
Coral Colony+16% Synergy
$0.21
Doorkeeper+16% Synergy
$0.20
Avatar of Woe+15% Synergy
$6.65
Dreamborn Muse+15% Synergy
$3.19
Murmuring Phantasm+15% Synergy
$0.28
Soulless Jailer+14% Synergy
$1.69
Unhallowed Phalanx+14% Synergy
$0.24
Deepmuck Desperado+14% Synergy
$0.25
Rune-Sealed Wall+14% Synergy
$0.97
Academy Wall+13% Synergy
$0.19
Guard Gomazoa+13% Synergy
$0.46
Mnemonic Wall+13% Synergy
$0.25
Captain N'ghathrod+12% Synergy
$12.94
Amaranthine Wall+12% Synergy
$0.23
Riptide Turtle+12% Synergy
$0.19
Doomsday Excruciator+11% Synergy
$1.49
Terisian Mindbreaker+10% Synergy
$1.10
Nemesis of Reason+9% Synergy
$3.04
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep Phenax, God of Deception's Defenders deck ahead.
Dramatic Reversal+42% Synergy
$0.38
Visions of Beyond+38% Synergy
$4.42
Psychic Strike+32% Synergy
$0.30
Thought Collapse+30% Synergy
$0.35
Into the Story+28% Synergy
$0.32
Didn't Say Please+27% Synergy
$0.33
Crypt Incursion+20% Synergy
$0.34
Archive Trap+19% Synergy
$1.82
Grisly Spectacle+19% Synergy
$0.13
Drown in Dreams+13% Synergy
$1.30
Thought Scour+11% Synergy
$0.57
Kitsune's Technique+11% Synergy
$0.61
Aetherize+9% Synergy
$0.44
Intellectual Offering+9% Synergy
$0.31
Perplex+8% Synergy
$1.68
Doom Blade+5% Synergy
$0.23
Muddle the Mixture+4% Synergy
$2.75
Memory Lapse+4% Synergy
$0.59
Essence Scatter+4% Synergy
$0.24
Cancel+3% Synergy
$0.27
Memory Plunder+1% Synergy
$1.40
Bitter Triumph+1% Synergy
$0.32
Baleful Mastery+1% Synergy
$2.53
Negate-2% Synergy
$0.24
Reality Shift-2% Synergy
$0.35
Waterlogged Teachings-2% Synergy
$0.45
Murder-2% Synergy
$0.20
Fact or Fiction-3% Synergy
$0.30
Mana Drain-4% Synergy
$56.44
Infernal Grasp-4% Synergy
$0.32
Force of Negation-4% Synergy
$49.60
Dig Through Time-4% Synergy
$0.30
Rapid Hybridization-5% Synergy
$0.79
Opt-6% Synergy
$0.25
Go for the Throat-8% Synergy
$0.62
Sink into Stupor-8% Synergy
$9.48
Fell the Profane-9% Synergy
$5.74
Pongify-10% Synergy
$3.05
Deadly Rollick-11% Synergy
$28.68
Frantic Search-11% Synergy
$2.09
Swan Song-11% Synergy
$10.69
Arcane Denial-13% Synergy
$1.72
Brainstorm-14% Synergy
$0.56
Dark Ritual-19% Synergy
$7.28
An Offer You Can't Refuse-22% Synergy
$3.07
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Defenders game plan forward for Phenax, God of Deception.
Mind Grind+40% Synergy
$2.85
Traumatize+38% Synergy
$4.05
Tasha's Hideous Laughter+25% Synergy
$3.93
Mind Funeral+21% Synergy
$1.33
Glimpse the Unthinkable+20% Synergy
$3.54
Cut Your Losses+15% Synergy
$1.63
Windfall+12% Synergy
$6.10
Breach the Multiverse+12% Synergy
$10.03
Rise of the Dark Realms+12% Synergy
$6.73
Pilfered Plans+12% Synergy
$0.23
Damnation+7% Synergy
$21.01
Dream Harvest+7% Synergy
$0.33
Treasure Cruise+6% Synergy
$0.35
Mind Sculpt+6% Synergy
$0.24
Startled Awake+6% Synergy
$1.02
Aether Gale+6% Synergy
$0.31
Whispering Madness+5% Synergy
$3.71
Eldritch Pact+5% Synergy
$0.37
Read the Bones+3% Synergy
$0.30
Diabolic Tutor+2% Synergy
$2.21
Extract from Darkness+1% Synergy
$0.32
Serum Visions+1% Synergy
$2.84
Scheming Symmetry+1% Synergy
$8.75
Toxic Deluge-1% Synergy
$5.02
Sign in Blood-1% Synergy
$3.14
Preordain-3% Synergy
$0.86
Ponder-4% Synergy
$3.54
Feed the Swarm-7% Synergy
$0.24
Reanimate-11% Synergy
$10.10
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to Phenax, God of Deception Defenders decks.
Thousand-Year Elixir+39% Synergy
$18.39
Bonehoard+33% Synergy
$0.85
Riverchurn Monument+25% Synergy
$1.55
Keening Stone+24% Synergy
$0.40
Mesmeric Orb+18% Synergy
$17.97
Altar of the Brood+18% Synergy
$9.71
Profane Memento+10% Synergy
$1.01
Slagwurm Armor+9% Synergy
$1.33
Sting, the Glinting Dagger+9% Synergy
$3.18
Soul-Guide Lantern+8% Synergy
$0.27
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree+8% Synergy
$0.87
Nihil Spellbomb+8% Synergy
$2.69
Tormod's Crypt+6% Synergy
$0.52
Sapphire Medallion+5% Synergy
$8.14
Crawlspace+4% Synergy
$8.94
Isochron Scepter+2% Synergy
$12.32
Altar of Dementia+1% Synergy
$17.15
Wayfarer's Bauble-4% Synergy
$5.61
Lightning Greaves-7% Synergy
$4.10
Swiftfoot Boots-11% Synergy
$1.98
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Defenders strategy in Phenax, God of Deception decks.
Fraying Sanity+40% Synergy
$0.75
Psychic Corrosion+32% Synergy
$4.54
Memory Erosion+30% Synergy
$9.46
Sphinx's Tutelage+30% Synergy
$1.76
Court of Cunning+28% Synergy
$4.10
Intruder Alarm+28% Synergy
$5.75
Freed from the Real+26% Synergy
$7.91
Unstoppable Plan+25% Synergy
$2.30
Bloodchief Ascension+21% Synergy
$21.34
Propaganda+20% Synergy
$2.17
Pemmin's Aura+17% Synergy
$10.14
Patient Rebuilding+12% Synergy
$0.58
Teferi's Tutelage+10% Synergy
$0.34
Phyrexian Arena+7% Synergy
$4.16
Leyline of the Void+7% Synergy
$0.73
Drowned Secrets+5% Synergy
$0.62
Jaws of Defeat+5% Synergy
$0.82
No Mercy+4% Synergy
$24.64
Search for Azcanta+4% Synergy
$2.15
Witness Protection+3% Synergy
$0.26
Mystic Remora-2% Synergy
$13.77
Animate Dead-4% Synergy
$7.45
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up Phenax, God of Deception's Defenders game plan.
Jace, Memory Adept+25% Synergy
$5.58
Ashiok, Dream Render+18% Synergy
$1.36
Jace, the Perfected Mind+11% Synergy
$2.90
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse+3% Synergy
$3.45
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in Phenax, God of Deception Defenders decks.
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital+37% Synergy
$1.24
Nephalia Drownyard+33% Synergy
$0.32
Scavenger Grounds+10% Synergy
$0.32
Restless Reef+9% Synergy
$1.78
Mystic Sanctuary+8% Synergy
$1.34
Castle Locthwain+6% Synergy
$4.31
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea+6% Synergy
$4.48
Minamo, School at Water's Edge+5% Synergy
$58.92
Dreadship Reef+4% Synergy
$0.35
Lonely Sandbar+3% Synergy
$0.24
Castle Vantress+2% Synergy
$0.31
Bojuka Bog+1% Synergy
$1.40
Otawara, Soaring City0% Synergy
$26.55
Temple of the False God0% Synergy
$0.32
Mortuary Mire0% Synergy
$0.44
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth-1% Synergy
$55.48
Halimar Depths-1% Synergy
$0.37
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire-3% Synergy
$10.64
Cabal Coffers-5% Synergy
$28.81
Reliquary Tower-9% Synergy
$4.23
Rogue's Passage-20% Synergy
$0.77
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out Phenax, God of Deception's Defenders strategy.
Altar of the Pantheon+10% Synergy
$0.26
Midnight Clock+8% Synergy
$0.57
Dimir Locket+5% Synergy
$0.18
Dimir Cluestone+5% Synergy
$0.18
Commander's Sphere+3% Synergy
$0.31
Worn Powerstone+3% Synergy
$0.37
Charcoal Diamond+1% Synergy
$0.35
Sky Diamond+1% Synergy
$0.25
Mind Stone0% Synergy
$0.34
Sol Ring-4% Synergy
$1.34
Arcane Signet-5% Synergy
$0.49
Talisman of Dominance-5% Synergy
$0.45
Dimir Signet-8% Synergy
$0.29
Fellwar Stone-11% Synergy
$1.04
Thought Vessel-14% Synergy
$2.35
Lands
The mana base behind Phenax, God of Deception's Defenders decks.
Dismal Backwater+15% Synergy
$0.17
Dimir Aqueduct+11% Synergy
$0.37
Evolving Wilds+9% Synergy
$0.29
Fabled Passage+8% Synergy
$0.64
Sunken Hollow+7% Synergy
$0.37
Ice Tunnel+6% Synergy
$0.43
Jwar Isle Refuge+5% Synergy
$0.40
Contaminated Aquifer+5% Synergy
$0.39
Warped Landscape+5% Synergy
$0.25
Waterfront District+4% Synergy
$0.29
Darkwater Catacombs+3% Synergy
$0.34
Clearwater Pathway+3% Synergy
$4.98
Reflecting Pool+3% Synergy
$5.71
Submerged Boneyard+3% Synergy
$0.32
Terramorphic Expanse+2% Synergy
$0.26
Prismatic Vista+2% Synergy
$30.56
Swamp+1% Synergy
$0.10
Island+1% Synergy
$0.07
Myriad Landscape+1% Synergy
$0.34
Dimir Guildgate+1% Synergy
$0.14
Shipwreck Marsh0% Synergy
$1.25
Mistvault Bridge0% Synergy
$0.74
Choked Estuary-1% Synergy
$0.37
Darkslick Shores-1% Synergy
$2.48
Flooded Strand-1% Synergy
$15.74
Temple of Deceit-2% Synergy
$0.19
Waterlogged Teachings-2% Synergy
$0.45
Bloodstained Mire-2% Synergy
$18.38
Drowned Catacomb-3% Synergy
$0.45
Polluted Delta-3% Synergy
$19.87
Sunken Ruins-3% Synergy
$0.49
Misty Rainforest-3% Synergy
$35.75
Marsh Flats-3% Synergy
$32.33
Command Tower-4% Synergy
$0.25
River of Tears-5% Synergy
$0.33
Gloomlake Verge-6% Synergy
$10.72
Fetid Pools-7% Synergy
$0.29
Underground Sea-7% Synergy
Watery Grave-8% Synergy
$10.08
Sink into Stupor-8% Synergy
$9.48
Fell the Profane-9% Synergy
$5.74
Underground River-10% Synergy
$0.59
Undercity Sewers-13% Synergy
$14.33
Morphic Pool-15% Synergy
$28.05
Tainted Isle-16% Synergy
$2.08
Exotic Orchard-16% Synergy
$0.30
Path of Ancestry-22% Synergy
$0.27
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The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like Phenax, God of Deception: Defenders.
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Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
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Brinelin, the Moon Kraken // Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy // Criminal Past
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Haunted One
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
The Master, Transcendent
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Brinelin, the Moon Kraken // Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
Neerdiv, Devious Diver
Cloudhoof Kirin
Lazav, Familiar Stranger
Lord Xander, the Collector
Saruman of Many Colors
The Wise Mothman
Ambassador Laquatus
Gyruda, Doom of Depths
Hope Estheim
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Cloakwood Hermit
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Inspiring Leader
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Tasha, the Witch Queen
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Far Traveler
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Master Chef
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Passionate Archaeologist
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Popular Entertainer