Average Deck for The Ancient One - Budget Optimized Mill

The Ancient One
Rank #577
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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

Consuming Aberration
Consuming Aberration
Diluvian Primordial
Diluvian Primordial
Elder Brain
Elder Brain
Fleet Swallower
Fleet Swallower
Intellect Devourer
Intellect Devourer
Laboratory Maniac
Laboratory Maniac
Mindleech Mass
Mindleech Mass
Mocking Sprite
Mocking Sprite
Notion Thief
Notion Thief
The Mindskinner
The Mindskinner
Thief of Sanity
Thief of Sanity
Trinket Mage
Trinket Mage
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
Instants (24)
Aetherize
Aetherize
An Offer You Can't Refuse
An Offer You Can't Refuse
Archive Trap
Archive Trap
Chemister's Insight
Chemister's Insight
Commandeer
Commandeer
Countermand
Countermand
Counterspell
Counterspell
Crypt Incursion
Crypt Incursion
Dark Ritual
Dark Ritual
Depart the Realm
Depart the Realm
Didn't Say Please
Didn't Say Please
Dispel
Dispel
Drown in the Loch
Drown in the Loch
Frantic Search
Frantic Search
Mana Short
Mana Short
Memory Plunder
Memory Plunder
Negate
Negate
Reenact the Crime
Reenact the Crime
Saw It Coming
Saw It Coming
Sink into Stupor
Sink into Stupor
Siphon Insight
Siphon Insight
Strix Serenade
Strix Serenade
Unwind
Unwind
Waterlogged Teachings
Waterlogged Teachings
Sorceries (16)
Aether Gale
Aether Gale
Cruelclaw's Heist
Cruelclaw's Heist
Cut Your Losses
Cut Your Losses
Diabolic Tutor
Diabolic Tutor
Drain Power
Drain Power
Fell
Fell
Fractured Sanity
Fractured Sanity
Heartless Conscription
Heartless Conscription
Illicit Shipment
Illicit Shipment
Peer into the Abyss
Peer into the Abyss
Sign in Blood
Sign in Blood
Spelltwine
Spelltwine
Stolen Goods
Stolen Goods
Syphon Mind
Syphon Mind
Whispering Madness
Whispering Madness
Xander's Pact
Xander's Pact
Artifacts (6)
Arcane Signet
Arcane Signet
Dimir Signet
Dimir Signet
Ether
Ether
Riverchurn Monument
Riverchurn Monument
Rod of Absorption
Rod of Absorption
Sol Ring
Sol Ring
Enchantments (6)
Fraying Sanity
Fraying Sanity
Imprisoned in the Moon
Imprisoned in the Moon
Mind's Dilation
Mind's Dilation
Precognition Field
Precognition Field
Shark Typhoon
Shark Typhoon
Teferi's Ageless Insight
Teferi's Ageless Insight
Planeswalkers (1)
Tasha, the Witch Queen
Tasha, the Witch Queen
Lands (22)
Choked Estuary
Choked Estuary
Clearwater Pathway
Clearwater Pathway
Command Tower
Command Tower
Darkwater Catacombs
Darkwater Catacombs
Dimir Aqueduct
Dimir Aqueduct
Drowned Catacomb
Drowned Catacomb
Evolving Wilds
Evolving Wilds
Exotic Orchard
Exotic Orchard
Fetid Pools
Fetid Pools
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
Magosi, the Waterveil
Magosi, the Waterveil
Mistrise Village
Mistrise Village
Myriad Landscape
Myriad Landscape
Obscura Storefront
Obscura Storefront
Reliquary Tower
Reliquary Tower
Saprazzan Cove
Saprazzan Cove
Shipwreck Marsh
Shipwreck Marsh
Soured Springs
Soured Springs
Sunken Hollow
Sunken Hollow
Terramorphic Expanse
Terramorphic Expanse
Thriving Moor
Thriving Moor
Watery Grave
Watery Grave
Basics (2)
Island
5 Islands
Swamp
6 Swamps