Drown Their Minds

Commander / EDH Bracket 3 Combo Mill Multiplayer Tap/Untap UB (Dimir)

Sidonian

Land (34)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Clearwater Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Gloomlake Verge
• 4x Island
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Port of Karfell
• 1x Rivendell
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Shipwreck Marsh
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Undercity Sewers
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Fractured Sanity
• 1x Maddening Cacophony
• 1x Mind Grind
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Singularity Rupture

Creature (25)

• 1x Aphetto Alchemist
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Bruvac the Grandiloquent
• 1x Captain N'ghathrod
• 1x Charix, the Raging Isle
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Cruel Somnophage
• 1x Dreamborn Muse
• 1x Duskmantle Guildmage
• 1x Eater of the Dead
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Guard Gomazoa
• 1x King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
• 1x Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
• 1x Mortivore
• 1x Nighthowler
• 1x Notion ThiefGC
• 1x Riddlekeeper
• 1x Ruin Crab
• 1x Sheoldred  ^Flip
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Siren of the Silent Song
• 1x Tree of Perdition
• 1x Undead Alchemist
• 1x Zellix, Sanity Flayer

Artifact (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x The Water Crystal

Commander (1)

Instant (14)

• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Drown in Dreams
• 1x Drown in the Loch
• 1x Fierce GuardianshipGC
• 1x Negate
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Visions of Beyond
• 1x Withering Torment

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Court of Cunning
• 1x Memory Erosion
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Psychic Corrosion
• 1x Rhystic StudyGC

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Baleful Strix

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Mill them to madness, exile their hope, and drown their minds in the dark. This Phenax, God of Deception deck turns high-toughness walls, evasive creatures, and mill synergies into a relentless assault on your opponents’ libraries. With Phenax giving your creatures the power to “tap to mill,” every wall or defender becomes a weapon of attrition.

Key mill powerhouses like Bruvac the Grandiloquent, Consuming Aberration, and Maddening Cacophony shred libraries at explosive rates, while cards like Duskmantle Guildmage and Bloodchief Ascension turn that mill into direct life drain.

The deck also features several deadly combos:

Eater of the Dead + Phenax, God of Deception → Infinite mill.

Phenax, God of Deception + Aphetto Alchemist + Illusionist's Bracers + (Any mana rock) → Infinite mill/infinite mana.

Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank → Infinite damage + mill loop.

Tree of Perdition + Phenax → Reduce a player’s life to 13, then mill big chunks immediately.

King Macar, the Gold-Cursed + untap effects → Continuous exile removal + ramp via Gold tokens.

Defense is just as strong, with Propaganda, Silent Arbiter, No Mercy, and foggy walls like Fog Bank and Guard Gomazoa stalling attackers while your opponents’ decks disappear piece by piece.

Whether you’re winning through infinite loops, massive one-shot mills, or the slow, inevitable grind of Phenax’s command, this deck is designed to make your opponents lose their minds literally.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	1 week
Exclude colors	WRG
Splash colors	UB
Key combos	Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank Aphetto Alchemist + Illusionist's Bracers Eater of the Dead + Phenax, God of Deception
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.83
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Boar 2/2 G, Gold, Horror, Manifest 2/2 C, Morph 2/2 C, On an Adventure, Monarch Emblem, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	EDH