The Ancient One (Commander) - Budget Mill

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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.
Deck Filters
Cardsphere
Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Wail of the Forgotten
57%inclusion69 decks120 decks
56%synergy
Another Chance
55%inclusion65 decks119 decks
54%synergy
Terror Tide
53%inclusion64 decks120 decks
52%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
57%inclusion68 decks120 decks
51%synergy
Deranged Assistant
53%inclusion63 decks120 decks
50%synergy
Souls of the Lost
50%inclusion60 decks120 decks
49%synergy
Matzalantli, the Great Door
52%inclusion62 decks120 decks
49%synergy
Starving Revenant
51%inclusion61 decks120 decks
49%synergy
Millikin
52%inclusion62 decks120 decks
49%synergy
Dreadhound
49%inclusion59 decks120 decks
48%synergy
Top Cards
Consuming Aberration
57%inclusion68 decks120 decks
42%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
54%inclusion65 decks120 decks
41%synergy
The Everflowing Well
49%inclusion59 decks120 decks
48%synergy
Extract from Darkness
49%inclusion59 decks120 decks
41%synergy
Wonder
48%inclusion57 decks120 decks
41%synergy
Dread Return
44%inclusion53 decks120 decks
38%synergy
Obsessive Stitcher
44%inclusion53 decks120 decks
42%synergy
Victimize
43%inclusion51 decks120 decks
29%synergy
Chupacabra Echo
42%inclusion50 decks120 decks
41%synergy
Likeness Looter
42%inclusion50 decks120 decks
34%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
-6%synergy
Creatures
Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake
41%inclusion49 decks120 decks
40%synergy
Bringer of the Last Gift
37%inclusion44 decks120 decks
36%synergy
Nighthowler
35%inclusion42 decks120 decks
29%synergy
Shadow of Mortality
34%inclusion41 decks120 decks
28%synergy
Dreadwing Scavenger
34%inclusion15 decks44 decks
33%synergy
Ruin Crab
32%inclusion38 decks120 decks
23%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
31%inclusion37 decks120 decks
28%synergy
Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator
30%inclusion36 decks120 decks
26%synergy
Huskburster Swarm
29%inclusion17 decks58 decks
29%synergy
The Mindskinner
29%inclusion15 decks52 decks
22%synergy
Hollow Marauder
29%inclusion21 decks73 decks
28%synergy
Screeching Scorchbeast
29%inclusion24 decks84 decks
28%synergy
Fleet Swallower
28%inclusion33 decks120 decks
25%synergy
Echo of Dusk
27%inclusion32 decks119 decks
27%synergy
Soulcoil Viper
26%inclusion31 decks120 decks
26%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
23%inclusion28 decks120 decks
15%synergy
Kiora, the Rising Tide
23%inclusion10 decks44 decks
21%synergy
Deathcap Marionette
22%inclusion26 decks119 decks
22%synergy
Screaming Phantom
22%inclusion26 decks119 decks
22%synergy
Stalactite Stalker
22%inclusion26 decks120 decks
21%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
21%inclusion25 decks120 decks
8%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
21%inclusion25 decks120 decks
16%synergy
Deep Goblin Skulltaker
19%inclusion23 decks119 decks
19%synergy
Stinging Cave Crawler
19%inclusion23 decks120 decks
19%synergy
Gyruda, Doom of Depths
18%inclusion22 decks120 decks
14%synergy
Raul, Trouble Shooter
18%inclusion15 decks84 decks
17%synergy
Laboratory Maniac
18%inclusion21 decks120 decks
14%synergy
Horrid Shadowspinner
17%inclusion11 decks64 decks
16%synergy
Doomed Necromancer
17%inclusion20 decks120 decks
16%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
16%inclusion7 decks44 decks
14%synergy
Shoreline Looter
16%inclusion9 decks58 decks
12%synergy
Rona, Herald of Invasion
15%inclusion18 decks120 decks
12%synergy
Archpriest of Shadows
13%inclusion16 decks120 decks
12%synergy
Stitcher's Supplier
13%inclusion16 decks120 decks
10%synergy
Sage of Days
13%inclusion15 decks119 decks
13%synergy
Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
13%inclusion15 decks120 decks
10%synergy
Rampaging Spiketail
12%inclusion14 decks120 decks
11%synergy
Mortivore
12%inclusion14 decks120 decks
10%synergy
Lazav, the Multifarious
12%inclusion14 decks120 decks
9%synergy
Naga Fleshcrafter
11%inclusion2 decks18 decks
9%synergy
Desperate Bloodseeker
11%inclusion8 decks73 decks
11%synergy
Mire Triton
11%inclusion13 decks120 decks
9%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
11%inclusion13 decks120 decks
7%synergy
Necrogoyf
11%inclusion13 decks120 decks
10%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
10%synergy
Mindwhisker
10%inclusion6 decks58 decks
8%synergy
Broodrage Mycoid
10%inclusion12 decks120 decks
10%synergy
Krydle of Baldur's Gate
10%inclusion12 decks120 decks
7%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
10%inclusion12 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Didact Echo
9.2%inclusion11 decks119 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Drown in the Loch
42%inclusion50 decks120 decks
23%synergy
Frantic Search
41%inclusion49 decks120 decks
22%synergy
Join the Dead
35%inclusion42 decks119 decks
35%synergy
Counterspell
35%inclusion42 decks120 decks
-21%synergy
Fact or Fiction
32%inclusion38 decks120 decks
21%synergy
Confounding Riddle
31%inclusion37 decks120 decks
30%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
29%inclusion35 decks120 decks
28%synergy
Negate
28%inclusion33 decks120 decks
-5%synergy
Bitter Triumph
23%inclusion27 decks119 decks
18%synergy
Thought Scour
22%inclusion26 decks120 decks
15%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
18%inclusion21 decks120 decks
16%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
14%synergy
Tainted Indulgence
15%inclusion18 decks120 decks
13%synergy
Dig Through Time
13%inclusion16 decks120 decks
3%synergy
Didn't Say Please
13%inclusion15 decks120 decks
7%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
10%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
1%synergy
Psychic Strike
12%inclusion14 decks120 decks
9%synergy
Consider
12%inclusion14 decks120 decks
-2%synergy
Corpse Churn
12%inclusion14 decks120 decks
11%synergy
Forbidden Alchemy
11%inclusion13 decks120 decks
9%synergy
Thought Collapse
11%inclusion13 decks120 decks
8%synergy
Circular Logic
11%inclusion13 decks120 decks
10%synergy
Aetherize
11%inclusion13 decks120 decks
0%synergy
Soul Manipulation
10%inclusion12 decks120 decks
7%synergy
Otherworldly Gaze
10%inclusion12 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Dark Ritual
10%inclusion12 decks120 decks
-24%synergy
Murder
10%inclusion12 decks120 decks
2%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
10%inclusion12 decks120 decks
8%synergy
Ancient Excavation
8.3%inclusion10 decks120 decks
7%synergy
Brainstorm
8.3%inclusion10 decks120 decks
-23%synergy
Fight On!
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Swallowed by Leviathan
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Scour for Scrap
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Opt
7.5%inclusion9 decks120 decks
-5%synergy
Drown in Dreams
7.5%inclusion9 decks120 decks
3%synergy
Curtains' Call
7.5%inclusion9 decks120 decks
3%synergy
Out of Air
5.9%inclusion7 decks119 decks
6%synergy
Withering Torment
5.9%inclusion3 decks51 decks
-10%synergy
Fanatical Offering
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Dimir Charm
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Winds of Rebuke
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Reality Shift
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
-9%synergy
Counterpoint
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Village Rites
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
-2%synergy
Memory Plunder
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
-1%synergy
Hero's Downfall
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
2%synergy
Sorceries
Cut Your Losses
38%inclusion45 decks120 decks
33%synergy
Defossilize
35%inclusion42 decks120 decks
35%synergy
Singularity Rupture
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
20%synergy
Feed the Swarm
22%inclusion26 decks120 decks
-15%synergy
Fractured Sanity
21%inclusion25 decks120 decks
11%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
19%inclusion23 decks120 decks
14%synergy
Windfall
18%inclusion22 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Stitch Together
18%inclusion22 decks120 decks
15%synergy
Lively Dirge
18%inclusion13 decks73 decks
16%synergy
Coiling Rebirth
17%inclusion10 decks58 decks
16%synergy
Ancestral Reminiscence
17%inclusion20 decks119 decks
17%synergy
Treasure Cruise
16%inclusion19 decks120 decks
7%synergy
Pilfered Plans
14%inclusion17 decks120 decks
12%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
12%inclusion14 decks120 decks
2%synergy
Deep Analysis
10%inclusion12 decks120 decks
7%synergy
Eldritch Pact
9.2%inclusion11 decks120 decks
9%synergy
Atrocious Experiment
9.2%inclusion11 decks120 decks
9%synergy
Connive // Concoct
8.3%inclusion10 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Living Death
8.3%inclusion10 decks120 decks
3%synergy
Restart Sequence
8.3%inclusion5 decks60 decks
6%synergy
Charnel Serenade
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Resentful Revelation
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Chart a Course
7.5%inclusion9 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Unearth
7.5%inclusion9 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Final Parting
7.5%inclusion9 decks120 decks
6%synergy
From the Catacombs
7.5%inclusion9 decks120 decks
6%synergy
Dread Summons
7.5%inclusion9 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
7.5%inclusion9 decks120 decks
-3%synergy
Inspiration from Beyond
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
6%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
-2%synergy
Strategic Planning
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
6%synergy
Self-Reflection
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
6%synergy
Persist
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
3%synergy
Ringsight
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
1%synergy
Stream of Thought
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
6%synergy
Compelling Argument
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
6%synergy
Reanimate
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
-18%synergy
Summon Undead
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
6%synergy
Afterlife from the Loam
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
4%synergy
Welcome the Dead
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Diresight
5.2%inclusion3 decks58 decks
3%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Funeral Rites
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Back for Seconds
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Whispering Madness
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
2%synergy
Buried Alive
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
-2%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
0%synergy
Zombify
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Cauldron of Eternity
33%inclusion40 decks120 decks
32%synergy
Waterlogged Hulk
31%inclusion37 decks119 decks
31%synergy
The Water Crystal
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
13%synergy
Altar of the Wretched
18%inclusion22 decks120 decks
18%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
18%inclusion22 decks120 decks
-6%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
18%inclusion21 decks120 decks
3%synergy
The Grim Captain's Locker
15%inclusion18 decks120 decks
13%synergy
Codex Shredder
13%inclusion15 decks120 decks
11%synergy
Perpetual Timepiece
13%inclusion15 decks120 decks
11%synergy
Mindcrank
13%inclusion15 decks120 decks
0%synergy
Tarrian's Journal
12%inclusion14 decks120 decks
11%synergy
Visage of Dread
12%inclusion14 decks120 decks
12%synergy
Bonehoard
12%inclusion14 decks120 decks
10%synergy
Tithing Blade
9.2%inclusion11 decks120 decks
8%synergy
Inverted Iceberg
8.3%inclusion10 decks120 decks
8%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
7.7%inclusion2 decks26 decks
5%synergy
Throne of the Grim Captain
7.5%inclusion9 decks120 decks
7%synergy
World Map
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Orazca Puzzle-Door
5.9%inclusion7 decks119 decks
6%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Folio of Fancies
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Mephitic Draught
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Tarrian's Soulcleaver
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Millstone
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
5%synergy
The Enigma Jewel
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Oversold Cemetery
28%inclusion33 decks120 decks
25%synergy
Canonized in Blood
26%inclusion31 decks119 decks
26%synergy
Song of Stupefaction
25%inclusion30 decks119 decks
25%synergy
Fraying Sanity
24%inclusion29 decks120 decks
20%synergy
Training Grounds
24%inclusion29 decks120 decks
20%synergy
Fungal Fortitude
17%inclusion20 decks119 decks
16%synergy
Cemetery Tampering
17%inclusion20 decks120 decks
16%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
16%inclusion10 decks64 decks
12%synergy
Case of the Shifting Visage
15%inclusion14 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Eaten by Piranhas
15%inclusion18 decks120 decks
13%synergy
Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
13%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
14%inclusion17 decks120 decks
12%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
9.2%inclusion11 decks120 decks
7%synergy
Aqueous Form
9.2%inclusion11 decks120 decks
1%synergy
One Ring to Rule Them All
8.3%inclusion10 decks120 decks
7%synergy
Quest for the Necropolis
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Weftwalking
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
8%synergy
Chorale of the Void
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
The Bath Song
7.5%inclusion9 decks120 decks
7%synergy
Court of Cunning
7.5%inclusion9 decks120 decks
1%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
7.5%inclusion9 decks120 decks
1%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Compulsion
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
6%synergy
Meat Locker // Drowned Diner
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
6%synergy
Criminal Past
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Drowned Secrets
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Jace's Erasure
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Stillness in Motion
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Founding the Third Path
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
2%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
24%inclusion29 decks120 decks
22%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
23%inclusion28 decks120 decks
17%synergy
Liliana, Death's Majesty
10%inclusion12 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Jace Beleren
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
6%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
3%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Restless Reef
45%inclusion54 decks120 decks
38%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
39%inclusion47 decks120 decks
30%synergy
Rogue's Passage
28%inclusion34 decks120 decks
1%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
27%inclusion32 decks120 decks
26%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
17%synergy
Hidden Cataract
18%inclusion22 decks120 decks
18%synergy
Bojuka Bog
18%inclusion22 decks120 decks
-21%synergy
Drownyard Temple
16%inclusion19 decks120 decks
12%synergy
Mortuary Mire
13%inclusion16 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Witch's Cottage
12%inclusion14 decks120 decks
8%synergy
Echoing Deeps
10%inclusion12 decks120 decks
10%synergy
Reliquary Tower
9.2%inclusion11 decks120 decks
-27%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
9.2%inclusion11 decks120 decks
-8%synergy
Barren Moor
8.3%inclusion10 decks120 decks
6%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
8.3%inclusion10 decks120 decks
7%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
7.5%inclusion9 decks120 decks
2%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
-3%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
2%synergy
Dakmor Salvage
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Pit of Offerings
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
67%inclusion80 decks120 decks
-18%synergy
Sol Ring
58%inclusion70 decks120 decks
-30%synergy
Dimir Signet
57%inclusion69 decks120 decks
-4%synergy
Mind Stone
38%inclusion46 decks120 decks
8%synergy
Commander's Sphere
38%inclusion45 decks120 decks
19%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
28%inclusion34 decks120 decks
-31%synergy
Fellwar Stone
14%inclusion17 decks120 decks
-17%synergy
Thought Vessel
12%inclusion14 decks120 decks
-20%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
12%inclusion14 decks120 decks
3%synergy
Sky Diamond
12%inclusion14 decks120 decks
3%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
7.5%inclusion9 decks120 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Locket
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Buried Treasure
5.0%inclusion6 decks119 decks
5%synergy
Midnight Clock
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
-3%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
3%synergy
Worn Powerstone
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Swamp
99%inclusion119 decks120 decks
3%synergy
Island
99%inclusion119 decks120 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
68%inclusion81 decks120 decks
-21%synergy
Sunken Hollow
60%inclusion72 decks120 decks
-6%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
49%inclusion59 decks120 decks
9%synergy
Choked Estuary
49%inclusion59 decks120 decks
1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
43%inclusion51 decks120 decks
26%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
36%inclusion43 decks120 decks
24%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
31%inclusion37 decks120 decks
-10%synergy
Temple of Deceit
30%inclusion36 decks120 decks
-7%synergy
Tainted Isle
29%inclusion35 decks120 decks
-15%synergy
Myriad Landscape
28%inclusion33 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Port of Karfell
27%inclusion32 decks120 decks
19%synergy
Dismal Backwater
26%inclusion31 decks120 decks
10%synergy
Promising Vein
23%inclusion27 decks120 decks
22%synergy
Fetid Pools
20%inclusion24 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Exotic Orchard
18%inclusion22 decks120 decks
-15%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
18%inclusion21 decks120 decks
-34%synergy
Hidden Grotto
17%inclusion10 decks58 decks
15%synergy
Soured Springs
15%inclusion11 decks73 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
15%inclusion18 decks120 decks
8%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
1%synergy
Ash Barrens
12%inclusion14 decks120 decks
6%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
10%inclusion12 decks120 decks
3%synergy
Underground River
9.2%inclusion11 decks120 decks
-30%synergy
River of Tears
8.3%inclusion10 decks120 decks
-3%synergy
Treno, Dark City
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Waterfront District
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
3%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
-33%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
1%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
-21%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
2%synergy
Obscura Storefront
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Forgotten Monument
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
0%synergy
Maestros Theater
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
4%synergy