I wanted to create a deck that could make use of the Inspired mechanic from the Theros block effectively even if you can't swing into the opponent. Phenax, God of Deception was the best card to be able to activate them and serves as a potential win con but also have things such as Desecration Demon and AEtherling to win with.
Disciple of Deceit is important to hit as it gives us the ability to get rid of dead cards in our hand such as if we have a Phenax out already and have one in our hand we can search for a Jace, Memory Adept or a Grey Merchant of Asphodel
Jace, Memory Adept is used primarily for the +0 to mill 10 cards but can be used for an extra draw if it comes down to needing it still need to play the deck to see if it needs card draw.
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver allows us exile the top 3 cards of an opponents library with a +2 ability on turn 3 and then on turn 4 can play any creature that might have been hit with CMC 5 or less the -10 is something that is always a nice feature for late game if your oppenent is making use of cards such as Sphinx's Revelation or other card draw engines to make it a more fair fight.
Nightveil Specter is much the same as Ashiok but instead you can play any card exiled with it so essentially it is a free draw step each turn it deals damage.
Siren of the Silent Song is used to create pressure early in being a slightly worse Nightveil as it dies to Shock but it has the benefit of not only messing with the opponents deck but also destroying their hand slowly.
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed is used primarily as removal as it can hit any non hex proof or pro black creature including activated Gods and then giving you an artifact to crack for any colored mana.
Desecration Demon and AEtherling seem pretty straight forward to me both can take games away from the oppenent Demon creating pressure because if they sac it you gain board control and it's hard to stop feeding it. AEtherling creates a clock that if you manage your mana wisely the opponent can't do much outside of Debtor's Pulpit or fogging with kill spells.Spells are pretty straight forward kill spells and counters.
SideboardGlaring Spotlight is brought in against decks that use hexproof allowing kill spells and King Macar, the Gold-Cursed to target their creatures.
AEtherize again used against hexproof decks and to a lesser extent aggro it's a lower costed Cyclonic Rift to hit all their creatures with
Brain Maggot and Duress I don't have access to Thoughtseize so I'm making use of what I have bring these in for more hand control against decks like control and R/W Burn.
Crypt Incursion against an aggro deck stabilization is what you need focus on kill their creatures early and block you can target yourself if need be and gain life back even two cards exiled is 6 life.
Essence Scatter counter creature spell.
Ultimate Price extra kill spell.
