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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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The Walls of Ba Sing Se
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
14%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Foggy Swamp Visions
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
88%inclusion59 decks67 decks
86%synergy
Wall of Frost
84%inclusion56 decks67 decks
82%synergy
Consuming Aberration
87%inclusion58 decks67 decks
72%synergy
Tree of Perdition
69%inclusion46 decks67 decks
67%synergy
Hover Barrier
64%inclusion43 decks67 decks
63%synergy
Ruin Crab
70%inclusion47 decks67 decks
62%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
69%inclusion46 decks67 decks
58%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
58%inclusion39 decks67 decks
56%synergy
Nighthowler
61%inclusion41 decks67 decks
55%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
61%inclusion41 decks67 decks
55%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
70%inclusion47 decks67 decks
52%synergy
Fractured Sanity
61%inclusion41 decks67 decks
51%synergy
Mindcrank
58%inclusion39 decks67 decks
46%synergy
Mortivore
55%inclusion37 decks67 decks
54%synergy
Singularity Rupture
53%inclusion19 decks36 decks
41%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
52%inclusion35 decks67 decks
47%synergy
The Ancient One
51%inclusion34 decks67 decks
47%synergy
Counterspell
49%inclusion33 decks67 decks
-7%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
49%inclusion33 decks67 decks
46%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
49%inclusion33 decks67 decks
45%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
21%inclusion14 decks67 decks
-3%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
21%inclusion14 decks67 decks
-3%synergy
Mystical Tutor
19%inclusion13 decks67 decks
5%synergy
Demonic Tutor
15%inclusion10 decks67 decks
-5%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
12%inclusion8 decks67 decks
-7%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
10%inclusion7 decks67 decks
-6%synergy
Notion Thief
10%inclusion7 decks67 decks
-1%synergy
The One Ring
9.0%inclusion6 decks67 decks
2%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
7.5%inclusion5 decks67 decks
4%synergy
Force of Will
7.5%inclusion5 decks67 decks
-3%synergy
Creatures
Fog Bank
45%inclusion30 decks67 decks
44%synergy
Glacial Wall
45%inclusion30 decks67 decks
44%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
43%inclusion29 decks67 decks
43%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
40%inclusion27 decks67 decks
27%synergy
Eater of the Dead
39%inclusion26 decks67 decks
37%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
39%inclusion26 decks67 decks
38%synergy
Silent Arbiter
36%inclusion24 decks67 decks
35%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
35%inclusion15 decks43 decks
34%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
33%inclusion22 decks67 decks
32%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
33%inclusion22 decks67 decks
32%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
33%inclusion22 decks67 decks
28%synergy
Manic Scribe
33%inclusion22 decks67 decks
32%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
33%inclusion22 decks67 decks
29%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
32%inclusion19 decks59 decks
32%synergy
Hedron Crab
27%inclusion18 decks67 decks
23%synergy
Undead Alchemist
25%inclusion17 decks67 decks
23%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
25%inclusion17 decks67 decks
18%synergy
Fleet Swallower
25%inclusion17 decks67 decks
23%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
25%inclusion17 decks67 decks
25%synergy
Wall of Runes
24%inclusion16 decks67 decks
24%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
22%inclusion15 decks67 decks
19%synergy
Aegis Turtle
22%inclusion15 decks67 decks
22%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
21%inclusion14 decks67 decks
20%synergy
Wall of Air
21%inclusion14 decks67 decks
21%synergy
Wall of Junk
19%inclusion13 decks67 decks
19%synergy
Wall of Mist
19%inclusion13 decks67 decks
19%synergy
The Mindskinner
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
12%synergy
Guiltfeeder
18%inclusion12 decks67 decks
13%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
18%inclusion12 decks67 decks
16%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
18%inclusion12 decks67 decks
17%synergy
Coral Colony
18%inclusion12 decks67 decks
18%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
18%inclusion12 decks67 decks
17%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
18%inclusion12 decks67 decks
17%synergy
Avatar of Woe
16%inclusion11 decks67 decks
15%synergy
Soulless Jailer
16%inclusion11 decks67 decks
16%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
16%inclusion11 decks67 decks
16%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
15%inclusion10 decks67 decks
15%synergy
Amaranthine Wall
15%inclusion10 decks67 decks
15%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
15%inclusion10 decks67 decks
15%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
15%inclusion10 decks67 decks
12%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
15%inclusion9 decks61 decks
14%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
13%inclusion9 decks67 decks
13%synergy
Academy Wall
13%inclusion9 decks67 decks
13%synergy
Doorkeeper
13%inclusion9 decks67 decks
13%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
13%inclusion9 decks67 decks
10%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
13%inclusion6 decks45 decks
12%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
12%inclusion8 decks67 decks
4%synergy
Monastery Flock
12%inclusion8 decks67 decks
12%synergy
Weathered Sentinels
10%inclusion7 decks67 decks
10%synergy
Blight Pile
10%inclusion7 decks67 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
43%inclusion29 decks67 decks
40%synergy
Thought Collapse
34%inclusion23 decks67 decks
31%synergy
Didn't Say Please
33%inclusion22 decks67 decks
28%synergy
Psychic Strike
28%inclusion19 decks67 decks
25%synergy
Negate
28%inclusion19 decks67 decks
-4%synergy
Into the Story
28%inclusion19 decks67 decks
27%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
22%inclusion15 decks67 decks
21%synergy
Brainstorm
21%inclusion14 decks67 decks
-10%synergy
Crypt Incursion
21%inclusion14 decks67 decks
19%synergy
Mana Drain
18%inclusion12 decks67 decks
1%synergy
Aetherize
16%inclusion11 decks67 decks
6%synergy
Thought Scour
16%inclusion11 decks67 decks
10%synergy
Drown in Dreams
16%inclusion11 decks67 decks
12%synergy
Archive Trap
15%inclusion10 decks67 decks
13%synergy
Swan Song
13%inclusion9 decks67 decks
-5%synergy
Dark Ritual
12%inclusion8 decks67 decks
-23%synergy
Deadly Rollick
10%inclusion7 decks67 decks
-9%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
10%inclusion7 decks67 decks
5%synergy
Intellectual Offering
10%inclusion7 decks67 decks
10%synergy
Infernal Grasp
10%inclusion7 decks67 decks
-5%synergy
Doom Blade
9.0%inclusion6 decks67 decks
6%synergy
Perplex
9.0%inclusion6 decks67 decks
6%synergy
Arcane Denial
9.0%inclusion6 decks67 decks
-17%synergy
Sink into Stupor
8.5%inclusion5 decks59 decks
-7%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
8.5%inclusion5 decks59 decks
-3%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
7.5%inclusion5 decks67 decks
-3%synergy
Memory Plunder
7.5%inclusion5 decks67 decks
1%synergy
Fact or Fiction
7.5%inclusion5 decks67 decks
-3%synergy
Reality Shift
7.5%inclusion5 decks67 decks
-7%synergy
Fell the Profane
6.8%inclusion4 decks59 decks
-9%synergy
Frantic Search
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
-13%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
-24%synergy
Essence Scatter
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
4%synergy
Bitter Triumph
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
1%synergy
Murder
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
-2%synergy
Memory Lapse
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
4%synergy
Dig Through Time
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
-4%synergy
Brainsurge
5.1%inclusion3 decks59 decks
2%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
48%inclusion32 decks67 decks
43%synergy
Mind Grind
43%inclusion29 decks67 decks
38%synergy
Windfall
28%inclusion19 decks67 decks
15%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
28%inclusion19 decks67 decks
23%synergy
Feed the Swarm
27%inclusion18 decks67 decks
-9%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
21%inclusion14 decks67 decks
16%synergy
Toxic Deluge
21%inclusion14 decks67 decks
-5%synergy
Cut Your Losses
19%inclusion13 decks67 decks
15%synergy
Pilfered Plans
18%inclusion12 decks67 decks
15%synergy
Mind Funeral
18%inclusion12 decks67 decks
15%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
18%inclusion12 decks67 decks
8%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
18%inclusion12 decks67 decks
9%synergy
Treasure Cruise
16%inclusion11 decks67 decks
7%synergy
Damnation
16%inclusion11 decks67 decks
6%synergy
Reanimate
15%inclusion10 decks67 decks
-9%synergy
Ponder
12%inclusion8 decks67 decks
-4%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
12%inclusion8 decks67 decks
5%synergy
Whispering Madness
9.0%inclusion6 decks67 decks
6%synergy
Aether Gale
7.5%inclusion5 decks67 decks
7%synergy
Extract from Darkness
7.5%inclusion5 decks67 decks
0%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
6.7%inclusion3 decks45 decks
0%synergy
Eldritch Pact
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
5%synergy
Read the Bones
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
2%synergy
Night's Whisper
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
0%synergy
Startled Awake
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
5%synergy
Preordain
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
-4%synergy
Ravenform
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
3%synergy
Breaking Wave
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
6%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
48%inclusion32 decks67 decks
46%synergy
The Water Crystal
45%inclusion17 decks38 decks
36%synergy
Bonehoard
40%inclusion27 decks67 decks
38%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
28%inclusion12 decks43 decks
24%synergy
Keening Stone
27%inclusion18 decks67 decks
26%synergy
Lightning Greaves
25%inclusion17 decks67 decks
-2%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
24%inclusion16 decks67 decks
19%synergy
Altar of the Brood
19%inclusion13 decks67 decks
15%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
15%inclusion10 decks67 decks
-10%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
13%inclusion9 decks67 decks
13%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
10%inclusion7 decks67 decks
-4%synergy
Isochron Scepter
10%inclusion7 decks67 decks
7%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
10%inclusion7 decks67 decks
4%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
9.0%inclusion6 decks67 decks
8%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
9.0%inclusion6 decks67 decks
7%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
9.0%inclusion6 decks67 decks
7%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
9.0%inclusion6 decks67 decks
9%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
9.0%inclusion6 decks67 decks
7%synergy
Profane Memento
7.5%inclusion5 decks67 decks
7%synergy
Crawlspace
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
46%inclusion31 decks67 decks
40%synergy
Memory Erosion
42%inclusion28 decks67 decks
37%synergy
Court of Cunning
37%inclusion25 decks67 decks
31%synergy
Fraying Sanity
37%inclusion25 decks67 decks
34%synergy
Propaganda
37%inclusion25 decks67 decks
21%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
34%inclusion23 decks67 decks
31%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
33%inclusion22 decks67 decks
25%synergy
Freed from the Real
24%inclusion16 decks67 decks
23%synergy
Intruder Alarm
24%inclusion16 decks67 decks
23%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
19%inclusion13 decks67 decks
18%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
19%inclusion8 decks43 decks
16%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
18%inclusion12 decks67 decks
5%synergy
Mystic Remora
16%inclusion11 decks67 decks
1%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
16%inclusion11 decks67 decks
16%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
10%inclusion7 decks67 decks
8%synergy
Leyline of the Void
9.0%inclusion6 decks67 decks
6%synergy
Animate Dead
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
-5%synergy
Search for Azcanta
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
33%inclusion22 decks67 decks
31%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
24%inclusion16 decks67 decks
18%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
16%inclusion11 decks67 decks
14%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
7.5%inclusion5 decks67 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
46%inclusion31 decks67 decks
7%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
39%inclusion26 decks67 decks
30%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
38%inclusion15 decks39 decks
34%synergy
Reliquary Tower
33%inclusion22 decks67 decks
-3%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
28%inclusion19 decks67 decks
11%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
24%inclusion16 decks67 decks
5%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
21%inclusion14 decks67 decks
1%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
15%inclusion10 decks67 decks
12%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
15%inclusion10 decks67 decks
2%synergy
Restless Reef
15%inclusion10 decks67 decks
8%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
13%inclusion9 decks67 decks
9%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion9 decks67 decks
4%synergy
Castle Locthwain
10%inclusion7 decks67 decks
6%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
9.0%inclusion6 decks67 decks
8%synergy
Rogue's Passage
9.0%inclusion6 decks67 decks
-19%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.5%inclusion5 decks67 decks
-1%synergy
Maze of Ith
7.5%inclusion5 decks67 decks
5%synergy
Cabal Coffers
7.5%inclusion5 decks67 decks
-3%synergy
Dreadship Reef
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
5%synergy
Ghost Quarter
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
4%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
-1%synergy
Castle Vantress
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
84%inclusion56 decks67 decks
-5%synergy
Arcane Signet
78%inclusion52 decks67 decks
-7%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
55%inclusion37 decks67 decks
-4%synergy
Dimir Signet
55%inclusion37 decks67 decks
-5%synergy
Mind Stone
28%inclusion19 decks67 decks
-1%synergy
Commander's Sphere
24%inclusion16 decks67 decks
6%synergy
Fellwar Stone
21%inclusion14 decks67 decks
-10%synergy
Thought Vessel
19%inclusion13 decks67 decks
-13%synergy
Midnight Clock
18%inclusion12 decks67 decks
11%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
12%inclusion8 decks67 decks
4%synergy
Sky Diamond
12%inclusion8 decks67 decks
3%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
9.0%inclusion6 decks67 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Locket
9.0%inclusion6 decks67 decks
6%synergy
Worn Powerstone
7.5%inclusion5 decks67 decks
4%synergy
The Soul Stone
6.3%inclusion2 decks32 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
4%synergy
Prismatic Lens
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
97%inclusion65 decks67 decks
1%synergy
Island
97%inclusion65 decks67 decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
87%inclusion58 decks67 decks
-1%synergy
Sunken Hollow
69%inclusion46 decks67 decks
3%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
52%inclusion35 decks67 decks
0%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
45%inclusion30 decks67 decks
5%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
45%inclusion30 decks67 decks
5%synergy
Choked Estuary
43%inclusion29 decks67 decks
-5%synergy
Watery Grave
42%inclusion28 decks67 decks
-5%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
39%inclusion26 decks67 decks
-1%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
31%inclusion21 decks67 decks
6%synergy
Dismal Backwater
31%inclusion21 decks67 decks
15%synergy
Tainted Isle
30%inclusion20 decks67 decks
-14%synergy
Temple of Deceit
30%inclusion20 decks67 decks
-7%synergy
Polluted Delta
30%inclusion20 decks67 decks
-1%synergy
Underground River
28%inclusion19 decks67 decks
-11%synergy
Evolving Wilds
27%inclusion18 decks67 decks
10%synergy
Morphic Pool
27%inclusion18 decks67 decks
-10%synergy
Myriad Landscape
25%inclusion17 decks67 decks
3%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
-4%synergy
Fabled Passage
16%inclusion11 decks67 decks
8%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
15%inclusion10 decks67 decks
4%synergy
Exotic Orchard
15%inclusion10 decks67 decks
-18%synergy
Sunken Ruins
15%inclusion10 decks67 decks
0%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
13%inclusion9 decks67 decks
7%synergy
Undercity Sewers
12%inclusion8 decks66 decks
-8%synergy
Ice Tunnel
12%inclusion8 decks67 decks
7%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
10%inclusion7 decks67 decks
5%synergy
Darkslick Shores
10%inclusion7 decks67 decks
-3%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
10%inclusion7 decks67 decks
6%synergy
Prismatic Vista
9.0%inclusion6 decks67 decks
3%synergy
Fetid Pools
9.0%inclusion6 decks67 decks
-7%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
9.0%inclusion6 decks67 decks
2%synergy
Flooded Strand
9.0%inclusion6 decks67 decks
0%synergy
Sink into Stupor
8.5%inclusion5 decks59 decks
-7%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
8.5%inclusion5 decks59 decks
-3%synergy
Misty Rainforest
7.5%inclusion5 decks67 decks
-1%synergy
Underground Sea
7.5%inclusion5 decks67 decks
-5%synergy
Marsh Flats
7.5%inclusion5 decks67 decks
-1%synergy
Fell the Profane
6.8%inclusion4 decks59 decks
-9%synergy
Warped Landscape
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
6%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
-2%synergy
Reflecting Pool
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
1%synergy
Scalding Tarn
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
-2%synergy
Mana Confluence
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
0%synergy
City of Brass
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
0%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
-2%synergy
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