Average Deck for The Ancient One - Expensive 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

Bruvac the Grandiloquent
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
Consuming Aberration
Consuming Aberration
Cruel Somnophage
Cruel Somnophage
Crypt Ghast
Crypt Ghast
Dauthi Voidwalker
Dauthi Voidwalker
Duskmantle Guildmage
Duskmantle Guildmage
Fleet Swallower
Fleet Swallower
Hedron Crab
Hedron Crab
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
Painter's Servant
Painter's Servant
Phenax, God of Deception
Phenax, God of Deception
Ruin Crab
Ruin Crab
Sewer Nemesis
Sewer Nemesis
Syr Konrad, the Grim
Syr Konrad, the Grim
Terisian Mindbreaker
Terisian Mindbreaker
The Mindskinner
The Mindskinner
Wonder
Wonder
Instants (13)
Counterspell
Counterspell
Crypt Incursion
Crypt Incursion
Cyclonic Rift
Cyclonic Rift
Dark Ritual
Dark Ritual
Drown in the Loch
Drown in the Loch
Fell the Profane
Fell the Profane
Fierce Guardianship
Fierce Guardianship
Force of Negation
Force of Negation
Force of Will
Force of Will
Mana Drain
Mana Drain
Mystical Tutor
Mystical Tutor
Sink into Stupor
Sink into Stupor
Vampiric Tutor
Vampiric Tutor
Sorceries (11)
Breach the Multiverse
Breach the Multiverse
Cut Your Losses
Cut Your Losses
Damnation
Damnation
Demonic Tutor
Demonic Tutor
Fractured Sanity
Fractured Sanity
Glimpse the Unthinkable
Glimpse the Unthinkable
Imperial Seal
Imperial Seal
Maddening Cacophony
Maddening Cacophony
Mind Grind
Mind Grind
Singularity Rupture
Singularity Rupture
Traumatize
Traumatize
Artifacts (15)
Arcane Signet
Arcane Signet
Defense Grid
Defense Grid
Dingus Staff
Dingus Staff
Grindstone
Grindstone
Keening Stone
Keening Stone
Lantern of the Lost
Lantern of the Lost
Mesmeric Orb
Mesmeric Orb
Mindcrank
Mindcrank
Profane Memento
Profane Memento
Riverchurn Monument
Riverchurn Monument
Sol Ring
Sol Ring
Soul-Guide Lantern
Soul-Guide Lantern
The Water Crystal
The Water Crystal
Tormod's Crypt
Tormod's Crypt
Winter Orb
Winter Orb
Enchantments (7)
Bloodchief Ascension
Bloodchief Ascension
Fraying Sanity
Fraying Sanity
Memory Erosion
Memory Erosion
Propaganda
Propaganda
Psychic Corrosion
Psychic Corrosion
Rhystic Study
Rhystic Study
Sphinx's Tutelage
Sphinx's Tutelage
Lands (15)
Ancient Tomb
Ancient Tomb
Bojuka Bog
Bojuka Bog
Clearwater Pathway
Clearwater Pathway
Command Tower
Command Tower
Dismal Backwater
Dismal Backwater
Exotic Orchard
Exotic Orchard
Fetid Pools
Fetid Pools
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
Mana Confluence
Mana Confluence
Restless Reef
Restless Reef
Rogue's Passage
Rogue's Passage
Sunken Hollow
Sunken Hollow
Tainted Isle
Tainted Isle
Underground Sea
Underground Sea
Watery Grave
Watery Grave
Basics (2)
Island
10 Islands
Swamp
10 Swamps