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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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Coin of Mastery
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Ruin Crab
82%inclusion75 decks91 decks
74%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
76%inclusion69 decks91 decks
74%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
78%inclusion71 decks91 decks
72%synergy
Consuming Aberration
82%inclusion75 decks91 decks
68%synergy
Tree of Perdition
67%inclusion61 decks91 decks
65%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
62%inclusion56 decks91 decks
60%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
65%inclusion59 decks91 decks
59%synergy
Visions of Beyond
60%inclusion55 decks91 decks
57%synergy
The Water Crystal
64%inclusion30 decks47 decks
55%synergy
The Ancient One
57%inclusion52 decks91 decks
54%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
70%inclusion64 decks91 decks
52%synergy
Singularity Rupture
63%inclusion25 decks40 decks
50%synergy
Mindcrank
62%inclusion56 decks91 decks
50%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
59%inclusion54 decks91 decks
49%synergy
Fractured Sanity
53%inclusion48 decks91 decks
43%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
51%inclusion46 decks91 decks
44%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
51%inclusion46 decks91 decks
48%synergy
Mind Grind
51%inclusion46 decks91 decks
45%synergy
Nighthowler
49%inclusion45 decks91 decks
44%synergy
Memory Erosion
49%inclusion45 decks91 decks
45%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
-14%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
-14%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Creatures
Duskmantle Guildmage
47%inclusion43 decks91 decks
43%synergy
Wall of Frost
47%inclusion43 decks91 decks
46%synergy
Silent Arbiter
45%inclusion41 decks91 decks
44%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
42%inclusion38 decks91 decks
29%synergy
The Mindskinner
40%inclusion32 decks80 decks
33%synergy
Hedron Crab
37%inclusion34 decks91 decks
33%synergy
Mortivore
36%inclusion33 decks91 decks
35%synergy
Eater of the Dead
36%inclusion33 decks91 decks
35%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
33%inclusion30 decks91 decks
32%synergy
Hover Barrier
33%inclusion30 decks91 decks
32%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
32%inclusion29 decks91 decks
31%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
30%inclusion27 decks91 decks
25%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
29%inclusion20 decks69 decks
28%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
27%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
26%inclusion24 decks91 decks
23%synergy
Undead Alchemist
26%inclusion24 decks91 decks
24%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
26%inclusion24 decks91 decks
21%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
26%inclusion23 decks90 decks
25%synergy
Manic Scribe
25%inclusion23 decks91 decks
24%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
25%inclusion23 decks91 decks
24%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
25%inclusion23 decks91 decks
24%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
25%inclusion23 decks91 decks
22%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
24%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
24%inclusion22 decks91 decks
20%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
24%inclusion22 decks91 decks
16%synergy
Riddlekeeper
23%inclusion21 decks91 decks
22%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
22%inclusion20 decks91 decks
21%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
21%inclusion19 decks91 decks
20%synergy
Avatar of Woe
20%inclusion18 decks91 decks
19%synergy
Soulless Jailer
20%inclusion18 decks91 decks
19%synergy
Guiltfeeder
20%inclusion18 decks91 decks
15%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
18%synergy
Fleet Swallower
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
16%synergy
Glacial Wall
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
18%synergy
Fog Bank
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
16%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
16%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
16%inclusion15 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Boggart Trawler
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
15%inclusion13 decks87 decks
13%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Baleful Strix
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
-9%synergy
Shadow Kin
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Jace's Archivist
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Screeching Scorchbeast
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
10%synergy
Aegis Turtle
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Lo and Li, Royal Advisors
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
10%inclusion8 decks77 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Counterspell
48%inclusion44 decks91 decks
-8%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
38%inclusion35 decks91 decks
35%synergy
Mana Drain
30%inclusion27 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Arcane Denial
26%inclusion24 decks91 decks
1%synergy
Didn't Say Please
25%inclusion23 decks91 decks
20%synergy
Into the Story
22%inclusion20 decks91 decks
20%synergy
Brainstorm
21%inclusion19 decks91 decks
-9%synergy
Drown in Dreams
20%inclusion18 decks91 decks
16%synergy
Dark Ritual
20%inclusion18 decks91 decks
-16%synergy
Archive Trap
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
17%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
-13%synergy
Negate
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
-15%synergy
Thought Scour
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
1%synergy
Sink into Stupor
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
1%synergy
Thought Collapse
16%inclusion15 decks91 decks
13%synergy
Crypt Incursion
16%inclusion15 decks91 decks
15%synergy
Psychic Strike
15%inclusion14 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Pongify
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
-1%synergy
Withering Torment
14%inclusion11 decks80 decks
-2%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Swan Song
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
-5%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Memory Plunder
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Deadly Rollick
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
-10%synergy
Resculpt
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Aetherize
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
-1%synergy
Psychic Spiral
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Dig Through Time
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Reality Shift
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
-6%synergy
Intellectual Offering
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Consult the Star Charts
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
6%synergy
Fact or Fiction
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
-3%synergy
Darkness
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
-9%synergy
Strix Serenade
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
1%synergy
Narset's Reversal
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Reenact the Crime
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
5%synergy
See Double
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Force of Negation
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
-4%synergy
Spider-Sense
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
3%synergy
Sorceries
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
41%inclusion37 decks91 decks
36%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
36%inclusion33 decks91 decks
27%synergy
Toxic Deluge
32%inclusion29 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Reanimate
31%inclusion28 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Traumatize
30%inclusion27 decks91 decks
25%synergy
Windfall
30%inclusion27 decks91 decks
16%synergy
Damnation
24%inclusion22 decks91 decks
14%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
23%inclusion21 decks91 decks
18%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
23%inclusion21 decks91 decks
13%synergy
Treasure Cruise
22%inclusion20 decks91 decks
13%synergy
Cut Your Losses
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
14%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
16%synergy
Mind Funeral
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
15%synergy
Feed the Swarm
15%inclusion14 decks91 decks
-20%synergy
Extract from Darkness
15%inclusion14 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Dream Harvest
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
7%synergy
Sign in Blood
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Increasing Confusion
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
9.1%inclusion7 decks77 decks
2%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Night's Whisper
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Ponder
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
-7%synergy
Whispering Madness
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Dread Summons
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Pilfered Plans
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
7%synergy
Lórien Revealed
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Mind Sculpt
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Mesmeric Orb
48%inclusion44 decks91 decks
43%synergy
Lightning Greaves
36%inclusion33 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Bonehoard
33%inclusion30 decks91 decks
31%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
32%inclusion22 decks69 decks
28%synergy
Altar of the Brood
26%inclusion24 decks91 decks
21%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
21%inclusion19 decks91 decks
20%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
16%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Keening Stone
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Altar of Dementia
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Grindstone
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
10%synergy
Profane Memento
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
-16%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Jet Medallion
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
0%synergy
Isochron Scepter
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Relic of Progenitus
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Howling Mine
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Grafdigger's Cage
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
46%inclusion42 decks91 decks
40%synergy
Propaganda
42%inclusion38 decks91 decks
25%synergy
Court of Cunning
38%inclusion35 decks91 decks
33%synergy
Intruder Alarm
35%inclusion32 decks91 decks
34%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
33%inclusion30 decks91 decks
26%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
29%inclusion20 decks69 decks
27%synergy
Fraying Sanity
26%inclusion24 decks91 decks
23%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
26%inclusion24 decks91 decks
13%synergy
Freed from the Real
25%inclusion23 decks91 decks
24%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
25%inclusion23 decks91 decks
22%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
22%inclusion20 decks91 decks
21%synergy
Mystic Remora
15%inclusion14 decks91 decks
0%synergy
No Mercy
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
10%synergy
Black Market Connections
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Animate Dead
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
1%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Leyline of the Void
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Leyline of Anticipation
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
27%inclusion25 decks91 decks
21%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
15%inclusion14 decks91 decks
13%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
15%inclusion14 decks91 decks
13%synergy
Jace Beleren
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
66%inclusion60 decks91 decks
27%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
43%inclusion39 decks91 decks
39%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
43%inclusion39 decks91 decks
23%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
42%inclusion38 decks91 decks
23%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
40%inclusion36 decks91 decks
31%synergy
Reliquary Tower
38%inclusion35 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
34%inclusion17 decks50 decks
29%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
33%inclusion30 decks91 decks
16%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
30%inclusion27 decks91 decks
17%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
21%inclusion19 decks91 decks
18%synergy
Cabal Coffers
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Restless Reef
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
13%synergy
Rogue's Passage
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
-13%synergy
Mortuary Mire
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Castle Locthwain
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Temple of the False God
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
1%synergy
Halimar Depths
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Sunken Palace
9.2%inclusion8 decks87 decks
8%synergy
Maze of Ith
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Castle Vantress
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Ghost Quarter
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
-3%synergy
Academy Ruins
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Dreadship Reef
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
82%inclusion75 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Sol Ring
80%inclusion73 decks91 decks
-8%synergy
Dimir Signet
60%inclusion55 decks91 decks
1%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
58%inclusion53 decks91 decks
0%synergy
Fellwar Stone
34%inclusion31 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Mind Stone
32%inclusion29 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Thought Vessel
30%inclusion27 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
1%synergy
The Soul Stone
15%inclusion6 decks39 decks
10%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
13%synergy
Midnight Clock
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Thran Dynamo
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Gilded Lotus
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Sky Diamond
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Worn Powerstone
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Swamp
93%inclusion85 decks91 decks
-3%synergy
Island
93%inclusion85 decks91 decks
-3%synergy
Command Tower
88%inclusion80 decks91 decks
0%synergy
Watery Grave
84%inclusion76 decks91 decks
36%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
76%inclusion69 decks91 decks
22%synergy
Morphic Pool
74%inclusion67 decks91 decks
37%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
67%inclusion61 decks91 decks
27%synergy
Sunken Hollow
67%inclusion61 decks91 decks
1%synergy
Polluted Delta
67%inclusion61 decks91 decks
35%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
52%inclusion42 decks81 decks
28%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
49%inclusion45 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
44%inclusion40 decks91 decks
19%synergy
Underground Sea
43%inclusion39 decks91 decks
30%synergy
Undercity Sewers
37%inclusion34 decks91 decks
17%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
37%inclusion34 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Underground River
37%inclusion34 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Sunken Ruins
36%inclusion33 decks91 decks
21%synergy
Choked Estuary
34%inclusion31 decks91 decks
-13%synergy
Temple of Deceit
34%inclusion31 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Tainted Isle
32%inclusion29 decks91 decks
-12%synergy
Fetid Pools
27%inclusion25 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Exotic Orchard
21%inclusion19 decks91 decks
-12%synergy
Fabled Passage
20%inclusion18 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Myriad Landscape
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
-3%synergy
Misty Rainforest
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Scalding Tarn
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Marsh Flats
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
10%synergy
Prismatic Vista
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
1%synergy
Sink into Stupor
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
1%synergy
Flooded Strand
16%inclusion15 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Reflecting Pool
16%inclusion15 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Boggart Trawler
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Evolving Wilds
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
5%synergy
River of Tears
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
1%synergy
Darkslick Shores
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
-3%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Dismal Backwater
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
-6%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
-1%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
-3%synergy
Port of Karfell
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
0%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
0%synergy
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