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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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Wall of Frost
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
99%synergy
Hover Barrier
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
71%synergy
Fog Bank
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
70%synergy
Mortivore
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
70%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
69%synergy
Singularity Rupture
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
68%synergy
Nighthowler
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
66%synergy
Coral Colony
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
57%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
57%synergy
Wall of Runes
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
57%synergy
Top Cards
Consuming Aberration
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
56%synergy
Drown in the Loch
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
55%synergy
Bonehoard
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
55%synergy
Fraying Sanity
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
53%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
56%synergy
Creatures
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Fleet Swallower
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
40%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Glacial Wall
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Wall of Air
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
43%synergy
Manic Scribe
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Tree of Perdition
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Blight Pile
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
29%synergy
Xathrid Gorgon
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
29%synergy
Wall of Souls
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Amaranthine Wall
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Cemetery Gate
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
29%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Barrier of Bones
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
The Ancient One
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Moaning Wall
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Doorkeeper
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Wall of Bone
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
29%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Secret Door
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Catapult Fodder
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Wall of Blood
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Wall of Mist
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Gibbering Barricade
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
29%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Suspicious Bookcase
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Aegis Turtle
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Vantress Gargoyle
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Demon Wall
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Guiltfeeder
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Mobile Fort
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Kraken Hatchling
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Weathered Sentinels
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Dream Devourer
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Magus of the Future
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Wonder
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Towering-Wave Mystic
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Relic Golem
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Corpses
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Nimbus Naiad
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Silent Arbiter
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Instants
Doom Blade
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
40%synergy
Crypt Incursion
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
41%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Psychic Strike
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Negate
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-4%synergy
Fact or Fiction
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
19%synergy
Thought Collapse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Aetherize
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
17%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Murder
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Didn't Say Please
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Bar the Gate
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Thirst for Discovery
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Go for the Throat
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Soothing of Sméagol
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Finishing Blow
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Soul Manipulation
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Countermand
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Dark Ritual
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-21%synergy
Psychic Spiral
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Hieroglyphic Illumination
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Dispel
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Reality Shift
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
1%synergy
Opt
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Turnabout
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Intellectual Offering
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Quick Study
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Resculpt
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Perplex
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Saw It Coming
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Infernal Grasp
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Spoils of Evil
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Rakshasa's Disdain
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Pull from Tomorrow
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Counterspell
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-42%synergy
Behold the Multiverse
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Victim of Night
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Induce Paranoia
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Suffer the Past
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Into the Story
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Dig Through Time
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Sauron's Ransom
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Sorceries
Diabolic Tutor
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Treasure Cruise
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Pilfered Plans
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Traumatize
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Diresight
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Stargaze
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Ponder
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Strategic Planning
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Life's Finale
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Horses of the Bruinen
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Dredge the Mire
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Increasing Confusion
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Asphyxiate
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Coerced Confession
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Birthday Escape
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Serum Visions
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Feed the Swarm
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-21%synergy
Sam's Desperate Rescue
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Read the Bones
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Ringsight
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Funeral Rites
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Destroy the Evidence
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Night's Whisper
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Mind Grind
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Claim the Precious
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Fates' Reversal
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Startled Awake
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Ransack the Lab
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Mnemonic Betrayal
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Step Right Up
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Oblivion Strike
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Aether Gale
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Deadly Tempest
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
The Black Breath
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
From the Catacombs
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Chill of Foreboding
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Fractured Sanity
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Ravenform
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Extract from Darkness
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Dreadwaters
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Breaking Wave
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Glimpse the Future
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Riverchurn Monument
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
56%synergy
The Water Crystal
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
51%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Crawlspace
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Keening Stone
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Elixir
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Spidersilk Net
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Trailblazer's Torch
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Kite Shield
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
1%synergy
Armillary Sphere
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Weathered Runestone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Sentinel Totem
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Fifty Feet of Rope
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Silent Gravestone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Folio of Fancies
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Mindcrank
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
2%synergy
Profane Memento
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-10%synergy
Trepanation Blade
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Enchantments
Court of Cunning
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Propaganda
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Jaws of Defeat
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Dungeon Delver
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
The Cruelty of Gix
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Aqueous Form
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Underworld Connections
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Psychic Impetus
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Aspect of Gorgon
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Intimidation Campaign
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Death's Approach
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Call of the Ring
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Scroll of Isildur
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Font of Return
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Dictate of Kruphix
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Zur's Weirding
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Motion Sickness
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Precipitous Drop
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Fly
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Memory Erosion
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Leyline of the Void
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Thassa's Ire
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Utility Lands
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
35%synergy
Bojuka Bog
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-10%synergy
Reliquary Tower
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-8%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-3%synergy
Mortuary Mire
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Barren Moor
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Coral Atoll
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Skyline Cascade
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Restless Reef
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Everglades
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Dungeon Descent
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Rogue's Passage
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-13%synergy
Field of Ruin
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
-17%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-15%synergy
Dimir Signet
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-16%synergy
Arcane Signet
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-55%synergy
Sky Diamond
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Dimir Locket
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Fellwar Stone
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Dungeon Map
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Inherited Envelope
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Honored Heirloom
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Sarevok's Tome
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Thought Vessel
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-17%synergy
Stonespeaker Crystal
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Worn Powerstone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
The Celestus
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Dungeoneer's Pack
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Mind Stone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-14%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Island
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Dismal Backwater
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
70%synergy
Sunken Hollow
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Command Tower
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
-31%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
19%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Evolving Wilds
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
40%synergy
Choked Estuary
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Temple of Deceit
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Tainted Isle
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-30%synergy
Myriad Landscape
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-7%synergy
Warped Landscape
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Salt Marsh
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-39%synergy
Darkslick Shores
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
0%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Soured Springs
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
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