Mill by user5230764

Format: Commander

Commander: Phenax, God of Deception

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This Dimir deck executes a mill-centric game plan helmed by Phenax, God of Deception. The strategy converts high toughness into rapid library depletion, weaponizing efficient creatures like The Ancient One and exponentially scaling threats like Consuming Aberration. Early turns focus on developing mana rocks, establishing defensive deterrents like Propaganda, and deploying high-toughness blockers. Once Phenax enters the battlefield, existing creatures tap to mill opponents at instant speed before untapping. The deck accelerates this clock using mass mill sorceries such as Maddening Cacophony and Traumatize, while Syr Konrad, the Grim translates milled creature cards into direct table-wide damage. It also features a compact two-card infinite combo in Duskmantle Guildmage and Mindcrank, capable of draining and milling opponents instantly. A robust suite of reactive counterspells, spot removal, and sweepers like Life's Finale protects the engine, while Crypt Incursion provides substantial life buffers and graveyard interaction to outlast aggressive strategies.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Blood Reckoning
  • 1 Bonehoard
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consuming Aberration
  • 1 Cruel Somnophage // Can't Wake Up
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Crypt Incursion
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Decree of Pain
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Charm
  • 1 Dimir Doppelganger
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Doomsday Excruciator
  • 1 Dread Summons
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Duskmantle Guildmage
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Evil Twin
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fetid Pools
  • 1 Glimmer of Genius
  • 1 Hieroglyphic Illumination
  • 1 Into the Story
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Jace, Memory Adept
  • 1 Life's Finale
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Mind Grind
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Murderous Cut
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystic Speculation
  • 1 Nephalia Drownyard
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nighthowler
  • 1 Nightveil Specter
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Phenax, God of Deception
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Pilfered Plans
  • 1 Polluted Mire
  • 1 Portent
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Profane Memento
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychic Strike
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Revenge of Ravens
  • 1 Ritual of Soot
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scaretiller
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Singularity Rupture
  • 1 Sinister Hideout
  • 1 Siren of the Silent Song
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx's Tutelage
  • 15 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 The Ancient One
  • 1 The Haunt of Hightower
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Traumatize
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Undead Alchemist
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wight of Precinct Six