Phenax

==Summary==
Phenax is the god of cheats and liars. He governs gambling, deception, betrayal, isolation, planning, and secrets. He is worshipped by criminals and others who wish to subvert the rules. Like Xenagos, Phenax was once a mortal who ascended to become one of the Gods of Theros' pantheon, doing so after being the first person to escape the underworld.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least 
Name: Phenax, God of Deception
Origin: Magic: The Gathering
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: God of Deception, Cheats, Liars, Gambling, Betrayal, Isolation, Planning, and Secrets
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Immortality (Types 1 and 8, Gods are reliant on people's belief in them), Magic (Master Blue and Black mana user), Abstract Existence (Type 1, Gods exist as the abstract embodiment of concepts), Incorporeality, Intangibility (Gods are able to become tangible and intangible at will), Multilocation (Gods manifest as living constellations), Regeneration (Low-Mid, Gods are able to regenerate from being split in half), Clairvoyance (All Gods possess a form of clairvoyance that allows them to keep constant watch over the Mortal Realm or individual mortals), Self-Sustenance (Types 1, 2, and 3), Flight, Dimensional Travel (Gods are able to freely traverse the boundaries between the Mortal Realm, Nyx, and the Underworld), Shapeshifting (Gods are able to freely decide how they appear in their physical form), Telepathy (Gods are able to communicate with mortals telepathically) Large Size (Types 0 to 6), Size Manipulation, Enhanced Senses (Gods are stated to have senses vastly better than mortals), Existence Erasure (All Gods possess the ability to erase mortals from existence), Invisibility (Gods are able to become visible and invisible at will), Creation and Life Manipulation (All Gods are able to create Nyxborn constructs as servants.), Power Bestowal (All Gods are able to grant mortals boons that grant them supernatural abilities. Able to grant mortals the ability to manipulate the minds and memories of others as well as make them invisible to other Gods.), Statistics Amplification (Can amplify the power and durability of those he grants boons to), Spatial Manipulation (The battle between the Gods was capable of tearing holes in the fabric that separates the Underworld and Nyx from the Mortal Realm), Perception Manipulation (Mortals without the boon of a God cannot properly perceive a God and even the spoken language of a God will make no sense to a mortal), Possession (All Gods are capable of possessing mortals as vessels), Healing (At least Low-Mid, All Gods are capable of healing up to and including restoring severed limbs), Mind Manipulation, Memory Manipulation (Able to manipulate minds and erase memories), Curse Manipulation (Able to curse people by turning them into Harpies and trees, curse people with blindness, curse them to return from the dead under Phenax's control, and curse people to harm themselves whenever they use magic. Cursed Arasta into becoming a spider monster.), BFR (Can BFR people to Nyx), Power Nullification (Able to nullify boons and blessings of other Gods), Statistics Reduction (Able to make people weaker), Resurrection (Able to bring people back from the Underworld), Resistance to Mind Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, Existence Erasure, Petrification (Unaffected by spending hundreds of years in the Underworld, which erodes memories, personality, and the physical form of things that reside within it, to the point that even if one escapes the underworld they will have no memory of it or their previous life as their memories remain in the Underworld), and Corruption (Residing in the Underworld can )
Attack Potency: At least Multi-Solar System level ( consisting of an innumerable amount of stars with their physical versions being only the perception of the mortals. Should be at least as strong as Xenagos)
Speed: Unknown
Lifting Strength: Multi-Stellar (His size alone warrants this)
Striking Strength: At least Multi-Solar System level
Durability: At least Multi-Solar System level
Stamina: Infinite
Range: Low Multiversal
Standard Equipment: None notable
Intelligence: Gifted (As the god of deception, Phenax is an extremely clever manipulator, constantly finding new ways to play the Gods against each other for his own constantly shifting goals. As a former mortal, he manages to not only be the first to figure out a way out of the Underworld, but unlike most mortals he escaped without becoming a Returned, ascending to godhood shortly thereafter, meaning he had at some point discovered the nature of the Gods in order to become on, a feat which only Xenagos had been able to replicate since)
Weaknesses: None notable
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Jou-63-cast-into-darkness.jpg|Cast into Darkness
Jou-41-hubris.jpg|Hubris
Thb-104-minion-s-return.jpg|Minion's Return
Jou-83-spiteful-blow.jpg|Spiteful Blow
Thb-117-treacherous-blessing.jpg|Treacherous Blessing
*Associated Spells:
**Cast into Darkness: An Enchantment centered in black mana. The user curses the target, stealing their physical strength and removing their eyes.
**Hubris: An Instant Spell centered in blue mana. The user forcibly sends the target and any boons or blessings they have from their plane of existence to the realm of Nyx.
**Minion's Return: An Enchantment centered in black mana. The user places a curse on a target creature, causing them to resurrect after death under his control.
**Spiteful Blow: A Sorcery centered in black mana. Channeling the strength of a God, the user destroys a target opponent as well as a target land.
**Treacherous Blessing: An Enchantment centered in black mana and a spell commonly used by Phenax. In exchange for enhanced insight, the user curses the target to be physically harmed whenever they use magic, as well as lose this curse when target by magic from another person.
==Notable Matchups==
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