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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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Kitsune's Technique
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Mindcrank
90%inclusion28 decks31 decks
78%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
84%inclusion26 decks31 decks
78%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
77%inclusion24 decks31 decks
67%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
68%inclusion21 decks31 decks
63%synergy
Eater of the Dead
65%inclusion20 decks31 decks
63%synergy
Fractured Sanity
71%inclusion22 decks31 decks
61%synergy
Consuming Aberration
74%inclusion23 decks31 decks
59%synergy
Fraying Sanity
55%inclusion17 decks31 decks
51%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
55%inclusion17 decks31 decks
47%synergy
Mana Drain
65%inclusion20 decks31 decks
47%synergy
Top Cards
Counterspell
61%inclusion19 decks31 decks
5%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
52%inclusion16 decks31 decks
39%synergy
Dark Ritual
52%inclusion16 decks31 decks
16%synergy
Ruin Crab
52%inclusion16 decks31 decks
43%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
48%inclusion15 decks31 decks
47%synergy
Mystic Remora
48%inclusion15 decks31 decks
33%synergy
Demonic Consultation
48%inclusion15 decks31 decks
42%synergy
Force of Negation
48%inclusion15 decks31 decks
39%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
48%inclusion15 decks31 decks
46%synergy
Windfall
45%inclusion14 decks31 decks
32%synergy
Game Changers
Vampiric Tutor
71%inclusion22 decks31 decks
55%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
65%inclusion20 decks31 decks
57%synergy
Demonic Tutor
65%inclusion20 decks31 decks
45%synergy
Force of Will
58%inclusion18 decks31 decks
48%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
58%inclusion18 decks31 decks
35%synergy
Mystical Tutor
58%inclusion18 decks31 decks
44%synergy
Rhystic Study
55%inclusion17 decks31 decks
32%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
52%inclusion16 decks31 decks
33%synergy
Imperial Seal
48%inclusion15 decks31 decks
43%synergy
Ancient Tomb
48%inclusion15 decks31 decks
40%synergy
Creatures
Opposition Agent
45%inclusion14 decks31 decks
38%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
45%inclusion14 decks31 decks
33%synergy
Tree of Perdition
42%inclusion13 decks31 decks
40%synergy
The Mindskinner
32%inclusion10 decks31 decks
25%synergy
Painter's Servant
32%inclusion10 decks31 decks
32%synergy
Notion Thief
29%inclusion9 decks31 decks
18%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
26%inclusion8 decks31 decks
22%synergy
Hedron Crab
26%inclusion8 decks31 decks
22%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
26%inclusion8 decks31 decks
25%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
26%inclusion8 decks31 decks
18%synergy
Undead Alchemist
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
20%synergy
Fleet Swallower
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
20%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
22%synergy
Laboratory Maniac
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
19%synergy
Gilded Drake
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
18%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
19%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
15%synergy
Mortivore
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
15%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
9%synergy
The Ancient One
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
13%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
11%synergy
Nighthowler
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
10%synergy
Riddlekeeper
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
15%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Snapcaster Mage
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
11%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
11%synergy
Baleful Strix
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
-11%synergy
Talion, the Kindly Lord
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Faerie Mastermind
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
3%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
8%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
10%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
11%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Spellseeker
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
8%synergy
Valley Floodcaller
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
8%synergy
Fog Bank
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
8%synergy
Archaeomancer
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Umbris, Fear Manifest
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
8%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
7%synergy
Hullbreaker Horror
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
-6%synergy
Manic Scribe
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
8%synergy
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
6%synergy
Guiltfeeder
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
1%synergy
Volatile Stormdrake
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Ambassador Laquatus
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Phyrexian Metamorph
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
-3%synergy
Instants
Drown in the Loch
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
21%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
8%synergy
Swan Song
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
20%synergy
Pact of Negation
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
34%synergy
Tainted Pact
35%inclusion11 decks31 decks
31%synergy
Negate
29%inclusion9 decks31 decks
-4%synergy
Brainstorm
29%inclusion9 decks31 decks
-1%synergy
Visions of Beyond
29%inclusion9 decks31 decks
25%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
26%inclusion8 decks31 decks
21%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
26%inclusion8 decks31 decks
22%synergy
Cabal Ritual
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
17%synergy
Flusterstorm
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
16%synergy
Deadly Rollick
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
0%synergy
Mindbreak Trap
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
15%synergy
Archive Trap
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
17%synergy
Sink into Stupor
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Chain of Vapor
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
13%synergy
Strix Serenade
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Arcane Denial
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
-10%synergy
Psychic Strike
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
10%synergy
Mental Misstep
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
8%synergy
Thought Collapse
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
10%synergy
Fact or Fiction
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
3%synergy
Brain Freeze
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Tale's End
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Stifle
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Resculpt
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Borne Upon a Wind
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
10%synergy
Fatal Push
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
8%synergy
Go for the Throat
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
-7%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
1%synergy
Ad Nauseam
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
9%synergy
Misdirection
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
-4%synergy
Mission Briefing
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
7%synergy
Drown in Dreams
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
5%synergy
Dismember
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
-4%synergy
Pongify
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
-9%synergy
Retraction Helix
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Entomb
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
-2%synergy
Cyber Conversion
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Gifts Ungiven
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
5%synergy
Banishing Knack
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Countersquall
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
0%synergy
Aetherize
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
-5%synergy
Perplex
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Baleful Mastery
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
2%synergy
Crypt Incursion
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
5%synergy
Spell Pierce
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
1%synergy
Sorceries
Grim Tutor
45%inclusion14 decks31 decks
41%synergy
Reanimate
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
14%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
34%synergy
Traumatize
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
34%synergy
Cut Your Losses
35%inclusion11 decks31 decks
32%synergy
Toxic Deluge
35%inclusion11 decks31 decks
10%synergy
Mind Grind
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
17%synergy
Ponder
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
0%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
11%synergy
Feed the Swarm
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
-19%synergy
Doomsday
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
14%synergy
Damnation
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Singularity Rupture
16%inclusion3 decks19 decks
3%synergy
Gitaxian Probe
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
8%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
11%synergy
Mind Sculpt
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Startled Awake
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Mnemonic Betrayal
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
10%synergy
Mind Funeral
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
10%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
3%synergy
Increasing Confusion
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
9%synergy
Victimize
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
-4%synergy
Fabricate
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
7%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
1%synergy
Flood of Recollection
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Praetor's Grasp
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Bitter Ordeal
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Sign in Blood
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
0%synergy
Dread Summons
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
3%synergy
Beseech the Mirror
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
-3%synergy
Solve the Equation
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
5%synergy
Psychic Drain
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Preordain
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
-4%synergy
Beseech the Queen
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Grindstone
42%inclusion13 decks31 decks
41%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
34%synergy
Altar of the Brood
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
34%synergy
The One Ring
32%inclusion10 decks31 decks
25%synergy
Isochron Scepter
32%inclusion10 decks31 decks
29%synergy
Lightning Greaves
29%inclusion9 decks31 decks
2%synergy
Altar of Dementia
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
15%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
15%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
15%synergy
The Water Crystal
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Helm of Obedience
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
13%synergy
Folio of Fancies
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
-4%synergy
Keening Stone
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
9%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
2%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
1%synergy
Ghoulcaller's Bell
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
5%synergy
Millstone
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Jet Medallion
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
-2%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
-18%synergy
Grafdigger's Cage
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Magewright's Stone
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
42%inclusion13 decks31 decks
36%synergy
Necropotence
35%inclusion11 decks31 decks
33%synergy
Memory Erosion
35%inclusion11 decks31 decks
31%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
26%inclusion8 decks31 decks
23%synergy
Animate Dead
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Court of Cunning
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
14%synergy
Propaganda
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
2%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
14%synergy
Freed from the Real
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Copy Artifact
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Intruder Alarm
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
8%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Leyline of Anticipation
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
5%synergy
Black Market Connections
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
-1%synergy
Megrim
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Omniscience
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
5%synergy
Drowned Secrets
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Necrodominance
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
42%inclusion13 decks31 decks
36%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
20%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
17%synergy
Narset, Parter of Veils
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
13%synergy
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
8%synergy
Utility Lands
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
19%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
20%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
29%inclusion9 decks31 decks
23%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
22%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
26%inclusion8 decks31 decks
22%synergy
Reliquary Tower
26%inclusion8 decks31 decks
-10%synergy
Urza's Saga
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
17%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
14%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
10%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
13%synergy
Bojuka Bog
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
-26%synergy
Cabal Coffers
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
2%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
-7%synergy
Halimar Depths
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
3%synergy
Temple of the False God
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
0%synergy
Rogue's Passage
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
-17%synergy
Maze of Ith
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Academy Ruins
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
2%synergy
Restless Reef
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
0%synergy
Field of Ruin
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
90%inclusion28 decks31 decks
2%synergy
Arcane Signet
84%inclusion26 decks31 decks
0%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
65%inclusion20 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Mana Vault
48%inclusion15 decks31 decks
43%synergy
Dimir Signet
48%inclusion15 decks31 decks
-11%synergy
Chrome Mox
45%inclusion14 decks31 decks
39%synergy
Mox Opal
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
35%synergy
Fellwar Stone
35%inclusion11 decks31 decks
5%synergy
Mox Diamond
35%inclusion11 decks31 decks
31%synergy
Thought Vessel
32%inclusion10 decks31 decks
1%synergy
Lotus Petal
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
15%synergy
Commander's Sphere
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
-4%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Midnight Clock
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
3%synergy
Mind Stone
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
-19%synergy
Mox Amber
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Coalition Relic
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Grim Monolith
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
5%synergy
Thran Dynamo
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
1%synergy
The Soul Stone
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
0%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
0%synergy
Lands
Swamp
94%inclusion29 decks31 decks
-3%synergy
Command Tower
90%inclusion28 decks31 decks
3%synergy
Island
90%inclusion28 decks31 decks
-6%synergy
Watery Grave
84%inclusion26 decks31 decks
36%synergy
Underground River
68%inclusion21 decks31 decks
28%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
65%inclusion20 decks31 decks
11%synergy
Polluted Delta
65%inclusion20 decks31 decks
32%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
52%inclusion16 decks31 decks
27%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
52%inclusion16 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Underground Sea
48%inclusion15 decks31 decks
35%synergy
Morphic Pool
48%inclusion15 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Sunken Hollow
48%inclusion15 decks31 decks
-17%synergy
Mana Confluence
42%inclusion13 decks31 decks
36%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
-1%synergy
Reflecting Pool
35%inclusion11 decks31 decks
31%synergy
Sunken Ruins
35%inclusion11 decks31 decks
20%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
35%inclusion11 decks31 decks
12%synergy
City of Brass
35%inclusion11 decks31 decks
29%synergy
Exotic Orchard
29%inclusion9 decks31 decks
-4%synergy
Darkslick Shores
26%inclusion8 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Choked Estuary
26%inclusion8 decks31 decks
-22%synergy
Flooded Strand
26%inclusion8 decks31 decks
17%synergy
Tainted Isle
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
-22%synergy
Misty Rainforest
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
14%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
-16%synergy
Scalding Tarn
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
14%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
14%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
13%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
11%synergy
Sink into Stupor
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Prismatic Vista
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
10%synergy
Myriad Landscape
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
-5%synergy
Temple of Deceit
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
-20%synergy
Marsh Flats
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
8%synergy
River of Tears
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
3%synergy
Undercity Sewers
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
-11%synergy
Dismal Backwater
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
-6%synergy
Fabled Passage
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
-2%synergy
Tarnished Citadel
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Cavern of Souls
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
-2%synergy
Maestros Theater
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
5%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
-21%synergy
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