Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Expensive 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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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
Drown in the Loch
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
82%synergy
Visions of Beyond
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
82%synergy
Ruin Crab
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
77%synergy
Consuming Aberration
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
71%synergy
Top Cards
Mana Drain
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
68%synergy
Eater of the Dead
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
70%synergy
Mindcrank
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
59%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
66%synergy
Counterspell
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
15%synergy
The Ancient One
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
68%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
51%synergy
Mortivore
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
56%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
57%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
44%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Demonic Tutor
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Ancient Tomb
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Force of Will
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
19%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
13%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
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
65%synergy
Fog Bank
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
56%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
56%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
50%synergy
Nighthowler
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
51%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
55%synergy
Hedron Crab
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
53%synergy
Hover Barrier
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
56%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
53%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
53%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Undead Alchemist
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
40%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Aegis Turtle
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Guiltfeeder
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Wall of Runes
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Soulless Jailer
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Shadow Kin
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Sheoldred
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Manic Scribe
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Riddlekeeper
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
PuPu UFO
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%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
Amaranthine Wall
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Canyon Crab
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Tears
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Dreadhound
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Boggart Trawler
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
The Reality Chip
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Wall of Vapor
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
Thorn of the Black Rose
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%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
Sewer Nemesis
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Dramatic Reversal
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
54%synergy
Dig Through Time
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
33%synergy
Katara's Reversal
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Negate
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-4%synergy
Brainstorm
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-1%synergy
Thought Collapse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Flusterstorm
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Swan Song
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Force of Negation
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Didn't Say Please
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Into the Story
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Deadly Rollick
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-6%synergy
Fell the Profane
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
4%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
10%synergy
Tainted Pact
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Thirst for Discovery
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-17%synergy
Three Steps Ahead
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Go for the Throat
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%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
Aetherspouts
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Dark Ritual
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-22%synergy
Doom Blade
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Blue Sun's Zenith
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Dispel
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%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
Darkness
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Infernal Grasp
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Cling to Dust
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Cryptic Command
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Wash Away
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%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
Memory Lapse
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Sink into Stupor
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Mystic Confluence
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Fractured Sanity
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
48%synergy
Singularity Rupture
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
37%synergy
Windfall
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
29%synergy
Mind Grind
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Toxic Deluge
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
17%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
32%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
33%synergy
Treasure Cruise
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Reanimate
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
3%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
Cut Your Losses
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Lórien Revealed
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Preordain
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Sign in Blood
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%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
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
55%synergy
The Water Crystal
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
41%synergy
Lightning Greaves
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
15%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%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
Intruder Alarm
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
36%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
Mystic Remora
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Fraying Sanity
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Animate Dead
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Propaganda
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
16%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
Shadow of the Second Sun
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
The Tale of Tamiyo
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%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
18%synergy
Reliquary Tower
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
16%synergy
Multiversal Passage
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Dreadship Reef
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-3%synergy
Boseiju, Who Shelters All
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Urza's Saga
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
War Room
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Cabal Coffers
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Haunted Fengraf
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Strip Mine
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Restless Reef
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%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
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
27%synergy
The Soul Stone
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
44%synergy
Fellwar Stone
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Sky Diamond
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%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
Thought Vessel
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-17%synergy
Gilded Lotus
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Thran Dynamo
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Mind Stone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-13%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
Underground Sea
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
87%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
Drowned Catacomb
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
31%synergy
Morphic Pool
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
49%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
33%synergy
Tainted Isle
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-1%synergy
Undercity Sewers
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Misty Rainforest
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
35%synergy
Exotic Orchard
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
36%synergy
Scalding Tarn
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
35%synergy
Sunken Hollow
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-23%synergy
Choked Estuary
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-4%synergy
Marsh Flats
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
35%synergy
Sunken Ruins
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Flooded Strand
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
34%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
35%synergy
Prismatic Vista
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Fabled Passage
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%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
Fell the Profane
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Boggart Trawler
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Sink into Stupor
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
3%synergy
City of Brass
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
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