Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Budget Core

Phenax, God of Deception
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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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Wall of Frost
73%inclusion58 decks80 decks
71%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
73%inclusion58 decks80 decks
70%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
71%inclusion57 decks80 decks
69%synergy
Consuming Aberration
76%inclusion61 decks80 decks
61%synergy
Nighthowler
65%inclusion52 decks80 decks
59%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
60%inclusion48 decks80 decks
59%synergy
Psychic Strike
59%inclusion47 decks80 decks
56%synergy
Glacial Wall
55%inclusion44 decks80 decks
55%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
59%inclusion47 decks80 decks
53%synergy
Manic Scribe
53%inclusion42 decks80 decks
51%synergy
Top Cards
Bonehoard
53%inclusion42 decks80 decks
51%synergy
Thought Collapse
51%inclusion41 decks80 decks
48%synergy
Negate
51%inclusion41 decks80 decks
19%synergy
Didn't Say Please
50%inclusion40 decks80 decks
45%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
49%inclusion39 decks80 decks
48%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
48%inclusion38 decks80 decks
46%synergy
Hover Barrier
46%inclusion37 decks80 decks
45%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
44%inclusion35 decks80 decks
39%synergy
Extract from Darkness
44%inclusion35 decks80 decks
36%synergy
Pilfered Plans
44%inclusion35 decks80 decks
41%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
6.3%inclusion5 decks80 decks
-5%synergy
Creatures
Aegis Turtle
43%inclusion34 decks80 decks
42%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
41%inclusion33 decks80 decks
41%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
40%inclusion32 decks80 decks
38%synergy
Wall of Runes
39%inclusion31 decks80 decks
38%synergy
Ruin Crab
39%inclusion31 decks80 decks
30%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
38%inclusion30 decks80 decks
25%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
38%inclusion30 decks80 decks
33%synergy
Fleet Swallower
35%inclusion28 decks80 decks
32%synergy
Mortivore
34%inclusion27 decks80 decks
32%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
31%inclusion25 decks80 decks
31%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
31%inclusion25 decks80 decks
28%synergy
Undead Alchemist
30%inclusion24 decks80 decks
28%synergy
Fog Bank
30%inclusion24 decks80 decks
29%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
30%inclusion24 decks80 decks
30%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
30%inclusion24 decks80 decks
29%synergy
The Ancient One
29%inclusion23 decks80 decks
25%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
29%inclusion23 decks80 decks
28%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
28%inclusion22 decks80 decks
24%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
23%inclusion18 decks80 decks
22%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
23%inclusion18 decks80 decks
21%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
21%inclusion17 decks80 decks
21%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
21%inclusion17 decks80 decks
20%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
21%inclusion17 decks80 decks
21%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
21%inclusion10 decks48 decks
20%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
20%inclusion16 decks80 decks
12%synergy
Wall of Mist
20%inclusion16 decks80 decks
20%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
19%inclusion15 decks80 decks
18%synergy
Guiltfeeder
18%inclusion14 decks80 decks
13%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
16%inclusion13 decks80 decks
16%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
16%inclusion13 decks80 decks
16%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
15%inclusion10 decks66 decks
14%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
15%inclusion12 decks80 decks
11%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
14%inclusion11 decks80 decks
12%synergy
Tymaret, Chosen from Death
14%inclusion11 decks80 decks
14%synergy
Siren of the Silent Song
14%inclusion11 decks80 decks
13%synergy
Monastery Flock
14%inclusion11 decks80 decks
14%synergy
The Mindskinner
13%inclusion10 decks79 decks
6%synergy
Imperious Mindbreaker
13%inclusion10 decks80 decks
12%synergy
Catapult Fodder
13%inclusion10 decks80 decks
12%synergy
Wall of Air
13%inclusion10 decks80 decks
12%synergy
Riptide Turtle
13%inclusion10 decks80 decks
12%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
11%inclusion9 decks80 decks
11%synergy
Coral Colony
11%inclusion9 decks80 decks
11%synergy
Shadow Kin
11%inclusion9 decks80 decks
9%synergy
Orysa, Tide Choreographer
11%inclusion2 decks18 decks
11%synergy
Academy Wall
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
10%synergy
Tree of Perdition
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
8%synergy
Relic Golem
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
10%synergy
Wall of Junk
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
10%synergy
Moaning Wall
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Into the Story
43%inclusion34 decks80 decks
41%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
40%inclusion32 decks80 decks
36%synergy
Drown in the Loch
34%inclusion27 decks80 decks
16%synergy
Murder
25%inclusion20 decks80 decks
18%synergy
Thought Scour
24%inclusion19 decks80 decks
17%synergy
Crypt Incursion
24%inclusion19 decks80 decks
22%synergy
Aetherize
23%inclusion18 decks80 decks
11%synergy
Counterspell
23%inclusion18 decks80 decks
-34%synergy
Fact or Fiction
21%inclusion17 decks80 decks
12%synergy
Drown in Dreams
18%inclusion14 decks80 decks
13%synergy
Countermand
16%inclusion13 decks80 decks
16%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
15%inclusion12 decks80 decks
13%synergy
Brainstorm
15%inclusion12 decks80 decks
-14%synergy
Intellectual Offering
14%inclusion11 decks80 decks
14%synergy
Soul Manipulation
13%inclusion10 decks80 decks
10%synergy
Doom Blade
13%inclusion10 decks80 decks
10%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion10 decks80 decks
1%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
9%synergy
Reality Shift
11%inclusion9 decks80 decks
-2%synergy
Cancel
11%inclusion9 decks80 decks
9%synergy
Winds of Rebuke
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
9%synergy
Archive Trap
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
8%synergy
Induce Paranoia
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
10%synergy
GO FOR THE THROAT
8.8%inclusion7 decks80 decks
-7%synergy
Dimir Charm
8.8%inclusion7 decks80 decks
7%synergy
Psychic Spiral
8.8%inclusion7 decks80 decks
8%synergy
Perplex
8.8%inclusion7 decks80 decks
6%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
8.8%inclusion7 decks80 decks
8%synergy
Hero's Downfall
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
4%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
-25%synergy
Careful Consideration
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
7%synergy
Memory Plunder
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
2%synergy
Triton Tactics
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
7%synergy
Infernal Grasp
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
-8%synergy
Memory Lapse
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
5%synergy
Dream Twist
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
7%synergy
Essence Scatter
6.3%inclusion5 decks80 decks
4%synergy
Countersquall
6.3%inclusion5 decks80 decks
-0%synergy
Mana Leak
6.3%inclusion5 decks80 decks
4%synergy
Cast Down
6.3%inclusion5 decks80 decks
5%synergy
Refute
5.8%inclusion4 decks69 decks
4%synergy
Banishing Betrayal
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Withering Torment
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
-11%synergy
Thirst for Discovery
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
4%synergy
Price of Fame
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
0%synergy
Anticognition
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
5%synergy
Aetherspouts
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
3%synergy
Dark Ritual
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
-32%synergy
Opt
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
-6%synergy
Cackling Counterpart
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
3%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
34%inclusion27 decks80 decks
29%synergy
Cut Your Losses
33%inclusion26 decks80 decks
29%synergy
Singularity Rupture
31%inclusion8 decks26 decks
18%synergy
Treasure Cruise
30%inclusion24 decks80 decks
22%synergy
Fractured Sanity
29%inclusion23 decks80 decks
19%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
23%inclusion18 decks80 decks
16%synergy
Feed the Swarm
20%inclusion16 decks80 decks
-15%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
20%inclusion16 decks80 decks
9%synergy
Mind Sculpt
19%inclusion15 decks80 decks
18%synergy
Read the Bones
16%inclusion13 decks80 decks
12%synergy
Whispering Madness
16%inclusion13 decks80 decks
13%synergy
Sign in Blood
14%inclusion11 decks80 decks
8%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
13%inclusion10 decks80 decks
12%synergy
Mind Grind
13%inclusion10 decks80 decks
7%synergy
Tome Scour
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
9%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
5%synergy
Mind Funeral
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
7%synergy
Ravenform
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
8%synergy
Compulsive Research
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
9%synergy
Eldritch Pact
8.8%inclusion7 decks80 decks
8%synergy
Bond of Insight
8.8%inclusion7 decks80 decks
8%synergy
Notion Rain
8.8%inclusion7 decks80 decks
6%synergy
Dream Harvest
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Concentrate
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
7%synergy
Psychic Drain
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
7%synergy
Aether Gale
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
7%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
6.3%inclusion5 decks80 decks
6%synergy
Coerced Confession
6.3%inclusion5 decks80 decks
6%synergy
Hex
6.3%inclusion5 decks80 decks
5%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
6.3%inclusion5 decks80 decks
2%synergy
Dreadwaters
6.3%inclusion5 decks80 decks
6%synergy
Languish
6.3%inclusion5 decks80 decks
6%synergy
Deadly Cover-Up
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
5%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
3%synergy
Rise from the Grave
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
4%synergy
Compelling Argument
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
5%synergy
Startled Awake
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
4%synergy
Memory Sluice
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
5%synergy
Preordain
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
-5%synergy
Seize the Secrets
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
5%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
-0%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Keening Stone
38%inclusion30 decks80 decks
36%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
19%inclusion15 decks80 decks
6%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
18%inclusion14 decks80 decks
16%synergy
Mindcrank
15%inclusion12 decks80 decks
3%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
14%inclusion11 decks80 decks
14%synergy
The Water Crystal
11%inclusion4 decks35 decks
2%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
7%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
8%synergy
Folio of Fancies
8.8%inclusion7 decks80 decks
8%synergy
Profane Memento
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
7%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
-17%synergy
Millstone
6.3%inclusion5 decks80 decks
6%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
6.3%inclusion5 decks80 decks
5%synergy
Sands of Delirium
6.3%inclusion5 decks80 decks
6%synergy
Sentinel Totem
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
5%synergy
Codex Shredder
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
3%synergy
Trepanation Blade
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
40%inclusion32 decks80 decks
36%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
35%inclusion28 decks80 decks
34%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
30%inclusion24 decks80 decks
28%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
18%inclusion14 decks80 decks
11%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
15%inclusion12 decks80 decks
12%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
14%inclusion11 decks80 decks
12%synergy
Drowned Secrets
13%inclusion10 decks80 decks
12%synergy
Jace's Erasure
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
9%synergy
Propaganda
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
-8%synergy
Court of Cunning
8.8%inclusion7 decks80 decks
3%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
8.8%inclusion7 decks80 decks
8%synergy
Death's Approach
8.8%inclusion7 decks80 decks
9%synergy
Freed from the Real
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
7%synergy
Intruder Alarm
6.3%inclusion5 decks80 decks
5%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
4%synergy
Unable to Scream
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
4%synergy
Lost in the Maze
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
5%synergy
Eaten by Piranhas
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
3%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
-8%synergy
Memory Erosion
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
1%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
21%inclusion17 decks80 decks
15%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
13%inclusion10 decks80 decks
11%synergy
Jace Beleren
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
7%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
6.3%inclusion5 decks80 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
39%inclusion31 decks80 decks
30%synergy
Bojuka Bog
15%inclusion12 decks80 decks
-24%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
14%inclusion11 decks80 decks
11%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
13%inclusion10 decks80 decks
11%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
11%inclusion9 decks80 decks
9%synergy
Mortuary Mire
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
3%synergy
Temple of the False God
8.8%inclusion7 decks80 decks
-0%synergy
Dreadship Reef
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
6%synergy
Barren Moor
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
5%synergy
Desert of the Mindful
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
7%synergy
RELIQUARY TOWER
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
-28%synergy
Rogue's Passage
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
-19%synergy
Ipnu Rivulet
6.3%inclusion5 decks80 decks
6%synergy
Restless Reef
6.3%inclusion5 decks80 decks
0%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
-3%synergy
Halimar Depths
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
-1%synergy
Field of Ruin
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
60%inclusion48 decks80 decks
-24%synergy
Sol Ring
57%inclusion46 decks80 decks
-30%synergy
Dimir Signet
56%inclusion45 decks80 decks
-2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
46%inclusion37 decks80 decks
30%synergy
Mind Stone
38%inclusion30 decks80 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Locket
29%inclusion23 decks80 decks
26%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
20%inclusion16 decks80 decks
12%synergy
Sky Diamond
20%inclusion16 decks80 decks
12%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
20%inclusion16 decks80 decks
-38%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
16%inclusion13 decks80 decks
15%synergy
Worn Powerstone
15%inclusion12 decks80 decks
12%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
13%inclusion10 decks80 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
11%inclusion9 decks80 decks
7%synergy
Fellwar Stone
11%inclusion9 decks80 decks
-20%synergy
Midnight Clock
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
4%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
2%synergy
Prismatic Lens
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
6%synergy
Blitzball
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Honored Heirloom
6.3%inclusion5 decks80 decks
6%synergy
Star Compass
6.3%inclusion5 decks80 decks
6%synergy
Hedron Archive
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
3%synergy
Thought Vessel
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
-26%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion80 decks80 decks
3%synergy
Island
100%inclusion80 decks80 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
69%inclusion55 decks80 decks
-19%synergy
Dismal Backwater
66%inclusion53 decks80 decks
51%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
59%inclusion47 decks80 decks
22%synergy
Temple of Deceit
54%inclusion43 decks80 decks
19%synergy
Sunken Hollow
51%inclusion41 decks80 decks
-14%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
49%inclusion39 decks80 decks
42%synergy
Choked Estuary
44%inclusion35 decks80 decks
-3%synergy
Evolving Wilds
40%inclusion32 decks80 decks
24%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
35%inclusion28 decks80 decks
-4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
33%inclusion26 decks80 decks
22%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
28%inclusion22 decks80 decks
23%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
26%inclusion21 decks80 decks
21%synergy
Myriad Landscape
19%inclusion15 decks80 decks
-1%synergy
Fetid Pools
19%inclusion15 decks80 decks
3%synergy
Tainted Isle
18%inclusion14 decks80 decks
-27%synergy
A.I.M. Labs
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Waterfront District
15%inclusion12 decks80 decks
12%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
13%inclusion10 decks80 decks
-43%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion10 decks80 decks
1%synergy
Exotic Orchard
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
-22%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
4%synergy
Path of Ancestry
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
-17%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
4%synergy
River of Tears
8.8%inclusion7 decks80 decks
-1%synergy
Soured Springs
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
5%synergy
Port of Karfell
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
2%synergy
Salt Marsh
6.3%inclusion5 decks80 decks
5%synergy
Ice Tunnel
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
1%synergy
Warped Landscape
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
5%synergy
Underground River
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
-36%synergy
Watery Grave
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
-44%synergy
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