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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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King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
99%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
96%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
94%synergy
Consuming Aberration
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
85%synergy
Manic Scribe
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
79%synergy
Mortivore
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
79%synergy
Bonehoard
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
78%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
78%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
78%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
76%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
62%synergy
Nighthowler
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
74%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Creatures
Disciple of Deceit
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
59%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
59%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
59%synergy
The Ancient One
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
57%synergy
Wall of Frost
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
59%synergy
Soulless Jailer
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
59%synergy
Ruin Crab
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
52%synergy
Hover Barrier
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
59%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
59%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
59%synergy
Tree of Perdition
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
27%synergy
Silent Arbiter
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
34%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Undead Alchemist
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Fog Bank
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
40%synergy
Glacial Wall
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
35%synergy
Vantress Gargoyle
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
40%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Guiltfeeder
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
The Cyber-Controller
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Uchuulon
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Junk
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Rootwater Mystic
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Hunted Horror
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Wall of Runes
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Shadowmage Infiltrator
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Eater of the Dead
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Tide Drifter
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Sidisi's Faithful
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Psychic Membrane
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Shadow Kin
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Wall of Stolen Identity
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Sheoldred
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Pollywog Prodigy
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Concealing Curtains
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Catapult Fodder
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Instants
Negate
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
27%synergy
Thought Collapse
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
57%synergy
Reality Shift
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
46%synergy
Aetherize
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
49%synergy
Into the Story
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
58%synergy
Psychic Strike
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Dispel
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
34%synergy
Intellectual Offering
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
40%synergy
Didn't Say Please
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
35%synergy
Visions of Beyond
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Crypt Incursion
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Drown in Dreams
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Dig Through Time
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
30%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
See Double
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Thirst for Discovery
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-10%synergy
Fact or Fiction
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
10%synergy
Dark Ritual
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-15%synergy
Soul Shatter
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Mana Drain
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3%synergy
Quick Study
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Thought Scour
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Get Out
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Memory Lapse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Fleeting Reflection
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Counterspell
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-36%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Memory Deluge
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Reenact the Crime
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Induce Paranoia
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Sorceries
Treasure Cruise
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
51%synergy
Singularity Rupture
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
38%synergy
Mind Grind
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
34%synergy
Pilfered Plans
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Windfall
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
6%synergy
Terror Tide
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Eldritch Pact
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Feed the Swarm
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-16%synergy
Read the Bones
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Whispering Madness
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Night's Whisper
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Reanimate
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-4%synergy
Sign in Blood
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Fractured Sanity
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
10%synergy
Mind Funeral
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Water Crystal
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
66%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
35%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
6%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Navigation Orb
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Altar of the Brood
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Unlicensed Hearse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Mindcrank
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Lightning Greaves
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-7%synergy
Keening Stone
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
56%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
47%synergy
Intruder Alarm
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Court of Cunning
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
34%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
34%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Memory Erosion
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Freed from the Real
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Out of the Tombs
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Mystic Remora
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
4%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Animate Dead
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Propaganda
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
4%synergy
Search for Azcanta
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, the Perfected Mind
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Jace Beleren
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Utility Lands
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
45%synergy
Bojuka Bog
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
31%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Reliquary Tower
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-16%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0%synergy
Restless Reef
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
41%synergy
Sol Ring
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Signet
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Fellwar Stone
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
29%synergy
Commander's Sphere
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
22%synergy
Sky Diamond
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
32%synergy
Mind Stone
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Blitzball
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Gilded Lotus
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Midnight Clock
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Lands
Tainted Isle
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
56%synergy
Command Tower
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
4%synergy
Island
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
3%synergy
Choked Estuary
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
52%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
27%synergy
Sunken Hollow
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Temple of Deceit
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
24%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Watery Grave
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Exotic Orchard
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
7%synergy
Fetid Pools
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
24%synergy
Underground River
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
23%synergy
Morphic Pool
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-19%synergy
Underground Sea
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
7%synergy
Warped Landscape
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Grixis Panorama
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
River of Tears
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Demolition Field
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Sunken Ruins
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
5%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Polluted Delta
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-12%synergy
Port of Karfell
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
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