Phenax, God of its Gone

Commander / EDH Mill UB (Dimir)

EssayM

Creature (24)

• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Body Double
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Dimir Doppelganger
• 1x Eater of the Dead
• 1x Evil Twin
• 1x Geralf's Mindcrusher
• 1x Grimoire Thief
• 1x Guiltfeeder
• 1x Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
• 1x Lord of the Void
• 1x Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
• 1x Mortivore
• 1x Nemesis of Reason
• 1x Oona, Queen of the Fae
• 1x Riddlekeeper
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Sire of Stagnation
• 1x Szadek, Lord of Secrets
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Undead Alchemist
• 1x Wrexial, the Risen Deep

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Increasing Confusion
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Mind Funeral
• 1x Mind Grind
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Startled Awake  ^Flip
• 1x Talent of the Telepath
• 1x Traumatize
• 1x Tunnel Vision

Land (36)

• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 13x Island
• 1x Nephalia Drownyard
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Shelldock Isle
• 1x Skyline Cascade
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Watery Grave

Instant (11)

• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x Archive Trap
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Hero's Demise
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Psychic Strike
• 1x Spell Crumple
• 1x Twincast
• 1x Visions of Beyond

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Keyrune
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Keening Stone
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Profane Memento
• 1x Sands of Delirium
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Body and Mind
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Fraying Sanity
• 1x Memory Erosion
• 1x Propaganda

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, Memory Adept

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Phenax, God of its Gone

This deck holds a special place in my heart as Phenax was the first legendary creature I pulled and became the first EDH deck I ever built. Because of this, this deck had had many tweaks and changes but this is the most up to date version. I have stayed away from running loads of walls, which I know is really strong with Phenax, but instead I have gone with creatures that have Mill abilities or feed off of graveyards.

I have a few cards which can combo into an easy win which are the following:

Mindcrank + Bloodchief Ascension

Fraying Sanity + Traumatize

Spell Crumple + Tunnel Vision

Its worth noting that my two favourite cards are in this deck. The first is Wrexial, the Risen Deep (who I have a signed copy of by the artist Eric Deschamps) because Islandwalk and Swampwalk are great but then getting to cast an instant or sorcery from defending players graveyard for free is AMAZING, especially when you have milled it so they never got to play it! The second is Eater of the Dead because he is a Mill machine when on the field with Phenax, God of Deception. Tapping him to mill 4 cards hope you get a creature, exile that creature and tap him again to repeat.

I feel like I have done a good amount of research on this deck but if anyone has any suggestions the please leave a comment. If you like the deck as much as I love it I would really appreciate the upvote!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.75
Tokens	Faerie Rogue 1/1 UB, Human 2/2 G, Wolf 2/2 G, Zombie 2/2 B