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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
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Oft-Nabbed Goat
4.2%inclusion1 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Sinister Gnarlbark
4.2%inclusion1 decks24 decks
4%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
75%inclusion79 decks106 decks
72%synergy
Consuming Aberration
83%inclusion88 decks106 decks
68%synergy
Ruin Crab
75%inclusion79 decks106 decks
66%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
52%inclusion55 decks106 decks
50%synergy
Nighthowler
55%inclusion58 decks106 decks
49%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
54%inclusion57 decks106 decks
48%synergy
Wall of Frost
49%inclusion52 decks106 decks
48%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
50%inclusion53 decks106 decks
45%synergy
The Ancient One
43%inclusion46 decks106 decks
40%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
50%inclusion53 decks106 decks
40%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
58%inclusion61 decks106 decks
39%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
50%inclusion53 decks106 decks
37%synergy
Mindcrank
47%inclusion50 decks106 decks
35%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
44%inclusion47 decks106 decks
38%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
44%inclusion47 decks106 decks
38%synergy
Singularity Rupture
44%inclusion22 decks50 decks
32%synergy
The Water Crystal
44%inclusion28 decks64 decks
35%synergy
Counterspell
42%inclusion44 decks106 decks
-14%synergy
Memory Erosion
42%inclusion44 decks106 decks
37%synergy
Mortivore
40%inclusion42 decks106 decks
38%synergy
Creatures
Tree of Perdition
39%inclusion41 decks106 decks
37%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
38%inclusion40 decks106 decks
33%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
34%inclusion36 decks106 decks
33%synergy
Hedron Crab
33%inclusion35 decks106 decks
29%synergy
Manic Scribe
32%inclusion34 decks106 decks
31%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
31%inclusion32 decks102 decks
31%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
31%inclusion24 decks78 decks
30%synergy
The Mindskinner
28%inclusion25 decks88 decks
22%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
28%inclusion30 decks106 decks
27%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
27%inclusion29 decks106 decks
25%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
27%inclusion28 decks104 decks
26%synergy
Undead Alchemist
26%inclusion28 decks106 decks
24%synergy
Hover Barrier
26%inclusion28 decks106 decks
26%synergy
Fleet Swallower
25%inclusion27 decks106 decks
23%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
25%inclusion27 decks106 decks
22%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
25%inclusion27 decks106 decks
24%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
25%inclusion27 decks106 decks
20%synergy
Guiltfeeder
25%inclusion26 decks106 decks
20%synergy
Silent Arbiter
25%inclusion26 decks106 decks
23%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
24%inclusion25 decks106 decks
17%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
24%inclusion25 decks106 decks
16%synergy
Eater of the Dead
23%inclusion24 decks106 decks
21%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
23%inclusion24 decks106 decks
20%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
22%inclusion23 decks106 decks
21%synergy
Fog Bank
22%inclusion23 decks106 decks
21%synergy
Avatar of Woe
20%inclusion21 decks106 decks
19%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
20%inclusion21 decks106 decks
19%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
19%inclusion20 decks106 decks
18%synergy
Aegis Turtle
19%inclusion20 decks106 decks
18%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
18%inclusion19 decks106 decks
17%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
18%inclusion19 decks106 decks
17%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
18%inclusion19 decks106 decks
15%synergy
Riddlekeeper
18%inclusion19 decks106 decks
17%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
18%inclusion19 decks106 decks
17%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
16%inclusion17 decks106 decks
16%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
14%inclusion15 decks106 decks
14%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
13%inclusion14 decks106 decks
12%synergy
Boggart Trawler
13%inclusion13 decks101 decks
6%synergy
Soulless Jailer
12%inclusion13 decks106 decks
12%synergy
Shadow Kin
12%inclusion13 decks106 decks
10%synergy
Glacial Wall
12%inclusion13 decks106 decks
12%synergy
Jace's Archivist
12%inclusion13 decks106 decks
11%synergy
Geth, Lord of the Vault
12%inclusion13 decks106 decks
11%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
11%inclusion12 decks106 decks
-1%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
11%inclusion12 decks106 decks
7%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
11%inclusion12 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
10%inclusion10 decks98 decks
9%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
10%inclusion10 decks101 decks
2%synergy
Wall of Runes
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
9%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Psychic Strike
35%inclusion37 decks106 decks
32%synergy
Visions of Beyond
33%inclusion35 decks106 decks
29%synergy
Negate
32%inclusion34 decks106 decks
-1%synergy
Didn't Say Please
30%inclusion32 decks106 decks
25%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
29%inclusion31 decks106 decks
26%synergy
Into the Story
26%inclusion28 decks106 decks
25%synergy
Thought Collapse
24%inclusion25 decks106 decks
21%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
22%inclusion23 decks106 decks
20%synergy
Drown in Dreams
22%inclusion23 decks106 decks
17%synergy
Aetherize
21%inclusion22 decks106 decks
10%synergy
Thought Scour
20%inclusion21 decks106 decks
13%synergy
Crypt Incursion
18%inclusion19 decks106 decks
16%synergy
Dark Ritual
15%inclusion16 decks106 decks
-20%synergy
Archive Trap
15%inclusion16 decks106 decks
13%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
14%inclusion15 decks106 decks
-16%synergy
Memory Plunder
14%inclusion15 decks106 decks
8%synergy
Arcane Denial
13%inclusion14 decks106 decks
-12%synergy
Psychic Spiral
10%inclusion11 decks106 decks
10%synergy
Dig Through Time
10%inclusion11 decks106 decks
0%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion10 decks101 decks
-2%synergy
Dimir Charm
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
7%synergy
Reality Shift
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
-4%synergy
Go for the Throat
8.5%inclusion9 decks106 decks
-8%synergy
Doom Blade
8.5%inclusion9 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Memory Lapse
8.5%inclusion9 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Withering Torment
8.0%inclusion7 decks87 decks
-8%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.9%inclusion8 decks101 decks
-8%synergy
Sink into Stupor
7.9%inclusion8 decks101 decks
-8%synergy
Hero's Downfall
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
4%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Brainstorm
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
-23%synergy
Aetherspouts
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Resculpt
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
1%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
-4%synergy
Frantic Search
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
-12%synergy
Intellectual Offering
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Mana Drain
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
-11%synergy
Cancel
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
4%synergy
Pongify
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
-9%synergy
Fact or Fiction
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
-4%synergy
Opt
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
-6%synergy
Murder
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
-2%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Bitter Triumph
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
1%synergy
Sorceries
Fractured Sanity
40%inclusion42 decks106 decks
30%synergy
Mind Grind
39%inclusion41 decks106 decks
33%synergy
Traumatize
36%inclusion38 decks106 decks
31%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
30%inclusion32 decks106 decks
25%synergy
Windfall
28%inclusion30 decks106 decks
15%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
26%inclusion28 decks106 decks
17%synergy
Feed the Swarm
23%inclusion24 decks106 decks
-13%synergy
Extract from Darkness
23%inclusion24 decks106 decks
15%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
21%inclusion22 decks106 decks
16%synergy
Mind Funeral
20%inclusion21 decks106 decks
17%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
20%inclusion21 decks106 decks
10%synergy
Cut Your Losses
19%inclusion20 decks106 decks
15%synergy
Treasure Cruise
17%inclusion18 decks106 decks
8%synergy
Pilfered Plans
17%inclusion18 decks106 decks
15%synergy
Whispering Madness
15%inclusion16 decks106 decks
12%synergy
Read the Bones
12%inclusion13 decks106 decks
8%synergy
Reanimate
11%inclusion12 decks106 decks
-13%synergy
Toxic Deluge
11%inclusion12 decks106 decks
-14%synergy
Damnation
10%inclusion11 decks106 decks
0%synergy
Eldritch Pact
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
9%synergy
Dread Summons
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Sign in Blood
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Mind Sculpt
8.5%inclusion9 decks106 decks
8%synergy
Night's Whisper
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
1%synergy
Startled Awake
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
7%synergy
Life's Finale
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Tome Scour
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Ravenform
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
4%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Ponder
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
-11%synergy
Increasing Confusion
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
4%synergy
Victimize
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
-8%synergy
Decree of Pain
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Bonehoard
30%inclusion32 decks106 decks
28%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
29%inclusion31 decks106 decks
28%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
28%inclusion30 decks106 decks
23%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
23%inclusion18 decks78 decks
20%synergy
Altar of the Brood
22%inclusion23 decks106 decks
17%synergy
Keening Stone
20%inclusion21 decks106 decks
19%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
17%inclusion18 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
17%inclusion18 decks106 decks
-8%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
12%inclusion13 decks106 decks
10%synergy
Lightning Greaves
12%inclusion13 decks106 decks
-15%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
11%inclusion12 decks106 decks
9%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
10%inclusion11 decks106 decks
10%synergy
Profane Memento
8.5%inclusion9 decks106 decks
8%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
7%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
7%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Grafdigger's Cage
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Grindstone
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
-2%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
39%inclusion41 decks106 decks
35%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
34%inclusion36 decks106 decks
31%synergy
Court of Cunning
32%inclusion34 decks106 decks
26%synergy
Intruder Alarm
29%inclusion31 decks106 decks
28%synergy
Propaganda
26%inclusion28 decks106 decks
10%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
24%inclusion25 decks106 decks
22%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
21%inclusion22 decks106 decks
13%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
19%inclusion15 decks78 decks
17%synergy
Freed from the Real
16%inclusion17 decks106 decks
15%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
16%inclusion17 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
12%inclusion13 decks106 decks
11%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
10%inclusion11 decks106 decks
10%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
10%inclusion11 decks106 decks
10%synergy
Drowned Secrets
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
9%synergy
Mystic Remora
8.5%inclusion9 decks106 decks
-7%synergy
Animate Dead
8.5%inclusion9 decks106 decks
-3%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Leyline of the Void
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
5%synergy
No Mercy
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Jace's Erasure
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
28%inclusion30 decks106 decks
22%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
23%inclusion24 decks106 decks
21%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
16%inclusion17 decks106 decks
14%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
8.5%inclusion9 decks106 decks
7%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Jace Beleren
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
54%inclusion57 decks106 decks
15%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
48%inclusion51 decks106 decks
39%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
27%inclusion18 decks66 decks
22%synergy
Reliquary Tower
26%inclusion28 decks106 decks
-10%synergy
Restless Reef
24%inclusion25 decks106 decks
17%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
21%inclusion22 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
21%inclusion22 decks106 decks
18%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
15%inclusion16 decks106 decks
13%synergy
Temple of the False God
11%inclusion12 decks106 decks
2%synergy
Halimar Depths
10%inclusion11 decks106 decks
4%synergy
Mortuary Mire
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
1%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
8.5%inclusion9 decks106 decks
-10%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
-5%synergy
Castle Locthwain
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
4%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
-12%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Castle Vantress
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
2%synergy
Rogue's Passage
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
-21%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
-3%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
2%synergy
Field of Ruin
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
78%inclusion83 decks106 decks
-10%synergy
Arcane Signet
75%inclusion79 decks106 decks
-9%synergy
Dimir Signet
58%inclusion62 decks106 decks
-1%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
51%inclusion54 decks106 decks
-7%synergy
Mind Stone
36%inclusion38 decks106 decks
7%synergy
Commander's Sphere
28%inclusion30 decks106 decks
11%synergy
Fellwar Stone
22%inclusion23 decks106 decks
-9%synergy
Thought Vessel
19%inclusion20 decks106 decks
-13%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
14%inclusion15 decks106 decks
14%synergy
Dimir Locket
14%inclusion15 decks106 decks
11%synergy
Sky Diamond
12%inclusion13 decks106 decks
4%synergy
Midnight Clock
12%inclusion13 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
10%inclusion11 decks106 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Mistvein Borderpost
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Swamp
95%inclusion101 decks106 decks
-1%synergy
Island
95%inclusion101 decks106 decks
-1%synergy
Command Tower
79%inclusion84 decks106 decks
-9%synergy
Sunken Hollow
66%inclusion70 decks106 decks
0%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
57%inclusion60 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Temple of Deceit
52%inclusion55 decks106 decks
16%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
51%inclusion54 decks106 decks
12%synergy
Choked Estuary
51%inclusion54 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
43%inclusion46 decks106 decks
4%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
37%inclusion39 decks106 decks
-3%synergy
Tainted Isle
35%inclusion37 decks106 decks
-9%synergy
Watery Grave
34%inclusion36 decks106 decks
-13%synergy
Myriad Landscape
27%inclusion29 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Dismal Backwater
27%inclusion29 decks106 decks
11%synergy
Evolving Wilds
27%inclusion29 decks106 decks
11%synergy
Underground River
27%inclusion29 decks106 decks
-12%synergy
Exotic Orchard
25%inclusion27 decks106 decks
-7%synergy
Morphic Pool
25%inclusion27 decks106 decks
-11%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
24%inclusion25 decks106 decks
12%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
23%inclusion24 decks106 decks
-2%synergy
Fetid Pools
19%inclusion20 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
19%inclusion20 decks106 decks
12%synergy
Sunken Ruins
16%inclusion17 decks106 decks
1%synergy
Polluted Delta
15%inclusion16 decks106 decks
-17%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
-9%synergy
Fabled Passage
14%inclusion15 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Boggart Trawler
13%inclusion13 decks101 decks
6%synergy
Undercity Sewers
11%inclusion12 decks106 decks
-9%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
11%inclusion12 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
11%inclusion12 decks106 decks
7%synergy
Darkslick Shores
11%inclusion12 decks106 decks
-3%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
10%inclusion10 decks101 decks
2%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion10 decks101 decks
-2%synergy
Ice Tunnel
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
5%synergy
River of Tears
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
-1%synergy
Demolition Field
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
7%synergy
Port of Karfell
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.9%inclusion8 decks101 decks
-8%synergy
Sink into Stupor
7.9%inclusion8 decks101 decks
-8%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
1%synergy
Underground Sea
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
-6%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
0%synergy
Ash Barrens
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
0%synergy
Path of Ancestry
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
-22%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
-1%synergy
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