Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Graveyard

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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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Kitsune's Technique
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Shredder's Technique
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
71%inclusion30 decks42 decks
69%synergy
Consuming Aberration
83%inclusion35 decks42 decks
68%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
74%inclusion31 decks42 decks
63%synergy
Eater of the Dead
60%inclusion25 decks42 decks
58%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
62%inclusion26 decks42 decks
57%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
60%inclusion25 decks42 decks
57%synergy
Mindcrank
69%inclusion29 decks42 decks
57%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
62%inclusion26 decks42 decks
56%synergy
Nighthowler
60%inclusion25 decks42 decks
54%synergy
Ruin Crab
60%inclusion25 decks42 decks
51%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
62%inclusion26 decks42 decks
44%synergy
Singularity Rupture
57%inclusion16 decks28 decks
45%synergy
The Water Crystal
55%inclusion17 decks31 decks
46%synergy
Mind Grind
52%inclusion22 decks42 decks
47%synergy
Tree of Perdition
50%inclusion21 decks42 decks
48%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
50%inclusion21 decks42 decks
44%synergy
Fractured Sanity
50%inclusion21 decks42 decks
40%synergy
Counterspell
48%inclusion20 decks42 decks
-8%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
45%inclusion19 decks42 decks
39%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
45%inclusion19 decks42 decks
40%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
-2%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
-1%synergy
Notion Thief
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
10%synergy
Demonic Tutor
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
-5%synergy
Mystical Tutor
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
-4%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Necropotence
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Narset, Parter of Veils
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-11%synergy
Creatures
Mortivore
43%inclusion18 decks42 decks
41%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
43%inclusion18 decks42 decks
36%synergy
Hedron Crab
40%inclusion17 decks42 decks
36%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
38%inclusion16 decks42 decks
25%synergy
Wall of Frost
38%inclusion16 decks42 decks
37%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
36%inclusion15 decks42 decks
32%synergy
The Mindskinner
35%inclusion12 decks34 decks
28%synergy
The Ancient One
33%inclusion14 decks42 decks
30%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
33%inclusion14 decks42 decks
30%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
31%inclusion13 decks42 decks
28%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
30%inclusion10 decks33 decks
29%synergy
Fleet Swallower
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
26%synergy
Silent Arbiter
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
25%synergy
Hover Barrier
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
25%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
20%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
21%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
13%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Glacial Wall
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
19%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
18%synergy
Manic Scribe
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
18%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
18%synergy
Baleful Strix
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
-7%synergy
Fog Bank
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
15%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
15%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
16%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
16%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Undead Alchemist
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
12%synergy
Riddlekeeper
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
2%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
12%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
13%inclusion5 decks40 decks
12%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
0%synergy
Guiltfeeder
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Wall of Junk
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
12%synergy
Avatar of Woe
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Soulless Jailer
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Jace's Archivist
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
12%inclusion4 decks34 decks
11%synergy
Havengul Lich
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Shadow Kin
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Laboratory Maniac
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Umbris, Fear Manifest
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Lazav, the Multifarious
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Instants
Dramatic Reversal
45%inclusion19 decks42 decks
42%synergy
Dark Ritual
36%inclusion15 decks42 decks
0%synergy
Visions of Beyond
33%inclusion14 decks42 decks
30%synergy
Archive Trap
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
27%synergy
Thought Collapse
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
23%synergy
Didn't Say Please
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
21%synergy
Psychic Strike
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
21%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
-9%synergy
Brainstorm
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
-9%synergy
Crypt Incursion
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
20%synergy
Drown in Dreams
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
17%synergy
Negate
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
-14%synergy
Aetherize
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Withering Torment
18%inclusion6 decks34 decks
2%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
15%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Arcane Denial
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
-11%synergy
Entomb
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Mana Drain
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
-6%synergy
Thought Scour
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Swan Song
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
-6%synergy
Into the Story
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
10%synergy
Cabal Ritual
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Perplex
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Dig Through Time
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
0%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-3%synergy
See Double
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
5%synergy
Frantic Search
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-12%synergy
Songs of the Damned
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Fact or Fiction
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-2%synergy
Psychic Spiral
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Bitter Triumph
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
3%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-3%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
-6%synergy
Sorceries
Cut Your Losses
43%inclusion18 decks42 decks
39%synergy
Traumatize
43%inclusion18 decks42 decks
38%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
19%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
19%synergy
Windfall
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Reanimate
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
-1%synergy
Toxic Deluge
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
-2%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
17%synergy
Feed the Swarm
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
-14%synergy
Mind Funeral
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
19%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
14%synergy
Treasure Cruise
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Damnation
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Extract from Darkness
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
5%synergy
Startled Awake
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Sign in Blood
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
3%synergy
Deadly Cover-Up
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Life's Finale
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Deep Analysis
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Read the Bones
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
3%synergy
Dread Summons
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
4%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
2%synergy
Pilfered Plans
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
5%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
5.9%inclusion2 decks34 decks
-1%synergy
Fell
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Bonehoard
43%inclusion18 decks42 decks
41%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
36%inclusion15 decks42 decks
31%synergy
Altar of the Brood
31%inclusion13 decks42 decks
26%synergy
Lightning Greaves
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
24%inclusion8 decks33 decks
21%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
22%synergy
Keening Stone
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
20%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
15%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
-8%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Isochron Scepter
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Profane Memento
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Codex Shredder
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Relic of Progenitus
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Folio of Fancies
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Jet Medallion
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-1%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
6.3%inclusion2 decks32 decks
2%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
33%inclusion14 decks42 decks
30%synergy
Memory Erosion
33%inclusion14 decks42 decks
29%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
30%inclusion10 decks33 decks
28%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
26%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
21%synergy
Intruder Alarm
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
25%synergy
Freed from the Real
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
23%synergy
Animate Dead
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Propaganda
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Court of Cunning
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Mystic Remora
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Jaws of Defeat
9.4%inclusion3 decks32 decks
9%synergy
Dance of the Dead
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
7%synergy
No Mercy
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
5%synergy
Drowned Secrets
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
27%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
10%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
57%inclusion24 decks42 decks
18%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
50%inclusion16 decks32 decks
45%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
45%inclusion19 decks42 decks
36%synergy
Reliquary Tower
38%inclusion16 decks42 decks
2%synergy
Restless Reef
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
22%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
2%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
15%synergy
Rogue's Passage
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
-10%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Cabal Coffers
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
2%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Barren Moor
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
10%synergy
Temple of the False God
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
2%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
-8%synergy
Buried Ruin
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-1%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
5%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Command Beacon
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
3%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-11%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
86%inclusion36 decks42 decks
-2%synergy
Arcane Signet
74%inclusion31 decks42 decks
-10%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
55%inclusion23 decks42 decks
-3%synergy
Dimir Signet
52%inclusion22 decks42 decks
-7%synergy
Fellwar Stone
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
-2%synergy
Mind Stone
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
-2%synergy
Thought Vessel
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
-8%synergy
Commander's Sphere
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
2%synergy
Midnight Clock
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Sky Diamond
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-1%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Dimir Locket
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
5%synergy
Basalt Monolith
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Gilded Lotus
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
98%inclusion41 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Island
98%inclusion41 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Command Tower
88%inclusion37 decks42 decks
0%synergy
Sunken Hollow
74%inclusion31 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Watery Grave
74%inclusion31 decks42 decks
26%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
71%inclusion30 decks42 decks
18%synergy
Underground River
48%inclusion20 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
45%inclusion19 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Choked Estuary
40%inclusion17 decks42 decks
-7%synergy
Temple of Deceit
38%inclusion16 decks42 decks
2%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
36%inclusion15 decks42 decks
-4%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
36%inclusion15 decks42 decks
-4%synergy
Tainted Isle
33%inclusion14 decks42 decks
-11%synergy
Polluted Delta
33%inclusion14 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Morphic Pool
31%inclusion13 decks42 decks
-5%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
29%inclusion10 decks34 decks
6%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Darkslick Shores
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
15%synergy
Evolving Wilds
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
12%synergy
Exotic Orchard
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
-6%synergy
Dismal Backwater
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
10%synergy
Fetid Pools
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
5%synergy
Sunken Ruins
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
3%synergy
Undercity Sewers
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
-4%synergy
River of Tears
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Fabled Passage
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Myriad Landscape
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
-7%synergy
Underground Sea
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Ash Barrens
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Port of Karfell
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
5%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
3%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-3%synergy
Flooded Strand
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-2%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-1%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.1%inclusion2 decks39 decks
-1%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
-6%synergy
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