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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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Kitsune's Technique
4.0%inclusion1 decks25 decks
2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
75%inclusion82 decks109 decks
73%synergy
Consuming Aberration
83%inclusion90 decks109 decks
68%synergy
Ruin Crab
73%inclusion80 decks109 decks
65%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
53%inclusion58 decks109 decks
51%synergy
Wall of Frost
50%inclusion55 decks109 decks
49%synergy
Nighthowler
54%inclusion59 decks109 decks
48%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
52%inclusion57 decks109 decks
47%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
50%inclusion54 decks109 decks
45%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
51%inclusion56 decks109 decks
41%synergy
Drown in the Loch
59%inclusion64 decks109 decks
41%synergy
Top Cards
Syr Konrad, the Grim
50%inclusion54 decks109 decks
37%synergy
Mindcrank
47%inclusion51 decks109 decks
35%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
45%inclusion49 decks109 decks
39%synergy
The Water Crystal
44%inclusion30 decks68 decks
35%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
43%inclusion47 decks109 decks
37%synergy
The Ancient One
43%inclusion47 decks109 decks
40%synergy
Counterspell
43%inclusion47 decks109 decks
-13%synergy
Memory Erosion
41%inclusion45 decks109 decks
37%synergy
Singularity Rupture
41%inclusion22 decks54 decks
28%synergy
Mortivore
39%inclusion43 decks109 decks
38%synergy
Creatures
Tree of Perdition
39%inclusion42 decks109 decks
37%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
38%inclusion41 decks109 decks
33%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
34%inclusion37 decks109 decks
33%synergy
Manic Scribe
33%inclusion36 decks109 decks
32%synergy
Hedron Crab
32%inclusion35 decks109 decks
28%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
31%inclusion33 decks105 decks
31%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
31%inclusion25 decks81 decks
30%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
28%inclusion30 decks109 decks
26%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
28%inclusion30 decks109 decks
27%synergy
The Mindskinner
27%inclusion25 decks91 decks
21%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
27%inclusion29 decks107 decks
26%synergy
Hover Barrier
27%inclusion29 decks109 decks
26%synergy
Fleet Swallower
27%inclusion29 decks109 decks
24%synergy
Undead Alchemist
26%inclusion28 decks109 decks
23%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
26%inclusion28 decks109 decks
22%synergy
Guiltfeeder
25%inclusion27 decks109 decks
20%synergy
Silent Arbiter
25%inclusion27 decks109 decks
23%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
25%inclusion27 decks109 decks
18%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
25%inclusion27 decks109 decks
24%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
24%inclusion26 decks109 decks
16%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
24%inclusion26 decks109 decks
19%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
24%inclusion26 decks109 decks
21%synergy
Fog Bank
23%inclusion25 decks109 decks
22%synergy
Eater of the Dead
23%inclusion25 decks109 decks
22%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
22%inclusion24 decks109 decks
21%synergy
Avatar of Woe
19%inclusion21 decks109 decks
18%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
19%inclusion21 decks109 decks
19%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
18%inclusion20 decks109 decks
17%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
18%inclusion20 decks109 decks
18%synergy
Riddlekeeper
18%inclusion20 decks109 decks
18%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
18%inclusion20 decks109 decks
18%synergy
Aegis Turtle
18%inclusion20 decks109 decks
18%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
18%inclusion20 decks109 decks
15%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
17%inclusion19 decks109 decks
16%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
17%inclusion18 decks109 decks
16%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
14%inclusion15 decks109 decks
13%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
13%inclusion14 decks109 decks
11%synergy
Shadow Kin
13%inclusion14 decks109 decks
11%synergy
Boggart Trawler
13%inclusion13 decks104 decks
6%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
12%inclusion13 decks109 decks
0%synergy
Soulless Jailer
12%inclusion13 decks109 decks
11%synergy
Glacial Wall
12%inclusion13 decks109 decks
11%synergy
Jace's Archivist
12%inclusion13 decks109 decks
11%synergy
Geth, Lord of the Vault
12%inclusion13 decks109 decks
11%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
12%inclusion13 decks109 decks
6%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
11%inclusion12 decks109 decks
7%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
11%inclusion11 decks104 decks
2%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
11%inclusion4 decks38 decks
9%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
10%inclusion11 decks109 decks
10%synergy
Imperious Mindbreaker
10%inclusion11 decks109 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Psychic Strike
34%inclusion37 decks109 decks
31%synergy
Visions of Beyond
33%inclusion36 decks109 decks
29%synergy
Negate
31%inclusion34 decks109 decks
-1%synergy
Didn't Say Please
31%inclusion34 decks109 decks
26%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
29%inclusion32 decks109 decks
26%synergy
Into the Story
27%inclusion29 decks109 decks
25%synergy
Thought Collapse
26%inclusion28 decks109 decks
23%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
24%inclusion26 decks109 decks
22%synergy
Aetherize
22%inclusion24 decks109 decks
11%synergy
Drown in Dreams
22%inclusion24 decks109 decks
18%synergy
Thought Scour
19%inclusion21 decks109 decks
13%synergy
Crypt Incursion
18%inclusion20 decks109 decks
17%synergy
Archive Trap
16%inclusion17 decks109 decks
14%synergy
Memory Plunder
14%inclusion15 decks109 decks
8%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
14%inclusion15 decks109 decks
-17%synergy
Dark Ritual
14%inclusion15 decks109 decks
-22%synergy
Arcane Denial
13%inclusion14 decks109 decks
-13%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion11 decks104 decks
-1%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion11 decks109 decks
-4%synergy
Dig Through Time
10%inclusion11 decks109 decks
0%synergy
Dimir Charm
9.2%inclusion10 decks109 decks
7%synergy
Psychic Spiral
9.2%inclusion10 decks109 decks
9%synergy
Go for the Throat
8.3%inclusion9 decks109 decks
-8%synergy
Doom Blade
8.3%inclusion9 decks109 decks
6%synergy
Resculpt
8.3%inclusion9 decks109 decks
2%synergy
Memory Lapse
8.3%inclusion9 decks109 decks
6%synergy
Withering Torment
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
-8%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.7%inclusion8 decks104 decks
-8%synergy
Sink into Stupor
7.7%inclusion8 decks104 decks
-8%synergy
Hero's Downfall
7.3%inclusion8 decks109 decks
4%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
7.3%inclusion8 decks109 decks
5%synergy
Aetherspouts
7.3%inclusion8 decks109 decks
5%synergy
Brainstorm
7.3%inclusion8 decks109 decks
-23%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
6.4%inclusion7 decks109 decks
-4%synergy
Frantic Search
6.4%inclusion7 decks109 decks
-13%synergy
Intellectual Offering
6.4%inclusion7 decks109 decks
6%synergy
Mana Drain
6.4%inclusion7 decks109 decks
-11%synergy
Cancel
6.4%inclusion7 decks109 decks
4%synergy
Pongify
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
-10%synergy
Fact or Fiction
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
-4%synergy
Opt
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
-6%synergy
Bitter Triumph
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
1%synergy
Murder
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
-2%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Mind Grind
39%inclusion43 decks109 decks
34%synergy
Fractured Sanity
39%inclusion43 decks109 decks
30%synergy
Traumatize
35%inclusion38 decks109 decks
30%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
31%inclusion34 decks109 decks
26%synergy
Windfall
28%inclusion30 decks109 decks
14%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
27%inclusion29 decks109 decks
17%synergy
Feed the Swarm
25%inclusion27 decks109 decks
-10%synergy
Extract from Darkness
22%inclusion24 decks109 decks
15%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
21%inclusion23 decks109 decks
16%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
20%inclusion22 decks109 decks
11%synergy
Cut Your Losses
19%inclusion21 decks109 decks
15%synergy
Mind Funeral
18%inclusion20 decks109 decks
16%synergy
Pilfered Plans
17%inclusion19 decks109 decks
15%synergy
Treasure Cruise
17%inclusion18 decks109 decks
8%synergy
Whispering Madness
15%inclusion16 decks109 decks
12%synergy
Read the Bones
12%inclusion13 decks109 decks
8%synergy
Toxic Deluge
11%inclusion12 decks109 decks
-15%synergy
Reanimate
11%inclusion12 decks109 decks
-13%synergy
Damnation
10%inclusion11 decks109 decks
0%synergy
Eldritch Pact
9.2%inclusion10 decks109 decks
9%synergy
Dread Summons
9.2%inclusion10 decks109 decks
6%synergy
Sign in Blood
9.2%inclusion10 decks109 decks
3%synergy
Ravenform
7.3%inclusion8 decks109 decks
5%synergy
Night's Whisper
7.3%inclusion8 decks109 decks
1%synergy
Startled Awake
7.3%inclusion8 decks109 decks
7%synergy
Life's Finale
6.4%inclusion7 decks109 decks
6%synergy
Mind Sculpt
6.4%inclusion7 decks109 decks
6%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
6.4%inclusion7 decks109 decks
5%synergy
Ponder
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
-11%synergy
Increasing Confusion
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
5%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
5%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
4%synergy
Tome Scour
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
5%synergy
Victimize
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
-8%synergy
Decree of Pain
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
30%inclusion33 decks109 decks
29%synergy
Bonehoard
29%inclusion32 decks109 decks
27%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
28%inclusion31 decks109 decks
23%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
22%inclusion18 decks81 decks
19%synergy
Altar of the Brood
22%inclusion24 decks109 decks
17%synergy
Keening Stone
19%inclusion21 decks109 decks
18%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
17%inclusion19 decks109 decks
4%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
17%inclusion18 decks109 decks
-8%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
12%inclusion13 decks109 decks
10%synergy
Lightning Greaves
12%inclusion13 decks109 decks
-15%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
11%inclusion12 decks109 decks
9%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
10%inclusion11 decks109 decks
9%synergy
Profane Memento
8.3%inclusion9 decks109 decks
8%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
7.3%inclusion8 decks109 decks
7%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
7.3%inclusion8 decks109 decks
6%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.4%inclusion7 decks109 decks
6%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
4%synergy
Grindstone
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
4%synergy
Altar of Dementia
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
1%synergy
Grafdigger's Cage
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
3%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
-2%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
39%inclusion43 decks109 decks
36%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
34%inclusion37 decks109 decks
31%synergy
Court of Cunning
33%inclusion36 decks109 decks
27%synergy
Intruder Alarm
29%inclusion32 decks109 decks
28%synergy
Propaganda
26%inclusion28 decks109 decks
9%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
25%inclusion27 decks109 decks
23%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
21%inclusion23 decks109 decks
14%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
20%inclusion16 decks81 decks
18%synergy
Freed from the Real
17%inclusion18 decks109 decks
16%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
16%inclusion17 decks109 decks
2%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
13%inclusion14 decks109 decks
12%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
10%inclusion11 decks109 decks
10%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
10%inclusion11 decks109 decks
9%synergy
Animate Dead
9.2%inclusion10 decks109 decks
-2%synergy
Drowned Secrets
9.2%inclusion10 decks109 decks
8%synergy
Mystic Remora
8.3%inclusion9 decks109 decks
-7%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
6.4%inclusion7 decks109 decks
3%synergy
No Mercy
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
3%synergy
Leyline of the Void
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
2%synergy
Jace's Erasure
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
5%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
6.4%inclusion7 decks109 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
28%inclusion30 decks109 decks
21%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
23%inclusion25 decks109 decks
21%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
16%inclusion17 decks109 decks
13%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
9.2%inclusion10 decks109 decks
6%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
8.3%inclusion9 decks109 decks
7%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
6.4%inclusion7 decks109 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
53%inclusion58 decks109 decks
14%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
49%inclusion53 decks109 decks
40%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
30%inclusion21 decks70 decks
25%synergy
Reliquary Tower
27%inclusion29 decks109 decks
-10%synergy
Restless Reef
23%inclusion25 decks109 decks
16%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
21%inclusion23 decks109 decks
4%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
21%inclusion23 decks109 decks
18%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
17%inclusion18 decks109 decks
15%synergy
Temple of the False God
11%inclusion12 decks109 decks
1%synergy
Halimar Depths
10%inclusion11 decks109 decks
4%synergy
Mortuary Mire
9.2%inclusion10 decks109 decks
1%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
8.3%inclusion9 decks109 decks
-10%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
7.3%inclusion8 decks109 decks
7%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
7.3%inclusion8 decks109 decks
-5%synergy
Castle Locthwain
7.3%inclusion8 decks109 decks
4%synergy
Rogue's Passage
7.3%inclusion8 decks109 decks
-20%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
7.3%inclusion8 decks109 decks
-12%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
6.4%inclusion7 decks109 decks
2%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
6.4%inclusion7 decks109 decks
3%synergy
Castle Vantress
6.4%inclusion7 decks109 decks
2%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
-3%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
3%synergy
Field of Ruin
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
79%inclusion86 decks109 decks
-9%synergy
Arcane Signet
76%inclusion83 decks109 decks
-8%synergy
Dimir Signet
60%inclusion65 decks109 decks
0%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
51%inclusion56 decks109 decks
-7%synergy
Mind Stone
36%inclusion39 decks109 decks
7%synergy
Commander's Sphere
28%inclusion31 decks109 decks
11%synergy
Fellwar Stone
21%inclusion23 decks109 decks
-10%synergy
Thought Vessel
20%inclusion22 decks109 decks
-11%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
15%inclusion16 decks109 decks
14%synergy
Sky Diamond
12%inclusion13 decks109 decks
4%synergy
Dimir Locket
12%inclusion13 decks109 decks
9%synergy
Midnight Clock
12%inclusion13 decks109 decks
5%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
10%inclusion11 decks109 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
6.4%inclusion7 decks109 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
95%inclusion104 decks109 decks
-1%synergy
Island
95%inclusion104 decks109 decks
-1%synergy
Command Tower
80%inclusion87 decks109 decks
-8%synergy
Sunken Hollow
66%inclusion72 decks109 decks
0%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
56%inclusion61 decks109 decks
2%synergy
Temple of Deceit
52%inclusion57 decks109 decks
16%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
52%inclusion57 decks109 decks
14%synergy
Choked Estuary
51%inclusion56 decks109 decks
4%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
42%inclusion46 decks109 decks
3%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
36%inclusion39 decks109 decks
-4%synergy
Tainted Isle
35%inclusion38 decks109 decks
-9%synergy
Watery Grave
34%inclusion37 decks109 decks
-13%synergy
Dismal Backwater
28%inclusion31 decks109 decks
13%synergy
Myriad Landscape
28%inclusion30 decks109 decks
6%synergy
Evolving Wilds
28%inclusion30 decks109 decks
11%synergy
Underground River
27%inclusion29 decks109 decks
-13%synergy
Exotic Orchard
25%inclusion27 decks109 decks
-8%synergy
Morphic Pool
25%inclusion27 decks109 decks
-12%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
24%inclusion26 decks109 decks
13%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
22%inclusion24 decks109 decks
-3%synergy
Fetid Pools
20%inclusion22 decks109 decks
4%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
19%inclusion21 decks109 decks
13%synergy
Sunken Ruins
16%inclusion17 decks109 decks
0%synergy
Polluted Delta
16%inclusion17 decks109 decks
-16%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
-9%synergy
Fabled Passage
14%inclusion15 decks109 decks
5%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
13%inclusion14 decks109 decks
7%synergy
Boggart Trawler
13%inclusion13 decks104 decks
6%synergy
Darkslick Shores
12%inclusion13 decks109 decks
-2%synergy
Undercity Sewers
11%inclusion12 decks109 decks
-9%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
11%inclusion12 decks109 decks
6%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
11%inclusion11 decks104 decks
2%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion11 decks104 decks
-1%synergy
Ice Tunnel
10%inclusion11 decks109 decks
5%synergy
River of Tears
10%inclusion11 decks109 decks
0%synergy
Port of Karfell
10%inclusion11 decks109 decks
4%synergy
Demolition Field
9.2%inclusion10 decks109 decks
7%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
8.3%inclusion9 decks109 decks
2%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.7%inclusion8 decks104 decks
-8%synergy
Sink into Stupor
7.7%inclusion8 decks104 decks
-8%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
7.3%inclusion8 decks109 decks
1%synergy
Underground Sea
6.4%inclusion7 decks109 decks
-7%synergy
Ash Barrens
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
0%synergy
Path of Ancestry
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
-22%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
-1%synergy
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