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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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Dream Harvest
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Glen Elendra Guardian
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
79%inclusion73 decks92 decks
77%synergy
Ruin Crab
84%inclusion77 decks92 decks
75%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
79%inclusion73 decks92 decks
73%synergy
Consuming Aberration
83%inclusion76 decks92 decks
68%synergy
Tree of Perdition
68%inclusion63 decks92 decks
67%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
65%inclusion60 decks92 decks
60%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
61%inclusion56 decks92 decks
59%synergy
The Water Crystal
64%inclusion29 decks45 decks
56%synergy
Visions of Beyond
59%inclusion54 decks92 decks
55%synergy
Mindcrank
66%inclusion61 decks92 decks
54%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
70%inclusion64 decks92 decks
51%synergy
Singularity Rupture
65%inclusion24 decks37 decks
53%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
64%inclusion59 decks92 decks
54%synergy
The Ancient One
58%inclusion53 decks92 decks
54%synergy
Fractured Sanity
57%inclusion52 decks92 decks
47%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
53%inclusion49 decks92 decks
46%synergy
Mind Grind
53%inclusion49 decks92 decks
48%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
52%inclusion48 decks92 decks
47%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
52%inclusion48 decks92 decks
50%synergy
Nighthowler
51%inclusion47 decks92 decks
45%synergy
Game Changers
Consecrated Sphinx
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Rhystic Study
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
-15%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
-17%synergy
Field of the Dead
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Creatures
Duskmantle Guildmage
50%inclusion46 decks92 decks
45%synergy
Wall of Frost
47%inclusion43 decks92 decks
45%synergy
Silent Arbiter
46%inclusion42 decks92 decks
44%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
45%inclusion41 decks92 decks
32%synergy
Eater of the Dead
41%inclusion38 decks92 decks
40%synergy
The Mindskinner
39%inclusion31 decks79 decks
32%synergy
Mortivore
39%inclusion36 decks92 decks
38%synergy
Hedron Crab
39%inclusion36 decks92 decks
35%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
34%inclusion31 decks92 decks
33%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
34%inclusion31 decks92 decks
33%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
33%inclusion30 decks92 decks
28%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
30%synergy
Hover Barrier
32%inclusion29 decks92 decks
31%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
30%inclusion20 decks67 decks
29%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
29%inclusion27 decks92 decks
26%synergy
Undead Alchemist
28%inclusion26 decks92 decks
26%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
28%inclusion26 decks92 decks
25%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
26%inclusion24 decks92 decks
22%synergy
Manic Scribe
26%inclusion24 decks92 decks
25%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
25%inclusion23 decks92 decks
20%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
25%inclusion22 decks89 decks
24%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
24%inclusion22 decks92 decks
16%synergy
Riddlekeeper
24%inclusion22 decks92 decks
23%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
24%inclusion22 decks92 decks
23%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
23%inclusion20 decks87 decks
22%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
22%inclusion20 decks92 decks
21%synergy
Avatar of Woe
21%inclusion19 decks92 decks
20%synergy
Fleet Swallower
21%inclusion19 decks92 decks
18%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
21%inclusion19 decks92 decks
19%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
21%inclusion19 decks92 decks
20%synergy
Soulless Jailer
21%inclusion19 decks92 decks
20%synergy
Guiltfeeder
20%inclusion18 decks92 decks
15%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
18%inclusion17 decks92 decks
18%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
17%inclusion16 decks92 decks
17%synergy
Fog Bank
17%inclusion16 decks92 decks
16%synergy
Glacial Wall
17%inclusion16 decks92 decks
17%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
17%inclusion16 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
15%inclusion14 decks92 decks
13%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
15%inclusion13 decks86 decks
14%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
15%inclusion13 decks87 decks
7%synergy
Boggart Trawler
15%inclusion13 decks87 decks
8%synergy
Shadow Kin
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
12%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Jace's Archivist
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
12%synergy
Lo and Li, Royal Advisors
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Baleful Strix
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
-11%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
11%inclusion10 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Spellskite
11%inclusion10 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Aegis Turtle
11%inclusion10 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
11%inclusion8 decks76 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Counterspell
49%inclusion45 decks92 decks
-7%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
40%inclusion37 decks92 decks
37%synergy
Mana Drain
28%inclusion26 decks92 decks
11%synergy
Didn't Say Please
26%inclusion24 decks92 decks
21%synergy
Arcane Denial
25%inclusion23 decks92 decks
-1%synergy
Dark Ritual
22%inclusion20 decks92 decks
-14%synergy
Archive Trap
21%inclusion19 decks92 decks
19%synergy
Into the Story
21%inclusion19 decks92 decks
19%synergy
Brainstorm
18%inclusion17 decks92 decks
-12%synergy
Negate
18%inclusion17 decks92 decks
-14%synergy
Thought Collapse
18%inclusion17 decks92 decks
15%synergy
Sink into Stupor
18%inclusion16 decks87 decks
3%synergy
Drown in Dreams
17%inclusion16 decks92 decks
13%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion15 decks87 decks
2%synergy
Psychic Strike
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
13%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
-14%synergy
Thought Scour
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Crypt Incursion
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
15%synergy
Pongify
15%inclusion14 decks92 decks
0%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
12%synergy
Swan Song
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
-5%synergy
Withering Torment
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
-5%synergy
Memory Plunder
11%inclusion10 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Aetherize
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
-1%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
9.2%inclusion8 decks87 decks
-2%synergy
Deadly Rollick
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
-11%synergy
Psychic Spiral
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Intellectual Offering
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Resculpt
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Reality Shift
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
-6%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
-2%synergy
Dig Through Time
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
-2%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
-9%synergy
Darkness
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Spider-Sense
5.9%inclusion2 decks34 decks
3%synergy
Strix Serenade
5.7%inclusion5 decks87 decks
1%synergy
See Double
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Fact or Fiction
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
-4%synergy
Narset's Reversal
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Reenact the Crime
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Consult the Star Charts
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
40%inclusion37 decks92 decks
35%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
36%inclusion33 decks92 decks
27%synergy
Reanimate
33%inclusion30 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Toxic Deluge
32%inclusion29 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Traumatize
30%inclusion28 decks92 decks
26%synergy
Windfall
29%inclusion27 decks92 decks
16%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
25%inclusion23 decks92 decks
20%synergy
Damnation
23%inclusion21 decks92 decks
12%synergy
Cut Your Losses
22%inclusion20 decks92 decks
18%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
22%inclusion20 decks92 decks
12%synergy
Treasure Cruise
21%inclusion19 decks92 decks
12%synergy
Mind Funeral
20%inclusion18 decks92 decks
17%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
17%inclusion16 decks92 decks
16%synergy
Extract from Darkness
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Feed the Swarm
15%inclusion14 decks92 decks
-20%synergy
Sign in Blood
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Increasing Confusion
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Whispering Madness
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Night's Whisper
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
7%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
7.9%inclusion6 decks76 decks
1%synergy
Dread Summons
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Grasping Tentacles
6.9%inclusion4 decks58 decks
6%synergy
Ponder
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
-10%synergy
Mind Sculpt
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Pilfered Plans
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Bond of Insight
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Lórien Revealed
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Startled Awake
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
1%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Lightning Greaves
37%inclusion34 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Bonehoard
35%inclusion32 decks92 decks
33%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
31%inclusion21 decks67 decks
28%synergy
Altar of the Brood
29%inclusion27 decks92 decks
24%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
22%inclusion20 decks92 decks
21%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
21%inclusion19 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
17%inclusion16 decks92 decks
16%synergy
Keening Stone
15%inclusion14 decks92 decks
14%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
15%inclusion14 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Altar of Dementia
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Grindstone
11%inclusion10 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Profane Memento
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
-15%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Jet Medallion
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
1%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Isochron Scepter
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Relic of Progenitus
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Grafdigger's Cage
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Folio of Fancies
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Palantír of Orthanc
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
48%inclusion44 decks92 decks
41%synergy
Memory Erosion
48%inclusion44 decks92 decks
44%synergy
Propaganda
40%inclusion37 decks92 decks
23%synergy
Court of Cunning
38%inclusion35 decks92 decks
32%synergy
Intruder Alarm
34%inclusion31 decks92 decks
32%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
33%inclusion30 decks92 decks
25%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
30%inclusion20 decks67 decks
28%synergy
Freed from the Real
27%inclusion25 decks92 decks
26%synergy
Fraying Sanity
27%inclusion25 decks92 decks
23%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
27%inclusion25 decks92 decks
14%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
26%inclusion24 decks92 decks
23%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
22%inclusion20 decks92 decks
21%synergy
Mystic Remora
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
1%synergy
Animate Dead
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
9%synergy
No Mercy
11%inclusion10 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Black Market Connections
11%inclusion10 decks92 decks
1%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Leyline of the Void
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Leyline of Anticipation
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
1%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
27%inclusion25 decks92 decks
21%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
15%inclusion14 decks92 decks
13%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
15%inclusion14 decks92 decks
13%synergy
Jace Beleren
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
65%inclusion60 decks92 decks
26%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
42%inclusion39 decks92 decks
38%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
42%inclusion39 decks92 decks
23%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
41%inclusion38 decks92 decks
23%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
41%inclusion38 decks92 decks
32%synergy
Reliquary Tower
38%inclusion35 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
36%inclusion33 decks92 decks
19%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
35%inclusion17 decks48 decks
31%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
30%inclusion28 decks92 decks
18%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
22%inclusion20 decks92 decks
19%synergy
Restless Reef
20%inclusion18 decks92 decks
13%synergy
Cabal Coffers
18%inclusion17 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
15%inclusion14 decks92 decks
13%synergy
Rogue's Passage
15%inclusion14 decks92 decks
-12%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Temple of the False God
11%inclusion10 decks92 decks
1%synergy
Mortuary Mire
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Halimar Depths
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Castle Locthwain
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Sunken Palace
9.3%inclusion8 decks86 decks
8%synergy
Maze of Ith
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Castle Vantress
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Ghost Quarter
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Dreadship Reef
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
-3%synergy
Academy Ruins
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
85%inclusion78 decks92 decks
1%synergy
Sol Ring
82%inclusion75 decks92 decks
-7%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
63%inclusion58 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Dimir Signet
61%inclusion56 decks92 decks
1%synergy
Fellwar Stone
35%inclusion32 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Mind Stone
32%inclusion29 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Thought Vessel
29%inclusion27 decks92 decks
-2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
20%inclusion18 decks92 decks
2%synergy
The Soul Stone
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
11%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
12%synergy
Midnight Clock
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Gilded Lotus
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
-2%synergy
Sky Diamond
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
-2%synergy
Thran Dynamo
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
1%synergy
Worn Powerstone
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Swamp
92%inclusion85 decks92 decks
-4%synergy
Island
92%inclusion85 decks92 decks
-4%synergy
Command Tower
87%inclusion80 decks92 decks
-1%synergy
Watery Grave
86%inclusion79 decks92 decks
39%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
78%inclusion72 decks92 decks
25%synergy
Morphic Pool
74%inclusion68 decks92 decks
37%synergy
Polluted Delta
68%inclusion63 decks92 decks
37%synergy
Sunken Hollow
68%inclusion63 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
67%inclusion62 decks92 decks
28%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
53%inclusion42 decks80 decks
29%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
46%inclusion42 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
43%inclusion40 decks92 decks
19%synergy
Underground River
42%inclusion39 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Underground Sea
42%inclusion39 decks92 decks
29%synergy
Undercity Sewers
40%inclusion37 decks92 decks
20%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
39%inclusion36 decks92 decks
-1%synergy
Temple of Deceit
35%inclusion32 decks92 decks
-1%synergy
Choked Estuary
35%inclusion32 decks92 decks
-13%synergy
Sunken Ruins
35%inclusion32 decks92 decks
19%synergy
Tainted Isle
34%inclusion31 decks92 decks
-11%synergy
Fetid Pools
29%inclusion27 decks92 decks
13%synergy
Exotic Orchard
23%inclusion21 decks92 decks
-10%synergy
Fabled Passage
22%inclusion20 decks92 decks
14%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion19 decks92 decks
-1%synergy
Sink into Stupor
18%inclusion16 decks87 decks
3%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion15 decks87 decks
2%synergy
Prismatic Vista
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Misty Rainforest
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Scalding Tarn
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Marsh Flats
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Reflecting Pool
15%inclusion14 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Flooded Strand
15%inclusion14 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
15%inclusion13 decks87 decks
7%synergy
Boggart Trawler
15%inclusion13 decks87 decks
8%synergy
Evolving Wilds
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
-3%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Darkslick Shores
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
-2%synergy
River of Tears
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
1%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
9.2%inclusion8 decks87 decks
-2%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
-4%synergy
Dismal Backwater
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
-8%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
-2%synergy
Port of Karfell
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
0%synergy
Ice Tunnel
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
1%synergy
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