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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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Honest Work
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Wall of Frost
77%inclusion73 decks95 decks
75%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
74%inclusion70 decks95 decks
72%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
72%inclusion68 decks95 decks
69%synergy
Consuming Aberration
79%inclusion75 decks95 decks
64%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
64%inclusion61 decks95 decks
63%synergy
Nighthowler
67%inclusion64 decks95 decks
61%synergy
Manic Scribe
56%inclusion53 decks95 decks
55%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
60%inclusion57 decks95 decks
54%synergy
Psychic Strike
57%inclusion54 decks95 decks
54%synergy
Bonehoard
54%inclusion51 decks95 decks
52%synergy
Top Cards
Negate
57%inclusion54 decks95 decks
24%synergy
Thought Collapse
53%inclusion50 decks95 decks
50%synergy
Didn't Say Please
53%inclusion50 decks95 decks
48%synergy
Hover Barrier
52%inclusion49 decks95 decks
51%synergy
Glacial Wall
49%inclusion47 decks95 decks
49%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
49%inclusion47 decks95 decks
48%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
48%inclusion46 decks95 decks
44%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
47%inclusion45 decks95 decks
46%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
47%inclusion45 decks95 decks
44%synergy
Pilfered Plans
46%inclusion44 decks95 decks
44%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
-5%synergy
Creatures
Ruin Crab
45%inclusion43 decks95 decks
37%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
44%inclusion42 decks95 decks
44%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
43%inclusion41 decks95 decks
30%synergy
Wall of Runes
41%inclusion39 decks95 decks
41%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
40%inclusion38 decks95 decks
35%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
38%inclusion31 decks81 decks
38%synergy
Aegis Turtle
38%inclusion36 decks95 decks
37%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
37%inclusion35 decks95 decks
35%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
36%inclusion34 decks95 decks
35%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
35%inclusion33 decks95 decks
34%synergy
Fog Bank
34%inclusion32 decks95 decks
33%synergy
Fleet Swallower
33%inclusion31 decks95 decks
30%synergy
Mortivore
33%inclusion31 decks95 decks
31%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
33%inclusion31 decks95 decks
30%synergy
The Ancient One
32%inclusion30 decks95 decks
28%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
32%inclusion30 decks95 decks
31%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
31%inclusion29 decks95 decks
27%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
29%inclusion28 decks95 decks
29%synergy
Undead Alchemist
28%inclusion27 decks95 decks
26%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
28%inclusion24 decks85 decks
27%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
24%inclusion9 decks37 decks
23%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
21%inclusion20 decks95 decks
21%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
21%inclusion20 decks95 decks
13%synergy
Guiltfeeder
21%inclusion20 decks95 decks
16%synergy
Wall of Mist
21%inclusion20 decks95 decks
21%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
20%inclusion19 decks95 decks
19%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
19%inclusion11 decks57 decks
18%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
19%inclusion18 decks95 decks
19%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
16%inclusion15 decks95 decks
16%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
16%inclusion15 decks95 decks
15%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
16%inclusion15 decks95 decks
12%synergy
Academy Wall
16%inclusion15 decks95 decks
16%synergy
Riptide Turtle
15%inclusion14 decks95 decks
15%synergy
Coral Colony
15%inclusion14 decks95 decks
15%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
15%inclusion14 decks95 decks
14%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
14%synergy
The Mindskinner
14%inclusion10 decks71 decks
7%synergy
Wall of Air
14%inclusion13 decks95 decks
14%synergy
Siren of the Silent Song
14%inclusion13 decks95 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Junk
13%inclusion12 decks95 decks
12%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
13%inclusion12 decks95 decks
12%synergy
Shadow Kin
13%inclusion12 decks95 decks
10%synergy
Vantress Gargoyle
13%inclusion12 decks95 decks
12%synergy
Monastery Flock
12%inclusion11 decks95 decks
12%synergy
Doorkeeper
12%inclusion11 decks95 decks
11%synergy
Tymaret, Chosen from Death
11%inclusion10 decks95 decks
10%synergy
Moaning Wall
9.5%inclusion9 decks95 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
9.5%inclusion9 decks95 decks
8%synergy
Catapult Fodder
9.5%inclusion9 decks95 decks
9%synergy
Szadek, Lord of Secrets
9.5%inclusion9 decks95 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Into the Story
39%inclusion37 decks95 decks
37%synergy
Drown in the Loch
36%inclusion34 decks95 decks
17%synergy
Crypt Incursion
34%inclusion32 decks95 decks
32%synergy
Counterspell
28%inclusion27 decks95 decks
-27%synergy
Aetherize
27%inclusion26 decks95 decks
17%synergy
Thought Scour
26%inclusion25 decks95 decks
20%synergy
Murder
24%inclusion23 decks95 decks
16%synergy
Fact or Fiction
19%inclusion18 decks95 decks
9%synergy
Doom Blade
19%inclusion18 decks95 decks
16%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
15%inclusion14 decks95 decks
13%synergy
Drown in Dreams
15%inclusion14 decks95 decks
10%synergy
Brainstorm
14%inclusion13 decks95 decks
-17%synergy
Intellectual Offering
14%inclusion13 decks95 decks
13%synergy
Countermand
14%inclusion13 decks95 decks
13%synergy
Reality Shift
14%inclusion13 decks95 decks
0%synergy
Induce Paranoia
14%inclusion13 decks95 decks
13%synergy
Cancel
13%inclusion12 decks95 decks
10%synergy
Go for the Throat
13%inclusion12 decks95 decks
-4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12%inclusion10 decks81 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Charm
12%inclusion11 decks95 decks
10%synergy
Psychic Spiral
12%inclusion11 decks95 decks
11%synergy
Mana Leak
12%inclusion11 decks95 decks
9%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
11%inclusion8 decks71 decks
9%synergy
Soul Manipulation
11%inclusion10 decks95 decks
8%synergy
Archive Trap
9.5%inclusion9 decks95 decks
8%synergy
Memory Plunder
9.5%inclusion9 decks95 decks
3%synergy
Hero's Downfall
9.5%inclusion9 decks95 decks
6%synergy
Winds of Rebuke
8.4%inclusion8 decks95 decks
7%synergy
Triton Tactics
8.4%inclusion8 decks95 decks
8%synergy
Opt
8.4%inclusion8 decks95 decks
-3%synergy
Essence Scatter
7.4%inclusion7 decks95 decks
6%synergy
Resculpt
7.4%inclusion7 decks95 decks
0%synergy
Perplex
7.4%inclusion7 decks95 decks
5%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
7.4%inclusion7 decks95 decks
6%synergy
Dream Twist
7.4%inclusion7 decks95 decks
7%synergy
Memory Lapse
7.4%inclusion7 decks95 decks
5%synergy
Withering Torment
7.0%inclusion5 decks71 decks
-9%synergy
Terror
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
6%synergy
Dig Through Time
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
-4%synergy
Swallowed by Leviathan
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
4%synergy
Dissolve
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
5%synergy
Infernal Grasp
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
-11%synergy
Expel from Orazca
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
5%synergy
Dispel
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
-1%synergy
Careful Consideration
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
5%synergy
Anticognition
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Singularity Rupture
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
34%synergy
Extract from Darkness
38%inclusion36 decks95 decks
30%synergy
Cut Your Losses
36%inclusion34 decks95 decks
32%synergy
Traumatize
34%inclusion32 decks95 decks
29%synergy
Treasure Cruise
34%inclusion32 decks95 decks
25%synergy
Fractured Sanity
33%inclusion31 decks95 decks
23%synergy
Feed the Swarm
23%inclusion22 decks95 decks
-13%synergy
Whispering Madness
20%inclusion19 decks95 decks
17%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
20%inclusion19 decks95 decks
13%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
20%inclusion19 decks95 decks
9%synergy
Mind Sculpt
18%inclusion17 decks95 decks
17%synergy
Read the Bones
18%inclusion17 decks95 decks
14%synergy
Tome Scour
14%inclusion13 decks95 decks
13%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
13%inclusion12 decks95 decks
12%synergy
Mind Grind
13%inclusion12 decks95 decks
7%synergy
Mind Funeral
12%inclusion11 decks95 decks
9%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
12%inclusion11 decks95 decks
7%synergy
Bond of Insight
9.5%inclusion9 decks95 decks
9%synergy
Sign in Blood
9.5%inclusion9 decks95 decks
3%synergy
Languish
9.5%inclusion9 decks95 decks
9%synergy
Psychic Drain
8.4%inclusion8 decks95 decks
8%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
8.4%inclusion8 decks95 decks
3%synergy
Ravenform
8.4%inclusion8 decks95 decks
5%synergy
Coerced Confession
8.4%inclusion8 decks95 decks
8%synergy
Seize the Secrets
8.2%inclusion7 decks85 decks
8%synergy
Divination
7.4%inclusion7 decks95 decks
7%synergy
Dread Summons
7.4%inclusion7 decks95 decks
4%synergy
Aether Gale
7.4%inclusion7 decks95 decks
6%synergy
Notion Rain
7.4%inclusion7 decks95 decks
4%synergy
Eldritch Pact
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
6%synergy
Dreadwaters
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
6%synergy
Compulsive Research
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
6%synergy
Preordain
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
-4%synergy
Fell
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
3%synergy
Compelling Argument
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
5%synergy
Startled Awake
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
5%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
0%synergy
Fascination
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
5%synergy
Concentrate
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
5%synergy
Increasing Confusion
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
5%synergy
Memory Sluice
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Keening Stone
36%inclusion34 decks95 decks
35%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
18%inclusion17 decks95 decks
16%synergy
Mindcrank
18%inclusion17 decks95 decks
6%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
13%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
16%inclusion15 decks95 decks
2%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
16%inclusion15 decks95 decks
16%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
11%inclusion10 decks95 decks
-14%synergy
Folio of Fancies
11%inclusion10 decks95 decks
10%synergy
Profane Memento
11%inclusion10 decks95 decks
10%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
8.4%inclusion8 decks95 decks
6%synergy
Codex Shredder
7.4%inclusion7 decks95 decks
6%synergy
Millstone
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
6%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
5%synergy
Trepanation Blade
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
5%synergy
Sands of Delirium
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
6%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
40%inclusion38 decks95 decks
36%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
35%inclusion33 decks95 decks
33%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
35%inclusion33 decks95 decks
34%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
16%inclusion15 decks95 decks
13%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
15%inclusion14 decks95 decks
8%synergy
Drowned Secrets
15%inclusion14 decks95 decks
14%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
14%inclusion13 decks95 decks
12%synergy
Jace's Erasure
12%inclusion11 decks95 decks
11%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
12%inclusion11 decks95 decks
11%synergy
Freed from the Real
9.5%inclusion9 decks95 decks
9%synergy
Court of Cunning
9.5%inclusion9 decks95 decks
3%synergy
Propaganda
9.5%inclusion9 decks95 decks
-7%synergy
Intruder Alarm
7.4%inclusion7 decks95 decks
6%synergy
Intimidation Campaign
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
7%synergy
Lost in the Maze
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Eaten by Piranhas
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
4%synergy
Memory Erosion
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
2%synergy
Death's Approach
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
6%synergy
Curse of Unbinding
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
5%synergy
Chronic Flooding
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
5%synergy
Witness Protection
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
3%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
-8%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
17%inclusion16 decks95 decks
11%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
11%inclusion10 decks95 decks
8%synergy
Jace Beleren
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
37%inclusion35 decks95 decks
28%synergy
Bojuka Bog
18%inclusion17 decks95 decks
-21%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
14%inclusion13 decks95 decks
12%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
12%inclusion11 decks95 decks
9%synergy
Mortuary Mire
12%inclusion11 decks95 decks
3%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
11%inclusion10 decks95 decks
8%synergy
Restless Reef
9.5%inclusion9 decks95 decks
2%synergy
Rogue's Passage
9.5%inclusion9 decks95 decks
-18%synergy
Temple of the False God
8.4%inclusion8 decks95 decks
-2%synergy
Barren Moor
7.4%inclusion7 decks95 decks
5%synergy
Dreadship Reef
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
5%synergy
Ipnu Rivulet
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
6%synergy
Desert of the Mindful
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
6%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
-12%synergy
Reliquary Tower
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
-31%synergy
Field of Ruin
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
63%inclusion60 decks95 decks
-25%synergy
Arcane Signet
58%inclusion55 decks95 decks
-26%synergy
Dimir Signet
58%inclusion55 decks95 decks
-3%synergy
Commander's Sphere
42%inclusion40 decks95 decks
24%synergy
Mind Stone
36%inclusion34 decks95 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Locket
29%inclusion28 decks95 decks
27%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
23%inclusion22 decks95 decks
-36%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
18%inclusion17 decks95 decks
9%synergy
Sky Diamond
18%inclusion17 decks95 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
17%inclusion16 decks95 decks
15%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
16%inclusion15 decks95 decks
10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
16%inclusion15 decks95 decks
-15%synergy
Worn Powerstone
12%inclusion11 decks95 decks
8%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
8.4%inclusion8 decks95 decks
8%synergy
Midnight Clock
8.4%inclusion8 decks95 decks
1%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
7.4%inclusion7 decks95 decks
7%synergy
Prismatic Lens
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Island
100%inclusion95 decks95 decks
3%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion95 decks95 decks
4%synergy
Command Tower
69%inclusion66 decks95 decks
-18%synergy
Dismal Backwater
67%inclusion64 decks95 decks
51%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
58%inclusion55 decks95 decks
18%synergy
Temple of Deceit
54%inclusion51 decks95 decks
17%synergy
Sunken Hollow
51%inclusion48 decks95 decks
-15%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
47%inclusion45 decks95 decks
41%synergy
Choked Estuary
42%inclusion40 decks95 decks
-6%synergy
Evolving Wilds
40%inclusion38 decks95 decks
23%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
36%inclusion34 decks95 decks
-4%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
28%inclusion27 decks95 decks
23%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
27%inclusion26 decks95 decks
16%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
25%inclusion24 decks95 decks
21%synergy
Tainted Isle
22%inclusion21 decks95 decks
-22%synergy
Waterfront District
17%inclusion16 decks95 decks
14%synergy
Myriad Landscape
17%inclusion16 decks95 decks
-6%synergy
Fetid Pools
14%inclusion13 decks95 decks
-3%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12%inclusion10 decks81 decks
1%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
11%inclusion10 decks95 decks
-42%synergy
Exotic Orchard
9.5%inclusion9 decks95 decks
-24%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
9.5%inclusion9 decks95 decks
5%synergy
River of Tears
8.4%inclusion8 decks95 decks
-2%synergy
Soured Springs
8.2%inclusion7 decks85 decks
5%synergy
Path of Ancestry
7.4%inclusion7 decks95 decks
-21%synergy
Port of Karfell
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
-1%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
6.3%inclusion6 decks95 decks
0%synergy
Ice Tunnel
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
0%synergy
Watery Grave
5.3%inclusion5 decks95 decks
-41%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
-3%synergy
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