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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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Silent Arbiter
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
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
94%synergy
Wall of Frost
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
84%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
84%synergy
Mana Drain
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
83%synergy
Drown in the Loch
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
82%synergy
Visions of Beyond
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
82%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
80%synergy
Top Cards
Ruin Crab
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
77%synergy
Consuming Aberration
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
71%synergy
Mindcrank
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
74%synergy
Counterspell
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
30%synergy
Mortivore
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
70%synergy
Eater of the Dead
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
70%synergy
Nighthowler
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
66%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
69%synergy
Bonehoard
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
70%synergy
Fractured Sanity
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
62%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
34%synergy
Demonic Tutor
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Force of Will
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
33%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Ancient Tomb
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Notion Thief
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Imperial Seal
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Creatures
Duskmantle Guildmage
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
67%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
67%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
44%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
57%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
50%synergy
The Ancient One
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
54%synergy
Hedron Crab
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
53%synergy
Hover Barrier
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
56%synergy
Fog Bank
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Sheoldred
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
41%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Guiltfeeder
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Undead Alchemist
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Shadow Kin
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Manic Scribe
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Aegis Turtle
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Weathered Sentinels
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Junk
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Avatar of Woe
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Runes
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Canyon Crab
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%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
Glacial Wall
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Pollywog Prodigy
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Puppeteer
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Faerie Macabre
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Riddlekeeper
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Inversion Behemoth
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Instants
Dramatic Reversal
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
68%synergy
Negate
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Force of Negation
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
34%synergy
Into the Story
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
41%synergy
Deadly Rollick
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
18%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-3%synergy
Brainstorm
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-1%synergy
Dark Ritual
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-8%synergy
Thought Collapse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Flusterstorm
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Swan Song
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Didn't Say Please
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Dig Through Time
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
19%synergy
Pongify
14%inclusion1 decks7 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
Tainted Pact
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Thirst for Discovery
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Snuff Out
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Memory Plunder
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Fact or Fiction
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Flare of Denial
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Price of Fame
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Dispel
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%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
Strix Serenade
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Thought Scour
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Infernal Grasp
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Get Out
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%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
Mystical Tutor
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
1%synergy
Withering Torment
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
47%synergy
Singularity Rupture
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
37%synergy
Windfall
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
29%synergy
Mind Grind
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Reanimate
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Toxic Deluge
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
17%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
33%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
Ponder
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%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
Preordain
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
4%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
Lightning Greaves
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
30%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
The Water Crystal
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
16%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%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
Isochron Scepter
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
51%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
50%synergy
Intruder Alarm
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Mystic Remora
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Fraying Sanity
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Propaganda
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
30%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Freed from the Real
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Animate Dead
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Memory Erosion
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Court of Cunning
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
The Tale of Tamiyo
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
No Mercy
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Leyline of the Void
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%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
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
52%synergy
Bojuka Bog
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
19%synergy
Reliquary Tower
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
30%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Multiversal Passage
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Dreadship Reef
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Boseiju, Who Shelters All
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Urza's Saga
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
War Room
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Cabal Coffers
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Strip Mine
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
16%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Sol Ring
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Dimir Signet
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
13%synergy
The Soul Stone
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
19%synergy
Commander's Sphere
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Mana Vault
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Mox Amber
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-16%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
8%synergy
Mind Stone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-14%synergy
Chrome Mox
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Mox Diamond
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
13%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
67%synergy
Watery Grave
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
52%synergy
Underground Sea
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
72%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
31%synergy
Morphic Pool
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
49%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
Misty Rainforest
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
35%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Exotic Orchard
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
36%synergy
Scalding Tarn
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
35%synergy
Choked Estuary
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-4%synergy
Marsh Flats
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
35%synergy
Flooded Strand
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
34%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
35%synergy
Undercity Sewers
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-9%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-11%synergy
Reflecting Pool
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Underground River
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-12%synergy
Mana Confluence
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Sunken Ruins
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Fabled Passage
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
City of Brass
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
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