Phenax, God of Deception: Wall Tribal

Commander / EDH Budget Mill Tribal UB (Dimir)

ctenochaetus

Creature (26)

• 1x Carrion Beetles
• 1x Cemetery Gate
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Crenellated Wall
• 1x Duskmantle Guildmage
• 1x Floodgate
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 1x Glacial Wall
• 1x Guard Gomazoa
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
• 1x Living Wall
• 1x Mnemonic Wall
• 1x Necropolis
• 1x Shifting Wall
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Steel Wall
• 1x Stinging Barrier
• 1x Wall of Air
• 1x Wall of Distortion
• 1x Wall of Frost
• 1x Wall of Junk
• 1x Wall of Kelp
• 1x Wall of Tears
• 1x Wall of Tombstones

Planeswalker (2)

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

Land (37)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Duskmantle, House of Shadow
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 18x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Nephalia Drownyard
• 11x Swamp

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Leyline of the Void

Artifact (11)

• 1x Decimator Web
• 1x Dimir Cluestone
• 1x Dimir Keyrune
• 1x Grindclock
• 1x Keening Stone
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Slagwurm Armor
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Tormod's Crypt

Instant (12)

• 1x Cancel
• 1x Countermand
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Crypt Incursion
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Grisly Spectacle
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Induce Paranoia
• 1x Murder
• 1x Psychic Strike

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Extract from Darkness
• 1x Increasing Confusion
• 1x Mind Funeral
• 1x Mind Grind
• 1x Mind Sculpt
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Telemin Performance
• 1x Traumatize
• 1x Tunnel Vision

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Coral Barrier

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Budget-friendly Phenax, God of Deception deck centered around walls!

The main win condition is obvious: keep Phenax out, mill opponents with walls, reap results.

I designed this deck with budget playing in mind -- that said, it's both the cheapest deck I've made and the most vulnerable. If Phenax is up against a tough matchup (say, something that can exile enchantments every turn), this deck will have a very hard time winning.

There are backup plans, albeit unreliable. Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, Jace, Memory Adept, Geth, Lord of the Vault , Rise of the Dark Realms, Keening Stone , Decimator Web, and Grindclock are capable of winning without Phenax under the right circumstances, but it's a very shaky situation to be in.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 15 - 0 Rares 29 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.22
Tokens	0/1 U Creature Plant Wall, Gold, Squid 1/1 U