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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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Loki, God of Mischief
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
13%synergy
Doctor Doom, Unrivaled
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Hidden Lair
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-1%synergy
Riddles in the Dark
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
79%inclusion65 decks82 decks
77%synergy
Ruin Crab
79%inclusion65 decks82 decks
71%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
77%inclusion63 decks82 decks
71%synergy
Tree of Perdition
71%inclusion58 decks82 decks
69%synergy
Consuming Aberration
83%inclusion68 decks82 decks
68%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
61%inclusion50 decks82 decks
60%synergy
Visions of Beyond
61%inclusion50 decks82 decks
57%synergy
The Ancient One
59%inclusion48 decks82 decks
55%synergy
Drown in the Loch
72%inclusion59 decks82 decks
54%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
59%inclusion48 decks82 decks
53%synergy
Top Cards
Mindcrank
62%inclusion51 decks82 decks
50%synergy
The Water Crystal
60%inclusion31 decks52 decks
51%synergy
Singularity Rupture
59%inclusion27 decks46 decks
46%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
59%inclusion48 decks82 decks
48%synergy
Nighthowler
55%inclusion45 decks82 decks
49%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
54%inclusion44 decks82 decks
52%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
52%inclusion43 decks82 decks
46%synergy
Fractured Sanity
52%inclusion43 decks82 decks
43%synergy
Silent Arbiter
52%inclusion43 decks82 decks
51%synergy
Wall of Frost
51%inclusion42 decks82 decks
50%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
-11%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
-15%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Creatures
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
46%inclusion17 decks37 decks
45%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
45%inclusion37 decks82 decks
41%synergy
Mortivore
43%inclusion35 decks82 decks
41%synergy
Eater of the Dead
43%inclusion35 decks82 decks
41%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
41%inclusion34 decks82 decks
29%synergy
Hedron Crab
34%inclusion28 decks82 decks
30%synergy
The Mindskinner
33%inclusion26 decks79 decks
26%synergy
Hover Barrier
30%inclusion25 decks82 decks
30%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
30%inclusion25 decks82 decks
29%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
30%inclusion21 decks71 decks
29%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
29%inclusion24 decks82 decks
29%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
29%inclusion24 decks82 decks
25%synergy
Undead Alchemist
28%inclusion23 decks82 decks
26%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
28%inclusion23 decks82 decks
27%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
26%inclusion21 decks82 decks
25%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
26%inclusion21 decks82 decks
22%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
24%inclusion20 decks82 decks
24%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
24%inclusion20 decks82 decks
23%synergy
Manic Scribe
24%inclusion20 decks82 decks
23%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
23%inclusion19 decks82 decks
22%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
23%inclusion19 decks82 decks
20%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
23%inclusion19 decks82 decks
18%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
23%inclusion19 decks82 decks
20%synergy
Fog Bank
22%inclusion18 decks82 decks
21%synergy
Riddlekeeper
22%inclusion18 decks82 decks
21%synergy
Avatar of Woe
21%inclusion17 decks82 decks
20%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
21%inclusion17 decks82 decks
13%synergy
Soulless Jailer
20%inclusion16 decks82 decks
19%synergy
Fleet Swallower
18%inclusion15 decks82 decks
16%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
18%inclusion15 decks82 decks
18%synergy
Guiltfeeder
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
12%synergy
Baleful Strix
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
-7%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
16%synergy
Boggart Trawler
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
11%synergy
Glacial Wall
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
17%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
14%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
13%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
13%inclusion11 decks82 decks
12%synergy
Shadow Kin
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Aegis Turtle
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
12%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
10%inclusion8 decks77 decks
10%synergy
Wall of Runes
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Spellskite
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
9.1%inclusion7 decks77 decks
7%synergy
Grave Researcher
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Counterspell
50%inclusion41 decks82 decks
-6%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
43%inclusion35 decks82 decks
39%synergy
Mana Drain
32%inclusion26 decks82 decks
14%synergy
Dark Ritual
28%inclusion23 decks82 decks
-9%synergy
Didn't Say Please
27%inclusion22 decks82 decks
22%synergy
Fell the Profane
26%inclusion21 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Arcane Denial
26%inclusion21 decks82 decks
-1%synergy
Sink into Stupor
26%inclusion21 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Brainstorm
24%inclusion20 decks82 decks
-5%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
21%inclusion17 decks82 decks
-11%synergy
Into the Story
21%inclusion17 decks82 decks
19%synergy
Negate
20%inclusion16 decks82 decks
-13%synergy
Thought Scour
18%inclusion15 decks82 decks
12%synergy
Drown in Dreams
18%inclusion15 decks82 decks
14%synergy
Archive Trap
18%inclusion15 decks82 decks
16%synergy
Thought Collapse
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
14%synergy
Swan Song
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
-3%synergy
Crypt Incursion
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
14%synergy
Psychic Strike
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
12%synergy
Deadly Rollick
13%inclusion11 decks82 decks
-7%synergy
Pongify
13%inclusion11 decks82 decks
-2%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
1%synergy
Dig Through Time
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Withering Torment
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
-5%synergy
Aetherize
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
-2%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Memory Plunder
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Fact or Fiction
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
-1%synergy
Reality Shift
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
-5%synergy
Intellectual Offering
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
-2%synergy
Go for the Throat
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
-9%synergy
Resculpt
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
1%synergy
Darkness
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
6%synergy
See Double
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Psychic Spiral
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Strix Serenade
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Perplex
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Force of Negation
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
-3%synergy
Memory Lapse
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Katara's Reversal
5.3%inclusion2 decks38 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Mind Grind
49%inclusion40 decks82 decks
43%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
40%inclusion33 decks82 decks
31%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
38%inclusion31 decks82 decks
33%synergy
Reanimate
37%inclusion30 decks82 decks
11%synergy
Toxic Deluge
34%inclusion28 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Traumatize
28%inclusion23 decks82 decks
23%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
28%inclusion23 decks82 decks
18%synergy
Windfall
27%inclusion22 decks82 decks
13%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
26%inclusion21 decks82 decks
21%synergy
Damnation
24%inclusion20 decks82 decks
14%synergy
Mind Funeral
21%inclusion17 decks82 decks
18%synergy
Flow State
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Treasure Cruise
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Extract from Darkness
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Feed the Swarm
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
-19%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
15%synergy
Cut Your Losses
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
11%synergy
Ponder
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
-4%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
10%inclusion8 decks77 decks
4%synergy
Dream Harvest
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Sign in Blood
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Mind Sculpt
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Lórien Revealed
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Night's Whisper
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
1%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
7%synergy
Pilfered Plans
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Stock Up
7.0%inclusion5 decks71 decks
5%synergy
Grasping Tentacles
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
5%synergy
Increasing Confusion
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Tome Scour
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Whispering Madness
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Preordain
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
-4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Mesmeric Orb
49%inclusion40 decks82 decks
43%synergy
Lightning Greaves
38%inclusion31 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Bonehoard
33%inclusion27 decks82 decks
31%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
25%inclusion18 decks71 decks
22%synergy
Altar of the Brood
24%inclusion20 decks82 decks
19%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
15%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
16%synergy
Altar of Dementia
13%inclusion11 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
-1%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Profane Memento
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
-14%synergy
Keening Stone
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Grindstone
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
7%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Jet Medallion
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
-0%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Relic of Progenitus
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Isochron Scepter
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Memory Erosion
48%inclusion39 decks82 decks
43%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
45%inclusion37 decks82 decks
39%synergy
Propaganda
45%inclusion37 decks82 decks
27%synergy
Court of Cunning
35%inclusion29 decks82 decks
30%synergy
Intruder Alarm
34%inclusion28 decks82 decks
33%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
34%inclusion28 decks82 decks
27%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
30%inclusion25 decks82 decks
17%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
27%inclusion19 decks71 decks
25%synergy
Freed from the Real
24%inclusion20 decks82 decks
23%synergy
Fraying Sanity
24%inclusion20 decks82 decks
21%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
23%inclusion19 decks82 decks
20%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
21%inclusion17 decks82 decks
20%synergy
Animate Dead
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Mystic Remora
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
1%synergy
No Mercy
13%inclusion11 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Black Market Connections
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
0%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Leyline of the Void
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
24%inclusion20 decks82 decks
18%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
14%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
13%inclusion11 decks82 decks
11%synergy
Jace Beleren
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
70%inclusion57 decks82 decks
31%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
45%inclusion37 decks82 decks
27%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
43%inclusion35 decks82 decks
39%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
43%inclusion35 decks82 decks
23%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
38%inclusion31 decks82 decks
21%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
37%inclusion30 decks82 decks
28%synergy
Reliquary Tower
35%inclusion29 decks82 decks
-1%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
32%inclusion26 decks82 decks
19%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
25%inclusion14 decks55 decks
21%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
20%inclusion16 decks82 decks
16%synergy
Restless Reef
18%inclusion15 decks82 decks
12%synergy
Cabal Coffers
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
7%synergy
Rogue's Passage
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
-12%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
13%inclusion11 decks82 decks
11%synergy
Mortuary Mire
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Temple of the False God
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Halimar Depths
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Maze of Ith
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Castle Vantress
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Castle Locthwain
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Sunken Palace
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Ghost Quarter
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
83%inclusion68 decks82 decks
-1%synergy
Sol Ring
78%inclusion64 decks82 decks
-10%synergy
Dimir Signet
61%inclusion50 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
60%inclusion49 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Fellwar Stone
37%inclusion30 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Mind Stone
34%inclusion28 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Thought Vessel
26%inclusion21 decks82 decks
-6%synergy
Commander's Sphere
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
1%synergy
The Soul Stone
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
10%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Sky Diamond
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Gilded Lotus
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Midnight Clock
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
7%synergy
Lands
Swamp
94%inclusion77 decks82 decks
-3%synergy
Island
94%inclusion77 decks82 decks
-3%synergy
Command Tower
85%inclusion70 decks82 decks
-2%synergy
Watery Grave
82%inclusion67 decks82 decks
33%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
71%inclusion58 decks82 decks
16%synergy
Morphic Pool
71%inclusion58 decks82 decks
34%synergy
Polluted Delta
70%inclusion57 decks82 decks
37%synergy
Sunken Hollow
65%inclusion53 decks82 decks
-1%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
60%inclusion49 decks82 decks
19%synergy
Underground Sea
51%inclusion42 decks82 decks
38%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
50%inclusion40 decks80 decks
26%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
49%inclusion40 decks82 decks
24%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
49%inclusion40 decks82 decks
12%synergy
Undercity Sewers
43%inclusion35 decks82 decks
22%synergy
Underground River
38%inclusion31 decks82 decks
-3%synergy
Sunken Ruins
34%inclusion28 decks82 decks
17%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
32%inclusion26 decks82 decks
-7%synergy
Temple of Deceit
30%inclusion25 decks82 decks
-4%synergy
Choked Estuary
28%inclusion23 decks82 decks
-19%synergy
Tainted Isle
27%inclusion22 decks82 decks
-17%synergy
Fell the Profane
26%inclusion21 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Sink into Stupor
26%inclusion21 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Fetid Pools
24%inclusion20 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Exotic Orchard
23%inclusion19 decks82 decks
-9%synergy
Prismatic Vista
21%inclusion17 decks82 decks
15%synergy
Fabled Passage
21%inclusion17 decks82 decks
12%synergy
Misty Rainforest
20%inclusion16 decks82 decks
11%synergy
Reflecting Pool
18%inclusion15 decks82 decks
13%synergy
Marsh Flats
18%inclusion15 decks82 decks
11%synergy
Flooded Strand
18%inclusion15 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Myriad Landscape
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
-3%synergy
Boggart Trawler
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
11%synergy
Scalding Tarn
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
7%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
7%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
13%inclusion11 decks82 decks
7%synergy
Darkslick Shores
13%inclusion11 decks82 decks
-0%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
13%inclusion11 decks82 decks
7%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
1%synergy
Dismal Backwater
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
-5%synergy
River of Tears
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
-5%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
-2%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Ice Tunnel
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Port of Karfell
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
1%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
-5%synergy
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