Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Budget Crabs

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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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Fortress Crab
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
100%synergy
Scrabbling Skullcrab
100%inclusion1 decks1 decks
100%synergy
Uchuulon
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
94%synergy
Vexing Scuttler
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
100%synergy
Eddymurk Crab
100%inclusion1 decks1 decks
100%synergy
Armored Cancrix
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
100%synergy
Ancient Crab
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
100%synergy
Horseshoe Crab
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
100%synergy
Ruin Crab
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
92%synergy
Wishcoin Crab
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
100%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
99%synergy
Crystacean
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
100%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
98%synergy
Mirrorshell Crab
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
99%synergy
Purple-Crystal Crab
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
100%synergy
King Crab
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
67%synergy
Nimbleclaw Adept
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
66%synergy
Adaptive Automaton
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
65%synergy
Hedron Crab
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
63%synergy
Skitter Eel
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
67%synergy
Jwari Scuttler
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
67%synergy
Turtleshell Changeling
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
67%synergy
Chromeshell Crab
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
67%synergy
Skittering Crustacean
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
67%synergy
Consuming Aberration
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
52%synergy
Homarid Explorer
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
67%synergy
Mistwalker
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
66%synergy
Venomous Changeling
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
66%synergy
Canyon Crab
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
50%synergy
Crabomination
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Dreadlight Monstrosity
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
20%synergy
Metallic Mimic
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Wonder
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
Hightide Hermit
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Wormfang Crab
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Bloodline Pretender
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Fleet Swallower
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Nighthowler
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
Octavia, Living Thesis
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
The Ancient One
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Wall of Frost
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Giant Crab
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Iceberg Cancrix
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Drownyard Behemoth
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Thassa's Emissary
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Instants
Psychic Strike
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
97%synergy
Thought Collapse
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
97%synergy
Didn't Say Please
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
95%synergy
Shore Up
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
99%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
96%synergy
Drown in the Loch
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
48%synergy
Dive Down
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
66%synergy
Shell Shield
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
67%synergy
Engulf the Shore
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
66%synergy
Crypt Incursion
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
65%synergy
High Tide
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
64%synergy
Hero's Downfall
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Negate
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
1%synergy
Thought Scour
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Perplex
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Induce Paranoia
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Sorceries
Extract from Darkness
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
92%synergy
Crippling Fear
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
92%synergy
Hard Evidence
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
66%synergy
Distant Melody
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
54%synergy
Fractured Sanity
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
57%synergy
Breaking Wave
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
67%synergy
Feed the Swarm
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-3%synergy
Treasure Cruise
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
24%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Pilfered Plans
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Icon of Ancestry
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
99%synergy
Kefnet's Monument
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
99%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
19%synergy
Bonehoard
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Folio of Fancies
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Herald's Horn
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
25%synergy
Enchantments
Scuttletide
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
100%synergy
Crab Umbra
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
100%synergy
Reflections of Littjara
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
90%synergy
Fraying Sanity
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
63%synergy
Retreat to Coralhelm
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
66%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
65%synergy
Drowned Secrets
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
66%synergy
Freed from the Real
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Intruder Alarm
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Call to the Kindred
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Withering Wisps
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Pestilence
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
61%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
57%synergy
Reliquary Tower
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-3%synergy
Restless Reef
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
26%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Signet
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
39%synergy
Mind Stone
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
70%synergy
Arcane Signet
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
-18%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
8%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
25%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Sky Diamond
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
25%synergy
Dimir Locket
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Fellwar Stone
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
2%synergy
Thran Dynamo
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Midnight Clock
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
26%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
4%synergy
Island
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
3%synergy
Sunken Hollow
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
34%synergy
Tainted Isle
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
23%synergy
Command Tower
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
-21%synergy
Myriad Landscape
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
44%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
22%synergy
Exotic Orchard
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
0%synergy
Temple of Deceit
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-3%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-6%synergy
Ice Tunnel
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-7%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-6%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-19%synergy
Dismal Backwater
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
17%synergy
Evolving Wilds
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
16%synergy
Choked Estuary
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-15%synergy
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