Phenax, God of Deception

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 26%
528 Wins
1489 Losses

Summary

Phenax, God of Deception is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,017 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (5281489) at an Elo of 1,492, ranking #2592 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.46 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Phenax, God of Deception's win rate?

Phenax, God of Deception has a 26% win rate across 2017 recorded Playgroup games (528 wins, 1489 losses).

How long do winning games with Phenax, God of Deception take?

Wins with Phenax, God of Deception take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 2 months.

How many decks use Phenax, God of Deception?

729 decks list Phenax, God of Deception as their commander on Playgroup, of which 394 have played at least one recorded game.

Phenax, God of Deception Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
2592
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1492

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Commander Popularity Trend

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 5
Average commander damage per game 6
Average poison counters given per game 2
Average kills per game 0.46
Average turn length 5 minutes
No. decks for this commander 729
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 394
No. games played with this commander 2017
Total hours played 2 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1571 Crixia 18 6
2 1570 Gahli11 10 5
3 1570 MisguidedGh0st 3 3
4 1556 Elodin86 3 2
5 1550 CunningGoldfish 4 2

How does this commander win?

When Phenax, God of Deception wins, 79.2% of wins come via mill across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Mill
79.2%
Alternative
6.77%
Non Combat Damage
5.76%
Combat
5.51%
Combo
2.26%
Commander Damage
0.5%
Avg win turn 9.0 based on 540 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Phenax, God of Deception wins 30.73% of games from position 1 and 8.11% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
30.73% n=563
2
Seat 2
28.72% n=564
3
Seat 3
21.76% n=510
4
Seat 4
19.71% n=279
5
Seat 5
8.11% n=37
6
Seat 6
28.57% n=7

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Phenax, God of Deception wins 25.12% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
25.12% n=1031
1
1 mulligan
29.82% n=285
2
2 mulligans
30.86% n=81
3
3 mulligans
15.0% n=20
4
4 mulligans
50.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Phenax, God of Deception 3.69/5 on average, across 1376 self-reports.

3.69 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Phenax, God of Deception wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.3% of the time across 540 tracked wins.

64.3 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Phenax, God of Deception. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

Ramos, Dragon Engine commander art
50.0%
Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa commander art
50.0%
Shalai and Hallar commander art
50.0%
Ureni of the Unwritten commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups