Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Core Devotion

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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33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
1.7xlift
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Charix, the Raging Isle
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
2.4xlift
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100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
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100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
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80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
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80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
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80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Thousand-Year Elixir
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
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80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
The Water Crystal
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
2.8xlift
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Nephalia Drownyard
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
2.8xlift
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Tree of Perdition
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Disciple of Deceit
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Corrupted Shapeshifter
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
The Ancient One
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
2.5xlift
Mirelurk Queen
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Silent Arbiter
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
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40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
The Mindskinner
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Crashing Drawbridge
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Fog Bank
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Merfolk Secretkeeper
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Nighthowler
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3.4xlift
Wight of Precinct Six
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Dreamborn Muse
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Drift of Phantasms
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Hedron Crab
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Shadow Kin
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3.4xlift
Jace's Phantasm
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3.4xlift
Nemesis of Reason
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2.3xlift
Sewer Nemesis
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3.4xlift
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3.4xlift
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3.4xlift
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3.4xlift
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3.4xlift
The Master of Lake-town
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
1.7xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.8xlift
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1.7xlift
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1.1xlift
Disowned Ancestor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Mortivore
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
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3.4xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Baleful Strix
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Undead Alchemist
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Shadowmage Infiltrator
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Eater of the Dead
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Omenspeaker
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Fleet Swallower
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Sphinx's Disciple
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Fatestitcher
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Coral Colony
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Tymaret, Chosen from Death
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Instants
Drown in the Loch
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
2.5xlift
Into the Story
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Thought Collapse
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Grisly Spectacle
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Didn't Say Please
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Archive Trap
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Disdainful Stroke
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Domineering Will
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Negate
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.5xlift
Memory Plunder
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Triton Tactics
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Reality Shift
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Bitter Triumph
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Aetherize
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Perplex
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Visions of Beyond
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Shore Up
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Drown in Dreams
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Sudden Spoiling
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Erebos's Intervention
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Waterlogged Teachings
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Szat's Will
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Withering Torment
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.1xlift
Magic Damper
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
2.8xlift
Sorceries
Treasure Cruise
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Maddening Cacophony
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Singularity Rupture
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
2.2xlift
Life's Finale
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Profane Tutor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Eldritch Pact
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Nightmare Unmaking
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Bond of Insight
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Cut Your Losses
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Glimpse the Unthinkable
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Feed the Swarm
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.5xlift
Lórien Revealed
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Yahenni's Expertise
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Mind Grind
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Necromantic Selection
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Deadly Tempest
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Fractured Sanity
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Ravenform
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Traumatize
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Rise of the Dark Realms
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.1xlift
Breach the Multiverse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Nuclear Fallout
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Utility Artifacts
Mindcrank
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
2.5xlift
Mesmeric Orb
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Riverchurn Monument
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
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3.4xlift
Soul-Guide Lantern
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
The Everflowing Well
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Slagwurm Armor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Bonehoard
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Magewright's Stone
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Lightning Greaves
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Keening Stone
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Altar of Dementia
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Requiem Monolith
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
2.0xlift
Enchantments
Freed from the Real
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Intruder Alarm
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Memory Erosion
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Court of Cunning
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Unstoppable Plan
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Struggle for Project Purity
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Fraying Sanity
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Pemmin's Aura
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Sphinx's Tutelage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Psychic Corrosion
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Lost in the Maze
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Jaws of Defeat
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.0xlift
Aspect of Gorgon
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Tombstone Stairwell
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
No Mercy
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Ever-Watching Threshold
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Teferi's Tutelage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Curse of Verbosity
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Bloodchief Ascension
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Propaganda
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Leyline of the Void
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Search for Azcanta
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Standstill
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Jace, Memory Adept
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Jace, the Perfected Mind
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Tezzeret the Seeker
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1.1xlift
Barren Moor
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Scavenger Grounds
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Miren, the Moaning Well
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Pit of Offerings
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Vault of Whispers
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Dreadship Reef
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Mystic Sanctuary
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.1xlift
Desert of the Glorified
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Maze of Ith
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Seat of the Synod
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Desert of the Mindful
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Lonely Sandbar
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Sea Gate Wreckage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.8xlift
Ipnu Rivulet
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Drownyard Temple
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Restless Reef
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.1xlift
Otawara, Soaring City
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.1xlift
Rogue's Passage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.7xlift
Shelldock Isle
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
1.0xlift
Altar of the Pantheon
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Talisman of Dominance
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
1.0xlift
Charcoal Diamond
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
2.3xlift
Mistvein Borderpost
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
2.3xlift
Sky Diamond
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Sol Ring
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
0.6xlift
Dimir Signet
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1.1xlift
Stonespeaker Crystal
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Mind Stone
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
2.3xlift
Everflowing Chalice
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Commander's Sphere
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.1xlift
Honored Heirloom
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Bandit's Haul
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Thought Vessel
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.1xlift
Lands
Temple of Deceit
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Swamp
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
1.2xlift
Island
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
1.1xlift
Sunken Hollow
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
1.2xlift
Command Tower
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
1.0xlift
Drowned Catacomb
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
1.5xlift
Choked Estuary
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
1.5xlift
Dimir Aqueduct
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
2.5xlift
Darkwater Catacombs
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Shipwreck Marsh
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Tainted Isle
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
0.8xlift
Myriad Landscape
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1.1xlift
Grixis Panorama
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Escape Tunnel
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Wastes
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Fabled Passage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Terramorphic Expanse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.8xlift
Fetid Pools
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.7xlift
Mistvault Bridge
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Waterveil Cavern
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Warped Landscape
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Boggart Trawler
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Underground River
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.8xlift
Dismal Backwater
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.8xlift
Jwar Isle Refuge
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Darkslick Shores
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.8xlift
Evolving Wilds
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.8xlift
Contaminated Aquifer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Soured Springs
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Sunken Ruins
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Waterlogged Teachings
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Polluted Delta
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Watery Grave
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.7xlift
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