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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%inclusion6 decks6 decks
99%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
99%synergy
Tree of Perdition
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
98%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
98%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
94%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
94%synergy
Ruin Crab
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
92%synergy
Consuming Aberration
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
85%synergy
Mana Drain
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
83%synergy
Wall of Frost
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
82%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
81%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
70%synergy
Mortivore
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
82%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
76%synergy
Nighthowler
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
77%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
81%synergy
The Ancient One
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
80%synergy
Visions of Beyond
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
80%synergy
Fractured Sanity
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
73%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
60%synergy
Game Changers
Cyclonic Rift
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
42%synergy
Rhystic Study
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
26%synergy
Demonic Tutor
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Ancient Tomb
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
25%synergy
The One Ring
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
26%synergy
Force of Will
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
22%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Glacial Chasm
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Creatures
Eater of the Dead
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
65%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
66%synergy
Hedron Crab
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
63%synergy
Hover Barrier
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
66%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
62%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Undead Alchemist
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Sheoldred
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
45%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Manic Scribe
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Pollywog Prodigy
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Fog Bank
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Shadow Kin
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Glacial Wall
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Riddlekeeper
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Guiltfeeder
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Weathered Sentinels
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Avatar of Woe
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Wall of Runes
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Canyon Crab
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Unctus, Grand Metatect
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Wall of Tears
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Dreadhound
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
The Reality Chip
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Soulless Jailer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Puppeteer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Painter's Servant
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
The Scarab God
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Lazav, Familiar Stranger
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
4%synergy
Aegis Turtle
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Notion Thief
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Instants
Counterspell
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Negate
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Brainstorm
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Thought Collapse
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Swan Song
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Didn't Say Please
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Dig Through Time
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Fell the Profane
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
5%synergy
Strix Serenade
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Get Out
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Deadly Rollick
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-3%synergy
Pongify
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
See Double
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Psychic Strike
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Mental Misstep
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Thirst for Discovery
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-13%synergy
Memory Plunder
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Fact or Fiction
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Price of Fame
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Doom Blade
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Dispel
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Intellectual Offering
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Bitter Triumph
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Resculpt
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Thought Scour
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Flusterstorm
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Infernal Grasp
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Delay
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Demonic Consultation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Force of Negation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Memory Deluge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Into the Story
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Mystical Tutor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Sorceries
Maddening Cacophony
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
56%synergy
Mind Grind
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
44%synergy
Reanimate
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
26%synergy
Toxic Deluge
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
24%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
41%synergy
Windfall
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
20%synergy
Feed the Swarm
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-3%synergy
Treasure Cruise
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
24%synergy
Damnation
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
24%synergy
Terror Tide
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Mind Funeral
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Traumatize
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Extract from Darkness
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Grim Tutor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Bonehoard
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
65%synergy
Mindcrank
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
54%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
45%synergy
Lightning Greaves
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Palantír of Orthanc
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Grindstone
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-8%synergy
Altar of Dementia
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Isochron Scepter
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Enchantments
Bloodchief Ascension
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
59%synergy
Propaganda
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
34%synergy
Memory Erosion
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Intruder Alarm
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Court of Cunning
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Mystic Remora
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
18%synergy
Animate Dead
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
22%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
20%synergy
The Tale of Tamiyo
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Freed from the Real
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Fraying Sanity
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
No Mercy
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Black Market Connections
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Utility Lands
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
64%synergy
Bojuka Bog
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
63%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
54%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Dreadship Reef
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Maze of Ith
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Urza's Saga
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Cabal Coffers
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Castle Locthwain
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Reliquary Tower
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-20%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Dimir Signet
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
39%synergy
The Soul Stone
100%inclusion1 decks1 decks
95%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
24%synergy
Sol Ring
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
-5%synergy
Fellwar Stone
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-2%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Thought Vessel
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-15%synergy
Gilded Lotus
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Thran Dynamo
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
4%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
60%synergy
Island
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Morphic Pool
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
63%synergy
Polluted Delta
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
69%synergy
Watery Grave
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
54%synergy
Underground Sea
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
70%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
42%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Undercity Sewers
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Misty Rainforest
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
41%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
42%synergy
Underground River
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Scalding Tarn
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
42%synergy
Sunken Hollow
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
-16%synergy
Marsh Flats
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
42%synergy
Sunken Ruins
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
35%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Tainted Isle
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-11%synergy
Prismatic Vista
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Exotic Orchard
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
0%synergy
Mana Confluence
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Choked Estuary
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-15%synergy
City of Brass
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Flooded Strand
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
24%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
25%synergy
Fell the Profane
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
5%synergy
Fabled Passage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-23%synergy
Reflecting Pool
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
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