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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
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
5%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Wall of Frost
79%inclusion74 decks94 decks
77%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
77%inclusion72 decks94 decks
74%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
70%inclusion66 decks94 decks
68%synergy
Consuming Aberration
78%inclusion73 decks94 decks
63%synergy
Nighthowler
68%inclusion64 decks94 decks
62%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
63%inclusion59 decks94 decks
62%synergy
Psychic Strike
61%inclusion57 decks94 decks
58%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
62%inclusion58 decks94 decks
56%synergy
Bonehoard
55%inclusion52 decks94 decks
53%synergy
Manic Scribe
54%inclusion51 decks94 decks
53%synergy
Top Cards
Negate
57%inclusion54 decks94 decks
25%synergy
Didn't Say Please
53%inclusion50 decks94 decks
48%synergy
Thought Collapse
53%inclusion50 decks94 decks
50%synergy
Glacial Wall
52%inclusion49 decks94 decks
52%synergy
Hover Barrier
52%inclusion49 decks94 decks
51%synergy
Singularity Rupture
50%inclusion6 decks12 decks
38%synergy
Pilfered Plans
48%inclusion45 decks94 decks
45%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
48%inclusion45 decks94 decks
44%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
48%inclusion45 decks94 decks
43%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
48%inclusion45 decks94 decks
46%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-5%synergy
Creatures
Ruin Crab
47%inclusion44 decks94 decks
38%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
47%inclusion44 decks94 decks
46%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
46%inclusion43 decks94 decks
45%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
44%inclusion41 decks94 decks
30%synergy
Wall of Runes
43%inclusion40 decks94 decks
42%synergy
Aegis Turtle
40%inclusion38 decks94 decks
40%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
39%inclusion32 decks83 decks
38%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
37%inclusion35 decks94 decks
32%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
35%inclusion33 decks94 decks
34%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
35%inclusion33 decks94 decks
35%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
35%inclusion33 decks94 decks
33%synergy
Mortivore
34%inclusion32 decks94 decks
33%synergy
Fog Bank
33%inclusion31 decks94 decks
32%synergy
The Ancient One
33%inclusion31 decks94 decks
30%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
33%inclusion31 decks94 decks
33%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
31%inclusion29 decks94 decks
28%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
29%inclusion25 decks87 decks
28%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
29%inclusion27 decks94 decks
28%synergy
Fleet Swallower
29%inclusion27 decks94 decks
26%synergy
Undead Alchemist
28%inclusion26 decks94 decks
25%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
28%inclusion26 decks94 decks
24%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
27%inclusion11 decks41 decks
26%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
22%inclusion21 decks94 decks
22%synergy
Wall of Mist
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
21%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
20%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
20%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
20%inclusion12 decks61 decks
19%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
18%synergy
Guiltfeeder
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Academy Wall
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
17%synergy
Wall of Junk
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
16%synergy
Coral Colony
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
16%synergy
Riptide Turtle
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
16%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
13%synergy
Monastery Flock
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Air
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Shadow Kin
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Siren of the Silent Song
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Vantress Gargoyle
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
12%synergy
The Mindskinner
12%inclusion9 decks73 decks
5%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
11%synergy
Doorkeeper
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Tree of Perdition
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Tymaret, Chosen from Death
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Hedron Crab
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Instants
Into the Story
39%inclusion37 decks94 decks
38%synergy
Drown in the Loch
38%inclusion36 decks94 decks
20%synergy
Crypt Incursion
33%inclusion31 decks94 decks
31%synergy
Aetherize
30%inclusion28 decks94 decks
19%synergy
Counterspell
29%inclusion27 decks94 decks
-27%synergy
Thought Scour
27%inclusion25 decks94 decks
20%synergy
Murder
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Fact or Fiction
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Doom Blade
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Intellectual Offering
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
16%synergy
Drown in Dreams
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
11%synergy
Countermand
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Brainstorm
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
-17%synergy
Cancel
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Go for the Throat
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
-3%synergy
Reality Shift
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
-1%synergy
Induce Paranoia
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
12%inclusion9 decks73 decks
10%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12%inclusion10 decks83 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Charm
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Mana Leak
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Psychic Spiral
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Soul Manipulation
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Hero's Downfall
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Archive Trap
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Memory Plunder
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Dig Through Time
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
-2%synergy
Opt
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
-3%synergy
Winds of Rebuke
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Resculpt
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Dream Twist
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Perplex
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Essence Scatter
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Triton Tactics
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Memory Lapse
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Terror
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-9%synergy
Careful Consideration
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Swallowed by Leviathan
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
4%synergy
Withering Torment
5.5%inclusion4 decks73 decks
-11%synergy
Dark Ritual
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
-30%synergy
Dispel
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
-1%synergy
Expel from Orazca
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Dissolve
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Anticognition
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Extract from Darkness
38%inclusion36 decks94 decks
31%synergy
Treasure Cruise
36%inclusion34 decks94 decks
27%synergy
Cut Your Losses
34%inclusion32 decks94 decks
30%synergy
Fractured Sanity
33%inclusion31 decks94 decks
23%synergy
Traumatize
31%inclusion29 decks94 decks
26%synergy
Feed the Swarm
23%inclusion22 decks94 decks
-12%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
11%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Read the Bones
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Whispering Madness
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Mind Sculpt
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Mind Grind
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Tome Scour
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
11%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Bond of Insight
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Sign in Blood
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Mind Funeral
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Coerced Confession
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
8%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Ravenform
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Languish
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Seize the Secrets
8.0%inclusion7 decks87 decks
8%synergy
Eldritch Pact
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Aether Gale
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Notion Rain
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Divination
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Dreadwaters
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Compulsive Research
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Psychic Drain
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Preordain
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-4%synergy
Fascination
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Dread Summons
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Concentrate
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Fell
5.2%inclusion4 decks77 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Keening Stone
35%inclusion33 decks94 decks
34%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
14%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
17%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Mindcrank
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
2%synergy
The Water Crystal
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
-14%synergy
Profane Memento
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Folio of Fancies
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Codex Shredder
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Millstone
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Sands of Delirium
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Trepanation Blade
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
38%inclusion36 decks94 decks
34%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
35%inclusion33 decks94 decks
33%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
33%inclusion31 decks94 decks
32%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
11%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Drowned Secrets
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
13%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Jace's Erasure
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Freed from the Real
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Propaganda
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
-7%synergy
Court of Cunning
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Intruder Alarm
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Intimidation Campaign
6.9%inclusion6 decks87 decks
7%synergy
Memory Erosion
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Lost in the Maze
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Death's Approach
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Eaten by Piranhas
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-7%synergy
Curse of Unbinding
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Witness Protection
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Chronic Flooding
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Jace Beleren
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
36%inclusion34 decks94 decks
27%synergy
Bojuka Bog
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
-21%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Mortuary Mire
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Restless Reef
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Temple of the False God
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
-1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
-19%synergy
Desert of the Mindful
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Barren Moor
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Ipnu Rivulet
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Reliquary Tower
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
-29%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Dreadship Reef
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
-12%synergy
Field of Ruin
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
63%inclusion59 decks94 decks
-26%synergy
Arcane Signet
61%inclusion57 decks94 decks
-24%synergy
Dimir Signet
56%inclusion53 decks94 decks
-4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
41%inclusion39 decks94 decks
24%synergy
Mind Stone
35%inclusion33 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Locket
28%inclusion26 decks94 decks
25%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
24%inclusion23 decks94 decks
-34%synergy
Sky Diamond
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
11%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
11%synergy
Fellwar Stone
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
-15%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Worn Powerstone
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Midnight Clock
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Prismatic Lens
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Island
100%inclusion94 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion94 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Command Tower
69%inclusion65 decks94 decks
-19%synergy
Dismal Backwater
65%inclusion61 decks94 decks
49%synergy
Temple of Deceit
55%inclusion52 decks94 decks
19%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
55%inclusion52 decks94 decks
16%synergy
Sunken Hollow
53%inclusion50 decks94 decks
-13%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
45%inclusion42 decks94 decks
38%synergy
Evolving Wilds
43%inclusion40 decks94 decks
26%synergy
Choked Estuary
43%inclusion40 decks94 decks
-5%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
37%inclusion35 decks94 decks
-3%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
29%inclusion27 decks94 decks
23%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
29%inclusion27 decks94 decks
17%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
23%inclusion22 decks94 decks
19%synergy
Tainted Isle
22%inclusion21 decks94 decks
-22%synergy
Myriad Landscape
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
-3%synergy
Waterfront District
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Fetid Pools
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
-3%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12%inclusion10 decks83 decks
1%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
-41%synergy
Exotic Orchard
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
-24%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
5%synergy
River of Tears
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
-2%synergy
Soured Springs
8.0%inclusion7 decks87 decks
5%synergy
Port of Karfell
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-21%synergy
Ice Tunnel
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Warped Landscape
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Watery Grave
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
-42%synergy
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