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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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Corrupted Shapeshifter
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
72%synergy
Manic Scribe
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
72%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
71%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
66%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
61%synergy
Pilfered Plans
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
61%synergy
Psychic Strike
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
61%synergy
Nighthowler
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
58%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
55%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
54%synergy
Top Cards
Negate
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
31%synergy
Consuming Aberration
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
49%synergy
Singularity Rupture
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
45%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
52%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
54%synergy
Feed the Swarm
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
20%synergy
Wall of Frost
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
53%synergy
Ruin Crab
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
46%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
49%synergy
Hover Barrier
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
54%synergy
Creatures
Jace's Phantasm
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
54%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
53%synergy
Mortivore
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
44%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
44%synergy
The Ancient One
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
42%synergy
Aegis Turtle
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
45%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
24%synergy
Wall of Runes
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
36%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
36%synergy
Glacial Wall
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
36%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
35%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
31%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
32%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
32%synergy
Tree of Perdition
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
26%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
27%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
27%synergy
Fog Bank
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
26%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Shadow Kin
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
24%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
27%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Uchuulon
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
12%synergy
Undead Alchemist
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
10%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Boggart Trawler
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
12%synergy
Moonfolk Puzzlemaker
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Hulking Metamorph
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
15%synergy
Mindwrack Harpy
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Vantress Gargoyle
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Nanoform Sentinel
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
The Mindskinner
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Neerdiv, Devious Diver
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Dreadwing Scavenger
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Plumecreed Escort
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Guiltfeeder
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Living Lectern
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Fortress Crab
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Kraken Hatchling
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Gomazoa
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Servant of the Stinger
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Persistent Petitioners
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Murderous Rider
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Sibsig Host
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Relic Golem
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Doomed Necromancer
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Crypt Incursion
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
53%synergy
Drown in the Loch
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
27%synergy
Thought Collapse
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
42%synergy
Didn't Say Please
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
41%synergy
Aetherize
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
35%synergy
Drown in Dreams
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
32%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
33%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Into the Story
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
35%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Go for the Throat
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
11%synergy
Dimir Charm
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Reality Shift
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
14%synergy
Intellectual Offering
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
27%synergy
Thought Scour
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
21%synergy
Counterspell
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
-29%synergy
Withering Torment
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Memory Plunder
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
12%synergy
Aetherspouts
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Doom Blade
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
15%synergy
Resculpt
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
12%synergy
Infernal Grasp
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
2%synergy
Mana Leak
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
15%synergy
Archive Trap
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Refute
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Spellgyre
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Long River's Pull
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Hagra Mauling
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Hero's Downfall
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Bile Blight
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Essence Capture
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Recoil
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Opportunity
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-22%synergy
Reject Imperfection
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Experimental Augury
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Dive Down
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Vraska's Fall
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Heartless Act
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Prologue to Phyresis
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Fact or Fiction
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
0%synergy
Deadly Dispute
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
2%synergy
Broken Ambitions
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Flare of Malice
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Bring the Ending
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Meddle
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Winds of Rebuke
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Countersquall
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Sorceries
Treasure Cruise
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
28%synergy
Read the Bones
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
32%synergy
Extract from Darkness
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
20%synergy
Fell
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Eldritch Pact
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Final Act
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Whispering Madness
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
15%synergy
Ravenform
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
15%synergy
Traumatize
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
14%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Lunar Insight
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Diresight
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Vat Emergence
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Hard Evidence
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Dead Drop
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Life's Finale
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Terror Tide
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Cloudkill
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Soul Transfer
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Victimize
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-5%synergy
Divination
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Sakashima's Will
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Dread Return
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Bond of Insight
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Tales of the Ancestors
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Coveted Prize
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Deep Analysis
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Distorted Curiosity
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Night's Whisper
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Consign // Oblivion
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Gruesome Realization
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Rags // Riches
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Dimir Machinations
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Fractured Sanity
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-1%synergy
Vivisurgeon's Insight
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Pilfer
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Seize the Secrets
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Stream of Thought
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Dreadwaters
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
0%synergy
Languish
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Notion Rain
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Bonehoard
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
44%synergy
Keening Stone
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
44%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
23%synergy
The Water Crystal
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
24%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-6%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
The Grim Captain's Locker
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Inverted Iceberg
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Navigation Orb
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Tamiyo's Immobilizer
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Altar of the Brood
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Unlicensed Hearse
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Profane Memento
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Font of Progress
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Magnifying Glass
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Lodestone Needle
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Collector's Vault
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
51%synergy
Death's Approach
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
27%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Drowned Secrets
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
27%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
26%synergy
Intruder Alarm
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Memory Erosion
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
14%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Freed from the Real
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Court of Cunning
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Scuttletide
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Illness in the Ranks
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Crab Umbra
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Disturbing Conversion
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Jace's Erasure
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Feywild Visitor
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Death in Heaven
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Vessel of Paramnesia
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Search for Azcanta
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
12%synergy
Jace Beleren
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Utility Lands
Scavenger Grounds
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
24%synergy
Restless Reef
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
21%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Bojuka Bog
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-20%synergy
Desert of the Mindful
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Zhalfirin Void
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-8%synergy
Mortuary Mire
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
1%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
1%synergy
Cryptic Spires
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Skyline Cascade
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
The Dross Pits
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Hidden Cataract
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Hive of the Eye Tyrant
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
The Surgical Bay
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
-11%synergy
Sol Ring
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
-15%synergy
Dimir Signet
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
14%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Commander's Sphere
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
29%synergy
Dimir Locket
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
43%synergy
Mind Stone
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Sky Diamond
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
10%synergy
Bandit's Haul
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Midnight Clock
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
11%synergy
Coalition Relic
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
1%synergy
Mistvein Borderpost
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Fellwar Stone
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-21%synergy
Thought Vessel
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-22%synergy
Stonespeaker Crystal
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Patriar's Seal
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Worn Powerstone
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Phyrexian Atlas
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Firemind Vessel
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion11 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Island
100%inclusion11 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
91%inclusion10 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
82%inclusion9 decks11 decks
42%synergy
Sunken Hollow
82%inclusion9 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Choked Estuary
82%inclusion9 decks11 decks
34%synergy
Dismal Backwater
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
57%synergy
Evolving Wilds
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
56%synergy
Temple of Deceit
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
28%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
57%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Tainted Isle
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
1%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
34%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
40%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Fetid Pools
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
11%synergy
Exotic Orchard
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-14%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
10%synergy
Boggart Trawler
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
12%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-36%synergy
River of Tears
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
14%synergy
Murky Sewer
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Hidden Grotto
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Hagra Mauling
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Undercity Sewers
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-11%synergy
Waterfront District
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Myriad Landscape
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-12%synergy
Gallifrey Council Chamber
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Conduit Pylons
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Ice Tunnel
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Ash Barrens
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Grixis Panorama
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Underground River
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-31%synergy
Demolition Field
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Jwari Disruption
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Maestros Theater
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
The Grey Havens
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Thriving Moor
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
2%synergy
Sunken Ruins
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-7%synergy
Crystal Grotto
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Port of Karfell
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Watery Grave
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-39%synergy
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