Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Exhibition

Phenax, God of Deception
Rank #261
21decks
Landon Crispens
Dec 8, 2025
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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57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
55%synergy
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54%synergy
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48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
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41%synergy
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37%synergy
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37%synergy
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37%synergy
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38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
36%synergy
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Drown in the Loch
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
35%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
35%synergy
Thought Collapse
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
35%synergy
Traumatize
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
34%synergy
Singularity Rupture
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
23%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
30%synergy
Mortivore
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
32%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
31%synergy
The Mindskinner
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
26%synergy
The Ancient One
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
30%synergy
Creatures
Nighthowler
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
28%synergy
Fog Bank
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Fleet Swallower
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
26%synergy
Eater of the Dead
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Manic Scribe
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Wall of Runes
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
24%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
23%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Undead Alchemist
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Oona, Queen of the Fae
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Horseshoe Crab
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Hover Barrier
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Siren of the Silent Song
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Szadek, Lord of Secrets
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Glacial Wall
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Silent Arbiter
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Junk
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Avatar of Woe
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Uchuulon
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Imperious Mindbreaker
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Riptide Turtle
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Shorecomber Crab
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Aegis Turtle
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Dreadlight Monstrosity
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Fortress Crab
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Knacksaw Clique
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Stormtide Leviathan
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Scrabbling Skullcrab
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Wall of Shadows
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Mulldrifter
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Gyruda, Doom of Depths
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Instants
Didn't Say Please
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
28%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Counterspell
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
-27%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
25%synergy
Psychic Strike
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Visions of Beyond
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
20%synergy
Negate
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-14%synergy
Archive Trap
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Pongify
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
4%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-17%synergy
Go for the Throat
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Doom Blade
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Thought Scour
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Engulf the Shore
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Arcane Denial
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-12%synergy
Hero's Downfall
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Brainstorm
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-20%synergy
Consider
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-3%synergy
Dark Ritual
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-27%synergy
Intellectual Offering
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Swan Song
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-9%synergy
Murder
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Charm
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Disperse
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Memory Lapse
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Sink into Stupor
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-6%synergy
Aetherize
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Withering Torment
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-6%synergy
Think Twice
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Dreams of Laguna
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Fractured Sanity
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
24%synergy
Mind Funeral
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
26%synergy
Mind Grind
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Ponder
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Windfall
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Divination
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Startled Awake
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Psychic Intrusion
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Extract from Darkness
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Hard Evidence
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Mind Sculpt
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Feed the Swarm
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-25%synergy
Treasure Cruise
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Read the Bones
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Cut Your Losses
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Preordain
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Distant Melody
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Pilfered Plans
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Sign in Blood
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Extinguish All Hope
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
River's Rebuke
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Whelming Wave
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Languish
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Tip the Scales
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Mindcrank
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
21%synergy
The Water Crystal
33%inclusion6 decks18 decks
24%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
20%synergy
Bonehoard
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
22%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Isochron Scepter
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Altar of the Brood
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Lightning Greaves
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-13%synergy
Keening Stone
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Grindstone
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Codex Shredder
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-15%synergy
Requiem Monolith
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Enchantments
Propaganda
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Memory Erosion
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
29%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
22%synergy
Freed from the Real
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Mystic Remora
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Leyline of the Void
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Court of Cunning
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Intruder Alarm
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Black Market Connections
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Scuttletide
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Drowned Secrets
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Evanescent Intellect
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Fraying Sanity
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Jaws of Defeat
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
22%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Jace Beleren
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Reliquary Tower
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
-3%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
20%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
28%inclusion5 decks18 decks
23%synergy
Bojuka Bog
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-24%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-3%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-5%synergy
Restless Reef
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Rogue's Passage
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-13%synergy
Mistrise Village
11%inclusion2 decks18 decks
8%synergy
Barren Moor
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
71%inclusion15 decks21 decks
-16%synergy
Arcane Signet
62%inclusion13 decks21 decks
-22%synergy
Dimir Signet
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
-21%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
-25%synergy
Mind Stone
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Fellwar Stone
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
-7%synergy
Midnight Clock
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Thought Vessel
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-12%synergy
Commander's Sphere
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Sky Diamond
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Locket
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Lands
Island
86%inclusion18 decks21 decks
-11%synergy
Swamp
81%inclusion17 decks21 decks
-16%synergy
Command Tower
76%inclusion16 decks21 decks
-11%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
62%inclusion13 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Sunken Hollow
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
-8%synergy
Temple of Deceit
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Dismal Backwater
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
0%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Choked Estuary
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
-9%synergy
Evolving Wilds
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Tainted Isle
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
-16%synergy
Exotic Orchard
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
-4%synergy
Watery Grave
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
-19%synergy
Underground River
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
-12%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Myriad Landscape
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Polluted Delta
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-13%synergy
Fabled Passage
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-10%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
3%synergy
River of Tears
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Morphic Pool
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-22%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-10%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Undercity Sewers
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-11%synergy
Ice Tunnel
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Fetid Pools
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-7%synergy
Salt Marsh
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Sink into Stupor
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-6%synergy
Mana Confluence
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Thriving Isle
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Obscura Storefront
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Sunken Ruins
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-7%synergy
Secluded Courtyard
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Maestros Theater
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Thriving Moor
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy