Hi guys, I'm trying to build a deck around Phenax, God of Deception and Assault Formation. I posted something similar in the new card discussion thread. I was thinking something like the deck below. Would that work? Are there other cards to try or changes to make. It's defintely not a budget-budget deck because of the landbase, but I also don't want to build a deck running all the goodstuff cards (which would easily double/triple the cost). Any suggestions are more than welcome!
There doesn't seem to be any reason to need to turn on Phenax, you can use your 6/6 walls to block and mill. If you are trying to win by mill you'd better mill and not half arse it. You have to go all the way with the mill. I'd add a couple of grindclock somewhere... got to mill hard if you want to make it work. You have to try to get them dead before they hit 8 mana. Because you will be helping a lot of decks with your milling you have to really force it.
There is the UB card from Theros that steals cards from hands and graveyards whos name I don't remember.
Im not sure about Sidisi's Faithful it just feels like card disadvantage plus you have 12 tapped lands. It doesnt seem like you will be doing anything on turn 1 anyways. Disciple of Deceit to search for your enchantment + block goblin tokens. (you don't want that rabble master growing) Profaner of the Dead one sided board wipe for the pesky tokens flooding the meta and can clear the board for attacks. Torrent Elemental Big butt and can be discared to disciple to search your god although im not sure if the god is a good enough win con.
Finally how do you plan on winning against control.
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4 Sidisi's Faithful
4 Dragon's Eye Savants
4 Monastery Flock
4 Wall of Frost
4 Omenspeaker
2 Thassa, God of the Sea
3 Phenax, God of Deception
Spells
4 Assault Formation
4 Singing Bell Strike
3 Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
1 Liliana Vess
6 Island
1 Swamp
4 Polluted Delta
4 Temple of Deceit
4 Temple of Malady
4 Temple of Mystery
4 Negate
4 Stain the Mind
2 Prognostic Sphinx
2 Silumgar, the drifting death
2 Clever Impersonator
1 Swamp
There doesn't seem to be any reason to need to turn on Phenax, you can use your 6/6 walls to block and mill. If you are trying to win by mill you'd better mill and not half arse it. You have to go all the way with the mill. I'd add a couple of grindclock somewhere... got to mill hard if you want to make it work. You have to try to get them dead before they hit 8 mana. Because you will be helping a lot of decks with your milling you have to really force it.
There is the UB card from Theros that steals cards from hands and graveyards whos name I don't remember.
Dark deal + waste not + Fascination can mill fast If you need to. Nyxthos?, Frontier Seige? that is probably a different deck though.
Pioneer:UR Pheonix
Modern:U Mono U Tron
EDH
GB Glissa, the traitor: Army of Cans
UW Dragonlord Ojutai: Dragonlord NOjutai
UWGDerevi, Empyrial Tactician "you cannot fight the storm"
R Zirilan of the claw. The solution to every problem is dragons
UB Etrata, the Silencer Cloning assassination
Peasant cube: Cards I own
Disciple of Deceit to search for your enchantment + block goblin tokens. (you don't want that rabble master growing)
Profaner of the Dead one sided board wipe for the pesky tokens flooding the meta and can clear the board for attacks.
Torrent Elemental Big butt and can be discared to disciple to search your god although im not sure if the god is a good enough win con.
Finally how do you plan on winning against control.