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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
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
69%synergy
Manic Scribe
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
69%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
68%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
62%synergy
Hover Barrier
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
59%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
59%synergy
Crypt Incursion
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
58%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
58%synergy
Pilfered Plans
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
58%synergy
Psychic Strike
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
57%synergy
Top Cards
Negate
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
27%synergy
Consuming Aberration
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
45%synergy
Nighthowler
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
54%synergy
Feed the Swarm
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
25%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
50%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
50%synergy
Thought Collapse
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
47%synergy
Wall of Frost
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
49%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
44%synergy
Fraying Sanity
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
46%synergy
Creatures
Jace's Phantasm
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
49%synergy
Ruin Crab
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
42%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
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
Glacial Wall
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
40%synergy
Wall of Runes
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
40%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
35%synergy
The Ancient One
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
37%synergy
Aegis Turtle
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
40%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
35%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
29%synergy
Fog Bank
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
29%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
29%synergy
Shadow Kin
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
28%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
26%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
30%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
26%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
29%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Tree of Perdition
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Uchuulon
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
14%synergy
Undead Alchemist
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
17%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
Boggart Trawler
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
14%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
17%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
Mindwrack Harpy
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
20%synergy
Vantress Gargoyle
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
20%synergy
Nanoform Sentinel
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
The Mindskinner
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Neerdiv, Devious Diver
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Dreadwing Scavenger
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Plumecreed Escort
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%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
Servant of the Stinger
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Murderous Rider
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Sibsig Host
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Relic Golem
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Doomed Necromancer
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Didn't Say Please
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
45%synergy
Drown in the Loch
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
22%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
39%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
28%synergy
Go for the Throat
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
14%synergy
Aetherize
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Thought Scour
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
24%synergy
Dimir Charm
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
28%synergy
Reality Shift
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
16%synergy
Into the Story
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
28%synergy
Counterspell
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
-26%synergy
Drown in Dreams
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
26%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
26%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Withering Torment
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Memory Plunder
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
14%synergy
Aetherspouts
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
Doom Blade
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
17%synergy
Intellectual Offering
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
20%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
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Spellgyre
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Long River's Pull
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Hagra Mauling
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Hero's Downfall
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Bile Blight
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Recoil
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Opportunity
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Dive Down
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Essence Capture
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Fact or Fiction
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
0%synergy
Broken Ambitions
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-21%synergy
Reject Imperfection
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Meddle
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Countersquall
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
4%synergy
Experimental Augury
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Vraska's Fall
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Discovery // Dispersal
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Perplex
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Heartless Act
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Murder
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
2%synergy
Prologue to Phyresis
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Deadly Dispute
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
3%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Terror
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Sorceries
Singularity Rupture
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
38%synergy
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
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
Final Act
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Ravenform
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
17%synergy
Traumatize
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
15%synergy
Lunar Insight
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Diresight
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%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
Life's Finale
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Terror Tide
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Soul Transfer
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%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
Cloudkill
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%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
Deep Analysis
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Victimize
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-4%synergy
Distorted Curiosity
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Whispering Madness
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Consign // Oblivion
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Bond of Insight
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%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
Pilfer
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Seize the Secrets
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%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
Night's Whisper
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
4%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Lullmage's Domination
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Vivisurgeon's Insight
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Keening Stone
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
49%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
27%synergy
Bonehoard
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
38%synergy
The Water Crystal
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
20%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
-4%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
The Grim Captain's Locker
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Inverted Iceberg
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Navigation Orb
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Profane Memento
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Magnifying Glass
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Collector's Vault
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Tamiyo's Immobilizer
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Unlicensed Hearse
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Font of Progress
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Lodestone Needle
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Enchantments
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
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
Psychic Corrosion
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
4%synergy
Crab Umbra
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Jace's Erasure
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
Disturbing Conversion
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Feywild Visitor
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
14%synergy
Jace Beleren
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
51%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
Scavenger Grounds
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
17%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%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
Zhalfirin Void
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Cryptic Spires
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Skyline Cascade
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Hidden Cataract
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Hive of the Eye Tyrant
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
The Dross Pits
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
The Surgical Bay
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
80%inclusion8 decks10 decks
-8%synergy
Arcane Signet
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
-14%synergy
Dimir Signet
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
11%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
33%synergy
Dimir Locket
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
47%synergy
Mind Stone
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
22%synergy
Sky Diamond
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
12%synergy
Midnight Clock
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
13%synergy
Bandit's Haul
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
20%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
Dimir Cluestone
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Fellwar Stone
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-21%synergy
Thought Vessel
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-22%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
Firemind Vessel
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Phyrexian Atlas
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion10 decks10 decks
4%synergy
Island
100%inclusion10 decks10 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
90%inclusion9 decks10 decks
2%synergy
Sunken Hollow
90%inclusion9 decks10 decks
24%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
80%inclusion8 decks10 decks
40%synergy
Dismal Backwater
80%inclusion8 decks10 decks
64%synergy
Choked Estuary
80%inclusion8 decks10 decks
33%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
63%synergy
Evolving Wilds
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
53%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
22%synergy
Temple of Deceit
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
24%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
44%synergy
Tainted Isle
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
-4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
29%synergy
Fetid Pools
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
14%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Boggart Trawler
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
14%synergy
River of Tears
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
15%synergy
Murky Sewer
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Hidden Grotto
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Hagra Mauling
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Waterfront District
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Undercity Sewers
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-10%synergy
Exotic Orchard
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-23%synergy
Ice Tunnel
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-11%synergy
Gallifrey Council Chamber
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
5%synergy
Conduit Pylons
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Demolition Field
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Thriving Moor
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
3%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
2%synergy
Ash Barrens
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
5%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-44%synergy
Maestros Theater
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
The Grey Havens
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Port of Karfell
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
4%synergy
Watery Grave
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-38%synergy
Crystal Grotto
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
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