SnowStorm's Phenax, God of Deception

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Phenax, God of Deception

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Approx. Value:

$800.28

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Avg. CMC 3.55

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Secrets of Strixhaven
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Main Deck - 102 cards, 88 distinct

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	Name	Ed.	Price	Type	Cost
	Name	Rarity	Price	Type	Color
Commander
1	Phenax, God of Deception		$17.55	Legendary Enchantment Creature - God
Creature (29)
1	Arcbound Crusher		$4.96	Artifact Creature - Juggernaut
1	Arcbound Reclaimer		$6.76	Artifact Creature - Golem
1	Baleful Strix		$0.93	Artifact Creature - Bird
1	Burnished Hart		$0.22	Artifact Creature - Elk
1	Chief of the Foundry		$0.13	Artifact Creature - Construct
1	Clockwork Hydra		$0.22	Artifact Creature - Hydra
1	Consuming Aberration		$0.27	Creature - Horror
1	Dreamborn Muse		$3.75	Creature - Spirit
1	Duskmantle Guildmage		$0.75	Creature - Human Wizard
1	Emry, Lurker of the Loch		$0.55	Legendary Creature - Merfolk Wizard
1	Etherium Sculptor		$0.74	Artifact Creature - Vedalken Artificer
1	Geth, Lord of the Vault		$0.79	Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Zombie
1	Hangarback Walker		$0.26	Artifact Creature - Construct
1	Inkwell Leviathan		$0.59	Artifact Creature - Leviathan
1	Master of Etherium		$0.68	Artifact Creature - Vedalken Wizard
1	Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker		$0.50	Legendary Creature - Vampire
1	Myr Battlesphere		$0.30	Artifact Creature - Myr Construct
1	Myr Retriever		$3.10	Artifact Creature - Myr
1	Padeem, Consul of Innovation		$1.02	Legendary Creature - Vedalken Artificer
1	Palladium Myr		$0.33	Artifact Creature - Myr
1	Phyrexian Metamorph		$2.32	Artifact Creature - Phyrexian Shapeshifter
1	Scuttling Doom Engine		$0.22	Artifact Creature - Construct
1	Shimmer Myr		$0.84	Artifact Creature - Myr
1	Silent Arbiter		$11.88	Artifact Creature - Construct
1	Steel Overseer		$0.39	Artifact Creature - Construct
1	Stonecoil Serpent		$0.26	Artifact Creature - Snake
1	Traxos, Scourge of Kroog		$0.44	Legendary Artifact Creature - Construct
1	Walking Ballista		$7.21	Artifact Creature - Construct
1	Wurmcoil Engine		$10.37	Artifact Creature - Phyrexian Wurm
Instant (7)
1	Cyclonic Rift		$30.40	Instant
1	Dramatic Reversal		$0.62	Instant
1	Hurkyl's Recall		$2.02	Instant
1	Metallic Rebuke		$0.29	Instant
1	Pongify		$1.54	Instant
1	Supreme Will		$0.14	Instant
1	Thought Collapse		$0.26	Instant
Sorcery (7)
1	All Is Dust		$5.45	Kindred Sorcery - Eldrazi
1	Diabolic Tutor		$1.34	Sorcery
1	Mind Grind		$3.01	Sorcery
1	Mnemonic Betrayal		$8.77	Sorcery
1	Rise of the Dark Realms		$3.89	Sorcery
1	Traumatize		$4.21	Sorcery
1	Windfall		$5.37	Sorcery
Artifact (15)
1	Darksteel Forge		$40.86	Artifact
1	Dragon Throne of Tarkir		$0.62	Legendary Artifact - Equipment
1	Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound		$4.70	Legendary Artifact - Equipment // Legendary Creature - Demon
1	Everflowing Chalice		$0.40	Artifact
1	Folio of Fancies		$2.34	Artifact - Book
1	Isochron Scepter		$9.03	Artifact
1	Keening Stone		$0.46	Artifact
1	Lightning Greaves		$3.90	Artifact - Equipment
1	Lux Cannon		$0.26	Artifact
1	Mindcrank		$7.81	Artifact
1	Relic of Progenitus		$7.48	Artifact
1	Sol Ring		$1.16	Artifact
1	Sword of Truth and Justice		$36.45	Artifact - Equipment
1	Talisman of Dominance		$1.87	Artifact
1	Unwinding Clock		$19.47	Artifact
Enchantment (5)
1	Feast on the Fallen		$0.23	Enchantment
1	Mirrodin Besieged		$5.17	Enchantment
1	Propaganda		$3.09	Enchantment
1	Psychic Corrosion		$4.91	Enchantment
1	Sphinx's Tutelage		$1.24	Enchantment
Planeswalker (4)
1	Ashiok, Dream Render		$1.28	Legendary Planeswalker - Ashiok
1	Jace Beleren		$0.62	Legendary Planeswalker - Jace
1	Ugin, the Ineffable		$1.97	Legendary Planeswalker - Ugin
1	Ugin, the Spirit Dragon		$10.73	Legendary Planeswalker - Ugin
Land (34)
1	Ancient Tomb		$128.93	Land
1	Bojuka Bog		$0.91	Land
1	Buried Ruin		$0.56	Land
1	Choked Estuary		$0.43	Land
1	Command Tower		$0.55	Land
1	Darksteel Citadel		$1.10	Artifact Land
1	Dimir Aqueduct		$0.37	Land
1	Drowned Catacomb		$2.12	Land
1	Inventors' Fair		$15.62	Legendary Land
10	Island		$0.17	Basic Land - Island
1	Karn's Bastion		$2.35	Land
1	Maze of Ith		$9.47	Land
1	Nephalia Drownyard		$0.32	Land
1	Ruins of Oran-Rief		$0.32	Land
1	Sunken Hollow		$0.35	Land - Island Swamp
1	Sunken Ruins		$3.25	Land
6	Swamp		$0.12	Basic Land - Swamp
1	Tainted Isle		$2.21	Land
1	Temple of Deceit		$0.23	Land
1	Watery Grave		$9.09	Land - Island Swamp

Sideboard - 106 cards, 106 distinct

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	Name	Ed.	Price	Type	Cost
	Name	Rarity	Price	Type	Color
Creature (41)
1	Chronomaton		$0.14	Artifact Creature - Golem
1	Cogwork Assembler		$0.09	Artifact Creature - Assembly-Worker
1	Deepglow Skate		$0.33	Creature - Fish
1	Duplicant		$0.29	Artifact Creature - Shapeshifter
1	Endbringer		$0.28	Creature - Eldrazi
1	Endless One		$0.79	Creature - Eldrazi
1	Esperzoa		$0.20	Artifact Creature - Jellyfish
1	Etched Champion		$0.54	Artifact Creature - Soldier
1	Filigree Sages		$0.55	Artifact Creature - Vedalken Wizard
1	Flint Golem		$0.07	Artifact Creature - Golem
1	Grim Poppet		$0.29	Artifact Creature - Scarecrow
1	Guardians of Meletis		$0.07	Artifact Creature - Golem
1	Iron Bully		$0.08	Artifact Creature - Golem
1	Jhoira's Familiar		$1.83	Artifact Creature - Bird
1	Junk Diver		$0.27	Artifact Creature - Bird
1	Koma's Faithful		$0.13	Creature - Elf Cleric
1	Kuldotha Forgemaster		$8.58	Artifact Creature - Construct
1	Lord of the Void		$8.53	Creature - Demon
1	Minamo Scrollkeeper		$0.09	Creature - Human Wizard
1	Mishra's Self-Replicator		$0.28	Artifact Creature - Assembly-Worker
1	Mortivore		$0.64	Creature - Lhurgoyf
1	Myojin of Seeing Winds		$6.38	Legendary Creature - Spirit
1	Necromaster Dragon		$0.33	Creature - Dragon
1	Pilgrim's Eye		$0.05	Artifact Creature - Thopter
1	Primal Clay		$0.14	Artifact Creature - Shapeshifter
1	Prophet of the Peak		$0.15	Artifact Creature - Cat
1	Puppet Conjurer		$0.09	Artifact Creature - Human Wizard
1	Self-Assembler		$0.10	Artifact Creature - Assembly-Worker
1	Shambling Suit		$0.31	Artifact Creature - Construct
1	Signpost Scarecrow		$0.24	Artifact Creature - Scarecrow
1	Silver Myr		$0.88	Artifact Creature - Myr
1	Syr Konrad, the Grim		$1.19	Legendary Creature - Human Knight
1	The Haunt of Hightower		$2.82	Legendary Creature - Vampire
1	Tidehollow Strix		$0.17	Artifact Creature - Bird
1	Trench Gorger		$2.12	Creature - Leviathan
1	Undercity Informer		$0.31	Creature - Human Rogue
1	Urza, Lord High Artificer		$15.79	Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
1	Vantress Gargoyle		$0.32	Artifact Creature - Gargoyle
1	Vedalken Archmage		$14.14	Creature - Vedalken Wizard
1	Voltaic Servant		$0.13	Artifact Creature - Construct
1	Wild-Field Scarecrow		$0.16	Artifact Creature - Scarecrow
Instant (5)
1	Brainstorm		$1.27	Instant
1	Fuel for the Cause		$0.27	Instant
1	Masterful Replication		$0.35	Instant
1	Psychic Puppetry		$0.40	Instant - Arcane
1	Psychic Strike		$0.28	Instant
Sorcery (9)
1	Coerced Confession		$0.07	Sorcery
1	Covetous Urge		$0.09	Sorcery
1	Dreadwaters		$0.11	Sorcery
1	Increasing Confusion		$0.86	Sorcery
1	Paranoid Delusions		$0.14	Sorcery
1	Pilfered Plans		$0.13	Sorcery
1	Sleep		$0.24	Sorcery
1	Tezzeret's Gambit		$0.33	Sorcery
1	Tome Scour		$0.25	Sorcery
Artifact (19)
1	Aether Vial		$2.66	Artifact
1	Altar of the Brood		$8.23	Artifact
1	Basalt Monolith		$3.69	Artifact
1	Codex Shredder		$0.36	Artifact
1	Crook of Condemnation		$0.11	Artifact
1	Hair-Strung Koto		$0.61	Artifact
1	Manifold Key		$1.44	Artifact
1	Millstone		$0.17	Artifact
1	Mind Stone		$0.32	Artifact
1	Mystic Forge		$3.18	Artifact
1	Nihil Spellbomb		$2.18	Artifact
1	Sands of Delirium		$0.43	Artifact
1	Sword of Feast and Famine		$41.71	Artifact - Equipment
1	Thought Vessel		$2.66	Artifact
1	Thousand-Year Elixir		$16.33	Artifact
1	Thran Temporal Gateway		$0.57	Legendary Artifact
1	Throne of the God-Pharaoh		$7.10	Legendary Artifact
1	Tormod's Crypt		$0.42	Artifact
1	Worn Powerstone		$0.35	Artifact
Enchantment (4)
1	Bloodchief Ascension		$13.64	Enchantment
1	Mirrormade		$2.13	Enchantment
1	Patient Rebuilding		$0.49	Enchantment
1	Teferi's Tutelage		$0.30	Enchantment
Planeswalker (2)
1	Ashiok, Nightmare Muse		$3.61	Legendary Planeswalker - Ashiok
1	Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver		$1.50	Legendary Planeswalker - Ashiok
Land (26)
1	Bad River		$1.34	Land
1	Blighted Cataract		$0.12	Land
1	Castle Vantress		$0.31	Land
1	Darkwater Catacombs		$0.35	Land
1	Duskmantle, House of Shadow		$0.19	Land
1	Exotic Orchard		$0.35	Land
1	Fabled Passage		$0.93	Land
1	Halimar Depths		$0.84	Land
1	Ipnu Rivulet		$0.29	Land - Desert
1	Leechridden Swamp		$0.62	Land - Swamp
1	Lonely Sandbar		$0.32	Land
1	Mishra's Factory		$0.21	Land
1	Myriad Landscape		$0.32	Land
1	Polluted Delta		$19.69	Land
1	Prismatic Vista		$25.22	Land
1	Reliquary Tower		$3.98	Land
1	Rogue's Passage		$0.39	Land
1	Scavenger Grounds		$0.55	Land - Desert
1	Tomb of the Spirit Dragon		$0.36	Land
1	Underground River		$1.62	Land
1	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth		$55.65	Legendary Land
1	Urza's Mine		$0.58	Land - Urza's Mine
1	Urza's Power Plant		$0.77	Land - Urza's Power-Plant
1	Urza's Tower		$0.94	Land - Urza's Tower
1	Vesuva		$2.13	Land
1	Witch's Cottage		$1.05	Land - Swamp

Notes

https://edhrec.com/commanders/phenax-god-of-deception

https://deckstats.net/decks/119337/1620316-phenax-god-of-milling-you/en

https://decks.tcgplayer.com/magic/commander/the-commander-s-quarters/phenax--god-of-deception---break-the-bank---the-commander-s-quarters/1351294

https://decks.tcgplayer.com/magic/freeform/the-commander-s-quarters/phenax--god-of-deception---break-the-bank---upgrades-only---the-commander-s-quarters/1351296

https://decks.tcgplayer.com/magic/commander/the-commander-s-quarters/phenax--god-of-deception---the-commander-s-quarters/1350798

Comments

Gnillut | 29-Oct-2019 09:07

dramatic reversal, isecron scepter. painters servant. counterspells (5 ish). Instant/artifact/any tutors (4 ish).

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