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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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Silent Arbiter
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
99%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
99%synergy
Tree of Perdition
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
98%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
98%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
94%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
94%synergy
Consuming Aberration
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
85%synergy
Wall of Frost
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
84%synergy
Mortivore
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
84%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
84%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
82%synergy
Mana Drain
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
83%synergy
Nighthowler
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
80%synergy
Ruin Crab
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
77%synergy
Visions of Beyond
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
82%synergy
Fractured Sanity
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
76%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
59%synergy
Eater of the Dead
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
70%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
64%synergy
The Ancient One
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
68%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
34%synergy
Demonic Tutor
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Force of Will
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Notion Thief
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
17%synergy
Ancient Tomb
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
The One Ring
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Creatures
Duskmantle Guildmage
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
67%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
57%synergy
Sheoldred
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
55%synergy
Hover Barrier
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
56%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
53%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Undead Alchemist
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
40%synergy
Fog Bank
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Hedron Crab
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
40%synergy
Manic Scribe
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Guiltfeeder
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Shadow Kin
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Glacial Wall
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Riddlekeeper
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Pollywog Prodigy
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Weathered Sentinels
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Avatar of Woe
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Runes
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Canyon Crab
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Unctus, Grand Metatect
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Tears
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Dreadhound
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
The Reality Chip
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Soulless Jailer
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Puppeteer
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
The Scarab God
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Lazav, Familiar Stranger
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Aegis Turtle
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Instants
Counterspell
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
16%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
54%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
32%synergy
Negate
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Into the Story
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
41%synergy
Deadly Rollick
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Pongify
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
14%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Dark Ritual
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-7%synergy
Thought Collapse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Swan Song
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Force of Negation
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
19%synergy
Didn't Say Please
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Dig Through Time
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
19%synergy
Strix Serenade
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Get Out
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Withering Torment
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
See Double
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Psychic Strike
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Mental Misstep
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Thirst for Discovery
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Memory Plunder
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Brainstorm
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-16%synergy
Fact or Fiction
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Price of Fame
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Dispel
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Reality Shift
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
1%synergy
Intellectual Offering
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Bitter Triumph
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Resculpt
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Thought Scour
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Flusterstorm
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Infernal Grasp
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Delay
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Archive Trap
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Memory Deluge
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Sorceries
Maddening Cacophony
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
61%synergy
Singularity Rupture
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
54%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
48%synergy
Feed the Swarm
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Mind Grind
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
37%synergy
Reanimate
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Toxic Deluge
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
17%synergy
Windfall
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
15%synergy
Cut Your Losses
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Treasure Cruise
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Mind Funeral
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Traumatize
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
19%synergy
Terror Tide
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Damnation
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Extract from Darkness
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Grim Tutor
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Bonehoard
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
70%synergy
Mindcrank
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
59%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Lightning Greaves
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
16%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
The Water Crystal
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
24%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Palantír of Orthanc
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Altar of the Brood
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-10%synergy
Keening Stone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Enchantments
Intruder Alarm
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
56%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
51%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
50%synergy
Propaganda
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
40%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
44%synergy
Fraying Sanity
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Memory Erosion
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Mystic Remora
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
No Mercy
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Animate Dead
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
The Tale of Tamiyo
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Freed from the Real
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Court of Cunning
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Black Market Connections
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, the Perfected Mind
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Utility Lands
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
66%synergy
Bojuka Bog
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
33%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
53%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
45%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Reliquary Tower
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
20%synergy
Dreadship Reef
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Maze of Ith
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Urza's Saga
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Cabal Coffers
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
16%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Sol Ring
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Dimir Signet
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
26%synergy
The Soul Stone
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Fellwar Stone
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-3%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Thought Vessel
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-17%synergy
Gilded Lotus
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Thran Dynamo
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Midnight Clock
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Mind Stone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-14%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
60%synergy
Island
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Polluted Delta
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
68%synergy
Watery Grave
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
52%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
32%synergy
Morphic Pool
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
49%synergy
Underground Sea
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
58%synergy
Sunken Hollow
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
-8%synergy
Tainted Isle
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-1%synergy
Prismatic Vista
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
37%synergy
Undercity Sewers
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Misty Rainforest
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
34%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
35%synergy
Underground River
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Scalding Tarn
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
35%synergy
Choked Estuary
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-5%synergy
Marsh Flats
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
35%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Exotic Orchard
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-4%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-10%synergy
Mana Confluence
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Sunken Ruins
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
13%synergy
City of Brass
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Flooded Strand
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Fabled Passage
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Reflecting Pool
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
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