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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
80%inclusion8 decks10 decks
78%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
74%synergy
Hover Barrier
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
69%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
66%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
63%synergy
Ruin Crab
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
62%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
59%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
59%synergy
Wall of Frost
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
59%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
58%synergy
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Negate
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
27%synergy
Nighthowler
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
54%synergy
Consuming Aberration
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
45%synergy
Pilfered Plans
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
58%synergy
Psychic Strike
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
47%synergy
Read the Bones
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
46%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
44%synergy
Didn't Say Please
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
45%synergy
Crypt Incursion
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
48%synergy
Manic Scribe
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
49%synergy
Creatures
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
48%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
27%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
39%synergy
Wall of Runes
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
40%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
40%synergy
The Ancient One
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
37%synergy
Glacial Wall
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
39%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
Deepmuck Desperado
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
33%inclusion2 decks6 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
Murmuring Phantasm
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
30%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
29%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
29%synergy
Aegis Turtle
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
30%synergy
Boggart Trawler
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Nanoform Sentinel
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Tree of Perdition
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%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
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
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
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
Hydroelectric Specimen
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Crabomination
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Lazav, Familiar Stranger
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%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
Relic Golem
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Drown in the Loch
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
22%synergy
Thought Collapse
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
37%synergy
Aetherize
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
29%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
39%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
36%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
Intellectual Offering
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
30%synergy
Thought Scour
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
24%synergy
Counterspell
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
-26%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
14%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
Fact or Fiction
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Aetherspouts
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
Infernal Grasp
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
4%synergy
Mana Leak
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
17%synergy
Drown in Dreams
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
16%synergy
Archive Trap
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
Into the Story
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
Opportunity
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%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
Broken Ambitions
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Triton Tactics
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Bring the Ending
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Sorceries
Singularity Rupture
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
38%synergy
Feed the Swarm
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
4%synergy
Treasure Cruise
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
21%synergy
Fell
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
15%synergy
Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
20%synergy
Fractured Sanity
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Extract from Darkness
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
12%synergy
Lunar Insight
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%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
Razaketh's Rite
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
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
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
Tales of the Ancestors
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Coveted Prize
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%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
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
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
Dimir Machinations
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%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
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
Set Adrift
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Breaking Wave
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Notion Rain
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Bonehoard
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
38%synergy
Keening Stone
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
39%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
Swiftfoot Boots
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
-4%synergy
The Water Crystal
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Inverted Iceberg
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%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
Nihil Spellbomb
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%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
Teferi's Tutelage
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
28%synergy
Memory Erosion
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
26%synergy
Intruder Alarm
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Death's Approach
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
20%synergy
Drowned Secrets
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%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
Court of Cunning
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
4%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
Planar Void
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
Patient Rebuilding
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%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
Jace, Architect of Thought
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Tasha, the Witch Queen
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
4%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
51%synergy
Restless Reef
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
33%synergy
Bojuka Bog
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
-19%synergy
Desert of the Mindful
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
17%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
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%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
Ipnu Rivulet
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%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
Dimir Signet
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
0%synergy
Arcane Signet
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
-34%synergy
Commander's Sphere
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
22%synergy
Dimir Locket
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
37%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
-19%synergy
Mind Stone
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
11%synergy
Sky Diamond
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
22%synergy
Bandit's Haul
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
Midnight Clock
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
13%synergy
Mana Geode
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Mistvein Borderpost
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%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
Dismal Backwater
80%inclusion8 decks10 decks
64%synergy
Command Tower
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
-18%synergy
Evolving Wilds
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
53%synergy
Sunken Hollow
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
4%synergy
Temple of Deceit
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
24%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
20%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
53%synergy
Choked Estuary
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
11%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
34%synergy
Tainted Isle
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
-14%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
25%synergy
Boggart Trawler
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
14%synergy
Fetid Pools
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
4%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
Hydroelectric Specimen
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%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
-43%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
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
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