Average Deck for The Ancient One - Expensive Core Mill

The Ancient One
Rank #577
3decks
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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.
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Paul Palmer
Mar 2, 2024
Technically Playable - Phenax, God of Deception
Compare a 2014 Dimir Mill deck to a 2024 build with Phenax, God of Deception.
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Average Decklist

Archon of Cruelty
Archon of Cruelty
Baleful Strix
Baleful Strix
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
Consuming Aberration
Consuming Aberration
Council of Echoes
Council of Echoes
Cruel Somnophage
Cruel Somnophage
Gyruda, Doom of Depths
Gyruda, Doom of Depths
Hedron Crab
Hedron Crab
Kiora, the Rising Tide
Kiora, the Rising Tide
Likeness Looter
Likeness Looter
Millikin
Millikin
Obsessive Stitcher
Obsessive Stitcher
Overlord of the Balemurk
Overlord of the Balemurk
Phenax, God of Deception
Phenax, God of Deception
Ruin Crab
Ruin Crab
Sepulchral Primordial
Sepulchral Primordial
Shadow of Mortality
Shadow of Mortality
Sheoldred, Whispering One
Sheoldred, Whispering One
Souls of the Lost
Souls of the Lost
Starving Revenant
Starving Revenant
Starwinder
Starwinder
Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake
Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake
Valgavoth, Terror Eater
Valgavoth, Terror Eater
Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator
Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator
Wonder
Wonder
Instants (7)
Brainstorm
Brainstorm
Brainsurge
Brainsurge
Confounding Riddle
Confounding Riddle
Drown in the Loch
Drown in the Loch
Entomb
Entomb
Frantic Search
Frantic Search
Withering Torment
Withering Torment
Sorceries (12)
Breach the Multiverse
Breach the Multiverse
Buried Alive
Buried Alive
Damnation
Damnation
Dread Return
Dread Return
Persist
Persist
Reanimate
Reanimate
Singularity Rupture
Singularity Rupture
Stitch Together
Stitch Together
Terror Tide
Terror Tide
Toxic Deluge
Toxic Deluge
Wail of the Forgotten
Wail of the Forgotten
Windfall
Windfall
Artifacts (11)
Arcane Signet
Arcane Signet
Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
Entropic Battlecruiser
Entropic Battlecruiser
Extinguisher Battleship
Extinguisher Battleship
Fell Gravship
Fell Gravship
Sol Ring
Sol Ring
Specimen Freighter
Specimen Freighter
Susurian Dirgecraft
Susurian Dirgecraft
The Everflowing Well
The Everflowing Well
The Water Crystal
The Water Crystal
Uthros Scanship
Uthros Scanship
Enchantments (7)
Animate Dead
Animate Dead
Case of the Shifting Visage
Case of the Shifting Visage
Fraying Sanity
Fraying Sanity
Necromancy
Necromancy
Ripples of Undeath
Ripples of Undeath
Training Grounds
Training Grounds
Virtue of Persistence
Virtue of Persistence
Planeswalkers (1)
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
Lands (24)
Clearwater Pathway
Clearwater Pathway
Command Tower
Command Tower
Dimir Aqueduct
Dimir Aqueduct
Drowned Catacomb
Drowned Catacomb
Gloomlake Verge
Gloomlake Verge
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
Morphic Pool
Morphic Pool
Mystic Sanctuary
Mystic Sanctuary
Nephalia Drownyard
Nephalia Drownyard
Otawara, Soaring City
Otawara, Soaring City
Polluted Delta
Polluted Delta
Reliquary Tower
Reliquary Tower
Restless Reef
Restless Reef
Rogue's Passage
Rogue's Passage
Scalding Tarn
Scalding Tarn
Shipwreck Marsh
Shipwreck Marsh
Sunken Hollow
Sunken Hollow
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
Tainted Isle
Tainted Isle
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
Undercity Sewers
Undercity Sewers
Underground River
Underground River
Underground Sea
Underground Sea
Watery Grave
Watery Grave
Basics (2)
Island
6 Islands
Swamp
6 Swamps