The Ancient One (Commander) - Expensive Core

The Ancient One
40 decks (0.001%) Rank #572
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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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MTGStocks
Emet-Selch, Unsundered
18% of 17 decks +17% synergy
Siegfried, Famed Swordsman
12% of 8 decks +12% synergy
The Warring Triad
12% of 8 decks +10% synergy
The Water Crystal
12% of 8 decks +5% synergy
The Darkness Crystal
11% of 9 decks +7% synergy
High Synergy Cards
Training Grounds
72% of 40 decks +68% synergy
Reanimate
90% of 40 decks +68% synergy
Stitch Together
68% of 40 decks +64% synergy
Breach the Multiverse
72% of 40 decks +63% synergy
Animate Dead
72% of 40 decks +61% synergy
Likeness Looter
68% of 40 decks +60% synergy
Matzalantli, the Great Door
60% of 40 decks +58% synergy
Wonder
60% of 40 decks +54% synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
62% of 40 decks +50% synergy
Cruel Somnophage
55% of 40 decks +49% synergy
Top Cards
Consuming Aberration
60% of 40 decks +45% synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
52% of 40 decks +48% synergy
Ripples of Undeath
52% of 31 decks +48% synergy
Windfall
50% of 40 decks +36% synergy
Terror Tide
50% of 40 decks +48% synergy
Drown in the Loch
48% of 40 decks +28% synergy
Overlord of the Balemurk
46% of 26 decks +44% synergy
The Everflowing Well
45% of 40 decks +43% synergy
Victimize
45% of 40 decks +32% synergy
Dread Return
45% of 40 decks +38% synergy
Game Changers
Consecrated Sphinx
8% of 40 decks +4% synergy
Creatures
Sheoldred, Whispering One
45% of 40 decks +40% synergy
Obsessive Stitcher
45% of 40 decks +42% synergy
Phenax, God of Deception
40% of 40 decks +37% synergy
Qarsi Revenant
38% of 13 decks +38% synergy
Starving Revenant
38% of 40 decks +35% synergy
Kiora, the Rising Tide
38% of 24 decks +36% synergy
Stitcher's Supplier
38% of 40 decks +34% synergy
Souls of the Lost
38% of 40 decks +37% synergy
Dreadhound
35% of 40 decks +34% synergy
Disciple of Bolas
35% of 40 decks +34% synergy
Millikin
35% of 40 decks +32% synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
32% of 40 decks +27% synergy
Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator
32% of 40 decks +29% synergy
Ruin Crab
32% of 40 decks +24% synergy
Shadowgrange Archfiend
32% of 40 decks +31% synergy
Archon of Cruelty
32% of 40 decks +28% synergy
Nezahal, Primal Tide
32% of 40 decks +29% synergy
Screeching Scorchbeast
32% of 34 decks +32% synergy
Shadow of Mortality
30% of 40 decks +24% synergy
Fleet Swallower
30% of 40 decks +27% synergy
Deranged Assistant
30% of 40 decks +27% synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
30% of 40 decks +27% synergy
Abyssal Harvester
29% of 24 decks +27% synergy
Hedron Crab
28% of 40 decks +24% synergy
Laboratory Maniac
28% of 40 decks +24% synergy
Valgavoth, Terror Eater
27% of 26 decks +25% synergy
Gyruda, Doom of Depths
22% of 40 decks +18% synergy
Hullbreaker Horror
22% of 40 decks +7% synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
22% of 40 decks +18% synergy
Doomed Necromancer
20% of 40 decks +19% synergy
Ruthless Technomancer
20% of 40 decks +19% synergy
Chupacabra Echo
20% of 40 decks +19% synergy
Toxrill, the Corrosive
20% of 40 decks +13% synergy
Rona, Herald of Invasion
20% of 40 decks +17% synergy
Abhorrent Oculus
19% of 26 decks +18% synergy
Psychic Frog
18% of 33 decks +16% synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
18% of 40 decks +5% synergy
Doom Whisperer
18% of 40 decks +13% synergy
Massacre Wurm
18% of 40 decks +9% synergy
Boggart Trawler
16% of 31 decks +10% synergy
Hollow Marauder
16% of 32 decks +15% synergy
Rot-Curse Rakshasa
15% of 13 decks +15% synergy
Snapcaster Mage
15% of 40 decks +13% synergy
Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
15% of 40 decks +13% synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
15% of 40 decks +8% synergy
Ancient Brass Dragon
15% of 40 decks +13% synergy
Sheoldred
15% of 40 decks +13% synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
15% of 40 decks +2% synergy
Huskburster Swarm
13% of 30 decks +13% synergy
Bringer of the Last Gift
12% of 40 decks +12% synergy
Instants
Counterspell
40% of 40 decks -16% synergy
Frantic Search
35% of 40 decks +16% synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
35% of 40 decks +6% synergy
Withering Torment
35% of 26 decks +18% synergy
Dig Through Time
32% of 40 decks +21% synergy
Deadly Rollick
28% of 40 decks +8% synergy
Entomb
22% of 40 decks +15% synergy
Dark Ritual
22% of 40 decks -11% synergy
Songs of the Damned
20% of 40 decks +19% synergy
Stubborn Denial
20% of 40 decks +19% synergy
Sink into Stupor
19% of 31 decks +4% synergy
Bitter Triumph
18% of 40 decks +13% synergy
Thought Scour
18% of 40 decks +11% synergy
Arcane Denial
18% of 40 decks -8% synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
18% of 40 decks +16% synergy
Another Chance
18% of 40 decks +17% synergy
Fell the Profane
16% of 31 decks +1% synergy
Negate
15% of 40 decks -18% synergy
Consider
15% of 40 decks +1% synergy
Mana Drain
15% of 40 decks -2% synergy
Circular Logic
15% of 40 decks +14% synergy
Visions of Beyond
15% of 40 decks +12% synergy
Brainstorm
12% of 40 decks -19% synergy
Fact or Fiction
12% of 40 decks +1% synergy
Join the Dead
12% of 40 decks +12% synergy
Swan Song
10% of 40 decks -8% synergy
Malakir Rebirth
10% of 40 decks +1% synergy
Strix Serenade
10% of 31 decks +5% synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10% of 31 decks -1% synergy
Don't Make a Sound
8% of 26 decks +5% synergy
Pongify
8% of 40 decks -7% synergy
Rapid Hybridization
8% of 40 decks -3% synergy
Tainted Indulgence
8% of 40 decks +5% synergy
Curate
8% of 40 decks +4% synergy
Aetherize
8% of 40 decks -3% synergy
Didn't Say Please
8% of 40 decks +2% synergy
Archive Trap
8% of 40 decks +6% synergy
Flare of Malice
6% of 31 decks +1% synergy
Three Steps Ahead
6% of 32 decks +3% synergy
Flare of Denial
6% of 32 decks +0% synergy
Pile On
5% of 40 decks +2% synergy
Confounding Riddle
5% of 40 decks +4% synergy
Ancient Excavation
5% of 40 decks +4% synergy
Mindbreak Trap
5% of 40 decks +0% synergy
Discovery // Dispersal
5% of 40 decks +2% synergy
Spell Rupture
5% of 40 decks +5% synergy
Delay
5% of 40 decks +2% synergy
Dark Withering
5% of 40 decks +5% synergy
Otherworldly Gaze
5% of 40 decks -1% synergy
Mission Briefing
5% of 40 decks +2% synergy
Sorceries
Wail of the Forgotten
40% of 40 decks +39% synergy
Maddening Cacophony
35% of 40 decks +25% synergy
Toxic Deluge
32% of 40 decks +7% synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
32% of 40 decks +24% synergy
Treasure Cruise
30% of 40 decks +21% synergy
Feed the Swarm
28% of 40 decks -10% synergy
Persist
25% of 40 decks +21% synergy
Living Death
22% of 40 decks +18% synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
20% of 40 decks +15% synergy
Cut Your Losses
18% of 40 decks +13% synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
18% of 40 decks +12% synergy
Damnation
18% of 40 decks +6% synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
15% of 40 decks +8% synergy
Buried Alive
15% of 40 decks +8% synergy
From the Catacombs
15% of 40 decks +13% synergy
Fractured Sanity
15% of 40 decks +5% synergy
Blasphemous Edict
12% of 24 decks +5% synergy
Whispering Madness
12% of 40 decks +9% synergy
Extract from Darkness
12% of 40 decks +4% synergy
Nuclear Fallout
12% of 34 decks +10% synergy
Incarnation Technique
10% of 40 decks +8% synergy
Connive // Concoct
10% of 40 decks +7% synergy
Lórien Revealed
10% of 40 decks +6% synergy
Mind Grind
10% of 40 decks +4% synergy
Charnel Serenade
9% of 35 decks +6% synergy
Inspiration from Beyond
8% of 24 decks +8% synergy
Afterlife from the Loam
8% of 13 decks +6% synergy
Will of the Abzan
8% of 13 decks +6% synergy
Welcome the Dead
8% of 13 decks +8% synergy
Winternight Stories
8% of 13 decks +7% synergy
Ponder
8% of 40 decks -9% synergy
Mandate of Abaddon
8% of 40 decks +7% synergy
Careful Study
8% of 40 decks +6% synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
8% of 40 decks +2% synergy
Grim Tutor
8% of 40 decks +3% synergy
Coiling Rebirth
7% of 30 decks +5% synergy
Lively Dirge
6% of 32 decks +4% synergy
Insatiable Avarice
6% of 32 decks +4% synergy
Diabolic Tutor
5% of 40 decks -2% synergy
Command the Dreadhorde
5% of 40 decks +4% synergy
Stock Up
5% of 20 decks +4% synergy
Echo of Eons
5% of 40 decks +4% synergy
Fabricate
5% of 40 decks +2% synergy
Commit // Memory
5% of 40 decks +2% synergy
Deep Analysis
5% of 40 decks +2% synergy
Ringsight
5% of 40 decks -1% synergy
Praetor's Grasp
5% of 40 decks +2% synergy
Exsanguinate
5% of 40 decks +3% synergy
Mnemonic Betrayal
5% of 40 decks +1% synergy
Preordain
5% of 40 decks -6% synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Cauldron of Eternity
40% of 40 decks +39% synergy
Mindcrank
35% of 40 decks +22% synergy
Mesmeric Orb
32% of 40 decks +27% synergy
Lightning Greaves
32% of 40 decks +5% synergy
Palantír of Orthanc
28% of 40 decks +26% synergy
Altar of the Wretched
28% of 40 decks +27% synergy
Crucible of Worlds
25% of 40 decks +24% synergy
Altar of Dementia
22% of 40 decks +18% synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
18% of 40 decks +2% synergy
Perpetual Timepiece
15% of 40 decks +14% synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
15% of 40 decks -9% synergy
The Grim Captain's Locker
12% of 40 decks +11% synergy
Riverchurn Monument
10% of 20 decks +7% synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
10% of 40 decks +10% synergy
The Enigma Jewel
10% of 40 decks +9% synergy
Monument to Endurance
10% of 20 decks +9% synergy
Ghost Vacuum
8% of 26 decks +7% synergy
Portal to Phyrexia
8% of 40 decks +7% synergy
Whip of Erebos
8% of 40 decks +5% synergy
Shadowspear
8% of 40 decks +6% synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
5% of 40 decks +4% synergy
Dino DNA
5% of 40 decks +5% synergy
Waterlogged Hulk
5% of 40 decks +5% synergy
Ashnod's Altar
5% of 40 decks -3% synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
5% of 40 decks +3% synergy
Expedition Map
5% of 40 decks +3% synergy
Wand of Orcus
5% of 40 decks +1% synergy
Tarrian's Journal
5% of 40 decks +4% synergy
Agatha's Soul Cauldron
5% of 40 decks +4% synergy
Aether Syphon
5% of 20 decks +5% synergy
Isochron Scepter
5% of 40 decks +2% synergy
Sapphire Medallion
5% of 40 decks -1% synergy
Enchantments
Virtue of Persistence
42% of 40 decks +39% synergy
Court of Cunning
38% of 40 decks +31% synergy
Case of the Shifting Visage
23% of 35 decks +19% synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
22% of 40 decks +15% synergy
Psychic Corrosion
20% of 40 decks +14% synergy
Necromancy
18% of 40 decks +13% synergy
Fraying Sanity
18% of 40 decks +14% synergy
Oversold Cemetery
18% of 40 decks +15% synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
15% of 40 decks +13% synergy
Dance of the Dead
12% of 40 decks +11% synergy
Teferi's Ageless Insight
12% of 40 decks +9% synergy
Out of the Tombs
12% of 40 decks +12% synergy
Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette
12% of 26 decks +11% synergy
Mystic Remora
10% of 40 decks -7% synergy
One Ring to Rule Them All
10% of 40 decks +9% synergy
Memory Erosion
10% of 40 decks +6% synergy
Search for Azcanta
10% of 40 decks +7% synergy
Cemetery Tampering
8% of 40 decks +7% synergy
Propaganda
8% of 40 decks -7% synergy
Phyrexian Arena
8% of 40 decks -5% synergy
Tortured Existence
8% of 40 decks +6% synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
5% of 40 decks +2% synergy
Unstoppable Plan
5% of 20 decks +3% synergy
Eaten by Piranhas
5% of 40 decks +3% synergy
Revel in Riches
5% of 40 decks +3% synergy
Leyline of the Void
5% of 40 decks +2% synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
15% of 40 decks +12% synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
22% of 40 decks +20% synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
15% of 40 decks +13% synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
12% of 40 decks +6% synergy
Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator
8% of 24 decks +4% synergy
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
5% of 40 decks +5% synergy
Liliana, Death's Majesty
5% of 40 decks -1% synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
50% of 40 decks +11% synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
45% of 40 decks +31% synergy
Rogue's Passage
45% of 40 decks +18% synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
38% of 40 decks +20% synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
38% of 40 decks +28% synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
35% of 40 decks +16% synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
32% of 40 decks +12% synergy
Restless Reef
32% of 40 decks +25% synergy
Sunken Palace
23% of 31 decks +22% synergy
Reliquary Tower
22% of 40 decks -14% synergy
Tomb Fortress
20% of 40 decks +19% synergy
Drownyard Temple
20% of 40 decks +17% synergy
Dakmor Salvage
20% of 40 decks +19% synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
15% of 40 decks +6% synergy
Cabal Coffers
15% of 40 decks +4% synergy
Academy Ruins
15% of 40 decks +12% synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
12% of 40 decks +11% synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
11% of 9 decks +7% synergy
Phyrexian Tower
10% of 40 decks +4% synergy
Tyrite Sanctum
10% of 40 decks +9% synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
10% of 40 decks +9% synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
10% of 40 decks +4% synergy
Echoing Deeps
8% of 40 decks +7% synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
8% of 40 decks +6% synergy
Lonely Sandbar
8% of 40 decks +5% synergy
Spymaster's Vault
6% of 31 decks +4% synergy
Witch's Clinic
5% of 40 decks +4% synergy
Mortuary Mire
5% of 40 decks -4% synergy
Barren Moor
5% of 40 decks +2% synergy
The Black Gate
5% of 40 decks +2% synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
5% of 40 decks +1% synergy
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
5% of 40 decks +2% synergy
Thespian's Stage
5% of 40 decks +4% synergy
Castle Locthwain
5% of 40 decks +0% synergy
Temple of the False God
5% of 40 decks -5% synergy
Strip Mine
5% of 40 decks +3% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
90% of 40 decks +5% synergy
Sol Ring
88% of 40 decks -1% synergy
Talisman of Dominance
62% of 40 decks +3% synergy
Dimir Signet
62% of 40 decks -0% synergy
Fellwar Stone
32% of 40 decks +0% synergy
Mind Stone
32% of 40 decks +1% synergy
Thought Vessel
20% of 40 decks -12% synergy
Relic of Legends
15% of 40 decks +14% synergy
Commander's Sphere
12% of 40 decks -7% synergy
Mox Amber
12% of 40 decks +6% synergy
Thran Dynamo
10% of 40 decks +5% synergy
Worn Powerstone
10% of 40 decks +7% synergy
Everflowing Chalice
5% of 40 decks -1% synergy
Charcoal Diamond
5% of 40 decks -4% synergy
Machine God's Effigy
5% of 40 decks +4% synergy
Springleaf Drum
5% of 40 decks +4% synergy
Lands
Swamp
95% of 40 decks -1% synergy
Island
92% of 40 decks -4% synergy
Command Tower
85% of 40 decks -3% synergy
Watery Grave
85% of 40 decks +40% synergy
Undercity Sewers
74% of 35 decks +55% synergy
Morphic Pool
72% of 40 decks +35% synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
70% of 40 decks +30% synergy
Sunken Hollow
65% of 40 decks -2% synergy
Polluted Delta
65% of 40 decks +35% synergy
Drowned Catacomb
62% of 40 decks +12% synergy
Gloomlake Verge
50% of 26 decks +28% synergy
Underground River
48% of 40 decks +9% synergy
Clearwater Pathway
42% of 40 decks +17% synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
42% of 40 decks +2% synergy
Tainted Isle
40% of 40 decks -4% synergy
Choked Estuary
40% of 40 decks -9% synergy
Sunken Ruins
32% of 40 decks +19% synergy
Underground Sea
30% of 40 decks +17% synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
28% of 40 decks -13% synergy
Fabled Passage
25% of 40 decks +17% synergy
Fetid Pools
25% of 40 decks +9% synergy
Myriad Landscape
22% of 40 decks -2% synergy
Prismatic Vista
20% of 40 decks +13% synergy
Darkslick Shores
20% of 40 decks +6% synergy
Marsh Flats
20% of 40 decks +11% synergy
Port of Karfell
20% of 40 decks +12% synergy
Sink into Stupor
19% of 31 decks +4% synergy
Misty Rainforest
18% of 40 decks +8% synergy
Temple of Deceit
18% of 40 decks -20% synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
18% of 40 decks +12% synergy
Scalding Tarn
18% of 40 decks +9% synergy
Fell the Profane
16% of 31 decks +1% synergy
Boggart Trawler
16% of 31 decks +10% synergy
Exotic Orchard
15% of 40 decks -19% synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
15% of 40 decks +8% synergy
Verdant Catacombs
15% of 40 decks +7% synergy
Bloodstained Mire
15% of 40 decks +6% synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
12% of 40 decks +1% synergy
Evolving Wilds
12% of 40 decks -5% synergy
Flooded Strand
12% of 40 decks +3% synergy
Snow-Covered Island
10% of 40 decks +2% synergy
River of Tears
10% of 40 decks -1% synergy
Malakir Rebirth
10% of 40 decks +1% synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
10% of 40 decks +3% synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10% of 31 decks -1% synergy
Reflecting Pool
8% of 40 decks +2% synergy
Maestros Theater
8% of 40 decks +6% synergy
Glasspool Mimic
8% of 40 decks +1% synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
8% of 40 decks -1% synergy
Mistvault Bridge
5% of 40 decks +1% synergy