The Ancient One (Commander) - Budget Upgraded

Arnaud Gompertz
Jul 30, 2025
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.
Deck Filters
Cardsphere
Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Hidden Lair
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Syr Konrad, the Grim
64%inclusion14 decks22 decks
51%synergy
Terror Tide
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
49%synergy
Millikin
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
42%synergy
The Cauldron of Eternity
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
40%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
40%synergy
Dreadhound
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
40%synergy
Matzalantli, the Great Door
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
39%synergy
Deranged Assistant
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
38%synergy
Altar of the Wretched
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
36%synergy
Nighthowler
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
35%synergy
Top Cards
Consuming Aberration
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
35%synergy
Singularity Rupture
47%inclusion9 decks19 decks
35%synergy
Victimize
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
31%synergy
Drown in the Loch
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
23%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
28%synergy
Wonder
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
35%synergy
Dread Return
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
35%synergy
The Everflowing Well
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
35%synergy
Gyruda, Doom of Depths
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
32%synergy
Stitch Together
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
33%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Creatures
Kiora, the Rising Tide
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
31%synergy
Bringer of the Last Gift
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
31%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
27%synergy
Laboratory Maniac
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
28%synergy
Starving Revenant
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
26%synergy
Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
23%synergy
Shadow of Mortality
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
22%synergy
Disciple of Bolas
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
27%synergy
Grave Researcher
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
23%synergy
Likeness Looter
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
20%synergy
Fleet Swallower
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
20%synergy
Souls of the Lost
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
22%synergy
Shoreline Looter
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
19%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
20%synergy
Diluvian Primordial
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
20%synergy
The Mindskinner
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Dreadwing Scavenger
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Troll of Khazad-dûm
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Mulldrifter
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
14%synergy
Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
18%synergy
Body Double
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Boggart Trawler
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Stitcher's Supplier
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
14%synergy
Obsessive Stitcher
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
14%synergy
Subterfuge
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
17%synergy
Lamentation
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
17%synergy
Starwinder
17%inclusion3 decks18 decks
13%synergy
The Warring Triad
16%inclusion3 decks19 decks
14%synergy
Gorex, the Tombshell
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Doomed Necromancer
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Scholar of the Ages
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Baleful Strix
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-10%synergy
Ertai Resurrected
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Vizier of Many Faces
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Ruin Crab
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Amphin Mutineer
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Shadowgrange Archfiend
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Phyrexian Delver
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Rakshasa Debaser
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Vengeful Pharaoh
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Archaeomancer
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Symbiote Spider-Man
11%inclusion2 decks18 decks
11%synergy
PuPu UFO
11%inclusion2 decks19 decks
10%synergy
Sephiroth, Planet's Heir
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Qarsi Revenant
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Negate
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
-1%synergy
Arcane Denial
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Counterspell
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
-29%synergy
Another Chance
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
22%synergy
Dig Through Time
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Songs of the Damned
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Fact or Fiction
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Reality Shift
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Aetherize
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Thought Scour
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Perplex
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
15%synergy
See Double
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Frantic Search
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-6%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Otherworldly Gaze
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Join the Dead
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Withering Torment
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-6%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Hagra Mauling
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Fated Return
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-22%synergy
Confounding Riddle
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Stubborn Denial
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Go for the Throat
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-7%synergy
Consider
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-4%synergy
Countersquall
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Resculpt
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Dark Ritual
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-27%synergy
Silundi Vision
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Bitter Triumph
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Murder
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Infernal Grasp
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-7%synergy
Sinister Sabotage
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Archive Trap
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Counterpoint
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
High Tide
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Reenact the Crime
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Glen Elendra's Answer
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
6%synergy
Fight On!
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Dreams of Laguna
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Wail of the Forgotten
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
31%synergy
Feed the Swarm
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
-3%synergy
Treasure Cruise
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
23%synergy
Extract from Darkness
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
24%synergy
Decree of Pain
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
24%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
14%synergy
Afterlife from the Loam
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Unearth
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Living Death
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Desperate Plea
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Windfall
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
0%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Cut Your Losses
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Deep Analysis
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Buried Alive
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Traumatize
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Deluge of Doom
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Inspiration from Beyond
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Mandate of Abaddon
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Persist
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Bond of Insight
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Yawgmoth's Vile Offering
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Season of Weaving
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Connive // Concoct
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Dread Summons
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Essence Harvest
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
From the Catacombs
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Defossilize
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-1%synergy
Disentomb
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Gix's Command
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Reanimate
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-16%synergy
Rags // Riches
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Dream Harvest
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
3%synergy
Mathemagics
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Evil Reawakened
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Deadly Embrace
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Bonehoard
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
The Enigma Jewel
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-11%synergy
The Water Crystal
11%inclusion2 decks19 decks
2%synergy
Extinguisher Battleship
11%inclusion2 decks19 decks
10%synergy
The Falcon, Airship Restored
11%inclusion2 decks19 decks
10%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Waterlogged Hulk
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Grindclock
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Key to the City
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Altar of Dementia
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
19%synergy
Animate Dead
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
21%synergy
Case of the Shifting Visage
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Training Grounds
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Demonic Embrace
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Search for Azcanta
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Aqueous Form
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
5%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Protection Racket
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Eaten by Piranhas
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
One Ring to Rule Them All
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Fungal Fortitude
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Amphibian Downpour
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Drowned Secrets
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
32%synergy
Rogue's Passage
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
14%synergy
Mortuary Mire
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
24%synergy
Bojuka Bog
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
-11%synergy
Drownyard Temple
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
24%synergy
Restless Reef
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
21%synergy
Barren Moor
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
20%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
20%synergy
Reliquary Tower
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
-13%synergy
Dakmor Salvage
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-3%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Sunken Palace
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Witch's Cottage
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
11%inclusion2 decks19 decks
9%synergy
Pit of Offerings
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Remote Isle
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Tyrite Sanctum
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Hidden Cataract
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Tocasia's Dig Site
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Temple of the False God
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-0%synergy
Haunted Fengraf
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Blighted Fen
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Castle Vantress
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
0%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
77%inclusion17 decks22 decks
-6%synergy
Sol Ring
68%inclusion15 decks22 decks
-20%synergy
Dimir Signet
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
-9%synergy
Mind Stone
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
18%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
-22%synergy
Fellwar Stone
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Commander's Sphere
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Thought Vessel
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-22%synergy
All-Fates Scroll
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
The Eternity Elevator
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion22 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Island
100%inclusion22 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
77%inclusion17 decks22 decks
-10%synergy
Sunken Hollow
68%inclusion15 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
64%inclusion14 decks22 decks
26%synergy
Choked Estuary
64%inclusion14 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Tainted Isle
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Fetid Pools
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
25%synergy
Temple of Deceit
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Evolving Wilds
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
24%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
-13%synergy
Myriad Landscape
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Underground River
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
-4%synergy
Dismal Backwater
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Port of Karfell
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
21%synergy
Exotic Orchard
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
-10%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
-6%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Ash Barrens
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Boggart Trawler
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Fabled Passage
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Ice Tunnel
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-27%synergy
Path of Ancestry
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-13%synergy
Promising Vein
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Treno, Dark City
11%inclusion2 decks19 decks
8%synergy
Hagra Mauling
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Hidden Grotto
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Silundi Vision
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Soured Springs
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Watery Grave
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-39%synergy
Sinister Hideout
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy