Phenax, God of Deception
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Estimated bracket4 — Optimized
ArchetypeMidrange / Goodstuff
Bracket 4Midrange / Goodstuff
- Combo finish — 5 complete combos in the deck — e.g. Bruvac the Grandiloquent + Maddening Cacophony.
- Only 36 lands — for an average mana value of 3.59 you want ~39. Add 3 more lands (cheap ramp can cover ~1 of them).
- Light on ramp (2); aim for ~10 mana rocks/dorks/ramp spells.
- Light on card draw (5); aim for ~10 repeatable/again card-advantage pieces.
- Low interaction (3 spot + 2 wipes); aim for ~8–12 answers total.
Commander (1)
Creatures (23)
Instants (6)
Sorceries (12)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (12)
Lands (36)
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36lands
~39recommended
0cheap ramp ≤2
36early sources
1enter tapped
The land target scales with your 3.59 average mana value and cheap-ramp count (each ~3 cheap ramp pieces shaves a land). Tapped-land count is estimated from oracle text.
- Only 36 lands — for an average mana value of 3.59 you want ~39. Add 3 more lands (cheap ramp can cover ~1 of them).
- 19 cards at MV 5+ is top-heavy — lean on more ramp/lands or trim the top end so you're not stuck with a clunky hand.
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Infinite mill for target opponent + Near-infinite self-millR
Bruvac the Grandiloquent • Traumatize
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Riverchurn Monument4 combos 1 away
Completes: Infinite mill + Infinite mill for target opponent
Fraying Sanity3 combos 1 away
Completes: Infinite mill for target opponent + Near-infinite mill
Consuming Aberration3 combos 1 away
Completes: Infinite mill for target opponent + Near-infinite mill
Keening Stone3 combos 1 away
Completes: Infinite mill for target opponent + Near-infinite mill
Sewer Nemesis3 combos 1 away
Completes: Infinite mill for target opponent + Near-infinite mill + Infinite self-mill
Duskmantle Guildmage2 combos 1 away
Completes: Each opponent loses the game + Infinite mill + Near-infinite lifeloss + Near-infinite mill
Doomsday Excruciator2 combos 1 away
Completes: Infinite mill + Near-infinite self-mill + Near-infinite mill
Peer into the Abyss2 combos 1 away
Completes: Target opponent loses the game + Target opponent loses the game at the beginning of their next upkeep
Bloodchief Ascension1 combo 1 away
Completes: Infinite mill + Near-infinite lifegain + Near-infinite lifegain triggers + Near-infinite lifeloss
Cut Your Losses1 combo 1 away
Completes: Infinite mill for up to two target players + Near-infinite self-mill
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- 1Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt$28.94
- 1As Foretold$1.18
- 1Black Vise$0.44
- 1Brain Freeze$2.31
- 1Bruvac the Grandiloquent$42.82
- 1Buried Alive$0.94
- 1Charix, the Raging Isle$0.39
- 1Court of Cunning$4.26
- 1Demon's Horn$0.19
- 1Desperate Bloodseeker$0.21
- 1Diabolic Tutor$1.22
- 1Didn't Say Please$0.35
- 1Diplomatic Immunity$2.40
- 1Dissipation Field$3.26
- 1Drown in the Loch$1.36
- 1Echocasting Symposium$3.33
- 1Exhibition Tidecaller$0.61
- 1Fatespinner$9.51
- 1Fear of the Dark$0.14
- 1Fog Bank$0.15
- 1Folio of Fancies$2.59
- 1Font of Mythos$15.40
- 1Gilded Lotus$0.52
- 1Glaring Spotlight$2.23
- 1Gloomlake Verge$10.59
- 1Hive of the Eye Tyrant$0.47
- 1Iymrith, Desert Doom$1.49
- 1Krydle of Baldur's Gate$0.22
- 1Leyline of Anticipation$5.83
- 1Leyline of the Void$0.42
- 1Maddening Cacophony$6.16
- 1Mind Flayer$0.36
- 1Mindcrank$11.46
- 1Mirrormade$2.46
- 1Mirrorworks$2.04
- 1Mistrise Village$8.29
- 1Mystic Confluence$0.45
- 1Mystic Sanctuary$1.09
- 1Padeem, Consul of Innovation$1.24
- 1Panoptic Mirror$27.28
- 1Phenax, God of Deception$16.60
- 1Plague Wind$2.55
- 1Polluted Delta$19.86
- 1Propaganda$2.61
- 1Revenge of Ravens$0.32
- 1Rewind$0.41
- 1Rise of the Dark Realms$4.23
- 1Rogue Class$1.45
- 1Ruin Crab$0.96
- 1Sakashima of a Thousand Faces$17.22
- 1Singularity Rupture$0.55
- 1Snapcaster Mage$14.81
- 1Spider-Sense$1.59
- 1Tasha's Hideous Laughter$3.68
- 1Terisian Mindbreaker$1.82
- 1The Ancient One$2.05
- 1The Mindskinner$2.56
- 1The Walls of Ba Sing Se$23.53
- 1Thieves' Guild Enforcer$0.29
- 1Time Warp$5.64
- 1Traumatize$3.13
- 1Tree of Perdition$2.58
- 1Umbris, Fear Manifest$11.53
- 1Unable to Scream$0.29
- 1Unstoppable Plan$2.39
- 1Victimize$0.44
- 1Voltaic Key$4.14
- 1Wight of Precinct Six$0.13
- 1Wisdom of Ages$0.29
- 1Xanathar, Guild Kingpin$2.49
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