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Arnaud Gompertz
Jul 30, 2025
Arnaud Gompertz
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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Symbiote Spider-Man
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Cabal Ritual
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
75%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
60%synergy
Dark Ritual
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
46%synergy
Game Changers
Thassa's Oracle
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
71%synergy
Mana Vault
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
35%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
23%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
21%synergy
Demonic Tutor
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Lion's Eye Diamond
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Gifts Ungiven
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Ad Nauseam
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Necropotence
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Creatures
Wonder
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
54%synergy
Laboratory Maniac
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
56%synergy
Trophy Mage
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Bringer of the Last Gift
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Hoarding Broodlord
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Shadow of Mortality
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
34%synergy
Fleet Swallower
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Disciple of Bolas
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Scavenged Brawler
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
40%synergy
Likeness Looter
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
32%synergy
Blightsteel Colossus
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Palinchron
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Metamorphosis Fanatic
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Treasure Mage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Venser, Shaper Savant
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
7%synergy
Doomed Necromancer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Young Necromancer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Reality Smasher
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Mirri the Cursed
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Erebos, God of the Dead
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Havengul Lich
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Omen Hawker
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Halo Forager
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Troll of Khazad-dûm
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Mulldrifter
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Gyruda, Doom of Depths
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Vedalken Aethermage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
The Mindskinner
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Necrotic Ooze
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Baleful Strix
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-2%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
6%synergy
Spined Megalodon
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Ertai Resurrected
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Ruthless Technomancer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Vile Entomber
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Fatestitcher
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Triplicate Titan
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Hope-Ender Coatl
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Siren Stormtamer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Kiora, the Rising Tide
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Instants
Demonic Consultation
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
53%synergy
Counterspell
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
4%synergy
Deadly Rollick
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
21%synergy
Frantic Search
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
21%synergy
Entomb
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
32%synergy
Swan Song
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
22%synergy
Spell Pierce
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
34%synergy
Miscast
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Saw in Half
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Fell the Profane
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
5%synergy
Sacrifice
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Chain of Vapor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-10%synergy
Go for the Throat
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
4%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Negate
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-13%synergy
Memory Plunder
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Songs of the Damned
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Stubborn Denial
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Flare of Denial
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Flare of Malice
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Culling the Weak
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Dispel
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Mana Drain
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3%synergy
Bitter Triumph
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Strix Serenade
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Flusterstorm
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Perplex
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Infernal Grasp
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
4%synergy
Force of Will
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Arcane Denial
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-6%synergy
Black Sun's Twilight
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Sink into Stupor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
5%synergy
Murderous Cut
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Misdirection
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Vision Charm
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-5%synergy
March of Swirling Mist
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Another Chance
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Dig Through Time
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Mystical Tutor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Victimize
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
47%synergy
Reanimate
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Stitch Together
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
57%synergy
Unmarked Grave
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Persist
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
From the Catacombs
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Grim Tutor
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Incarnation Technique
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Terror Tide
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Imperial Seal
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Gitaxian Probe
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Profane Tutor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Coiling Rebirth
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Dread Return
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Unearth
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Cut Your Losses
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Treasure Cruise
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Lórien Revealed
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Temporal Manipulation
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Profane Command
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Demonic Counsel
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Time Stretch
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Dark Petition
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Buried Alive
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Ever After
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Fortuitous Find
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Living Death
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Final Parting
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Toxic Deluge
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-6%synergy
Necromantic Selection
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Pilfered Plans
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Beseech the Mirror
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Winternight Stories
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
10%synergy
Disentomb
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Extract from Darkness
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Solve the Equation
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Exhume
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Mesmeric Orb
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
55%synergy
Matzalantli, the Great Door
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
58%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Altar of the Wretched
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
40%synergy
Mindcrank
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
28%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Moonsilver Key
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Umbral Mantle
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Mishra's Bauble
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Expedition Map
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Lightning Greaves
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-7%synergy
Altar of Dementia
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Dowsing Dagger
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
World Map
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Enchantments
Animate Dead
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
49%synergy
Rhystic Study
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Mystic Remora
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
24%synergy
Training Grounds
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
32%synergy
Freed from the Real
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Necromancy
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Cemetery Tampering
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Dress Down
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Death's Majesty
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
21%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
54%synergy
Cabal Coffers
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
29%synergy
Lotus Field
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
2%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Ancient Tomb
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Barren Moor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Buried Ruin
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Treasure Vault
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Coral Atoll
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Riptide Laboratory
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Tolaria West
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Soldevi Excavations
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Volatile Fault
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Tomb Fortress
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Deserted Temple
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Academy Ruins
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
7%synergy
Lake of the Dead
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Sunken Palace
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Drownyard Temple
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Dakmor Salvage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-8%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Arcane Signet
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
-4%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Signet
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
-21%synergy
Commander's Sphere
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1%synergy
Lotus Petal
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Urn of Godfire
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Basalt Monolith
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Wizard's Rockets
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Fellwar Stone
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-11%synergy
Springleaf Drum
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Energy Refractor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Swamp
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
-16%synergy
Island
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
-17%synergy
Watery Grave
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
34%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
35%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Underground River
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
21%synergy
Polluted Delta
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
29%synergy
Undercity Sewers
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Misty Rainforest
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
31%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
32%synergy
Morphic Pool
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3%synergy
Sunken Hollow
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
-26%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Sunken Ruins
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
26%synergy
Flooded Strand
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
31%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
32%synergy
Tainted Isle
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-24%synergy
Prismatic Vista
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Fell the Profane
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
5%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-20%synergy
Urza's Cave
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Underground Sea
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
7%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Boggart Trawler
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Talon Gates of Madara
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Darkslick Shores
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
6%synergy
Evolving Wilds
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3%synergy
Sink into Stupor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
5%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Scalding Tarn
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Mana Confluence
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Marsh Flats
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
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