Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Budget

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Landon Crispens
Dec 8, 2025
Landon Crispens
The Best MTG Sorceries of 2025 for Commander
Our 2025 reviews are chugging along. Today we're bringing you our picks for the best sorceries of the year for Commander players.
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The Walls of Ba Sing Se
7.4%inclusion9 decks121 decks
6%synergy
North Pole Patrol
6.6%inclusion9 decks137 decks
6%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
5.0%inclusion6 decks121 decks
5%synergy
Serpent's Pass
3.3%inclusion4 decks123 decks
2%synergy
Octopus Form
3.0%inclusion4 decks132 decks
2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
84%inclusion662 decks792 decks
69%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
69%inclusion550 decks792 decks
67%synergy
Wall of Frost
68%inclusion536 decks792 decks
66%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
67%inclusion527 decks792 decks
64%synergy
Nighthowler
64%inclusion507 decks792 decks
58%synergy
Bonehoard
52%inclusion412 decks792 decks
50%synergy
Psychic Strike
50%inclusion399 decks792 decks
47%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
48%inclusion379 decks792 decks
47%synergy
Hover Barrier
48%inclusion378 decks792 decks
47%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
51%inclusion405 decks792 decks
45%synergy
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Ruin Crab
54%inclusion426 decks792 decks
45%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
47%inclusion374 decks792 decks
43%synergy
Negate
47%inclusion372 decks792 decks
14%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
47%inclusion372 decks792 decks
42%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
46%inclusion366 decks792 decks
45%synergy
Singularity Rupture
46%inclusion136 decks295 decks
34%synergy
Mortivore
45%inclusion359 decks792 decks
44%synergy
Thought Collapse
45%inclusion358 decks792 decks
42%synergy
Drown in the Loch
44%inclusion349 decks792 decks
26%synergy
Fraying Sanity
44%inclusion348 decks792 decks
40%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
10%inclusion79 decks792 decks
-2%synergy
Creatures
Manic Scribe
43%inclusion343 decks792 decks
42%synergy
Glacial Wall
39%inclusion309 decks792 decks
39%synergy
Fleet Swallower
39%inclusion307 decks792 decks
36%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
37%inclusion293 decks792 decks
24%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
37%inclusion292 decks792 decks
35%synergy
The Ancient One
36%inclusion282 decks792 decks
32%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
35%inclusion178 decks508 decks
34%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
34%inclusion270 decks792 decks
29%synergy
Aegis Turtle
33%inclusion258 decks792 decks
32%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
32%inclusion231 decks719 decks
31%synergy
Fog Bank
32%inclusion254 decks792 decks
31%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
31%inclusion249 decks792 decks
31%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
31%inclusion245 decks792 decks
28%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
29%inclusion227 decks792 decks
27%synergy
Wall of Runes
28%inclusion223 decks792 decks
28%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
28%inclusion222 decks792 decks
24%synergy
The Mindskinner
27%inclusion170 decks638 decks
20%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
27%inclusion210 decks792 decks
26%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
26%inclusion208 decks792 decks
18%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
26%inclusion207 decks792 decks
22%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
25%inclusion201 decks792 decks
25%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
23%inclusion185 decks792 decks
23%synergy
Wall of Mist
23%inclusion184 decks792 decks
23%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
23%inclusion168 decks745 decks
22%synergy
Guiltfeeder
20%inclusion161 decks792 decks
15%synergy
Undead Alchemist
20%inclusion157 decks792 decks
17%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
18%inclusion144 decks792 decks
17%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
18%inclusion144 decks792 decks
18%synergy
Eater of the Dead
17%inclusion134 decks792 decks
16%synergy
Tree of Perdition
17%inclusion133 decks792 decks
15%synergy
Hedron Crab
16%inclusion126 decks792 decks
12%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
15%inclusion121 decks792 decks
15%synergy
Wall of Junk
14%inclusion109 decks792 decks
14%synergy
Soulless Jailer
13%inclusion105 decks792 decks
13%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
13%inclusion104 decks792 decks
12%synergy
Wall of Air
13%inclusion102 decks792 decks
13%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
13%inclusion101 decks792 decks
11%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
12%inclusion73 decks590 decks
11%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
12%inclusion85 decks692 decks
11%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
12%inclusion97 decks792 decks
12%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
12%inclusion94 decks770 decks
12%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
12%inclusion95 decks792 decks
12%synergy
Monastery Flock
12%inclusion94 decks792 decks
12%synergy
Siren of the Silent Song
11%inclusion91 decks792 decks
11%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
11%inclusion90 decks792 decks
6%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
11%inclusion87 decks792 decks
11%synergy
Academy Wall
11%inclusion84 decks792 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
10%inclusion83 decks792 decks
9%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
10%inclusion81 decks792 decks
-2%synergy
Riptide Turtle
10%inclusion76 decks792 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Didn't Say Please
43%inclusion338 decks792 decks
38%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
38%inclusion297 decks792 decks
36%synergy
Counterspell
35%inclusion275 decks792 decks
-21%synergy
Into the Story
33%inclusion261 decks792 decks
31%synergy
Crypt Incursion
28%inclusion218 decks792 decks
26%synergy
Thought Scour
27%inclusion216 decks792 decks
21%synergy
Aetherize
25%inclusion201 decks792 decks
15%synergy
Murder
19%inclusion148 decks792 decks
11%synergy
Doom Blade
16%inclusion129 decks792 decks
14%synergy
Drown in Dreams
14%inclusion114 decks792 decks
10%synergy
Archive Trap
14%inclusion109 decks792 decks
12%synergy
Brainstorm
13%inclusion106 decks792 decks
-17%synergy
Intellectual Offering
13%inclusion105 decks792 decks
13%synergy
Psychic Spiral
13%inclusion102 decks792 decks
12%synergy
Go for the Throat
12%inclusion94 decks792 decks
-4%synergy
Fact or Fiction
12%inclusion93 decks792 decks
2%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion82 decks792 decks
4%synergy
Hero's Downfall
10%inclusion78 decks792 decks
7%synergy
Cancel
10%inclusion78 decks792 decks
8%synergy
Opt
10%inclusion77 decks792 decks
-2%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
9.4%inclusion67 decks715 decks
-2%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
9.3%inclusion74 decks792 decks
7%synergy
Perplex
9.3%inclusion74 decks792 decks
7%synergy
Reality Shift
9.3%inclusion74 decks792 decks
-5%synergy
Countermand
9.2%inclusion73 decks792 decks
9%synergy
Dark Ritual
8.5%inclusion67 decks792 decks
-27%synergy
Infernal Grasp
8.0%inclusion63 decks792 decks
-8%synergy
Visions of Beyond
7.4%inclusion59 decks792 decks
4%synergy
Soul Manipulation
7.2%inclusion57 decks792 decks
4%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
7.2%inclusion57 decks792 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Charm
6.6%inclusion52 decks792 decks
5%synergy
Induce Paranoia
6.6%inclusion52 decks792 decks
6%synergy
Careful Consideration
6.2%inclusion49 decks792 decks
6%synergy
Essence Scatter
5.9%inclusion47 decks792 decks
4%synergy
Countersquall
5.7%inclusion45 decks792 decks
-1%synergy
Expel from Orazca
5.7%inclusion45 decks792 decks
5%synergy
Anticognition
5.3%inclusion42 decks792 decks
5%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
5.2%inclusion41 decks792 decks
-25%synergy
Resculpt
5.1%inclusion40 decks792 decks
-2%synergy
Arcane Denial
5.1%inclusion40 decks792 decks
-21%synergy
Dream Twist
5.1%inclusion40 decks792 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
38%inclusion300 decks792 decks
33%synergy
Fractured Sanity
38%inclusion300 decks792 decks
28%synergy
Pilfered Plans
37%inclusion294 decks792 decks
35%synergy
Extract from Darkness
35%inclusion278 decks792 decks
28%synergy
Cut Your Losses
32%inclusion251 decks792 decks
28%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
29%inclusion228 decks792 decks
18%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
27%inclusion213 decks792 decks
20%synergy
Treasure Cruise
26%inclusion209 decks792 decks
18%synergy
Mind Grind
23%inclusion186 decks792 decks
18%synergy
Feed the Swarm
20%inclusion161 decks792 decks
-15%synergy
Mind Funeral
20%inclusion159 decks792 decks
17%synergy
Whispering Madness
18%inclusion141 decks792 decks
15%synergy
Mind Sculpt
17%inclusion135 decks792 decks
16%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
15%inclusion116 decks792 decks
10%synergy
Read the Bones
13%inclusion100 decks792 decks
9%synergy
Tome Scour
11%inclusion86 decks792 decks
10%synergy
Sign in Blood
10%inclusion82 decks792 decks
4%synergy
Eldritch Pact
10%inclusion78 decks792 decks
9%synergy
Aether Gale
9.0%inclusion71 decks792 decks
8%synergy
Breaking Wave
8.8%inclusion70 decks792 decks
9%synergy
Windfall
8.6%inclusion68 decks792 decks
-5%synergy
Dread Summons
8.5%inclusion67 decks792 decks
5%synergy
Increasing Confusion
8.3%inclusion66 decks792 decks
8%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
7.6%inclusion60 decks792 decks
2%synergy
Bond of Insight
7.3%inclusion58 decks792 decks
7%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
7.3%inclusion58 decks792 decks
-2%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
6.9%inclusion55 decks792 decks
6%synergy
Startled Awake
6.8%inclusion54 decks792 decks
6%synergy
Ravenform
6.4%inclusion51 decks792 decks
4%synergy
Languish
6.2%inclusion49 decks792 decks
5%synergy
Divination
6.1%inclusion48 decks792 decks
5%synergy
Notion Rain
5.8%inclusion46 decks792 decks
2%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
5.7%inclusion44 decks775 decks
4%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
5.6%inclusion44 decks792 decks
0%synergy
Ponder
5.4%inclusion43 decks792 decks
-11%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
5.4%inclusion43 decks792 decks
5%synergy
Seize the Secrets
5.4%inclusion40 decks743 decks
5%synergy
Decree of Pain
5.3%inclusion42 decks792 decks
2%synergy
Preordain
5.2%inclusion41 decks792 decks
-5%synergy
Dark Deal
5.1%inclusion40 decks792 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Keening Stone
32%inclusion255 decks792 decks
31%synergy
The Water Crystal
31%inclusion109 decks356 decks
22%synergy
Mindcrank
25%inclusion200 decks792 decks
13%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
24%inclusion124 decks509 decks
21%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
21%inclusion168 decks792 decks
7%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
13%inclusion101 decks792 decks
13%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
12%inclusion98 decks792 decks
12%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
12%inclusion94 decks792 decks
-13%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
11%inclusion89 decks792 decks
10%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
10%inclusion83 decks792 decks
8%synergy
Profane Memento
10%inclusion79 decks792 decks
9%synergy
Folio of Fancies
8.0%inclusion63 decks792 decks
7%synergy
Lightning Greaves
7.3%inclusion58 decks792 decks
-20%synergy
Codex Shredder
7.2%inclusion57 decks792 decks
5%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
6.9%inclusion55 decks792 decks
6%synergy
Sands of Delirium
6.7%inclusion53 decks792 decks
6%synergy
Sentinel Totem
5.7%inclusion45 decks792 decks
6%synergy
Millstone
5.4%inclusion43 decks792 decks
5%synergy
Trepanation Blade
5.4%inclusion43 decks792 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Patient Rebuilding
27%inclusion212 decks792 decks
26%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
26%inclusion208 decks792 decks
24%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
24%inclusion190 decks792 decks
18%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
23%inclusion179 decks792 decks
20%synergy
Propaganda
20%inclusion156 decks792 decks
3%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
17%inclusion86 decks509 decks
15%synergy
Intruder Alarm
13%inclusion106 decks792 decks
12%synergy
Court of Cunning
12%inclusion92 decks792 decks
6%synergy
Drowned Secrets
11%inclusion88 decks792 decks
10%synergy
Memory Erosion
11%inclusion88 decks792 decks
7%synergy
Jace's Erasure
11%inclusion85 decks792 decks
10%synergy
Freed from the Real
9.1%inclusion72 decks792 decks
8%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
8.5%inclusion67 decks792 decks
7%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
8.2%inclusion65 decks792 decks
-5%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
6.9%inclusion55 decks792 decks
7%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
20%inclusion158 decks792 decks
14%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
15%inclusion118 decks792 decks
13%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
8.6%inclusion68 decks792 decks
6%synergy
Jace Beleren
8.3%inclusion66 decks792 decks
8%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
6.1%inclusion48 decks792 decks
5%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
5.1%inclusion40 decks792 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
39%inclusion305 decks792 decks
29%synergy
Bojuka Bog
24%inclusion191 decks792 decks
-15%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
19%inclusion71 decks373 decks
14%synergy
Temple of the False God
15%inclusion116 decks792 decks
5%synergy
Reliquary Tower
14%inclusion109 decks792 decks
-22%synergy
Mortuary Mire
12%inclusion98 decks792 decks
4%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
10%inclusion80 decks792 decks
8%synergy
Restless Reef
10%inclusion76 decks792 decks
2%synergy
Rogue's Passage
9.0%inclusion71 decks792 decks
-19%synergy
Halimar Depths
8.8%inclusion70 decks792 decks
2%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
8.2%inclusion65 decks792 decks
5%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
6.3%inclusion50 decks792 decks
4%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
6.1%inclusion48 decks792 decks
-11%synergy
Dreadship Reef
5.8%inclusion46 decks792 decks
4%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
5.1%inclusion40 decks792 decks
-3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
74%inclusion585 decks792 decks
-15%synergy
Arcane Signet
63%inclusion497 decks792 decks
-21%synergy
Dimir Signet
58%inclusion463 decks792 decks
-2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
39%inclusion312 decks792 decks
22%synergy
Mind Stone
35%inclusion278 decks792 decks
6%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
32%inclusion256 decks792 decks
-27%synergy
Dimir Locket
26%inclusion202 decks792 decks
23%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
21%inclusion168 decks792 decks
19%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
19%inclusion151 decks792 decks
11%synergy
Sky Diamond
18%inclusion142 decks792 decks
10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
15%inclusion119 decks792 decks
-16%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
12%inclusion93 decks792 decks
11%synergy
Thought Vessel
12%inclusion92 decks792 decks
-20%synergy
Worn Powerstone
11%inclusion88 decks792 decks
8%synergy
Midnight Clock
9.0%inclusion71 decks792 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
8.6%inclusion68 decks792 decks
3%synergy
Prismatic Lens
7.7%inclusion61 decks792 decks
6%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
5.8%inclusion46 decks792 decks
5%synergy
Star Compass
5.2%inclusion41 decks792 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Island
99%inclusion785 decks792 decks
2%synergy
Swamp
98%inclusion779 decks792 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
68%inclusion539 decks792 decks
-20%synergy
Dismal Backwater
55%inclusion437 decks792 decks
39%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
54%inclusion429 decks792 decks
15%synergy
Sunken Hollow
51%inclusion405 decks792 decks
-15%synergy
Evolving Wilds
47%inclusion376 decks792 decks
31%synergy
Temple of Deceit
45%inclusion360 decks792 decks
9%synergy
Choked Estuary
40%inclusion315 decks792 decks
-8%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
39%inclusion311 decks792 decks
32%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
37%inclusion291 decks792 decks
-3%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
35%inclusion278 decks792 decks
24%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
30%inclusion234 decks792 decks
24%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
24%inclusion194 decks792 decks
20%synergy
Tainted Isle
24%inclusion192 decks792 decks
-20%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
24%inclusion188 decks792 decks
-29%synergy
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion174 decks792 decks
-1%synergy
Exotic Orchard
16%inclusion123 decks792 decks
-18%synergy
Fetid Pools
15%inclusion115 decks792 decks
-2%synergy
Waterfront District
9.5%inclusion75 decks792 decks
6%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
9.4%inclusion67 decks715 decks
-2%synergy
Underground River
8.8%inclusion70 decks792 decks
-31%synergy
Port of Karfell
7.4%inclusion59 decks792 decks
0%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
7.2%inclusion57 decks792 decks
1%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.9%inclusion55 decks792 decks
-21%synergy
Salt Marsh
6.9%inclusion55 decks792 decks
5%synergy
Ice Tunnel
6.2%inclusion49 decks792 decks
1%synergy
Warped Landscape
5.4%inclusion43 decks792 decks
5%synergy
Soured Springs
5.2%inclusion39 decks745 decks
2%synergy
Grixis Panorama
5.1%inclusion40 decks792 decks
5%synergy
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