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%inclusion8 decks8 decks
85%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
73%synergy
Fleet Swallower
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
72%synergy
Fraying Sanity
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
71%synergy
Traumatize
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
70%synergy
Ruin Crab
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
67%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
62%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
62%synergy
Archive Trap
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
60%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
60%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
45%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
60%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
56%synergy
Mindcrank
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
51%synergy
Counterspell
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Fractured Sanity
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
53%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
52%synergy
Memory Erosion
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
58%synergy
Court of Cunning
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
44%synergy
Mortivore
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Creatures
The Ancient One
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
47%synergy
Hedron Crab
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
46%synergy
Wall of Frost
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
45%synergy
Tree of Perdition
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Silent Arbiter
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Undead Alchemist
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Eater of the Dead
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Nighthowler
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
34%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
30%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
33%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
33%synergy
Glamermite
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
The Mindskinner
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Guiltfeeder
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Fog Bank
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Barrowgoyf
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Hover Barrier
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
13%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Gogo, Master of Mimicry
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Starwinder
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Marvin, Murderous Mimic
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Archmage of Runes
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Silent Hallcreeper
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Abhorrent Oculus
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Isleback Spawn
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Academy Wall
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Niblis of the Breath
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
True-Name Nemesis
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Relic Golem
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Instants
Magic Damper
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Psychic Strike
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Negate
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Aetherize
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
26%synergy
Thought Scour
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Didn't Say Please
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
33%synergy
Crypt Incursion
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Octopus Form
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Hero's Downfall
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-6%synergy
Thought Collapse
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Arcane Denial
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-1%synergy
Visions of Beyond
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Drown in Dreams
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Fight On!
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Fated Return
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Malicious Affliction
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Ephara's Dispersal
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Go for the Throat
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-4%synergy
Dive Down
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Pharika's Libation
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Brainstorm
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-17%synergy
Songs of the Damned
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Fact or Fiction
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Brain Freeze
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Slice from the Shadows
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Doom Blade
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Countersquall
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Reality Shift
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-1%synergy
Slip Out the Back
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Disallow
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Swan Song
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-6%synergy
Wash Away
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Baleful Mastery
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Sink into Stupor
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Shelob's Ambush
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Shore Up
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Spell Pierce
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
March of Swirling Mist
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Deal Gone Bad
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Dig Through Time
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Tragic Slip
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Evacuation
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Sorceries
Cut Your Losses
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
46%synergy
Mind Grind
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
45%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
40%synergy
Mind Funeral
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Increasing Confusion
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Mind Sculpt
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Feed the Swarm
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-10%synergy
Startled Awake
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Toxic Deluge
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-0%synergy
Deadly Tempest
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Sign in Blood
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Extract from Darkness
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Singularity Rupture
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
7%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Windfall
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-1%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Life's Finale
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Victimize
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-2%synergy
Treasure Cruise
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Dread Summons
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Enter the God-Eternals
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Whispering Madness
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Decree of Pain
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Ancestral Vision
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Reanimate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-12%synergy
Syphon Mind
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Pilfered Plans
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Grim Discovery
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Raise Dead
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Damnation
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Keening Stone
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Bonehoard
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Grindstone
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Altar of the Brood
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
The Water Crystal
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
The Millennium Calendar
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Folio of Fancies
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Magewright's Stone
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Explorer's Scope
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Cathar's Shield
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Jet Medallion
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Profane Memento
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-12%synergy
Lightning Greaves
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-15%synergy
Isochron Scepter
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Quicksilver Amulet
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Codex Shredder
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
44%synergy
Propaganda
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Nightmares and Daydreams
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Freed from the Real
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Intruder Alarm
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Drowned Secrets
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Kindred Discovery
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-1%synergy
Underworld Connections
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Coastal Piracy
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Underworld Dreams
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Jace's Erasure
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Animate Dead
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Leyline of the Void
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
48%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
44%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Jace Beleren
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Reliquary Tower
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
27%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
41%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
34%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Halimar Depths
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
War Room
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Castle Vantress
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Restless Reef
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Rogue's Passage
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-2%synergy
Mistrise Village
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Lotus Vale
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Mortuary Mire
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Memorial to Folly
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Echoing Deeps
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Maze of Ith
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Vesuva
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Great Hall of the Citadel
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Urborg
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Castle Locthwain
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Cascading Cataracts
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-7%synergy
Bonders' Enclave
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Field of Ruin
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
-13%synergy
Arcane Signet
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
-34%synergy
Thought Vessel
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Commander's Sphere
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Dimir Signet
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-21%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Mind Stone
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Coldsteel Heart
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Sky Diamond
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Dimir Locket
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Machine God's Effigy
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Moonsnare Prototype
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Sol Talisman
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Gilded Lotus
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Stonespeaker Crystal
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Patriar's Seal
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Mox Tantalite
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
0%synergy
Swamp
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
-9%synergy
Island
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
-9%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Sunken Hollow
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Watery Grave
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Myriad Landscape
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Temple of Deceit
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-0%synergy
Choked Estuary
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-10%synergy
Polluted Delta
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Tainted Isle
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-19%synergy
Undercity Sewers
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Fabled Passage
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
0%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
14%synergy
Fetid Pools
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-14%synergy
Dismal Backwater
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Evolving Wilds
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Morphic Pool
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-11%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Sinister Hideout
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
The Mycosynth Gardens
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Ancient Ziggurat
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Exotic Orchard
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-20%synergy
Crumbling Vestige
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Ice Tunnel
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Thran Quarry
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Reflecting Pool
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Salt Marsh
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Thriving Isle
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Grixis Panorama
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Underground River
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-28%synergy
Demolition Field
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Darkslick Shores
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-1%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Sink into Stupor
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Thriving Moor
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Forbidden Orchard
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Mana Confluence
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Sunken Ruins
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Holdout Settlement
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
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