Phenax, God of Deception: Toughness Matters
$15.30
$15.30Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
New Cards
Recent-set cards that Phenax, God of Deception players are trying out in Toughness Matters decks.
Echocasting Symposium+15% Synergy
$4.23
Exhibition Tidecaller+11% Synergy
$0.91
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
$0.48
Consuming Aberration+73% Synergy
$0.32
Tree of Perdition+72% Synergy
$3.15
Ruin Crab+69% Synergy
$2.32
Wall of Frost+67% Synergy
$0.28
Bruvac the Grandiloquent+63% Synergy
$45.96
Maddening Cacophony+63% Synergy
$7.28
Wight of Precinct Six+60% Synergy
$0.30
The Ancient One+56% Synergy
$2.28
Mindcrank+56% Synergy
$10.64
Top Cards
The staple cards most Phenax, God of Deception Toughness Matters decks run as their core.
Cruel Somnophage+56% Synergy
$0.83
Duskmantle Guildmage+56% Synergy
$1.32
Fractured Sanity+54% Synergy
$3.27
Nighthowler+53% Synergy
$0.34
Singularity Rupture+52% Synergy
$1.09
Mortivore+52% Synergy
$0.55
Dramatic Reversal+50% Synergy
$3.95
Drown in the Loch+49% Synergy
$1.36
The Water Crystal+46% Synergy
$3.77
Counterspell+6% Synergy
$3.43
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a Phenax, God of Deception Toughness Matters game on their own.
Cyclonic Rift+14% Synergy
$41.26
Rhystic Study+13% Synergy
$69.44
Demonic Tutor+5% Synergy
$70.03
Consecrated Sphinx+5% Synergy
$34.59
Vampiric Tutor+3% Synergy
$62.01
Mystical Tutor+3% Synergy
$17.28
Notion Thief+1% Synergy
$1.61
Ancient Tomb+1% Synergy
$125.34
Fierce Guardianship0% Synergy
$56.78
Force of Will-1% Synergy
$70.22
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
$0.87
Silent Arbiter+44% Synergy
$13.41
Syr Konrad, the Grim+39% Synergy
$0.74
Corrupted Shapeshifter+38% Synergy
$0.21
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant+38% Synergy
$0.14
Sire of Stagnation+34% Synergy
$1.24
Wall of Lost Thoughts+34% Synergy
$0.18
Glacial Wall+34% Synergy
$0.35
Hedron Crab+33% Synergy
$2.82
Ioreth of the Healing House+32% Synergy
$0.33
The Walls of Ba Sing Se+31% Synergy
$26.27
The Mindskinner+30% Synergy
$2.99
Fleet Swallower+30% Synergy
$1.33
Zellix, Sanity Flayer+28% Synergy
$26.86
Terisian Mindbreaker+28% Synergy
$2.21
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed+28% Synergy
$0.45
Unhallowed Phalanx+28% Synergy
$0.22
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker+27% Synergy
$0.47
Jace's Phantasm+26% Synergy
$0.34
Manic Scribe+25% Synergy
$0.38
Deepmuck Desperado+25% Synergy
$0.17
Sewer Nemesis+24% Synergy
$0.96
Aegis Turtle+23% Synergy
$0.25
Fog Bank+22% Synergy
$0.15
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind+21% Synergy
$0.73
Soulless Jailer+21% Synergy
$1.23
Crashing Drawbridge+21% Synergy
$0.78
Nemesis of Reason+20% Synergy
$3.15
Rune-Sealed Wall+19% Synergy
$0.06
The Haunt of Hightower+17% Synergy
$3.19
Wall of Runes+17% Synergy
$0.22
Undead Alchemist+16% Synergy
$1.25
Riddlekeeper+16% Synergy
$12.53
Guiltfeeder+15% Synergy
$1.03
Doomsday Excruciator+15% Synergy
$0.77
Avatar of Woe+14% Synergy
$4.48
Dreamborn Muse+14% Synergy
$3.37
Wall of Junk+14% Synergy
$0.28
Merfolk Secretkeeper+13% Synergy
$0.24
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean+13% Synergy
$0.66
Wall of Mist+12% Synergy
$0.10
Disciple of Deceit+11% Synergy
$0.19
Drift of Phantasms+11% Synergy
$0.35
Mirelurk Queen+11% Synergy
$0.46
Captain N'ghathrod+10% Synergy
$11.74
Shield Sphere+10% Synergy
$10.04
Abyssal Harvester+8% Synergy
$0.40
Wrexial, the Risen Deep+4% Synergy
$1.65
Dauthi Voidwalker+3% Synergy
$5.36
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep Phenax, God of Deception's Toughness Matters deck ahead.
Visions of Beyond+46% Synergy
$4.66
Thought Collapse+34% Synergy
$0.37
Didn't Say Please+32% Synergy
$0.38
Psychic Strike+28% Synergy
$0.35
Into the Story+19% Synergy
$0.36
Archive Trap+16% Synergy
$1.63
Grisly Spectacle+15% Synergy
$0.10
Crypt Incursion+15% Synergy
$0.29
Thought Scour+13% Synergy
$0.70
Drown in Dreams+11% Synergy
$3.24
Intellectual Offering+6% Synergy
$0.33
Aetherize+5% Synergy
$0.37
Memory Plunder+5% Synergy
$1.28
Doom Blade+5% Synergy
$0.29
Psychic Spiral+5% Synergy
$0.22
Muddle the Mixture+4% Synergy
$1.88
Perplex+4% Synergy
$1.61
Mana Drain+3% Synergy
$52.75
Withering Torment+1% Synergy
$3.27
Resculpt+1% Synergy
$0.22
Waterlogged Teachings0% Synergy
$0.44
Murder0% Synergy
$0.12
Negate-1% Synergy
$0.14
Brainstorm-1% Synergy
$1.43
Rapid Hybridization-1% Synergy
$0.60
Pongify-2% Synergy
$1.98
Force of Negation-2% Synergy
$49.82
Fact or Fiction-3% Synergy
$0.22
Arcane Denial-4% Synergy
$1.46
Sink into Stupor-4% Synergy
$7.11
Fell the Profane-4% Synergy
$3.00
Reality Shift-4% Synergy
$0.28
Dig Through Time-4% Synergy
$0.26
Swan Song-5% Synergy
$7.86
Infernal Grasp-5% Synergy
$0.28
Opt-6% Synergy
$0.26
Deadly Rollick-7% Synergy
$26.21
Go for the Throat-7% Synergy
$0.61
An Offer You Can't Refuse-10% Synergy
$2.26
Dark Ritual-13% Synergy
$4.19
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Toughness Matters game plan forward for Phenax, God of Deception.
Traumatize+46% Synergy
$3.87
Mind Grind+44% Synergy
$4.94
Tasha's Hideous Laughter+31% Synergy
$3.63
Cut Your Losses+26% Synergy
$1.38
Mind Funeral+22% Synergy
$1.11
Breach the Multiverse+20% Synergy
$9.77
Windfall+19% Synergy
$4.34
Glimpse the Unthinkable+19% Synergy
$3.16
Rise of the Dark Realms+13% Synergy
$7.08
Damnation+11% Synergy
$21.38
Pilfered Plans+9% Synergy
$0.17
Nuclear Fallout+9% Synergy
$4.04
Treasure Cruise+8% Synergy
$0.23
Extract from Darkness+8% Synergy
$0.23
Scheming Symmetry+5% Synergy
$9.46
Whispering Madness+5% Synergy
$4.18
Eldritch Pact+5% Synergy
$0.32
Breaking Wave+5% Synergy
$0.71
Increasing Confusion+5% Synergy
$1.03
Toxic Deluge+4% Synergy
$4.98
Diabolic Tutor+4% Synergy
$2.09
Mind Sculpt+4% Synergy
$0.32
Blasphemous Edict+3% Synergy
$4.22
Sign in Blood+3% Synergy
$2.85
Grim Tutor+3% Synergy
$23.87
Read the Bones+2% Synergy
$0.31
Night's Whisper-1% Synergy
$0.31
Reanimate-2% Synergy
$8.59
Preordain-3% Synergy
$0.66
Ponder-6% Synergy
$2.00
Feed the Swarm-11% Synergy
$0.33
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to Phenax, God of Deception Toughness Matters decks.
Thousand-Year Elixir+45% Synergy
$15.61
Bonehoard+38% Synergy
$0.91
Mesmeric Orb+30% Synergy
$18.53
Keening Stone+17% Synergy
$0.44
Altar of the Brood+16% Synergy
$9.09
Riverchurn Monument+16% Synergy
$2.77
Sting, the Glinting Dagger+13% Synergy
$3.63
Slagwurm Armor+10% Synergy
$1.04
Lightning Greaves+9% Synergy
$3.93
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree+9% Synergy
$0.64
Grindstone+9% Synergy
$13.39
Illusionist's Bracers+9% Synergy
$5.21
Tormod's Crypt+7% Synergy
$0.51
Isochron Scepter+6% Synergy
$12.89
Nihil Spellbomb+6% Synergy
$1.86
Folio of Fancies+5% Synergy
$1.96
Wayfarer's Bauble+2% Synergy
$0.32
Sapphire Medallion-1% Synergy
$6.10
The One Ring-1% Synergy
$101.75
Swiftfoot Boots-8% Synergy
$2.99
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Toughness Matters strategy in Phenax, God of Deception decks.
Psychic Corrosion+43% Synergy
$5.83
Memory Erosion+38% Synergy
$8.90
Fraying Sanity+37% Synergy
$0.49
Propaganda+28% Synergy
$3.52
Court of Cunning+27% Synergy
$4.07
Intruder Alarm+26% Synergy
$3.92
Unstoppable Plan+25% Synergy
$2.88
Sphinx's Tutelage+24% Synergy
$1.87
Bloodchief Ascension+22% Synergy
$19.87
Freed from the Real+22% Synergy
$8.69
Patient Rebuilding+13% Synergy
$0.75
Pemmin's Aura+13% Synergy
$11.71
Teferi's Tutelage+12% Synergy
$0.35
Phyrexian Arena+11% Synergy
$4.02
Leyline of the Void+7% Synergy
$0.51
No Mercy+6% Synergy
$25.85
Drowned Secrets+5% Synergy
$0.60
Struggle for Project Purity+5% Synergy
$4.02
Mystic Remora+4% Synergy
$11.44
Animate Dead+1% Synergy
$4.74
Black Market Connections-1% Synergy
$18.31
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up Phenax, God of Deception's Toughness Matters game plan.
Ashiok, Dream Render+19% Synergy
$1.78
Jace, Memory Adept+16% Synergy
$2.54
Jace, the Perfected Mind+16% Synergy
$1.70
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries+5% Synergy
$10.01
Jace Beleren+5% Synergy
$1.73
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in Phenax, God of Deception Toughness Matters decks.
Nephalia Drownyard+28% Synergy
$0.25
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital+26% Synergy
$1.56
Minamo, School at Water's Edge+13% Synergy
$60.97
Restless Reef+12% Synergy
$2.60
Bojuka Bog+9% Synergy
$0.63
Scavenger Grounds+9% Synergy
$0.35
Mystic Sanctuary+6% Synergy
$0.85
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth+4% Synergy
$57.13
Duskmantle, House of Shadow+4% Synergy
$0.19
Temple of the False God+3% Synergy
$0.32
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx+3% Synergy
$49.84
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire+2% Synergy
$11.57
Castle Locthwain+2% Synergy
$4.00
Cabal Coffers+1% Synergy
$29.69
Mortuary Mire0% Synergy
$0.35
Reliquary Tower-1% Synergy
$2.76
Halimar Depths-1% Synergy
$0.38
Otawara, Soaring City-3% Synergy
$31.72
Rogue's Passage-18% Synergy
$0.36
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out Phenax, God of Deception's Toughness Matters strategy.
Dimir Signet+10% Synergy
$1.19
Mind Stone+10% Synergy
$0.34
Commander's Sphere+10% Synergy
$0.25
Altar of the Pantheon+8% Synergy
$0.30
Dimir Cluestone+6% Synergy
$0.14
Midnight Clock+5% Synergy
$0.57
Dimir Locket+5% Synergy
$0.24
Sol Ring+2% Synergy
$1.40
Thran Dynamo+2% Synergy
$4.03
Fellwar Stone+1% Synergy
$0.60
Sky Diamond+1% Synergy
$0.26
Arcane Signet0% Synergy
$0.46
Charcoal Diamond0% Synergy
$0.32
Mana Vault0% Synergy
$105.77
Talisman of Dominance-1% Synergy
$2.58
Thought Vessel-4% Synergy
$2.60
Lands
The mana base behind Phenax, God of Deception's Toughness Matters decks.
Evolving Wilds+13% Synergy
$0.39
Drowned Catacomb+9% Synergy
$2.51
Shipwreck Marsh+9% Synergy
$7.35
Dimir Aqueduct+8% Synergy
$0.31
Terramorphic Expanse+7% Synergy
$0.26
Reflecting Pool+6% Synergy
$17.20
Dimir Guildgate+5% Synergy
$0.12
Watery Grave+4% Synergy
$12.40
Morphic Pool+4% Synergy
$27.85
Clearwater Pathway+4% Synergy
$4.24
Dismal Backwater+4% Synergy
$0.18
Jwar Isle Refuge+4% Synergy
$0.33
Submerged Boneyard+4% Synergy
$0.21
Fabled Passage+3% Synergy
$1.02
Prismatic Vista+3% Synergy
$39.06
Temple of Deceit+2% Synergy
$0.25
Polluted Delta+2% Synergy
$18.92
Sunken Ruins+2% Synergy
$8.65
Sunken Hollow+1% Synergy
$0.36
Gloomlake Verge+1% Synergy
$10.63
Myriad Landscape+1% Synergy
$0.24
Hydroelectric Specimen+1% Synergy
$0.70
Ice Tunnel+1% Synergy
$0.44
Island0% Synergy
$0.07
Swamp0% Synergy
$0.07
Darkslick Shores0% Synergy
$2.49
Underground Sea0% Synergy
Waterlogged Teachings0% Synergy
$0.44
Command Tower-1% Synergy
$0.25
Boggart Trawler-1% Synergy
$0.94
Darkwater Catacombs-3% Synergy
$0.33
Fetid Pools-3% Synergy
$0.26
River of Tears-3% Synergy
$0.35
Flooded Strand-3% Synergy
$15.52
Misty Rainforest-3% Synergy
$36.10
Choked Estuary-4% Synergy
$0.38
Undercity Sewers-4% Synergy
$19.18
Sink into Stupor-4% Synergy
$7.11
Fell the Profane-4% Synergy
$3.00
Underground River-6% Synergy
$1.42
Exotic Orchard-9% Synergy
$0.36
Tainted Isle-12% Synergy
$0.70
Similar Commanders
The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like Phenax, God of Deception: Toughness Matters.
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