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Arnaud Gompertz
Jul 30, 2025
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Trim Down Libraries With Phenax, God of Deception
On this From the Brim to the Trim, Arnaud trims a Phenax, God of Deception deck, while also trimming your libraries.
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Stitch Together
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
80%synergy
Training Grounds
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
80%synergy
Animate Dead
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
72%synergy
Matzalantli, the Great Door
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
64%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
64%synergy
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
63%synergy
Laboratory Maniac
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
63%synergy
Necromancy
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
63%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
62%synergy
Entomb
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
58%synergy
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Reanimate
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
58%synergy
Deadly Rollick
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Windfall
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
53%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
54%synergy
Frantic Search
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Victimize
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
53%synergy
Game Changers
Fierce Guardianship
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
43%synergy
Ancient Tomb
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
42%synergy
Demonic Tutor
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Rhystic Study
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
18%synergy
Mystical Tutor
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
20%synergy
Imperial Seal
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Creatures
Grave Researcher
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
95%synergy
Wonder
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
44%synergy
Archon of Cruelty
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
45%synergy
Valgavoth, Terror Eater
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Likeness Looter
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
43%synergy
Phenax, God of Deception
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Bone Miser
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Fleet Swallower
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Archfiend of Ifnir
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Kiora, the Rising Tide
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Ancient Brass Dragon
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Shadowgrange Archfiend
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Hullbreaker Horror
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Screeching Scorchbeast
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Armaggon, Future Shark
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
The Dawning Archaic
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Metamorphosis Fanatic
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Stormtide Leviathan
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Brainstealer Dragon
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Rune-Scarred Demon
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Doomed Necromancer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Troll of Khazad-dûm
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Starving Revenant
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Avatar of Woe
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
The Mindskinner
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Mortivore
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Tidespout Tyrant
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Myojin of Cryptic Dreams
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Baleful Strix
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-7%synergy
Drana, the Last Bloodchief
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Emet-Selch, Unsundered
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Star Whale
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Filth
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Shadow of Mortality
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Pathrazer of Ulamog
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Emrakul, the Promised End
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Containment Construct
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Scourge of Fleets
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Apocalypse Demon
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Dreadhound
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Draco
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Lord of the Void
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Overlord of the Balemurk
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Chupacabra Echo
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Stitcher's Supplier
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Tergrid, God of Fright
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Instants
Dark Ritual
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Mana Drain
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Thought Scour
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
44%synergy
Drown in the Loch
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
16%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Stubborn Denial
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Consider
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
21%synergy
Bitter Triumph
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Resculpt
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Swan Song
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Arcane Denial
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Join the Dead
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Visions of Beyond
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Counterspell
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-23%synergy
Withering Torment
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Pongify
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Cut Down
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Three Steps Ahead
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Brain Freeze
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Ancient Excavation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Corpse Dance
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Tolarian Winds
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Tainted Indulgence
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Nexus of Fate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Filter Out
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Perplex
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Spell Rupture
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Thirst for Knowledge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Force of Will
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Shallow Grave
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Submerge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Demonic Consultation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Force of Negation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Circular Logic
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Sink into Stupor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Dihada's Ploy
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Mental Note
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Dismember
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Sorceries
Terror Tide
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Persist
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Toxic Deluge
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
25%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
41%synergy
Careful Study
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Dread Return
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Treasure Cruise
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
25%synergy
Buried Alive
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
25%synergy
Living Death
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Traumatize
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Exhume
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Singularity Rupture
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
7%synergy
Desperate Plea
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Wail of the Forgotten
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Chart a Course
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Unmarked Grave
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Will of the Abzan
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Recall
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Cut Your Losses
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Feed the Swarm
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-18%synergy
Ideas Unbound
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Bone Shards
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Yawgmoth's Vile Offering
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Whispering Madness
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Flux
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Zombify
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Restart Sequence
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Dark Deal
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Damnation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Ancestral Reminiscence
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Extract from Darkness
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Blood for Bones
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Crucible of Worlds
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
The Cauldron of Eternity
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Mindcrank
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
21%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Monument to Endurance
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Perpetual Timepiece
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
The Everflowing Well
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
The Grim Captain's Locker
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Portal to Phyrexia
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
4%synergy
The One Ring
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Mithril Coat
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Palantír of Orthanc
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Library of Leng
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Shadowspear
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
The Enigma Jewel
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Lightning Greaves
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-11%synergy
Altar of Dementia
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Mask of Memory
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Isochron Scepter
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Enchantments
Court of Cunning
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
26%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Strands of Night
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Dance of the Dead
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Dying to Serve
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Out of the Tombs
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Grave Pact
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Drake Haven
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Mystic Remora
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Mystic Redaction
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Painful Quandary
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Black Market Connections
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Stillness in Motion
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Diabolic Servitude
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Utility Lands
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
38%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
25%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Restless Reef
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Lotus Vale
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Buried Ruin
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Urza's Saga
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Cabal Coffers
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Academy Ruins
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Field of the Dead
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Lake of the Dead
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Reliquary Tower
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-19%synergy
Dakmor Salvage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Strip Mine
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Rogue's Passage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-10%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Arcane Signet
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
-0%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Signet
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
-9%synergy
Fellwar Stone
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
19%synergy
The Soul Stone
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
34%synergy
Lotus Petal
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
26%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Sky Diamond
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Basalt Monolith
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Mana Vault
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Mox Amber
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Springleaf Drum
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Island
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
-4%synergy
Undercity Sewers
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
63%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
43%synergy
Morphic Pool
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Polluted Delta
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
51%synergy
Watery Grave
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
35%synergy
Fabled Passage
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
58%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Underground River
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
26%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
43%synergy
Sunken Ruins
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
50%synergy
Tainted Isle
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Sunken Hollow
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
-15%synergy
Choked Estuary
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Prismatic Vista
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Misty Rainforest
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
25%synergy
Fetid Pools
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Temple of Deceit
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-2%synergy
Underground Sea
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
20%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
26%synergy
Scalding Tarn
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
25%synergy
Marsh Flats
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
25%synergy
Flooded Strand
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
24%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
25%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-8%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Exotic Orchard
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-16%synergy
Ice Tunnel
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Urza's Cave
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Reflecting Pool
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Cavern of Souls
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Talon Gates of Madara
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Sink into Stupor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Mana Confluence
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
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