Phenax Brew (T4)

Commander / EDH*

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Land (30)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 5x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Watery Grave

Counter (6)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Force of WillGC
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Swan Song

Removal (3)

• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Wincon (2)

• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Walking Ballista

Draw (13)

• 1x Ad NauseamGC
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Dark Deal
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Gush
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Predict
• 1x Rhystic StudyGC
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Thought Scour
• 1x Windfall

Mana (11)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chrome MoxGC
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Grim MonolithGC
• 1x Lion's Eye DiamondGC
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana VaultGC
• 1x Mox DiamondGC
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance

Recursion (8)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Shallow Grave
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Self-Mill (3)

• 1x Body Double
• 1x Mesmeric Orb
• 1x Mirror-Mad Phantasm

Commander (1)

Combo (11)

• 1x Blighted Bat
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Doomsday
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Eater of the Dead
• 1x Haunted Dead
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Narcomoeba
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Pili-Pala

Tutor (10)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Imperial SealGC
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical TutorGC
• 1x Personal Tutor
• 1x Vampiric TutorGC

Haste (2)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

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Maybeboard

Tutor (8)

• 1x Cruel Tutor
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

Draw (3)

• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Timetwister
• 1x Whispering Madness

Combo (6)

• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Dimir Doppelganger
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Street Wraith
• 1x Undead Alchemist

Recursion (4)

• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Corpse Dance
• 1x Doomed Necromancer
• 1x Unearth

Land (4)

• 1x Petrified Field
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Unholy Grotto

Mana (4)

• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Lotus Petal

Removal (1)

• 1x Nihil Spellbomb

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Optimized decklist of Phenax, God of Deception created for [List - Multiplayer] EDH Generals by Tier, by thegigibeast.

Ways to mill yourself out:

• basalt monlith + Mesmeric Orb
• Body Double or Dimir Doppelganger + Mirror-Mad Phantasm (in yard)

Self-mill Combos:

• After milling yourself out, flashback Dread Return on Necrotic Ooze, activate Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon's ability to give Necrotic Ooze haste (can be reactivated in response to removal), then generate infinite mana using the abilities of Pili-Pala and Palladium Myr. You now have infinite untaps of Necrotic Ooze use them to mill all your opponents out. (Requires Phenax in play, , and three other creatures. Narcomoeba and Reassembling Skeleton can help you get there.)

• Alternatively, if you don't feel like being fancy, just Dread Return Laboratory Maniac and flashback Deep Analysis.

Dooomsday stacks:

• No mana pile: Gush, Gitaxian Probe, Lion's Eye Diamond, Yawgmoth's Will, Laboratory Maniac.

• pile: Predict, Labman, Gitaxian Probe, Lion's Eye Diamond, Yawgmoth's Wil.

• pile: Thought Scour, Laboratory Maniac, Deep Analysis, Unearth, Counterspell/Whatever.

• Special Phenax pile 1: Dread Return, Necrotic Ooze, Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon, Pili-Pala, and Palladium Myr in any order.

Mill yourself using Phenax and/or your 3 creatures and do the combo from above. Skithiryx can be replaced with Narcomoeba if you have Thousand-Year Elixir or Lightning Greaves out.

• Special Phenax pile 2: Dread Return, Laboratory Maniac, Deep Analysis, Gitaxian Probe, Counterspell.

There are other piles like this or with Reanimate/Necromancy depending on the toughness of your creatures.

Full description coming soon.

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Date added	9 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	24 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.23
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Spirit 1/1 W
Folders	cEDH Brews, X Inspiration