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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
90%inclusion9 decks10 decks
88%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
87%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
82%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
69%synergy
Hover Barrier
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
69%synergy
Wall of Frost
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
69%synergy
Pilfered Plans
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
68%synergy
Nighthowler
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
64%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
63%synergy
Ruin Crab
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
62%synergy
Top Cards
Negate
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
37%synergy
Consuming Aberration
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
55%synergy
Psychic Strike
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
57%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
58%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
54%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
59%synergy
Drown in the Loch
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
32%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
49%synergy
Read the Bones
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
46%synergy
The Ancient One
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
47%synergy
Creatures
Ioreth of the Healing House
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
49%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Manic Scribe
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
49%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
27%synergy
Mortivore
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
39%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
39%synergy
Wall of Runes
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
40%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
39%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
40%synergy
Glacial Wall
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
39%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
39%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
35%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
35%synergy
Aegis Turtle
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
40%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Tree of Perdition
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
28%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
29%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
30%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
26%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Boggart Trawler
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Nanoform Sentinel
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Persistent Petitioners
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
20%synergy
Uchuulon
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
14%synergy
Undead Alchemist
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
17%synergy
Fog Bank
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Shadow Kin
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
16%synergy
Wall of Air
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
20%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
20%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
17%synergy
Vantress Gargoyle
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
20%synergy
Dreadwing Scavenger
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Plumecreed Escort
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Servant of the Stinger
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Canyon Crab
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Rattleback Apothecary
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Crabomination
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Accursed Marauder
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Guiltfeeder
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
5%synergy
Living Lectern
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Fortress Crab
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Kraken Hatchling
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Gomazoa
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Jeering Homunculus
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Glimmerbell
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Sphinx of Magosi
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Aetherize
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
39%synergy
Crypt Incursion
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
48%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
46%synergy
Thought Collapse
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
37%synergy
Intellectual Offering
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
40%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
39%synergy
Didn't Say Please
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
35%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
26%synergy
Withering Torment
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Go for the Throat
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
14%synergy
Memory Plunder
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
24%synergy
Dimir Charm
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
28%synergy
Doom Blade
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
27%synergy
Reality Shift
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
16%synergy
Thought Scour
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
24%synergy
Counterspell
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
-26%synergy
Drown in Dreams
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
26%synergy
Into the Story
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
28%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
Fact or Fiction
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Infernal Grasp
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
4%synergy
Mana Leak
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
17%synergy
Archive Trap
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Spellgyre
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Long River's Pull
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Flare of Malice
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Fleeting Reflection
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Hagra Mauling
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Mizzium Skin
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Hero's Downfall
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Bile Blight
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Essence Capture
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Recoil
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Shred Memory
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-20%synergy
Reject Imperfection
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Experimental Augury
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Dissolve
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Dive Down
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Vraska's Fall
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Dark Dabbling
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Heartless Act
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Prologue to Phyresis
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Deadly Dispute
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
3%synergy
Brain Freeze
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Aetherspouts
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Triton Tactics
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Bring the Ending
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Nullify
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Sorceries
Singularity Rupture
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
63%synergy
Feed the Swarm
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
4%synergy
Treasure Cruise
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
31%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
15%synergy
Whispering Madness
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
17%synergy
Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
20%synergy
Fell
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Diresight
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Final Act
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Seize the Secrets
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Vat Emergence
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Hard Evidence
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Cloudkill
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Soul Transfer
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Victimize
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-4%synergy
Divination
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Eldritch Pact
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Nightmare Unmaking
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Sakashima's Will
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Bond of Insight
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Curse of the Swine
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Deep Analysis
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Distorted Curiosity
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Night's Whisper
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
4%synergy
Mind Grind
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
4%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
5%synergy
Aether Gale
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Bitter Ordeal
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Gruesome Realization
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Fractured Sanity
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
0%synergy
Vivisurgeon's Insight
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Ravenform
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Traumatize
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
6%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
5%synergy
Extract from Darkness
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
2%synergy
Dreadwaters
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Languish
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Set Adrift
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Breaking Wave
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Notion Rain
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
6%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Bonehoard
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
48%synergy
Keening Stone
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
39%synergy
The Water Crystal
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
24%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
30%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
6%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
-5%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Inverted Iceberg
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Tamiyo's Immobilizer
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Unlicensed Hearse
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Profane Memento
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Font of Progress
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Magnifying Glass
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Lodestone Needle
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
36%synergy
Memory Erosion
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
26%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
17%synergy
Intruder Alarm
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
14%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
Drowned Secrets
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Freed from the Real
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Second Wind
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Court of Cunning
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
4%synergy
Scuttletide
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Illness in the Ranks
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Death's Approach
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Crab Umbra
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Curse of Unbinding
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Planar Void
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Disturbing Conversion
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Eaten by Piranhas
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Feywild Visitor
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Search for Azcanta
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Architect of Thought
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
51%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
27%synergy
Restless Reef
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
23%synergy
Bojuka Bog
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
-19%synergy
Desert of the Mindful
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
Hidden Cataract
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Zhalfirin Void
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-7%synergy
Mortuary Mire
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
2%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
2%synergy
Barren Moor
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
The Dross Pits
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Ipnu Rivulet
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
The Surgical Bay
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
90%inclusion9 decks10 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Signet
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Arcane Signet
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
-24%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
-9%synergy
Sky Diamond
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
32%synergy
Commander's Sphere
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
12%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
22%synergy
Dimir Locket
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
27%synergy
Mind Stone
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
1%synergy
Bandit's Haul
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Midnight Clock
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
13%synergy
Mana Geode
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Sphere of the Suns
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-21%synergy
Patriar's Seal
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Phyrexian Atlas
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Prismatic Lens
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion10 decks10 decks
4%synergy
Island
100%inclusion10 decks10 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
80%inclusion8 decks10 decks
-8%synergy
Dismal Backwater
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
54%synergy
Evolving Wilds
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
53%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
20%synergy
Sunken Hollow
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
-6%synergy
Choked Estuary
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
12%synergy
Temple of Deceit
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
14%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
11%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
43%synergy
Tainted Isle
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
-4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
29%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
34%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
26%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Boggart Trawler
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Exotic Orchard
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
-13%synergy
Fetid Pools
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
4%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
-33%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
15%synergy
Murky Sewer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Hidden Grotto
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Conduit Pylons
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Hagra Mauling
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Undercity Sewers
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-10%synergy
Waterfront District
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Myriad Landscape
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-12%synergy
Gallifrey Council Chamber
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
5%synergy
Ice Tunnel
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
5%synergy
Warped Landscape
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Ash Barrens
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
5%synergy
Grixis Panorama
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Underground River
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-29%synergy
River of Tears
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-1%synergy
Demolition Field
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Maestros Theater
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
The Grey Havens
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Sunken Ruins
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-5%synergy
Crystal Grotto
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
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