Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Defenders

Phenax, God of Deception
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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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Hidden Lair
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
-2%synergy
Captain America's Shield
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
88%inclusion66 decks75 decks
86%synergy
Wall of Frost
83%inclusion62 decks75 decks
81%synergy
Tree of Perdition
75%inclusion56 decks75 decks
73%synergy
Consuming Aberration
84%inclusion63 decks75 decks
69%synergy
Ruin Crab
76%inclusion57 decks75 decks
68%synergy
Hover Barrier
56%inclusion42 decks75 decks
55%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
65%inclusion49 decks75 decks
55%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
55%inclusion41 decks75 decks
53%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
59%inclusion44 decks75 decks
52%synergy
Mindcrank
63%inclusion47 decks75 decks
51%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
63%inclusion47 decks75 decks
45%synergy
Singularity Rupture
57%inclusion33 decks58 decks
44%synergy
The Water Crystal
57%inclusion34 decks60 decks
48%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
56%inclusion42 decks75 decks
51%synergy
Nighthowler
55%inclusion41 decks75 decks
49%synergy
Fractured Sanity
55%inclusion41 decks75 decks
45%synergy
Counterspell
51%inclusion38 decks75 decks
-5%synergy
The Ancient One
49%inclusion37 decks75 decks
46%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
48%inclusion36 decks75 decks
44%synergy
Mind Grind
45%inclusion34 decks75 decks
40%synergy
Game Changers
Cyclonic Rift
20%inclusion15 decks75 decks
-2%synergy
Rhystic Study
17%inclusion13 decks75 decks
-5%synergy
Notion Thief
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Demonic Tutor
15%inclusion11 decks75 decks
-4%synergy
Mystical Tutor
15%inclusion11 decks75 decks
2%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
-5%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
-9%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Force of Will
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
-2%synergy
Creatures
Mortivore
44%inclusion33 decks75 decks
43%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
44%inclusion33 decks75 decks
43%synergy
Eater of the Dead
43%inclusion32 decks75 decks
41%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
42%inclusion27 decks64 decks
41%synergy
Fog Bank
41%inclusion31 decks75 decks
40%synergy
Glacial Wall
40%inclusion30 decks75 decks
40%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
39%inclusion29 decks75 decks
38%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
37%inclusion28 decks75 decks
24%synergy
Silent Arbiter
35%inclusion26 decks75 decks
33%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
35%inclusion26 decks75 decks
34%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
32%inclusion24 decks75 decks
28%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
31%inclusion14 decks45 decks
30%synergy
Hedron Crab
31%inclusion23 decks75 decks
26%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
31%inclusion23 decks75 decks
26%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
29%inclusion22 decks75 decks
29%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
29%inclusion22 decks75 decks
28%synergy
Manic Scribe
28%inclusion21 decks75 decks
27%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
24%inclusion18 decks75 decks
17%synergy
Aegis Turtle
24%inclusion18 decks75 decks
24%synergy
The Mindskinner
24%inclusion17 decks72 decks
17%synergy
Wall of Runes
23%inclusion17 decks75 decks
22%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
23%inclusion17 decks75 decks
22%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
21%inclusion16 decks75 decks
21%synergy
Fleet Swallower
21%inclusion16 decks75 decks
19%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
21%inclusion16 decks75 decks
18%synergy
Guiltfeeder
20%inclusion15 decks75 decks
15%synergy
Undead Alchemist
20%inclusion15 decks75 decks
17%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
20%inclusion15 decks75 decks
19%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
19%inclusion14 decks75 decks
17%synergy
Wall of Mist
19%inclusion14 decks75 decks
18%synergy
Wall of Junk
17%inclusion13 decks75 decks
17%synergy
Soulless Jailer
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
15%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
8%synergy
Wall of Air
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
16%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
13%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
15%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
16%synergy
Doorkeeper
15%inclusion11 decks75 decks
15%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
15%inclusion11 decks75 decks
14%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
15%inclusion11 decks75 decks
12%synergy
Avatar of Woe
13%inclusion10 decks75 decks
12%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
13%inclusion10 decks75 decks
13%synergy
Coral Colony
13%inclusion10 decks75 decks
13%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
13%inclusion10 decks75 decks
12%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
13%inclusion10 decks75 decks
12%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
12%inclusion8 decks66 decks
11%synergy
Academy Wall
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
12%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
12%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
10%synergy
Exhibition Tidecaller
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Dramatic Reversal
43%inclusion32 decks75 decks
39%synergy
Visions of Beyond
39%inclusion29 decks75 decks
35%synergy
Thought Collapse
33%inclusion25 decks75 decks
30%synergy
Negate
32%inclusion24 decks75 decks
-0%synergy
Didn't Say Please
32%inclusion24 decks75 decks
27%synergy
Psychic Strike
29%inclusion22 decks75 decks
26%synergy
Into the Story
28%inclusion21 decks75 decks
27%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
24%inclusion18 decks75 decks
23%synergy
Thought Scour
21%inclusion16 decks75 decks
15%synergy
Archive Trap
20%inclusion15 decks75 decks
18%synergy
Dark Ritual
19%inclusion14 decks75 decks
-18%synergy
Aetherize
19%inclusion14 decks75 decks
7%synergy
Brainstorm
17%inclusion13 decks75 decks
-12%synergy
Crypt Incursion
17%inclusion13 decks75 decks
16%synergy
Drown in Dreams
17%inclusion13 decks75 decks
13%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
16%inclusion6 decks38 decks
13%synergy
Mana Drain
15%inclusion11 decks75 decks
-3%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
-20%synergy
Swan Song
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
-7%synergy
Arcane Denial
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
-14%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Deadly Rollick
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
-9%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
6%synergy
Reality Shift
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
-3%synergy
Intellectual Offering
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
9%synergy
Perplex
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
7%synergy
Infernal Grasp
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
-7%synergy
Sink into Stupor
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
-7%synergy
Fell the Profane
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
-8%synergy
Frantic Search
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
-11%synergy
Go for the Throat
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
-8%synergy
Doom Blade
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Pongify
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
-9%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
-4%synergy
Memory Plunder
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Bitter Triumph
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
2%synergy
Force of Negation
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
-2%synergy
Memory Lapse
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Fact or Fiction
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
-4%synergy
Brainsurge
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
2%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Cancel
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
3%synergy
Murder
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
-2%synergy
Baleful Mastery
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
2%synergy
Dig Through Time
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
-4%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
40%inclusion30 decks75 decks
35%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
29%inclusion22 decks75 decks
24%synergy
Feed the Swarm
28%inclusion21 decks75 decks
-7%synergy
Toxic Deluge
28%inclusion21 decks75 decks
3%synergy
Windfall
27%inclusion20 decks75 decks
13%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
24%inclusion18 decks75 decks
19%synergy
Mind Funeral
23%inclusion17 decks75 decks
20%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
21%inclusion16 decks75 decks
11%synergy
Cut Your Losses
20%inclusion15 decks75 decks
16%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
20%inclusion15 decks75 decks
11%synergy
Damnation
19%inclusion14 decks75 decks
9%synergy
Reanimate
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
-9%synergy
Pilfered Plans
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
14%synergy
Ponder
13%inclusion10 decks75 decks
-3%synergy
Treasure Cruise
13%inclusion10 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Dream Harvest
10%inclusion4 decks39 decks
5%synergy
Whispering Madness
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Preordain
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
-2%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
0%synergy
Eldritch Pact
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
6%synergy
Mind Sculpt
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
6%synergy
Read the Bones
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
3%synergy
Startled Awake
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
6%synergy
Sign in Blood
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Extract from Darkness
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
-1%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Serum Visions
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Aether Gale
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
41%inclusion31 decks75 decks
40%synergy
Bonehoard
31%inclusion23 decks75 decks
29%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
27%inclusion17 decks64 decks
23%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
24%inclusion18 decks75 decks
19%synergy
Keening Stone
24%inclusion18 decks75 decks
23%synergy
Lightning Greaves
23%inclusion17 decks75 decks
-5%synergy
Altar of the Brood
20%inclusion15 decks75 decks
15%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
15%inclusion11 decks75 decks
6%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
13%inclusion10 decks75 decks
-11%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
10%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
9%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
9%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
-5%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
7%synergy
Profane Memento
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
7%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
7%synergy
Isochron Scepter
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
4%synergy
Crawlspace
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
4%synergy
Howling Mine
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Altar of Dementia
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
44%inclusion33 decks75 decks
40%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
43%inclusion32 decks75 decks
36%synergy
Propaganda
39%inclusion29 decks75 decks
21%synergy
Memory Erosion
36%inclusion27 decks75 decks
32%synergy
Intruder Alarm
35%inclusion26 decks75 decks
33%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
32%inclusion24 decks75 decks
29%synergy
Court of Cunning
32%inclusion24 decks75 decks
26%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
32%inclusion24 decks75 decks
25%synergy
Freed from the Real
31%inclusion23 decks75 decks
30%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
27%inclusion17 decks64 decks
25%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
21%inclusion16 decks75 decks
8%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
17%inclusion13 decks75 decks
17%synergy
Mystic Remora
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
13%inclusion10 decks75 decks
11%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
11%synergy
Leyline of the Void
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
7%synergy
Animate Dead
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
-3%synergy
Witness Protection
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Search for Azcanta
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
4%synergy
No Mercy
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
2%synergy
Drowned Secrets
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
25%inclusion19 decks75 decks
23%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
20%inclusion15 decks75 decks
14%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
13%inclusion10 decks75 decks
11%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
2%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
44%inclusion33 decks75 decks
35%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
41%inclusion25 decks61 decks
36%synergy
Bojuka Bog
37%inclusion28 decks75 decks
-1%synergy
Reliquary Tower
29%inclusion22 decks75 decks
-7%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
28%inclusion21 decks75 decks
11%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
20%inclusion15 decks75 decks
0%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
20%inclusion15 decks75 decks
2%synergy
Restless Reef
19%inclusion14 decks75 decks
12%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
9%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
7%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
-3%synergy
Mortuary Mire
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
0%synergy
Temple of the False God
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
-1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
-19%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
6%synergy
Castle Locthwain
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
3%synergy
Castle Vantress
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
2%synergy
Dreadship Reef
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
4%synergy
War Room
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
4%synergy
Cabal Coffers
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
-5%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
3%synergy
Field of Ruin
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
4%synergy
Multiversal Passage
5.3%inclusion3 decks57 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
85%inclusion64 decks75 decks
-2%synergy
Arcane Signet
81%inclusion61 decks75 decks
-2%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
56%inclusion42 decks75 decks
-2%synergy
Dimir Signet
55%inclusion41 decks75 decks
-4%synergy
Mind Stone
31%inclusion23 decks75 decks
3%synergy
Fellwar Stone
19%inclusion14 decks75 decks
-12%synergy
Thought Vessel
19%inclusion14 decks75 decks
-13%synergy
Commander's Sphere
17%inclusion13 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Midnight Clock
13%inclusion10 decks75 decks
7%synergy
Sky Diamond
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
4%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Locket
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
8%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
6%synergy
Worn Powerstone
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
3%synergy
The Soul Stone
5.5%inclusion3 decks55 decks
-0%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Swamp
97%inclusion73 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Island
97%inclusion73 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Command Tower
83%inclusion62 decks75 decks
-5%synergy
Sunken Hollow
71%inclusion53 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
53%inclusion40 decks75 decks
-1%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
51%inclusion38 decks75 decks
13%synergy
Watery Grave
45%inclusion34 decks75 decks
-3%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
44%inclusion33 decks75 decks
4%synergy
Choked Estuary
44%inclusion33 decks75 decks
-3%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
41%inclusion31 decks75 decks
2%synergy
Temple of Deceit
35%inclusion26 decks75 decks
-0%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
32%inclusion24 decks75 decks
8%synergy
Underground River
32%inclusion24 decks75 decks
-9%synergy
Polluted Delta
32%inclusion24 decks75 decks
-1%synergy
Dismal Backwater
31%inclusion23 decks75 decks
15%synergy
Tainted Isle
29%inclusion22 decks75 decks
-15%synergy
Evolving Wilds
25%inclusion19 decks75 decks
9%synergy
Morphic Pool
25%inclusion19 decks75 decks
-11%synergy
Myriad Landscape
20%inclusion15 decks75 decks
-0%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
19%inclusion14 decks72 decks
-5%synergy
Exotic Orchard
17%inclusion13 decks75 decks
-15%synergy
Fabled Passage
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
7%synergy
Sunken Ruins
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
-1%synergy
Darkslick Shores
13%inclusion10 decks75 decks
-1%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Undercity Sewers
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
-10%synergy
Ice Tunnel
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
6%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Prismatic Vista
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
3%synergy
Fetid Pools
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
-7%synergy
Underground Sea
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
-4%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
3%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
4%synergy
Sink into Stupor
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
-7%synergy
Flooded Strand
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
0%synergy
Fell the Profane
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
-8%synergy
Reflecting Pool
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
3%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
-0%synergy
Misty Rainforest
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
-2%synergy
Waterfront District
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
4%synergy
Boggart Trawler
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
0%synergy
Marsh Flats
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
-1%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
2%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
-0%synergy
Warped Landscape
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
-2%synergy
River of Tears
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
-4%synergy
Scalding Tarn
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
-3%synergy
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