Phenax, God of Deception

Phenax, God of Deception

Legendary Enchantment Creature — God

Mana cost: {3}{U}{B}

How we read this card

Indestructible
As long as your devotion to blue and black is less than seven, Phenax isn't a creature.
Creatures you control have that ability

static — grants a keyword

Target player mills X cards, where X is this creature's toughness.

activated {T} — mills a card

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: mill a card.

Cares about: a creature it grants abilities to.

Works well with

a card is milled — 772 cards in the game can cause this (Phenax is one).

  1. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — When Phenax, God of Deception makes a player mill a card, Lo and Li, Royal Advisors puts a counter on an Advisor

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Phenax is one).

When Phenax, God of Deception is cast:

  1. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  2. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  4. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  5. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  6. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  7. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
  8. Kami of Transience — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Argothian Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  10. Mesa Enchantress — draws you 1 card

255 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,691 cards in the game can cause this (Phenax is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Phenax, God of Deception enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this (Phenax is one).

When Phenax, God of Deception enters:

  1. Calix, Guided by Fate — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Elvish Archivist — draws you 1 card
  3. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — surveils
  4. Strength from the Fallen — gives +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard
  5. Doomwake Giant — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  6. Cacophony Unleashed — turns something into a creature
  7. Ghostly Dancers — makes a token
  8. Thassa's Devourer — mills a card
  9. Killian, Decisive Mentor — taps a creature
  10. Thoughtrender Lamia — makes an opponent discard a card

124 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Phenax is one).

Phenax, God of Deception:

  1. Thor, God of Thunder — puts cards into the graveyard that Thor, God of Thunder can bring back
  2. Hedonist's Trove — puts cards into the graveyard that Hedonist's Trove can bring back
  3. Samwise Gamgee — puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  4. Fire Nation Salvagers — puts cards into the graveyard that Fire Nation Salvagers can bring back
  5. Bloodbond March — puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  6. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  7. Harness the Storm — puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  8. Transplant Theorist — puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  9. Heart-Shaped Herb — puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  10. Sidequest: Card Collection // Magicked Card — fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more cards Sidequest: Card Collection // Magicked Card needs

434 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Phenax is one).

  1. The Haunt of Hightower — When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Phenax, God of Deception, The Haunt of Hightower puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Duskmantle Guildmage — When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Phenax, God of Deception, Duskmantle Guildmage makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Vulturous Zombie — When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Phenax, God of Deception, Vulturous Zombie puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Quest for Ancient Secrets — When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Phenax, God of Deception, Quest for Ancient Secrets puts a quest counter on itself
  5. Bloodchief Ascension — When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Phenax, God of Deception, Bloodchief Ascension makes each opponent lose 2 life
  6. Compost — When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Phenax, God of Deception, Compost draws you 1 card
  7. Planar Void — When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Phenax, God of Deception, Planar Void hits a graveyard
  8. Measure of Wickedness — When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Phenax, God of Deception, Measure of Wickedness gives an opponent control of itself
  9. Energy Field — When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Phenax, God of Deception, Energy Field sacrifices itself
  10. Dread — When Dread hits the graveyard thanks to Phenax, God of Deception, it triggers

11 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Phenax is one).

When Phenax, God of Deception is cast:

  1. Primeval Bounty — makes a token
  2. Communal Brewing — it arrives with counters thanks to Communal Brewing
  3. Dancing from Dark to Dawn — puts that spell's mana value counters on a creature
  4. Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder — makes that spell's mana value tokens
  5. Summon: Fenrir — it arrives with counters thanks to Summon: Fenrir
  6. Summon: Brynhildr — grants haste
  7. Skittering Horror — sacrifices itself
  8. Skittering Skirge — sacrifices itself
  9. Skittering Monstrosity — sacrifices itself
  10. Silverback Elder — triggers

81 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature it grants abilities to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this (Phenax is one).

Phenax, God of Deception gives:

  1. Pollywog Prodigy — an extra ability
  2. Havengul Lich — an extra ability
  3. Saheeli, Radiant Creator — an extra ability
  4. Captain Jean-Luc Picard — an extra ability
  5. Windrider Wizard — an extra ability
  6. Master of Winds — an extra ability
  7. Sokka, Bold Boomeranger — an extra ability

19,384 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Phenax is one).

  1. Nature's Wrath — When Phenax, God of Deception enters, Nature's Wrath makes a player sacrifice an Island or permanent

629 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.