Phenax Mill and More

Commander / EDH

BuildingDankJankEDH

Creature (27)

• 1x Arbiter of the Ideal
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Daring Thief
• 1x Disciple of Deceit
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Duskmantle Guildmage
• 1x Eater of the Dead
• 1x Evil Twin
• 1x Fleet Swallower
• 1x Glacial Wall
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Junktroller
• 1x King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Mortivore
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Possessed Skaab
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Sire of Stagnation
• 1x Siren of the Silent Song
• 1x Tree of Perdition
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Wall of Frost
• 1x Wall of Tears

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Deny Reality
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Extract from Darkness
• 1x Mind Grind
• 1x Pilfered Plans
• 1x Psychotic Episode
• 1x Ransack
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Traumatize
• 1x Tunnel Vision
• 1x Whispering Madness
• 1x Windfall

Instant (10)

• 1x Countermand
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Deny Existence
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Grisly Spectacle
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Spell Crumple
• 1x Spin into Myth
• 1x Twincast

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Counterbalance
• 1x Fraying Sanity
• 1x Patient Rebuilding

Commander (1)

Land (36)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 16x Island
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Submerged Boneyard
• 11x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God

Artifact (9)

• 1x Bonehoard
• 1x Dimir Cluestone
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Slagwurm Armor
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

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This is my most recent edition of my Phenax, God of Deception deck. It was originally a big butt wall tap deck, and it slowly evolved into a multiple combo strategy deck. Of course you have some cheap big defensive creatures to get the most value out of Phenax's main ability, but I put in several alternate win conditions.

Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter with a Sol Ring and Phenax, God of Deception on the board is infinite mill combo. Even without Sol Ring it could still be almost game ending mid to late game when you have 8-10 mana available and a good board state.

Eater of the Dead + Slagwurm Armor is infinite mill 90% of the time. Keep picking on each opponent's graveyard and even mill yourself or your own creatures to continuously just untap Eater of the Dead and mill for 10 cards each tap.

Tunnel Vision and any of the following cards are basically single player removal: Junktroller, Psychotic Episode, Ransack, Hinder, Spell Crumple or Spin into Myth. Counter a spell or fateseal a card onto the bottom of an opponent's library and name it with Tunnel Vision. If Junktroller is out it makes it even easier because you can time it if there is a control player, and save your mana for when they are tapped out. Also Possessed Skaab and Archaeomancer both let you bring back tunnel vision to be able to do it to another opponent.

Lastly any of these win conditions can be used on yourself as well. Like any mill deck Laboratory Maniac is your built in fail safe in case Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre is in your hand or on the battlefield.

This is a very fun deck to pilot, and it's always fun to watch atleast one of the people in your play group cringe as soon as they see Phenax in the command zone.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Key combos	Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter Eater of the Dead + Slagwurm Armor
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 22 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.52
Tokens	Gold, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B