Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Core Midrange

Phenax, God of Deception
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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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Charix, the Raging Isle
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
98%synergy
Ruin Crab
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
71%synergy
Consuming Aberration
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
65%synergy
Counterspell
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
24%synergy
Creatures
Syr Konrad, the Grim
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
47%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
54%synergy
Nighthowler
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
54%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
58%synergy
The Ancient One
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
57%synergy
Hedron Crab
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
56%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
55%synergy
Tree of Perdition
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
40%synergy
Avatar of Woe
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
The Mindskinner
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
33%synergy
Mortivore
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Fleet Swallower
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Boggart Trawler
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
33%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
32%synergy
Jace's Archivist
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
34%synergy
Manic Scribe
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Hydro-Channeler
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Textbook Tabulator
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
April O'Neil, Hacktivist
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Gran-Gran
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Boiling Rock Rioter
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
North Pole Patrol
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Fire Navy Trebuchet
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Lo and Li, Royal Advisors
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Sinister Gnarlbark
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Glamermite
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
True-Name Nemesis
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Expedition Skulker
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Silent Arbiter
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Gyruda, Doom of Depths
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Nimbleclaw Adept
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Phyrexian Metamorph
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
10%synergy
Sage of the Unknowable
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Wall of Runes
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
7%synergy
Emet-Selch, Unsundered
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Eater of the Dead
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Instants
Drown in the Loch
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
42%synergy
Didn't Say Please
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
55%synergy
Visions of Beyond
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
56%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
56%synergy
Psychic Strike
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Negate
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Dark Ritual
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3%synergy
Aetherize
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
29%synergy
Spell Pierce
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
34%synergy
Banishing Betrayal
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Octopus Form
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Fell the Profane
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
4%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
See Double
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Frantic Search
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1%synergy
Ephara's Dispersal
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-12%synergy
Refute
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Go for the Throat
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
4%synergy
Dive Down
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Songs of the Damned
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Psychic Spiral
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Thought Collapse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Reality Shift
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
7%synergy
Intellectual Offering
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Bitter Triumph
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Quick Study
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Cancel
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Resculpt
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Disallow
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
10%synergy
Snap
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
10%synergy
Memory Lapse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Sink into Stupor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
4%synergy
Shelob's Ambush
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Archive Trap
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Bounce Off
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Into the Story
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Dig Through Time
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Tragic Slip
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Fight On!
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Magic Damper
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Consult the Star Charts
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
It'll Quench Ya!
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Sorceries
Windfall
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
47%synergy
Fractured Sanity
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
50%synergy
Toxic Deluge
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
29%synergy
Traumatize
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
35%synergy
Singularity Rupture
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
27%synergy
Boomerang Basics
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Afterlife from the Loam
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Mind Sculpt
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Feed the Swarm
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-15%synergy
Treasure Cruise
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Lórien Revealed
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Whispering Madness
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Decree of Pain
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Welcome the Dead
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Raise Dead
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Mind Funeral
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Beseech the Queen
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Winternight Stories
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Grasping Tentacles
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
10%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Epic Downfall
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Rite of Replication
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
59%synergy
Lightning Greaves
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
33%synergy
Bonehoard
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
The Everflowing Well
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Sentinel Totem
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Helm of the Host
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Grindstone
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Altar of the Brood
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Mindcrank
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-5%synergy
Keening Stone
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Altar of Dementia
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Isochron Scepter
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Sword of Body and Mind
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
The Water Crystal
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Enchantments
Intruder Alarm
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
59%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Fraying Sanity
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
27%synergy
Nightmares and Daydreams
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Freed from the Real
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Teferi's Ageless Insight
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Court of Cunning
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Mirrormade
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Estrid's Invocation
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Tolarian Contempt
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Copy Enchantment
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Black Market Connections
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Propaganda
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
2%synergy
Memory Erosion
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
58%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
51%synergy
Bojuka Bog
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Reliquary Tower
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
4%synergy
Lotus Field
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Arcane Lighthouse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Arid Archway
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
War Room
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Sunken Palace
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Drownyard Temple
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Restless Reef
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Guildless Commons
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Multiversal Passage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
-4%synergy
Dimir Signet
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
22%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
2%synergy
Sol Ring
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
-28%synergy
Fellwar Stone
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
29%synergy
Commander's Sphere
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
24%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Thought Vessel
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-11%synergy
Worn Powerstone
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Midnight Clock
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Mind Stone
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-8%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
3%synergy
Island
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
3%synergy
Temple of Deceit
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
45%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
25%synergy
Sunken Hollow
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Choked Estuary
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
33%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
23%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
21%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Underground River
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Myriad Landscape
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Fetid Pools
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
24%synergy
Salt Marsh
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Thriving Isle
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Boggart Trawler
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
33%synergy
Thriving Moor
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
34%synergy
Sunken Ruins
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
23%synergy
Watery Grave
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
-9%synergy
Sinister Hideout
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Serpent's Pass
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Tainted Isle
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-24%synergy
Fell the Profane
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
4%synergy
Undercity Sewers
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-1%synergy
Fabled Passage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Exotic Orchard
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-12%synergy
Ice Tunnel
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Ash Barrens
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Dismal Backwater
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
4%synergy
River of Tears
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
10%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Demolition Field
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Darkslick Shores
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
6%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
10%synergy
Sink into Stupor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
4%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Abstergo Entertainment
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Port of Karfell
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
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