Phenax, God of Deception | Sewer Nemesis

Cards

Cut Your Losses in hand.
Phenax and
Sewer Nemesis on the battlefield (
Sewer Nemesis without summoning sickness).

Cast
Cut Your Losses by paying , causing the player named by
Sewer Nemesis to mill half their library, rounded down.
Activate
Sewer Nemesis by tapping it, causing the player to mill cards equal to the cards in their graveyard, milling the remainder of their library.

The player will mill their entire library unless, when the combo was started, their graveyard was empty and their deck size was odd. In this case, you can tap another creature via
Phenax or use another method to mill the one remaining card. You can also pay the casualty cost of
Cut Your Losses to mill another player, if desired, for half their library.

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