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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
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
68%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
66%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
61%synergy
Hover Barrier
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
59%synergy
Manic Scribe
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
59%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
58%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
56%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
54%synergy
Ruin Crab
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
52%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
50%synergy
Top Cards
Feed the Swarm
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
25%synergy
Consuming Aberration
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
45%synergy
Negate
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
17%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
49%synergy
Nighthowler
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
44%synergy
Wall of Frost
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
49%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
49%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
44%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
49%synergy
Pilfered Plans
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
48%synergy
Creatures
Syr Konrad, the Grim
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
27%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
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
Deepmuck Desperado
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
29%synergy
Mortivore
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
29%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
29%synergy
Wall of Runes
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
30%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
29%synergy
The Ancient One
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
27%synergy
Shadow Kin
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
28%synergy
Glacial Wall
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
30%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
26%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
30%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Boggart Trawler
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Tree of Perdition
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
20%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
Galvanic Alchemist
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
20%synergy
Stern Mentor
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
20%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Moonfolk Puzzlemaker
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
20%synergy
Hulking Metamorph
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
17%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
16%synergy
Mindwrack Harpy
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
20%synergy
Nanoform Sentinel
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
The Mindskinner
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Neerdiv, Devious Diver
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Dreadwing Scavenger
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Plumecreed Escort
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Servant of the Stinger
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Canyon Crab
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Rattleback Apothecary
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Crabomination
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Lazav, Familiar Stranger
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Accursed Marauder
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
3%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
Instants
Crypt Incursion
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
48%synergy
Psychic Strike
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
37%synergy
Thought Collapse
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
37%synergy
Thought Scour
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
34%synergy
Didn't Say Please
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
35%synergy
Counterspell
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
-16%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Drown in the Loch
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
12%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
28%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
Aetherize
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Drown in Dreams
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
26%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
26%synergy
Into the Story
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
28%synergy
Withering Torment
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Aetherspouts
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
Doom Blade
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
17%synergy
Reality Shift
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
6%synergy
Resculpt
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
13%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
Refute
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Spellgyre
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Long River's Pull
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Flare of Malice
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Fleeting Reflection
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%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
Opportunity
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-21%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
Fact or Fiction
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
0%synergy
Deadly Dispute
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
3%synergy
Broken Ambitions
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Triton Tactics
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Sorceries
Read the Bones
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
36%synergy
Treasure Cruise
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
21%synergy
Extract from Darkness
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
23%synergy
Fell
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Final Act
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
Deep Analysis
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
17%synergy
Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
20%synergy
Ravenform
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
17%synergy
Singularity Rupture
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Lunar Insight
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Diresight
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Seize the Secrets
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Vat Emergence
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Hard Evidence
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Dead Drop
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Terror Tide
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Cloudkill
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Soul Transfer
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Victimize
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-4%synergy
Divination
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Eldritch Pact
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Sakashima's Will
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Dread Return
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
4%synergy
Bond of Insight
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Tales of the Ancestors
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
5%synergy
Coveted Prize
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Curse of the Swine
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Distorted Curiosity
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Whispering Madness
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Night's Whisper
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
4%synergy
Mind Grind
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
5%synergy
Consign // Oblivion
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
5%synergy
Gruesome Realization
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Rags // Riches
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Machinations
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Fractured Sanity
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
0%synergy
Vivisurgeon's Insight
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Pilfer
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Traumatize
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
6%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
5%synergy
Stream of Thought
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Dreadwaters
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
1%synergy
Languish
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Wayfarer's Bauble
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
27%synergy
Keening Stone
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
39%synergy
Bonehoard
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
28%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
20%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
The Grim Captain's Locker
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Inverted Iceberg
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Mind Carver
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Spellbook
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Navigation Orb
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Tamiyo's Immobilizer
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Unlicensed Hearse
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Profane Memento
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-14%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
Collector's Vault
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
36%synergy
Death's Approach
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
30%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
28%synergy
Intruder Alarm
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Drowned Secrets
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Memory Erosion
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
16%synergy
Freed from the Real
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Second Wind
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Scuttletide
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
4%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Illness in the Ranks
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Crab Umbra
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Curse of Unbinding
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Disturbing Conversion
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Jace's Erasure
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Eaten by Piranhas
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Feywild Visitor
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-3%synergy
Death in Heaven
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Vessel of Paramnesia
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
14%synergy
Jace, Architect of Thought
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Tasha, the Witch Queen
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Utility Lands
Restless Reef
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
33%synergy
Desert of the Mindful
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
29%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
28%synergy
Bojuka Bog
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
-19%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
17%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
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
Cryptic Spires
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Skyline Cascade
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
The Dross Pits
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Reliquary Tower
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-26%synergy
Hive of the Eye Tyrant
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
The Surgical Bay
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
80%inclusion8 decks10 decks
-8%synergy
Arcane Signet
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
-24%synergy
Dimir Signet
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
1%synergy
Commander's Sphere
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
33%synergy
Dimir Locket
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
47%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
-8%synergy
Mind Stone
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
11%synergy
Bandit's Haul
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Midnight Clock
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
13%synergy
Coalition Relic
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
4%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
2%synergy
Mistvein Borderpost
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Sky Diamond
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Stonespeaker Crystal
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Patriar's Seal
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Worn Powerstone
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Phyrexian Atlas
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Firemind Vessel
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion10 decks10 decks
4%synergy
Island
100%inclusion10 decks10 decks
3%synergy
Dismal Backwater
90%inclusion9 decks10 decks
74%synergy
Command Tower
80%inclusion8 decks10 decks
-8%synergy
Sunken Hollow
80%inclusion8 decks10 decks
14%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
30%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
63%synergy
Evolving Wilds
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
53%synergy
Choked Estuary
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
22%synergy
Temple of Deceit
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
24%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
11%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
44%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
29%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Tainted Isle
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
-14%synergy
Fetid Pools
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
14%synergy
Boggart Trawler
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
River of Tears
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
15%synergy
Murky Sewer
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Hidden Grotto
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Conduit Pylons
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
3%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
Exotic Orchard
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-23%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
5%synergy
Ice Tunnel
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
5%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Ash Barrens
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
5%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-44%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
Thriving Moor
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
3%synergy
Crystal Grotto
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Port of Karfell
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
3%synergy
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