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I agree, manga over anime since the manga is about as canon as you can possibly get.

Tenjin somewhat hints that he does some form of Phantom slaying when he got Yato do to it for him, since he basically stated that he isn't doing it because he's too busy.

Even Bishamon who slays phantoms, doesn't use Rend (Zan) does she? Rabo doesn't as far as I know either. So perhaps it is safe to assume that each god may have their own ability or way of dealing with Phantoms and Yato literally just rends them to death.