Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Core Mill

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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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Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic
3.8%inclusion1 decks26 decks
1%synergy
Loki, God of Mischief
3.4%inclusion1 decks29 decks
2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
77%inclusion87 decks113 decks
75%synergy
Consuming Aberration
83%inclusion94 decks113 decks
68%synergy
Ruin Crab
76%inclusion86 decks113 decks
68%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
54%inclusion61 decks113 decks
52%synergy
Wall of Frost
52%inclusion59 decks113 decks
51%synergy
Nighthowler
52%inclusion59 decks113 decks
47%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
50%inclusion57 decks113 decks
45%synergy
Tree of Perdition
43%inclusion49 decks113 decks
42%synergy
Drown in the Loch
59%inclusion67 decks113 decks
42%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
46%inclusion52 decks113 decks
42%synergy
Top Cards
Maddening Cacophony
51%inclusion58 decks113 decks
41%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
47%inclusion53 decks113 decks
41%synergy
Mindcrank
47%inclusion53 decks113 decks
35%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
47%inclusion53 decks113 decks
34%synergy
The Water Crystal
45%inclusion40 decks88 decks
36%synergy
Singularity Rupture
45%inclusion35 decks78 decks
32%synergy
The Ancient One
44%inclusion50 decks113 decks
41%synergy
Memory Erosion
44%inclusion50 decks113 decks
40%synergy
Fractured Sanity
42%inclusion48 decks113 decks
33%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
42%inclusion48 decks113 decks
36%synergy
Creatures
Mortivore
39%inclusion44 decks113 decks
38%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
36%inclusion41 decks113 decks
32%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
35%inclusion40 decks113 decks
35%synergy
Manic Scribe
35%inclusion39 decks113 decks
33%synergy
Hedron Crab
33%inclusion37 decks113 decks
28%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
32%inclusion32 decks100 decks
31%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
29%inclusion33 decks113 decks
29%synergy
Hover Barrier
29%inclusion33 decks113 decks
28%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
28%inclusion32 decks113 decks
26%synergy
Silent Arbiter
27%inclusion31 decks113 decks
26%synergy
Fog Bank
27%inclusion31 decks113 decks
26%synergy
Eater of the Dead
27%inclusion31 decks113 decks
26%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
27%inclusion30 decks113 decks
26%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
27%inclusion30 decks113 decks
26%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
26%inclusion29 decks113 decks
25%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
25%inclusion28 decks113 decks
21%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
24%inclusion27 decks113 decks
23%synergy
Undead Alchemist
24%inclusion27 decks113 decks
21%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
24%inclusion27 decks113 decks
23%synergy
Avatar of Woe
23%inclusion26 decks113 decks
22%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
23%inclusion26 decks113 decks
18%synergy
Guiltfeeder
22%inclusion25 decks113 decks
17%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
21%inclusion24 decks113 decks
14%synergy
Fleet Swallower
21%inclusion24 decks113 decks
19%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
21%inclusion24 decks113 decks
13%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
21%inclusion24 decks113 decks
20%synergy
Aegis Turtle
21%inclusion24 decks113 decks
21%synergy
The Mindskinner
21%inclusion23 decks109 decks
14%synergy
Riddlekeeper
20%inclusion23 decks113 decks
20%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
19%inclusion22 decks113 decks
19%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
19%inclusion22 decks113 decks
18%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
19%inclusion22 decks113 decks
17%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
17%inclusion19 decks113 decks
16%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
16%inclusion18 decks113 decks
15%synergy
Soulless Jailer
15%inclusion17 decks113 decks
15%synergy
Glacial Wall
15%inclusion17 decks113 decks
15%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
14%inclusion16 decks113 decks
11%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
14%inclusion9 decks65 decks
12%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
13%inclusion15 decks113 decks
13%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
13%inclusion15 decks113 decks
12%synergy
Shadow Kin
13%inclusion15 decks113 decks
11%synergy
Boggart Trawler
12%inclusion14 decks113 decks
6%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
12%inclusion13 decks113 decks
-0%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
11%inclusion12 decks113 decks
-1%synergy
Wall of Junk
11%inclusion12 decks113 decks
10%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
11%inclusion12 decks113 decks
10%synergy
Jace's Archivist
11%inclusion12 decks113 decks
9%synergy
Wall of Runes
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
9%synergy
Baleful Strix
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
-14%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
2%synergy
Instants
Counterspell
40%inclusion45 decks113 decks
-16%synergy
Visions of Beyond
37%inclusion42 decks113 decks
33%synergy
Didn't Say Please
33%inclusion37 decks113 decks
28%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
32%inclusion36 decks113 decks
28%synergy
Psychic Strike
30%inclusion34 decks113 decks
27%synergy
Into the Story
30%inclusion34 decks113 decks
29%synergy
Negate
27%inclusion30 decks113 decks
-6%synergy
Thought Collapse
25%inclusion28 decks113 decks
22%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
22%inclusion25 decks113 decks
21%synergy
Aetherize
19%inclusion22 decks113 decks
8%synergy
Drown in Dreams
19%inclusion22 decks113 decks
15%synergy
Archive Trap
19%inclusion22 decks113 decks
17%synergy
Thought Scour
17%inclusion19 decks113 decks
10%synergy
Crypt Incursion
17%inclusion19 decks113 decks
15%synergy
Arcane Denial
15%inclusion17 decks113 decks
-11%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
13%inclusion15 decks113 decks
-19%synergy
Dark Ritual
13%inclusion15 decks113 decks
-23%synergy
Reality Shift
13%inclusion15 decks113 decks
-0%synergy
Memory Lapse
12%inclusion13 decks113 decks
9%synergy
Dig Through Time
12%inclusion13 decks113 decks
2%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion12 decks113 decks
-5%synergy
Go for the Throat
11%inclusion12 decks113 decks
-5%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
-1%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
-6%synergy
Sink into Stupor
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
-6%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
-2%synergy
Withering Torment
9.3%inclusion10 decks108 decks
-7%synergy
Brainstorm
8.8%inclusion10 decks113 decks
-21%synergy
Aetherspouts
8.8%inclusion10 decks113 decks
7%synergy
Doom Blade
8.8%inclusion10 decks113 decks
6%synergy
Psychic Spiral
8.0%inclusion9 decks113 decks
7%synergy
Mana Drain
8.0%inclusion9 decks113 decks
-10%synergy
Hero's Downfall
7.1%inclusion8 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Pongify
7.1%inclusion8 decks113 decks
-8%synergy
Dimir Charm
7.1%inclusion8 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Perplex
7.1%inclusion8 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
6.8%inclusion4 decks59 decks
4%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
4%synergy
See Double
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Frantic Search
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
-13%synergy
Fact or Fiction
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
-3%synergy
Bitter Triumph
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
2%synergy
Resculpt
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
-0%synergy
Induce Paranoia
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
6%synergy
Opt
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
-6%synergy
Intellectual Offering
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Cancel
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
3%synergy
Disallow
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Ravenous Trap
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Mind Grind
40%inclusion45 decks113 decks
35%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
35%inclusion39 decks113 decks
29%synergy
Traumatize
33%inclusion37 decks113 decks
28%synergy
Feed the Swarm
27%inclusion31 decks113 decks
-7%synergy
Windfall
27%inclusion30 decks113 decks
13%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
26%inclusion29 decks113 decks
17%synergy
Mind Funeral
22%inclusion25 decks113 decks
19%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
21%inclusion24 decks113 decks
16%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
19%inclusion22 decks113 decks
10%synergy
Cut Your Losses
19%inclusion21 decks113 decks
15%synergy
Pilfered Plans
19%inclusion21 decks113 decks
16%synergy
Treasure Cruise
17%inclusion19 decks113 decks
9%synergy
Toxic Deluge
17%inclusion19 decks113 decks
-9%synergy
Extract from Darkness
17%inclusion19 decks113 decks
9%synergy
Sign in Blood
13%inclusion15 decks113 decks
7%synergy
Whispering Madness
12%inclusion13 decks113 decks
9%synergy
Read the Bones
11%inclusion12 decks113 decks
7%synergy
Night's Whisper
11%inclusion12 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Reanimate
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
-16%synergy
Damnation
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
-0%synergy
Eldritch Pact
8.8%inclusion10 decks113 decks
8%synergy
Mind Sculpt
8.8%inclusion10 decks113 decks
8%synergy
Startled Awake
8.8%inclusion10 decks113 decks
8%synergy
Ponder
8.0%inclusion9 decks113 decks
-8%synergy
Increasing Confusion
8.0%inclusion9 decks113 decks
7%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
7.1%inclusion8 decks113 decks
1%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
7.1%inclusion8 decks113 decks
6%synergy
Life's Finale
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
6%synergy
Tome Scour
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Dread Summons
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
2%synergy
Lórien Revealed
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
2%synergy
Syphon Mind
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
3%synergy
Preordain
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
-5%synergy
Ravenform
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
33%inclusion37 decks113 decks
31%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
32%inclusion36 decks113 decks
27%synergy
Bonehoard
27%inclusion30 decks113 decks
25%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
25%inclusion25 decks100 decks
21%synergy
Altar of the Brood
23%inclusion26 decks113 decks
18%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
18%inclusion20 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Keening Stone
18%inclusion20 decks113 decks
17%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
17%inclusion19 decks113 decks
-8%synergy
Lightning Greaves
17%inclusion19 decks113 decks
-11%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
13%inclusion15 decks113 decks
11%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
13%inclusion15 decks113 decks
12%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
9%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
8.8%inclusion10 decks113 decks
9%synergy
Grindstone
7.1%inclusion8 decks113 decks
6%synergy
Profane Memento
7.1%inclusion8 decks113 decks
7%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
7.1%inclusion8 decks113 decks
-1%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Grafdigger's Cage
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
3%synergy
Folio of Fancies
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
37%inclusion42 decks113 decks
33%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
34%inclusion38 decks113 decks
31%synergy
Intruder Alarm
32%inclusion36 decks113 decks
31%synergy
Court of Cunning
32%inclusion36 decks113 decks
26%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
27%inclusion27 decks100 decks
25%synergy
Propaganda
27%inclusion30 decks113 decks
9%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
22%inclusion25 decks113 decks
15%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
20%inclusion23 decks113 decks
7%synergy
Freed from the Real
19%inclusion22 decks113 decks
19%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
19%inclusion22 decks113 decks
18%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
13%inclusion15 decks113 decks
12%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
9%synergy
Animate Dead
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
-1%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
8.8%inclusion10 decks113 decks
8%synergy
Mystic Remora
8.8%inclusion10 decks113 decks
-6%synergy
Drowned Secrets
8.8%inclusion10 decks113 decks
8%synergy
Jace's Erasure
7.1%inclusion8 decks113 decks
6%synergy
Leyline of the Void
7.1%inclusion8 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
3%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
6%synergy
No Mercy
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
2%synergy
Black Market Connections
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
-5%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
29%inclusion33 decks113 decks
23%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
25%inclusion28 decks113 decks
23%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
14%inclusion16 decks113 decks
12%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
7%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
7.1%inclusion8 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
3%synergy
Jace Beleren
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
52%inclusion59 decks113 decks
14%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
44%inclusion50 decks113 decks
36%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
30%inclusion27 decks90 decks
25%synergy
Reliquary Tower
24%inclusion27 decks113 decks
-12%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
22%inclusion25 decks113 decks
19%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
21%inclusion24 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Restless Reef
20%inclusion23 decks113 decks
14%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
14%inclusion16 decks113 decks
12%synergy
Temple of the False God
12%inclusion13 decks113 decks
2%synergy
Halimar Depths
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
3%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
-9%synergy
Rogue's Passage
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
-17%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
8.8%inclusion10 decks113 decks
-11%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
8.0%inclusion9 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Castle Vantress
8.0%inclusion9 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.1%inclusion8 decks113 decks
-0%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
7.1%inclusion8 decks113 decks
7%synergy
Castle Locthwain
7.1%inclusion8 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
3%synergy
Barren Moor
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
3%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
-7%synergy
Field of Ruin
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
81%inclusion92 decks113 decks
-2%synergy
Sol Ring
76%inclusion86 decks113 decks
-12%synergy
Dimir Signet
61%inclusion69 decks113 decks
3%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
54%inclusion61 decks113 decks
-4%synergy
Mind Stone
30%inclusion34 decks113 decks
2%synergy
Fellwar Stone
24%inclusion27 decks113 decks
-7%synergy
Commander's Sphere
23%inclusion26 decks113 decks
7%synergy
Thought Vessel
22%inclusion25 decks113 decks
-9%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
15%inclusion17 decks113 decks
15%synergy
Sky Diamond
14%inclusion16 decks113 decks
6%synergy
Midnight Clock
13%inclusion15 decks113 decks
7%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
12%inclusion14 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Dimir Locket
12%inclusion13 decks113 decks
9%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Swamp
96%inclusion108 decks113 decks
-1%synergy
Island
96%inclusion108 decks113 decks
-1%synergy
Command Tower
81%inclusion91 decks113 decks
-7%synergy
Sunken Hollow
66%inclusion75 decks113 decks
1%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
60%inclusion68 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Temple of Deceit
51%inclusion58 decks113 decks
17%synergy
Choked Estuary
51%inclusion58 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
50%inclusion57 decks113 decks
13%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
42%inclusion47 decks113 decks
2%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
41%inclusion46 decks113 decks
0%synergy
Tainted Isle
40%inclusion45 decks113 decks
-4%synergy
Watery Grave
38%inclusion43 decks113 decks
-11%synergy
Underground River
35%inclusion40 decks113 decks
-5%synergy
Morphic Pool
27%inclusion31 decks113 decks
-9%synergy
Evolving Wilds
26%inclusion29 decks113 decks
9%synergy
Myriad Landscape
25%inclusion28 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Dismal Backwater
25%inclusion28 decks113 decks
9%synergy
Exotic Orchard
24%inclusion27 decks113 decks
-8%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
23%inclusion26 decks113 decks
-1%synergy
Fetid Pools
20%inclusion23 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Sunken Ruins
20%inclusion23 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
19%inclusion21 decks113 decks
8%synergy
Polluted Delta
19%inclusion21 decks113 decks
-14%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
16%inclusion18 decks113 decks
9%synergy
Fabled Passage
15%inclusion17 decks113 decks
6%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
15%inclusion17 decks113 decks
10%synergy
Darkslick Shores
14%inclusion16 decks113 decks
0%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
13%inclusion14 decks109 decks
-11%synergy
Boggart Trawler
12%inclusion14 decks113 decks
6%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion12 decks113 decks
-5%synergy
Undercity Sewers
11%inclusion12 decks113 decks
-10%synergy
Ice Tunnel
11%inclusion12 decks113 decks
6%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
11%inclusion12 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
2%synergy
River of Tears
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
-0%synergy
Sink into Stupor
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
-6%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
-2%synergy
Demolition Field
8.8%inclusion10 decks113 decks
6%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
8.8%inclusion10 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Underground Sea
8.0%inclusion9 decks113 decks
-5%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
7.1%inclusion8 decks113 decks
1%synergy
Thriving Moor
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
-0%synergy
Port of Karfell
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
0%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
-0%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
-1%synergy
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