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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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Bender's Waterskin
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
21%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Wall of Frost
100%inclusion9 decks9 decks
99%synergy
Consuming Aberration
100%inclusion9 decks9 decks
85%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
72%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
71%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
65%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
64%synergy
Nighthowler
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
61%synergy
Ruin Crab
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
58%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
55%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
55%synergy
Top Cards
Counterspell
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Drown in the Loch
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
37%synergy
Psychic Strike
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
53%synergy
Fog Bank
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
54%synergy
Bonehoard
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
54%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
54%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
50%synergy
Fractured Sanity
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
46%synergy
Traumatize
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
51%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
51%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
0%synergy
Creatures
Syr Konrad, the Grim
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
31%synergy
Mortivore
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
The Mindskinner
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
36%synergy
Tree of Perdition
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Fleet Swallower
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
31%synergy
The Ancient One
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
25%synergy
Wall of Air
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Manic Scribe
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Evil Twin
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
29%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Guiltfeeder
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Silent Arbiter
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Wall of Junk
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Eater of the Dead
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Hover Barrier
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Concealing Curtains
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Thing in the Ice
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Aegis Turtle
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Monastery Flock
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Scrabbling Skullcrab
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Overlord of the Floodpits
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Fear of Impostors
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Silent Hallcreeper
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Fear of Sleep Paralysis
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-1%synergy
Mocking Sprite
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Phage the Untouchable
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Academy Wall
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Relic Golem
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Excavated Wall
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Drowner Initiate
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Lupine Prototype
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Negate
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
12%synergy
Murder
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
37%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
41%synergy
Go for the Throat
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Soul Manipulation
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
31%synergy
Thought Collapse
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Redirect
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Thought Scour
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
27%synergy
Visions of Beyond
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Crypt Incursion
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Into the Story
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Frantic Search
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Doom Blade
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Dispel
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Opt
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Aetherize
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Didn't Say Please
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Archive Trap
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Hero's Downfall
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Psychic Rebuttal
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Fated Return
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
See Double
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Recoil
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Shred Memory
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Malicious Affliction
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Cut Down
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Memory Plunder
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Countermand
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Ancient Excavation
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Aetherspouts
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Mystical Dispute
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Dissipate
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Dismiss
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Countersquall
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Reality Shift
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-3%synergy
Intellectual Offering
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Cancel
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Perplex
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Engulf the Shore
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Spoils of Evil
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Tyrant's Scorn
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Rewind
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Memory Lapse
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Grim Return
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Mission Briefing
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Curtains' Call
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Drown in Dreams
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Dream Twist
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Test of Talents
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Induce Paranoia
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Sorceries
Pilfered Plans
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
42%synergy
Singularity Rupture
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
28%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
27%synergy
Read the Bones
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
29%synergy
Whispering Madness
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Mind Grind
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
28%synergy
Decree of Pain
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
23%synergy
Ponder
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Mind Sculpt
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Feed the Swarm
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-14%synergy
Night's Whisper
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Deadly Tempest
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Sign in Blood
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Strategic Betrayal
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Windfall
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-3%synergy
Life's Finale
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Divination
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Spelltwine
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Forever Young
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Telemin Performance
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Tome Scour
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Cut Your Losses
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Curse of the Swine
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Serum Visions
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Deep Analysis
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Dread Summons
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Compelling Argument
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Ruinous Path
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Resourceful Return
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Talent of the Telepath
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Syphon Mind
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Preordain
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Aether Gale
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Stupor
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Thassa's Bounty
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Dark Deal
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Consult the Necrosages
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Mind Funeral
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Sadistic Sacrament
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
2%synergy
Extract from Darkness
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Notion Rain
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Water Crystal
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
41%synergy
Mindcrank
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Keening Stone
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Crawlspace
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Profane Memento
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
15%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-3%synergy
Armillary Sphere
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Weathered Runestone
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Silent Gravestone
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Folio of Fancies
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Explorer's Scope
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Conjurer's Closet
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Trepanation Blade
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Venser's Journal
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
41%synergy
Propaganda
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
28%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
31%synergy
Freed from the Real
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Court of Cunning
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Dictate of Kruphix
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Stay Hidden, Stay Silent
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Unable to Scream
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Nowhere to Run
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Shadow of the Second Sun
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Utter Insignificance
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Amphibian Downpour
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Slow Motion
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Intruder Alarm
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Underworld Connections
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Mechanized Production
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Compulsion
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Followed Footsteps
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Metallurgic Summonings
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Copy Enchantment
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Mystic Remora
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-5%synergy
Witness Protection
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Web of Inertia
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Jace's Erasure
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Drowned Secrets
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, the Perfected Mind
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Tezzeret, Master of Metal
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Utility Lands
Reliquary Tower
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Bojuka Bog
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-6%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
24%synergy
Coral Atoll
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Halimar Depths
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Temple of the False God
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
12%synergy
Everglades
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Arid Archway
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Vault of Whispers
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Dreadship Reef
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-6%synergy
Blighted Cataract
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Witch's Cottage
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Restless Reef
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Crawling Barrens
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Rogue's Passage
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-16%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion9 decks9 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Signet
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Commander's Sphere
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
27%synergy
Arcane Signet
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
-40%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
44%synergy
Thought Vessel
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
13%synergy
Dimir Locket
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
31%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-25%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
14%synergy
Sky Diamond
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
14%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Worn Powerstone
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Coalition Relic
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Mistvein Borderpost
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Stonespeaker Crystal
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Manalith
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Midnight Clock
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion9 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Island
100%inclusion9 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
27%synergy
Evolving Wilds
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
50%synergy
Choked Estuary
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Dismal Backwater
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
40%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
50%synergy
Sunken Hollow
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
-10%synergy
Command Tower
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
-43%synergy
Myriad Landscape
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Temple of Deceit
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-3%synergy
Soured Springs
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
15%synergy
Warped Landscape
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Salt Marsh
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Valgavoth's Lair
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-9%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-14%synergy
Fetid Pools
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-5%synergy
Ice Tunnel
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Esper Panorama
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Grixis Panorama
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Darkslick Shores
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-3%synergy
Opal Palace
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Sea Gate
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
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