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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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The Walls of Ba Sing Se
41%inclusion7 decks17 decks
40%synergy
Lo and Li, Royal Advisors
18%inclusion3 decks17 decks
17%synergy
The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
4%synergy
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
3%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
3.4%inclusion1 decks29 decks
0%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
80%inclusion75 decks94 decks
78%synergy
Ruin Crab
84%inclusion79 decks94 decks
76%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
81%inclusion76 decks94 decks
75%synergy
Consuming Aberration
85%inclusion80 decks94 decks
70%synergy
Tree of Perdition
68%inclusion64 decks94 decks
66%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
66%inclusion62 decks94 decks
60%synergy
Mindcrank
70%inclusion66 decks94 decks
58%synergy
The Water Crystal
67%inclusion28 decks42 decks
58%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
68%inclusion64 decks94 decks
58%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
59%inclusion55 decks94 decks
57%synergy
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Drown in the Loch
71%inclusion67 decks94 decks
53%synergy
Singularity Rupture
68%inclusion23 decks34 decks
56%synergy
Visions of Beyond
60%inclusion56 decks94 decks
56%synergy
Fractured Sanity
60%inclusion56 decks94 decks
50%synergy
The Ancient One
57%inclusion54 decks94 decks
54%synergy
Mind Grind
56%inclusion53 decks94 decks
51%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
56%inclusion53 decks94 decks
52%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
54%inclusion51 decks94 decks
52%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
53%inclusion50 decks94 decks
48%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
53%inclusion50 decks94 decks
46%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
-16%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-18%synergy
Field of the Dead
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Creatures
Nighthowler
51%inclusion48 decks94 decks
45%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
48%inclusion45 decks94 decks
35%synergy
Wall of Frost
47%inclusion44 decks94 decks
45%synergy
Silent Arbiter
46%inclusion43 decks94 decks
44%synergy
Hedron Crab
41%inclusion39 decks94 decks
38%synergy
Eater of the Dead
40%inclusion38 decks94 decks
39%synergy
The Mindskinner
40%inclusion31 decks78 decks
33%synergy
Mortivore
37%inclusion35 decks94 decks
36%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
35%inclusion33 decks94 decks
34%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
35%inclusion33 decks94 decks
31%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
32%inclusion30 decks94 decks
31%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
32%inclusion30 decks94 decks
24%synergy
Hover Barrier
31%inclusion29 decks94 decks
30%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
28%inclusion18 decks65 decks
27%synergy
Undead Alchemist
28%inclusion26 decks94 decks
25%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
28%inclusion26 decks94 decks
24%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
28%inclusion26 decks94 decks
25%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
28%inclusion26 decks94 decks
25%synergy
Manic Scribe
28%inclusion26 decks94 decks
26%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
27%inclusion25 decks94 decks
26%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
24%inclusion23 decks94 decks
19%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
24%inclusion21 decks88 decks
23%synergy
Riddlekeeper
23%inclusion22 decks94 decks
23%synergy
Fleet Swallower
23%inclusion22 decks94 decks
21%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
22%inclusion21 decks94 decks
21%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
22%inclusion20 decks90 decks
21%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
19%synergy
Soulless Jailer
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
20%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
19%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
17%synergy
Guiltfeeder
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Avatar of Woe
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
18%synergy
Fog Bank
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
17%synergy
Glacial Wall
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
18%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
17%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
16%inclusion15 decks93 decks
16%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
14%inclusion12 decks86 decks
13%synergy
Shadow Kin
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
11%synergy
Baleful Strix
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
-9%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Jace's Archivist
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
10%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
11%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Boggart Trawler
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Aegis Turtle
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Screeching Scorchbeast
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Counterspell
50%inclusion47 decks94 decks
-6%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
45%inclusion42 decks94 decks
41%synergy
Didn't Say Please
31%inclusion29 decks94 decks
26%synergy
Mana Drain
26%inclusion24 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Archive Trap
24%inclusion23 decks94 decks
23%synergy
Arcane Denial
23%inclusion22 decks94 decks
-2%synergy
Thought Collapse
22%inclusion21 decks94 decks
19%synergy
Dark Ritual
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
-14%synergy
Drown in Dreams
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
16%synergy
Into the Story
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
18%synergy
Psychic Strike
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Negate
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
-16%synergy
Brainstorm
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
-14%synergy
Thought Scour
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
11%synergy
Crypt Incursion
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Sink into Stupor
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
0%synergy
Swan Song
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
-3%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Pongify
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
-1%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
-17%synergy
Memory Plunder
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Aetherize
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Withering Torment
10%inclusion8 decks78 decks
-6%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Deadly Rollick
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
-10%synergy
Dig Through Time
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
-1%synergy
Psychic Spiral
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Resculpt
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
-2%synergy
Intellectual Offering
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Spider-Sense
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Strix Serenade
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-9%synergy
Reality Shift
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-8%synergy
Darkness
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Jwari Disruption
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Reenact the Crime
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
4%synergy
See Double
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Fact or Fiction
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
-5%synergy
Memory Lapse
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Sorceries
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
44%inclusion41 decks94 decks
39%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
37%inclusion35 decks94 decks
28%synergy
Traumatize
34%inclusion32 decks94 decks
30%synergy
Reanimate
32%inclusion30 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Toxic Deluge
30%inclusion28 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
29%inclusion27 decks94 decks
24%synergy
Windfall
28%inclusion26 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Cut Your Losses
26%inclusion24 decks94 decks
21%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
23%inclusion22 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Mind Funeral
22%inclusion21 decks94 decks
20%synergy
Damnation
22%inclusion21 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Treasure Cruise
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
16%synergy
Extract from Darkness
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Feed the Swarm
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
-22%synergy
Increasing Confusion
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Whispering Madness
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
2%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Mind Sculpt
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Ponder
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
-9%synergy
Dread Summons
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Grasping Tentacles
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
6%synergy
Startled Awake
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Pilfered Plans
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Night's Whisper
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
5.9%inclusion2 decks34 decks
5%synergy
Bond of Insight
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Tome Scour
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Lórien Revealed
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Lightning Greaves
36%inclusion34 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Bonehoard
35%inclusion33 decks94 decks
33%synergy
Altar of the Brood
30%inclusion28 decks94 decks
25%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
29%inclusion19 decks65 decks
26%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
21%synergy
Keening Stone
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
17%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Altar of Dementia
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Grindstone
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
11%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
-13%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Isochron Scepter
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Folio of Fancies
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Jet Medallion
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Profane Memento
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Relic of Progenitus
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Grafdigger's Cage
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Palantír of Orthanc
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Memory Erosion
50%inclusion47 decks94 decks
46%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
48%inclusion45 decks94 decks
41%synergy
Court of Cunning
38%inclusion36 decks94 decks
32%synergy
Propaganda
36%inclusion34 decks94 decks
20%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
34%inclusion32 decks94 decks
26%synergy
Intruder Alarm
34%inclusion32 decks94 decks
33%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
29%inclusion19 decks65 decks
27%synergy
Fraying Sanity
29%inclusion27 decks94 decks
25%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
27%inclusion25 decks94 decks
24%synergy
Freed from the Real
26%inclusion24 decks94 decks
25%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
26%inclusion24 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
21%synergy
Animate Dead
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Mystic Remora
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
-4%synergy
No Mercy
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Black Market Connections
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
-1%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Leyline of the Void
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Forced Fruition
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Necromancy
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Leyline of Anticipation
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
27%inclusion25 decks94 decks
20%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
19%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
16%synergy
Jace Beleren
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
67%inclusion63 decks94 decks
28%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
44%inclusion41 decks94 decks
24%synergy
Reliquary Tower
40%inclusion38 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
40%inclusion38 decks94 decks
36%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
39%inclusion37 decks94 decks
21%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
39%inclusion37 decks94 decks
30%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
36%inclusion16 decks45 decks
31%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
34%inclusion32 decks94 decks
17%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
30%inclusion28 decks94 decks
17%synergy
Restless Reef
22%inclusion21 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
18%synergy
Cabal Coffers
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Rogue's Passage
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
-12%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Temple of the False God
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Castle Locthwain
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Mortuary Mire
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Sunken Palace
9.2%inclusion8 decks87 decks
8%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Halimar Depths
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Castle Vantress
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-2%synergy
Maze of Ith
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Ghost Quarter
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Pit of Offerings
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
87%inclusion82 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Sol Ring
84%inclusion79 decks94 decks
-4%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
65%inclusion61 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Signet
63%inclusion59 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Mind Stone
33%inclusion31 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Fellwar Stone
32%inclusion30 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Thought Vessel
29%inclusion27 decks94 decks
-3%synergy
Commander's Sphere
22%inclusion21 decks94 decks
4%synergy
The Soul Stone
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
11%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Midnight Clock
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Gilded Lotus
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Sky Diamond
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-2%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-2%synergy
Worn Powerstone
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Island
91%inclusion86 decks94 decks
-5%synergy
Swamp
91%inclusion86 decks94 decks
-5%synergy
Command Tower
87%inclusion82 decks94 decks
-1%synergy
Watery Grave
85%inclusion80 decks94 decks
38%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
82%inclusion77 decks94 decks
29%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
71%inclusion67 decks94 decks
32%synergy
Morphic Pool
71%inclusion67 decks94 decks
34%synergy
Sunken Hollow
68%inclusion64 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Polluted Delta
66%inclusion62 decks94 decks
34%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
52%inclusion41 decks79 decks
28%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
49%inclusion46 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Undercity Sewers
43%inclusion40 decks94 decks
23%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
41%inclusion39 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Underground River
40%inclusion38 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
39%inclusion37 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Underground Sea
38%inclusion36 decks94 decks
25%synergy
Choked Estuary
37%inclusion35 decks94 decks
-11%synergy
Tainted Isle
36%inclusion34 decks94 decks
-8%synergy
Sunken Ruins
36%inclusion34 decks94 decks
21%synergy
Temple of Deceit
35%inclusion33 decks94 decks
-1%synergy
Fetid Pools
29%inclusion27 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Exotic Orchard
24%inclusion23 decks94 decks
-9%synergy
Myriad Landscape
23%inclusion22 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Fabled Passage
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Sink into Stupor
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
0%synergy
Darkslick Shores
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
-3%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Prismatic Vista
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Misty Rainforest
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Reflecting Pool
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Marsh Flats
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Scalding Tarn
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
4%synergy
River of Tears
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Flooded Strand
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Boggart Trawler
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
-2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
-4%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Dismal Backwater
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-10%synergy
Port of Karfell
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-1%synergy
Bad River
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
5%synergy
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