Phenax, God of Deception

Legendary Enchantment Creature — God

Chosen commander for the requested strategy.

Artifact

staple fast artifact mana acceleration

Artifact

efficient two-mana color fixing rock

Artifact

filters and ramps into Dimir colors

Artifact

untapped two-mana Dimir rock

Artifact

early ramp that cycles in the late game

Artifact

provides mana and removes hand size limits

Artifact

efficient two-mana rainbow rock

Instant

burst mana to power out early combo pieces

Artifact

fetches basic lands to trigger crab landfall

Enchantment

punishes opponents' spells with consistent card advantage

Enchantment

early explosive draw engine off opponent noncreature spells

Sorcery

refills hand while forcing opponents to discard and mill

Instant

cheap cantrip that sets up draws and protects key cards

Sorcery

efficient card selection to dig for mill win conditions

Instant

digs three cards deep while untapping lands

Sorcery

draws half your deck to instantly assemble mill combos

Instant

instant-speed card selection that stocks the graveyard

Instant

ancestral recall once an opponent has twenty cards in graveyard

Instant

asymmetric board wipe that resets all opponent boards

Sorcery

efficient scalable board wipe based on life payment

Sorcery

versatile creature or enchantment removal in black

Instant

unconditional cheap instant-speed creature removal

Instant

classic reliable two-mana answer to any threat

Instant

flexible counter or removal spell fueled by milled graveyards

Instant

free noncreature counterspell with Phenax on the battlefield

Instant

one-mana instant creature destruction

Sorcery

classic unconditional black creature board wipe

Instant

cheap counterspell against noncreature interaction and board wipes

Legendary Creature — Human Advisor

doubles all opponent mill to turbocharge wincons

Artifact

infinitely mills when paired with Duskmantle Guildmage or Bloodchief Ascension

Creature — Human Wizard

combos with Mindcrank to drain and mill out the table

Legendary Creature — Human Knight

turns milled creature cards into widespread opponent burn

Enchantment

game-ending drain engine triggered by turbo mill

Sorcery

kicked mode mills half of each opponent's library

Sorcery

immediately mills half of a player's library

Artifact Creature — Juggernaut

mills half of defending player's deck upon attacking

Artifact

turbo mills opponents as their permanents untap each turn

Creature — Crab

consistent land-drop mill that also functions as an early blocker

Creature — Crab

cheap recurring mill engine off every land played

Sorcery

exiles enormous portions of low-mana-value Commander libraries

Enchantment

introduces monarch and turbo mills ten cards per upkeep

Enchantment — Aura Curse

doubles all cards milled by an opponent at each end step

Creature — Plant

massive thirteen toughness to tap and mill for Phenax

Creature — Horror

scales to massive power and toughness while casting spells to mill

Legendary Enchantment Creature — Nightmare

converts all combat damage into massive turbo milling

Creature — Horror

untaps repeatedly by exiling milled creatures to mill out tables

Legendary Creature — Leviathan Crab

seventeen toughness allows Phenax to mill seventeen cards at once

Creature — Wall

resilient seven-toughness blocker that taps to mill seven

Sorcery

efficient two-mana spell that dumps ten cards into the graveyard

Legendary Creature — Horror

creates a horde of token blockers from milled creatures

Sorcery

uncounterable cycling mill burst or direct spell

Creature — Leviathan Horror

attacks to immediately trigger a ten-card mill

Creature — Zombie

converts milled creatures into an army of zombie tokens

Enchantment

turns every draw spell into passive library destruction

Sorcery

fetches combo finishers like Mindcrank or Bruvac

Instant

instant-speed topdeck tutor for any required win condition

Instant

counterspell that transmutes for Mindcrank or Duskmantle Guildmage

Artifact

lets creatures use Phenax's tap ability immediately

Artifact — Equipment

protects key mill creatures and gives them pseudo-haste

Artifact — Equipment

grants hexproof and haste to crucial commanders or combo pieces

Instant

one-mana protection spell to defend game-winning mill spells

Sorcery

cheaply reanimates enormous threats from any milled graveyard

Land

No maximum hand size.

Land

Card draw from the mana base.

Land

Makes a creature unblockable.

Land

Extra mana in the late game.

Land

Produces any color in your identity.

Land

Flexible multicolor fixing.

Land

Color fixing with scry on creature casts.

Land

Ramp from the mana base.

Land

Free graveyard hate on ETB.

Land

Mono-color utility land.

Land — Island

Recurs an instant or sorcery.

Land

Mono-color utility land.

Land

Nonbasic dual land for color fixing.

Land

Nonbasic dual land for color fixing.

Land

Dual land with scry.

Basic Land — Island

Basic land allocated from mana pip counts.

Basic Land — Swamp

Basic land allocated from mana pip counts.