Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Core Combo

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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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Consuming Aberration
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
85%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
84%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
69%synergy
Fleet Swallower
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
69%synergy
Fraying Sanity
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
68%synergy
Traumatize
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
67%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
65%synergy
Ruin Crab
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
63%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
59%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
56%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
54%synergy
Mortivore
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
56%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
55%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
56%synergy
Cut Your Losses
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
53%synergy
The Ancient One
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
54%synergy
Wall of Frost
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
56%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
51%synergy
Mindcrank
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
45%synergy
Creatures
Sewer Nemesis
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
52%synergy
Glamermite
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Nighthowler
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
37%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Hedron Crab
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
37%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
40%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
39%synergy
The Mindskinner
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
26%synergy
Guiltfeeder
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Tree of Perdition
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Silent Arbiter
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Undead Alchemist
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Fog Bank
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Eater of the Dead
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Barrowgoyf
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Hover Barrier
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Gogo, Master of Mimicry
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Starwinder
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Marvin, Murderous Mimic
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Archmage of Runes
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Silent Hallcreeper
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Abhorrent Oculus
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Isleback Spawn
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Academy Wall
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Niblis of the Breath
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
True-Name Nemesis
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Relic Golem
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Xanathar, Guild Kingpin
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Expedition Skulker
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Sphinx of Magosi
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Yixlid Jailer
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Instants
Counterspell
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
1%synergy
Archive Trap
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
55%synergy
Magic Damper
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
49%synergy
Octopus Form
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Psychic Strike
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
40%synergy
Thought Scour
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
36%synergy
Didn't Say Please
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Crypt Incursion
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
41%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-3%synergy
Negate
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-4%synergy
Thought Collapse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Aetherize
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
17%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Visions of Beyond
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Drown in Dreams
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Fight On!
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Hero's Downfall
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Fated Return
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Ephara's Dispersal
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Go for the Throat
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Dive Down
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Pharika's Libation
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Brainstorm
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-16%synergy
Songs of the Damned
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Brain Freeze
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Slice from the Shadows
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Doom Blade
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Countersquall
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Arcane Denial
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-12%synergy
Sink into Stupor
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-1%synergy
Shelob's Ambush
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Shore Up
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Spell Pierce
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Deal Gone Bad
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Tragic Slip
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Sorceries
Fractured Sanity
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
48%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
47%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
47%synergy
Mind Grind
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Mind Sculpt
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Deadly Tempest
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Sign in Blood
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Mind Funeral
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Extract from Darkness
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Singularity Rupture
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
12%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Windfall
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
1%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Life's Finale
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Increasing Confusion
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Victimize
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
0%synergy
Feed the Swarm
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-21%synergy
Dread Summons
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Enter the God-Eternals
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Whispering Madness
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Decree of Pain
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Ancestral Vision
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Startled Awake
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Reanimate
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-10%synergy
Syphon Mind
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Toxic Deluge
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-11%synergy
Pilfered Plans
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Grim Discovery
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Raise Dead
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Damnation
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Keening Stone
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Bonehoard
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Grindstone
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
The Water Crystal
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
16%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
The Millennium Calendar
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Folio of Fancies
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Magewright's Stone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Explorer's Scope
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Cathar's Shield
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Jet Medallion
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Altar of the Brood
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Profane Memento
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-10%synergy
Lightning Greaves
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-13%synergy
Isochron Scepter
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Quicksilver Amulet
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Codex Shredder
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Memory Erosion
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
53%synergy
Nightmares and Daydreams
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
50%synergy
Court of Cunning
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
37%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
36%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
30%synergy
Freed from the Real
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Intruder Alarm
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Drowned Secrets
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Propaganda
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Underworld Connections
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Coastal Piracy
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Underworld Dreams
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Jace's Erasure
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Animate Dead
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Leyline of the Void
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Jace Beleren
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
19%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
48%synergy
Reliquary Tower
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
40%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Halimar Depths
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
War Room
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Restless Reef
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Rogue's Passage
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
2%synergy
Mistrise Village
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
20%synergy
Lotus Vale
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Mortuary Mire
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Memorial to Folly
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Echoing Deeps
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Maze of Ith
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Vesuva
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Great Hall of the Citadel
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Urborg
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Castle Locthwain
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Castle Vantress
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Temple of the False God
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Cascading Cataracts
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-5%synergy
Bonders' Enclave
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
-16%synergy
Commander's Sphere
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Arcane Signet
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-41%synergy
Dimir Signet
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-16%synergy
Thought Vessel
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Mind Stone
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
1%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Sky Diamond
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Locket
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Machine God's Effigy
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Moonsnare Prototype
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Sol Talisman
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Gilded Lotus
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Stonespeaker Crystal
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Patriar's Seal
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Mox Tantalite
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Swamp
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
-11%synergy
Island
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
-11%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
17%synergy
Sunken Hollow
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
-8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Temple of Deceit
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Watery Grave
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-5%synergy
Sinister Hideout
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Undercity Sewers
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Fetid Pools
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-11%synergy
Dismal Backwater
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Evolving Wilds
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Morphic Pool
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-8%synergy
Choked Estuary
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-19%synergy
Polluted Delta
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-4%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Tainted Isle
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-30%synergy
The Mycosynth Gardens
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Ancient Ziggurat
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Fabled Passage
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Exotic Orchard
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-18%synergy
Crumbling Vestige
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Ice Tunnel
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Thran Quarry
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Reflecting Pool
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Salt Marsh
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Thriving Isle
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Grixis Panorama
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Demolition Field
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Darkslick Shores
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
0%synergy
Sink into Stupor
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-1%synergy
Thriving Moor
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Forbidden Orchard
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Mana Confluence
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Sunken Ruins
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Holdout Settlement
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Meteor Crater
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
City of Brass
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
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