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 Toughness Matters decks.
Echocasting Symposium+18% Synergy
$3.90
Exhibition Tidecaller+13% Synergy
$0.67
High Synergy Cards
The highest-synergy picks for Phenax, God of Deception's Toughness Matters builds — cards that lean hardest into the Toughness Matters theme.
Charix, the Raging Isle+90% Synergy
$0.42
Consuming Aberration+73% Synergy
$0.36
Tree of Perdition+72% Synergy
$3.32
Ruin Crab+70% Synergy
$1.83
Wall of Frost+67% Synergy
$0.29
Bruvac the Grandiloquent+63% Synergy
$45.47
Maddening Cacophony+63% Synergy
$6.03
Wight of Precinct Six+60% Synergy
$0.25
Mindcrank+56% Synergy
$11.87
The Ancient One+56% Synergy
$1.94
Top Cards
The staple cards most Phenax, God of Deception Toughness Matters decks run as their core.
Duskmantle Guildmage+56% Synergy
$0.62
Cruel Somnophage+56% Synergy
$1.08
Fractured Sanity+54% Synergy
$3.37
Nighthowler+53% Synergy
$0.30
Mortivore+52% Synergy
$0.45
Singularity Rupture+51% Synergy
$0.82
Dramatic Reversal+50% Synergy
$0.51
Drown in the Loch+49% Synergy
$3.66
The Water Crystal+45% Synergy
$3.63
Counterspell+6% Synergy
$3.32
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a Phenax, God of Deception Toughness Matters game on their own.
Cyclonic Rift+15% Synergy
$38.67
Rhystic Study+13% Synergy
$69.93
Demonic Tutor+5% Synergy
$61.95
Consecrated Sphinx+5% Synergy
$29.93
Mystical Tutor+4% Synergy
$16.42
Vampiric Tutor+3% Synergy
$54.82
Notion Thief+1% Synergy
$1.47
Ancient Tomb+1% Synergy
$134.99
Fierce Guardianship0% Synergy
$57.26
Force of Will-1% Synergy
$59.38
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Toughness Matters plan in Phenax, God of Deception decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Hover Barrier+52% Synergy
$0.42
Eater of the Dead+48% Synergy
$0.67
Silent Arbiter+44% Synergy
$11.82
Syr Konrad, the Grim+39% Synergy
$1.14
Corrupted Shapeshifter+39% Synergy
$0.22
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant+37% Synergy
$0.35
Wall of Lost Thoughts+35% Synergy
$0.19
Sire of Stagnation+34% Synergy
$1.86
Hedron Crab+34% Synergy
$2.87
Glacial Wall+34% Synergy
$0.28
The Walls of Ba Sing Se+32% Synergy
$24.25
Ioreth of the Healing House+31% Synergy
$0.37
The Mindskinner+30% Synergy
$2.45
Zellix, Sanity Flayer+30% Synergy
$25.64
Fleet Swallower+30% Synergy
$1.30
Terisian Mindbreaker+28% Synergy
$1.67
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker+28% Synergy
$0.44
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed+28% Synergy
$0.38
Unhallowed Phalanx+28% Synergy
$0.27
Jace's Phantasm+26% Synergy
$0.32
Deepmuck Desperado+25% Synergy
$0.14
Manic Scribe+25% Synergy
$0.35
Sewer Nemesis+24% Synergy
$1.33
Aegis Turtle+24% Synergy
$0.19
Fog Bank+22% Synergy
$0.13
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind+21% Synergy
$0.88
Soulless Jailer+21% Synergy
$2.63
Crashing Drawbridge+21% Synergy
$0.76
Nemesis of Reason+20% Synergy
$3.27
Rune-Sealed Wall+19% Synergy
$0.99
The Haunt of Hightower+17% Synergy
$2.05
Wall of Runes+17% Synergy
$0.21
Undead Alchemist+16% Synergy
$0.80
Riddlekeeper+16% Synergy
$11.96
Guiltfeeder+15% Synergy
$1.42
Doomsday Excruciator+15% Synergy
$1.29
Avatar of Woe+14% Synergy
$6.33
Dreamborn Muse+14% Synergy
$3.31
Wall of Junk+14% Synergy
$0.33
Merfolk Secretkeeper+13% Synergy
$0.24
Wall of Mist+12% Synergy
$0.10
Disciple of Deceit+12% Synergy
$0.19
Captain N'ghathrod+11% Synergy
$13.39
Drift of Phantasms+11% Synergy
$0.26
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean+11% Synergy
$0.51
Mirelurk Queen+10% Synergy
$0.98
Shield Sphere+10% Synergy
$9.69
Abyssal Harvester+8% Synergy
$0.36
Wrexial, the Risen Deep+4% Synergy
$2.32
Dauthi Voidwalker+3% Synergy
$5.84
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep Phenax, God of Deception's Toughness Matters deck ahead.
Visions of Beyond+46% Synergy
$5.08
Thought Collapse+34% Synergy
$0.33
Didn't Say Please+32% Synergy
$0.34
Psychic Strike+28% Synergy
$0.27
Into the Story+19% Synergy
$0.27
Archive Trap+16% Synergy
$1.84
Grisly Spectacle+16% Synergy
$0.12
Crypt Incursion+15% Synergy
$0.34
Thought Scour+13% Synergy
$1.01
Drown in Dreams+11% Synergy
$1.83
Aetherize+6% Synergy
$0.73
Intellectual Offering+6% Synergy
$0.33
Memory Plunder+5% Synergy
$1.40
Doom Blade+5% Synergy
$0.24
Psychic Spiral+5% Synergy
$0.17
Muddle the Mixture+4% Synergy
$2.58
Perplex+4% Synergy
$1.75
Mana Drain+3% Synergy
$57.71
Withering Torment+1% Synergy
$0.86
Resculpt+1% Synergy
$0.28
Waterlogged Teachings0% Synergy
$0.36
Murder0% Synergy
$0.21
Negate-1% Synergy
$0.31
Brainstorm-1% Synergy
$1.41
Rapid Hybridization-1% Synergy
$1.20
Pongify-2% Synergy
$1.91
Force of Negation-2% Synergy
$49.89
Fact or Fiction-3% Synergy
$0.25
Arcane Denial-4% Synergy
$1.67
Sink into Stupor-4% Synergy
$6.91
Fell the Profane-4% Synergy
$3.86
Infernal Grasp-4% Synergy
$0.35
Reality Shift-4% Synergy
$0.32
Dig Through Time-4% Synergy
$0.30
Swan Song-5% Synergy
$11.36
Opt-6% Synergy
$0.23
Deadly Rollick-7% Synergy
$27.91
Go for the Throat-7% Synergy
$0.57
An Offer You Can't Refuse-10% Synergy
$3.83
Dark Ritual-13% Synergy
$5.94
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Toughness Matters game plan forward for Phenax, God of Deception.
Mind Grind+45% Synergy
$2.76
Traumatize+45% Synergy
$4.14
Tasha's Hideous Laughter+32% Synergy
$3.75
Cut Your Losses+26% Synergy
$2.26
Mind Funeral+23% Synergy
$1.29
Breach the Multiverse+20% Synergy
$10.56
Windfall+19% Synergy
$5.05
Glimpse the Unthinkable+18% Synergy
$3.56
Rise of the Dark Realms+13% Synergy
$6.58
Damnation+11% Synergy
$20.48
Nuclear Fallout+10% Synergy
$3.37
Extract from Darkness+9% Synergy
$0.28
Pilfered Plans+9% Synergy
$0.31
Treasure Cruise+8% Synergy
$0.27
Scheming Symmetry+5% Synergy
$9.00
Whispering Madness+5% Synergy
$3.82
Eldritch Pact+5% Synergy
$0.31
Breaking Wave+5% Synergy
$0.69
Increasing Confusion+5% Synergy
$0.80
Toxic Deluge+4% Synergy
$4.37
Diabolic Tutor+4% Synergy
$2.35
Mind Sculpt+4% Synergy
$0.28
Blasphemous Edict+3% Synergy
$4.67
Grim Tutor+3% Synergy
$24.73
Sign in Blood+2% Synergy
$3.83
Read the Bones+2% Synergy
$0.34
Night's Whisper-1% Synergy
$5.42
Reanimate-2% Synergy
$9.76
Preordain-3% Synergy
$0.68
Ponder-6% Synergy
$2.28
Feed the Swarm-11% Synergy
$0.16
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to Phenax, God of Deception Toughness Matters decks.
Thousand-Year Elixir+45% Synergy
$14.66
Bonehoard+38% Synergy
$0.74
Mesmeric Orb+30% Synergy
$18.32
Keening Stone+17% Synergy
$0.41
Riverchurn Monument+16% Synergy
$2.26
Altar of the Brood+15% Synergy
$9.13
Sting, the Glinting Dagger+13% Synergy
$3.79
Lightning Greaves+9% Synergy
$4.52
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree+9% Synergy
$0.66
Grindstone+9% Synergy
$13.72
Slagwurm Armor+9% Synergy
$0.94
Illusionist's Bracers+8% Synergy
$5.85
Tormod's Crypt+7% Synergy
$0.72
Isochron Scepter+6% Synergy
$11.80
Nihil Spellbomb+6% Synergy
$2.51
Folio of Fancies+5% Synergy
$1.65
Wayfarer's Bauble+2% Synergy
$4.67
Sapphire Medallion-1% Synergy
$6.98
The One Ring-1% Synergy
$115.22
Swiftfoot Boots-8% Synergy
$2.28
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Toughness Matters strategy in Phenax, God of Deception decks.
Psychic Corrosion+43% Synergy
$5.93
Memory Erosion+38% Synergy
$9.41
Fraying Sanity+36% Synergy
$0.92
Propaganda+30% Synergy
$2.54
Court of Cunning+27% Synergy
$4.49
Intruder Alarm+26% Synergy
$5.84
Unstoppable Plan+25% Synergy
$2.85
Sphinx's Tutelage+24% Synergy
$1.24
Bloodchief Ascension+23% Synergy
$20.47
Freed from the Real+22% Synergy
$8.59
Patient Rebuilding+14% Synergy
$0.46
Pemmin's Aura+13% Synergy
$11.71
Teferi's Tutelage+12% Synergy
$0.31
Phyrexian Arena+11% Synergy
$4.43
Leyline of the Void+7% Synergy
$0.63
No Mercy+6% Synergy
$26.83
Drowned Secrets+5% Synergy
$0.57
Struggle for Project Purity+5% Synergy
$4.12
Mystic Remora+4% Synergy
$13.04
Animate Dead+1% Synergy
$7.87
Black Market Connections-1% Synergy
$10.16
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up Phenax, God of Deception's Toughness Matters game plan.
Ashiok, Dream Render+19% Synergy
$1.51
Jace, Memory Adept+16% Synergy
$3.47
Jace, the Perfected Mind+16% Synergy
$1.92
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries+5% Synergy
$9.36
Jace Beleren+5% Synergy
$2.12
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in Phenax, God of Deception Toughness Matters decks.
Nephalia Drownyard+28% Synergy
$0.29
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital+25% Synergy
$1.34
Minamo, School at Water's Edge+13% Synergy
$60.52
Restless Reef+12% Synergy
$2.05
Bojuka Bog+9% Synergy
$1.93
Scavenger Grounds+9% Synergy
$0.30
Mystic Sanctuary+6% Synergy
$1.09
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth+5% Synergy
$54.58
Duskmantle, House of Shadow+4% Synergy
$0.19
Temple of the False God+3% Synergy
$0.26
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx+3% Synergy
$53.41
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire+2% Synergy
$10.89
Cabal Coffers+2% Synergy
$29.97
Castle Locthwain+2% Synergy
$4.58
Mortuary Mire0% Synergy
$0.39
Reliquary Tower-1% Synergy
$3.52
Halimar Depths-1% Synergy
$0.39
Otawara, Soaring City-3% Synergy
$28.30
Rogue's Passage-18% Synergy
$0.36
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out Phenax, God of Deception's Toughness Matters strategy.
Commander's Sphere+11% Synergy
$0.34
Dimir Signet+10% Synergy
$1.20
Mind Stone+10% Synergy
$0.31
Altar of the Pantheon+8% Synergy
$0.30
Dimir Cluestone+6% Synergy
$0.17
Midnight Clock+5% Synergy
$0.62
Dimir Locket+5% Synergy
$0.20
Sol Ring+2% Synergy
$1.55
Thran Dynamo+2% Synergy
$4.34
Fellwar Stone+1% Synergy
$0.89
Sky Diamond+1% Synergy
$0.26
Arcane Signet0% Synergy
$0.89
Charcoal Diamond0% Synergy
$0.38
Mana Vault0% Synergy
$120.10
Talisman of Dominance-1% Synergy
$1.04
Thought Vessel-4% Synergy
$2.59
Lands
The mana base behind Phenax, God of Deception's Toughness Matters decks.
Evolving Wilds+14% Synergy
$0.25
Drowned Catacomb+9% Synergy
$1.19
Shipwreck Marsh+9% Synergy
$7.45
Dimir Aqueduct+8% Synergy
$0.33
Terramorphic Expanse+7% Synergy
$0.26
Reflecting Pool+6% Synergy
$14.88
Dimir Guildgate+5% Synergy
$0.14
Watery Grave+4% Synergy
$9.66
Morphic Pool+4% Synergy
$27.14
Clearwater Pathway+4% Synergy
$4.39
Jwar Isle Refuge+4% Synergy
$0.41
Submerged Boneyard+4% Synergy
$0.25
Dismal Backwater+3% Synergy
$0.26
Fabled Passage+3% Synergy
$1.11
Prismatic Vista+3% Synergy
$32.42
Temple of Deceit+2% Synergy
$0.22
Polluted Delta+2% Synergy
$20.44
Sunken Ruins+2% Synergy
$7.72
Sunken Hollow+1% Synergy
$0.33
Gloomlake Verge+1% Synergy
$10.54
Myriad Landscape+1% Synergy
$0.37
Hydroelectric Specimen+1% Synergy
$0.88
Ice Tunnel+1% Synergy
$0.52
Island0% Synergy
$0.08
Swamp0% Synergy
$0.08
Darkslick Shores0% Synergy
$2.67
Underground Sea0% Synergy
Waterlogged Teachings0% Synergy
$0.36
Command Tower-1% Synergy
$0.31
Boggart Trawler-1% Synergy
$1.44
Darkwater Catacombs-3% Synergy
$0.38
Fetid Pools-3% Synergy
$0.26
Flooded Strand-3% Synergy
$15.97
Misty Rainforest-3% Synergy
$35.90
Scalding Tarn-3% Synergy
$37.29
Choked Estuary-4% Synergy
$0.31
Undercity Sewers-4% Synergy
$15.18
Sink into Stupor-4% Synergy
$6.91
Fell the Profane-4% Synergy
$3.86
River of Tears-4% Synergy
$0.28
Underground River-6% Synergy
$2.22
Exotic Orchard-9% Synergy
$0.24
Tainted Isle-12% Synergy
$2.91
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The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like Phenax, God of Deception: Toughness Matters.
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Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Cloakwood Hermit
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Inspiring Leader
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Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Far Traveler