Phenax, the Mill God

Commander / EDH Budget Casual Combo Mill UB (Dimir)

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Creature (29)

• 1x Arbiter of the Ideal
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Dimir Doppelganger
• 1x Disciple of Deceit
• 1x Duskmantle Guildmage
• 1x Eater of the Dead
• 1x Evil Twin
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Guard Gomazoa
• 1x Hedron Crab
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
• 1x Lord of the Void
• 1x Manic Scribe
• 1x Mindshrieker
• 1x Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
• 1x Mnemonic Wall
• 1x Nemesis of Reason
• 1x Oona, Queen of the Fae
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Sire of Stagnation
• 1x Tree of Perdition
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Undead Alchemist
• 1x Wall of Frost
• 1x Wight of Precinct Six
• 1x Wrexial, the Risen Deep

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dread Summons
• 1x Mind Funeral
• 1x Mind Grind
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Psychic Intrusion
• 1x Startled Awake  ^Flip
• 1x Traumatize
• 1x Tunnel Vision
• 1x Whispering Madness

Artifact (8)

• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Bonehoard
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Keening Stone
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

Instant (6)

• 1x Archive Trap
• 1x Countermand
• 1x Crypt Incursion
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Psychic Spiral
• 1x Psychic Strike

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
• 1x Jace, Memory Adept

Commander (1)

Land (38)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Duskmantle, House of Shadow
• 16x Island
• 1x Nephalia Drownyard
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 14x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Mind's Dilation
• 1x Retreat to Coralhelm
• 1x Sphinx's Tutelage

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This is a current EDH deck I've built. It can be competitive for the price. I'm aware the lands need upgrading, but I will get to that eventually. I'm finding it very fun if teamed well in a 2v2 match, for reasons I explain below. Suggestions for card swaps or upgrades welcome.

Combos:

Mindcrank OR Bloodchief Ascension + Duskmantle Guildmage = Infinite combo

Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank = Infinite combo once BA gets 3 counters

Eater of the Dead + Phenax, God of Deception = Near infinte combo

Undead Alchemist + Altar of the Brood = Infinte combo

Other notes:

While I don't have Hinder or Spell Crumple in this deck, if either were paired with Tunnel Vision, it could be pretty funny/mean.

Undead Alchemist combos with itself and Phenax ridicuoulously well.

Thousand-Year Elixir, Intruder Alarm, and Paradox Engine (which isn't in this deck) can become gross with Phenax on the field. High toughness creatures like Tree of Perdition, Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger, and Lord of the Void will be mill machines. Creatures like Wight of Precinct Six, Consuming Aberration, and Bonehoard will become even bigger nightmares than they already can be in multiplayer games where, presumably, there are more creatures in graveyards. Tap away for crazy mill, or if that graveyard/reanimator deck is giving your mill gameplan problems, you can still put some good damgage down.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	WRG
Splash colors	UB
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.94
Tokens	Faerie Rogue 1/1 UB, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Zombie 2/2 B