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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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Flow State
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
27%synergy
Orysa, Tide Choreographer
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Procrastinate
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Grave Researcher
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
78%inclusion69 decks88 decks
76%synergy
Ruin Crab
81%inclusion71 decks88 decks
72%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
77%inclusion68 decks88 decks
71%synergy
Tree of Perdition
69%inclusion61 decks88 decks
68%synergy
Consuming Aberration
80%inclusion70 decks88 decks
65%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
63%inclusion55 decks88 decks
61%synergy
Visions of Beyond
64%inclusion56 decks88 decks
60%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
63%inclusion55 decks88 decks
57%synergy
The Water Crystal
64%inclusion32 decks50 decks
55%synergy
The Ancient One
58%inclusion51 decks88 decks
55%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
72%inclusion63 decks88 decks
54%synergy
Mindcrank
60%inclusion53 decks88 decks
48%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
60%inclusion53 decks88 decks
50%synergy
Singularity Rupture
56%inclusion24 decks43 decks
43%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
53%inclusion47 decks88 decks
46%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
51%inclusion45 decks88 decks
49%synergy
Fractured Sanity
51%inclusion45 decks88 decks
41%synergy
Silent Arbiter
50%inclusion44 decks88 decks
49%synergy
Nighthowler
50%inclusion44 decks88 decks
44%synergy
Counterspell
50%inclusion44 decks88 decks
-6%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
-13%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
-16%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Creatures
Wall of Frost
48%inclusion42 decks88 decks
46%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
47%inclusion41 decks88 decks
42%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
40%inclusion35 decks88 decks
27%synergy
Mortivore
40%inclusion35 decks88 decks
38%synergy
Eater of the Dead
39%inclusion34 decks88 decks
37%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
36%inclusion12 decks33 decks
35%synergy
The Mindskinner
35%inclusion28 decks80 decks
28%synergy
Hedron Crab
33%inclusion29 decks88 decks
29%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
32%inclusion28 decks88 decks
31%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
31%inclusion27 decks88 decks
30%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
31%inclusion27 decks88 decks
26%synergy
Hover Barrier
30%inclusion26 decks88 decks
29%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
30%inclusion26 decks88 decks
29%synergy
Undead Alchemist
28%inclusion25 decks88 decks
26%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
28%inclusion20 decks71 decks
27%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
27%inclusion24 decks88 decks
26%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
26%inclusion23 decks88 decks
26%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
26%inclusion23 decks88 decks
23%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
24%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Manic Scribe
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
24%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
24%inclusion21 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
24%inclusion21 decks88 decks
23%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
23%inclusion20 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Avatar of Woe
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
14%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Soulless Jailer
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Riddlekeeper
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
20%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Fog Bank
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
18%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
18%synergy
Glacial Wall
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
19%synergy
Fleet Swallower
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
16%synergy
Guiltfeeder
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Baleful Strix
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
-8%synergy
Shadow Kin
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
14%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
15%inclusion13 decks87 decks
13%synergy
Boggart Trawler
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Aegis Turtle
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
12%inclusion4 decks33 decks
12%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
12%inclusion9 decks78 decks
11%synergy
Jace's Archivist
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Spellskite
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
10%inclusion8 decks78 decks
8%synergy
Faerie Mastermind
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
0%synergy
Instants
Dramatic Reversal
43%inclusion38 decks88 decks
40%synergy
Mana Drain
31%inclusion27 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Arcane Denial
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Didn't Say Please
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Dark Ritual
24%inclusion21 decks88 decks
-12%synergy
Into the Story
23%inclusion20 decks88 decks
21%synergy
Fell the Profane
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
6%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
-9%synergy
Negate
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
-11%synergy
Brainstorm
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
-8%synergy
Drown in Dreams
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
16%synergy
Sink into Stupor
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Archive Trap
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
17%synergy
Thought Scour
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Thought Collapse
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Swan Song
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
-3%synergy
Crypt Incursion
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
14%synergy
Psychic Strike
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Pongify
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
-2%synergy
Deadly Rollick
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
-7%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Withering Torment
13%inclusion10 decks80 decks
-4%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Resculpt
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Aetherize
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Dig Through Time
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
1%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Fact or Fiction
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Reality Shift
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
-6%synergy
Intellectual Offering
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Darkness
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Magic Damper
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
5%synergy
See Double
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Go for the Throat
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
-10%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Strix Serenade
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
1%synergy
Perplex
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Force of Negation
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
-3%synergy
Narset's Reversal
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Pact of Negation
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
1%synergy
Sorceries
Mind Grind
48%inclusion42 decks88 decks
42%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
39%inclusion34 decks88 decks
33%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
36%inclusion32 decks88 decks
27%synergy
Reanimate
34%inclusion30 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Toxic Deluge
31%inclusion27 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Windfall
30%inclusion26 decks88 decks
16%synergy
Damnation
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
15%synergy
Traumatize
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
15%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
23%inclusion20 decks88 decks
18%synergy
Treasure Cruise
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Mind Funeral
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
17%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
16%synergy
Cut Your Losses
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Extract from Darkness
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Feed the Swarm
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
-20%synergy
Dream Harvest
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
10%inclusion8 decks78 decks
4%synergy
Ponder
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
-6%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Sign in Blood
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Night's Whisper
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Mind Sculpt
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Pilfered Plans
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
7.0%inclusion3 decks43 decks
6%synergy
Increasing Confusion
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Dread Summons
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Whispering Madness
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Lórien Revealed
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Tome Scour
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Preordain
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
-4%synergy
Stock Up
5.6%inclusion4 decks71 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Mesmeric Orb
49%inclusion43 decks88 decks
44%synergy
Lightning Greaves
36%inclusion32 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Bonehoard
32%inclusion28 decks88 decks
30%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
30%inclusion21 decks71 decks
26%synergy
Altar of the Brood
24%inclusion21 decks88 decks
19%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
14%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Altar of Dementia
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
-14%synergy
Profane Memento
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Keening Stone
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Jet Medallion
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
1%synergy
Grindstone
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Isochron Scepter
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Relic of Progenitus
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Memory Erosion
45%inclusion40 decks88 decks
41%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
44%inclusion39 decks88 decks
38%synergy
Propaganda
44%inclusion39 decks88 decks
27%synergy
Court of Cunning
38%inclusion33 decks88 decks
32%synergy
Intruder Alarm
36%inclusion32 decks88 decks
35%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
34%inclusion30 decks88 decks
27%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
30%inclusion26 decks88 decks
16%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
28%inclusion20 decks71 decks
26%synergy
Freed from the Real
26%inclusion23 decks88 decks
25%synergy
Fraying Sanity
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
21%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
24%inclusion21 decks88 decks
21%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
23%inclusion20 decks88 decks
22%synergy
Mystic Remora
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Animate Dead
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
4%synergy
No Mercy
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
11%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Black Market Connections
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Leyline of the Void
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Leyline of Anticipation
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
1%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
27%inclusion24 decks88 decks
21%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
15%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Jace Beleren
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
67%inclusion59 decks88 decks
28%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
44%inclusion39 decks88 decks
26%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
43%inclusion38 decks88 decks
39%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
41%inclusion36 decks88 decks
21%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
38%inclusion33 decks88 decks
29%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
36%inclusion32 decks88 decks
19%synergy
Reliquary Tower
34%inclusion30 decks88 decks
-2%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
32%inclusion28 decks88 decks
19%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
30%inclusion16 decks53 decks
25%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
19%synergy
Restless Reef
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Cabal Coffers
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Rogue's Passage
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
-12%synergy
Mortuary Mire
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Maze of Ith
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Halimar Depths
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Temple of the False God
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
1%synergy
Sunken Palace
8.0%inclusion7 decks87 decks
7%synergy
Castle Locthwain
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Castle Vantress
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Ghost Quarter
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
84%inclusion74 decks88 decks
0%synergy
Sol Ring
80%inclusion70 decks88 decks
-8%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
61%inclusion54 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Dimir Signet
60%inclusion53 decks88 decks
1%synergy
Fellwar Stone
34%inclusion30 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Mind Stone
34%inclusion30 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Thought Vessel
26%inclusion23 decks88 decks
-5%synergy
The Soul Stone
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
14%synergy
Commander's Sphere
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
11%synergy
Midnight Clock
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
1%synergy
Sky Diamond
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
1%synergy
Gilded Lotus
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Thran Dynamo
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
0%synergy
Worn Powerstone
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Swamp
93%inclusion82 decks88 decks
-3%synergy
Island
93%inclusion82 decks88 decks
-4%synergy
Command Tower
88%inclusion77 decks88 decks
0%synergy
Watery Grave
85%inclusion75 decks88 decks
37%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
72%inclusion63 decks88 decks
18%synergy
Morphic Pool
72%inclusion63 decks88 decks
35%synergy
Polluted Delta
70%inclusion62 decks88 decks
38%synergy
Sunken Hollow
67%inclusion59 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
65%inclusion57 decks88 decks
25%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
52%inclusion46 decks88 decks
14%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
51%inclusion41 decks81 decks
27%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
45%inclusion40 decks88 decks
21%synergy
Underground Sea
45%inclusion40 decks88 decks
32%synergy
Undercity Sewers
41%inclusion36 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Underground River
38%inclusion33 decks88 decks
-3%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
34%inclusion30 decks88 decks
-5%synergy
Sunken Ruins
34%inclusion30 decks88 decks
18%synergy
Temple of Deceit
33%inclusion29 decks88 decks
-2%synergy
Choked Estuary
32%inclusion28 decks88 decks
-15%synergy
Tainted Isle
30%inclusion26 decks88 decks
-15%synergy
Fetid Pools
28%inclusion25 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Fell the Profane
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Fabled Passage
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Exotic Orchard
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
-11%synergy
Prismatic Vista
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
14%synergy
Misty Rainforest
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
11%synergy
Myriad Landscape
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Sink into Stupor
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Scalding Tarn
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Marsh Flats
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Flooded Strand
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Reflecting Pool
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Boggart Trawler
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Darkslick Shores
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
-4%synergy
Dismal Backwater
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
-5%synergy
River of Tears
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
1%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Ice Tunnel
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
-4%synergy
Port of Karfell
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
1%synergy
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