Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Midrange

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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North Pole Patrol
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Agna Qel'a
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Ruin Crab
92%inclusion22 decks24 decks
83%synergy
Tree of Perdition
83%inclusion20 decks24 decks
82%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
83%inclusion20 decks24 decks
81%synergy
Consuming Aberration
96%inclusion23 decks24 decks
81%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
83%inclusion20 decks24 decks
79%synergy
Intruder Alarm
71%inclusion17 decks24 decks
70%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
79%inclusion19 decks24 decks
69%synergy
The Water Crystal
73%inclusion11 decks15 decks
64%synergy
Eater of the Dead
63%inclusion15 decks24 decks
61%synergy
Fractured Sanity
71%inclusion17 decks24 decks
61%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
71%inclusion17 decks24 decks
52%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
71%inclusion17 decks24 decks
58%synergy
Mindcrank
71%inclusion17 decks24 decks
59%synergy
Counterspell
71%inclusion17 decks24 decks
15%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
67%inclusion16 decks24 decks
60%synergy
Visions of Beyond
63%inclusion15 decks24 decks
59%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
58%inclusion14 decks24 decks
53%synergy
Nighthowler
58%inclusion14 decks24 decks
52%synergy
The Ancient One
58%inclusion14 decks24 decks
55%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
54%inclusion13 decks24 decks
49%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
46%inclusion11 decks24 decks
22%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Mystical Tutor
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Demonic Tutor
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Ancient Tomb
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
-2%synergy
Notion Thief
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
-4%synergy
Opposition Agent
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
0%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
1%synergy
Creatures
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
54%inclusion13 decks24 decks
47%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
48%synergy
Hedron Crab
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
46%synergy
The Mindskinner
47%inclusion9 decks19 decks
40%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
41%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
41%synergy
Wall of Frost
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
40%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
37%synergy
Riddlekeeper
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
33%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
31%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
33%inclusion6 decks18 decks
32%synergy
Fleet Swallower
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
31%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
30%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
32%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
32%synergy
Mortivore
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
28%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
21%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
28%synergy
Silent Arbiter
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
24%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
25%inclusion5 decks20 decks
17%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
24%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
22%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
22%synergy
Manic Scribe
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
20%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
20%inclusion4 decks20 decks
19%synergy
Boggart Trawler
20%inclusion4 decks20 decks
13%synergy
Undead Alchemist
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Jace's Archivist
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
15%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
16%synergy
Barrowgoyf
15%inclusion3 decks20 decks
15%synergy
Gogo, Master of Mimicry
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Metamorph
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Evil Twin
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Avatar of Woe
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Baleful Strix
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
-10%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Clever Conjurer
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Imperious Mindbreaker
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Clever Impersonator
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Aegis Turtle
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
11%inclusion2 decks19 decks
9%synergy
Tinybones, the Pickpocket
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Screeching Scorchbeast
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Wall of Junk
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Nimbleclaw Adept
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Instants
Dramatic Reversal
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
46%synergy
Dark Ritual
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Psychic Strike
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
30%synergy
Didn't Say Please
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
28%synergy
Archive Trap
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
31%synergy
Brainstorm
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
-1%synergy
Withering Torment
26%inclusion5 decks19 decks
10%synergy
Aetherize
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
24%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
25%inclusion5 decks20 decks
14%synergy
Drown in Dreams
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
16%synergy
Into the Story
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
19%synergy
See Double
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
18%synergy
Negate
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
-12%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Fell the Profane
20%inclusion4 decks20 decks
4%synergy
Thought Collapse
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Thought Scour
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Mana Drain
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
-1%synergy
Sink into Stupor
15%inclusion3 decks20 decks
-1%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
-18%synergy
Perplex
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Spider-Sense
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Soul Manipulation
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Intellectual Offering
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Arcane Denial
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-17%synergy
Memory Plunder
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Cabal Ritual
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Reality Shift
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-6%synergy
Swan Song
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-10%synergy
Memory Lapse
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Crypt Incursion
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Magic Damper
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Consult the Star Charts
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
3%synergy
Sorceries
Singularity Rupture
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
35%synergy
Toxic Deluge
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
16%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
37%synergy
Traumatize
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
37%synergy
Mind Grind
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
32%synergy
Windfall
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
15%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
20%synergy
Reanimate
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
1%synergy
Cut Your Losses
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
17%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
16%synergy
Feed the Swarm
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
-15%synergy
Mind Funeral
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
18%synergy
Damnation
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Grim Tutor
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
9%synergy
Afterlife from the Loam
12%inclusion2 decks17 decks
10%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
11%inclusion2 decks19 decks
3%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Treasure Cruise
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-1%synergy
Lórien Revealed
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Whispering Madness
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Extract from Darkness
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
1%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Will of the Abzan
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
Welcome the Dead
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
6%synergy
Winternight Stories
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
Stock Up
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Lightning Greaves
54%inclusion13 decks24 decks
27%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
49%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
37%synergy
Altar of the Brood
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
37%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Bonehoard
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
19%synergy
Grindstone
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
20%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
16%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
17%inclusion3 decks18 decks
13%synergy
Isochron Scepter
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Altar of Dementia
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-1%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-6%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Profane Memento
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Keening Stone
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Sword of Body and Mind
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Bloodchief Ascension
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
42%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
46%inclusion11 decks24 decks
39%synergy
Memory Erosion
46%inclusion11 decks24 decks
42%synergy
Freed from the Real
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
41%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
39%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
39%inclusion7 decks18 decks
37%synergy
Propaganda
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
21%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
24%synergy
Court of Cunning
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
27%synergy
Fraying Sanity
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
30%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
24%synergy
Mystic Remora
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Animate Dead
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Black Market Connections
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Leyline of the Void
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
9%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Drowned Secrets
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Jaws of Defeat
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
6%synergy
Unable to Scream
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Quest for the Necropolis
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
31%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
58%inclusion14 decks24 decks
19%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
42%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
24%synergy
Reliquary Tower
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
-3%synergy
Restless Reef
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
22%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Halimar Depths
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
-1%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
10%synergy
War Room
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Cabal Coffers
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
-6%synergy
Arid Archway
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-5%synergy
Temple of the False God
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-2%synergy
Mistrise Village
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
3%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
2%synergy
Sunken Palace
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
96%inclusion23 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Arcane Signet
88%inclusion21 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Dimir Signet
75%inclusion18 decks24 decks
15%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
71%inclusion17 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Fellwar Stone
54%inclusion13 decks24 decks
23%synergy
Thought Vessel
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
18%synergy
Mind Stone
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Midnight Clock
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
22%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Sky Diamond
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
0%synergy
Thran Dynamo
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Patriar's Seal
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Lands
Swamp
96%inclusion23 decks24 decks
-1%synergy
Island
96%inclusion23 decks24 decks
-1%synergy
Command Tower
83%inclusion20 decks24 decks
-5%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
83%inclusion20 decks24 decks
31%synergy
Sunken Hollow
75%inclusion18 decks24 decks
9%synergy
Watery Grave
75%inclusion18 decks24 decks
28%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
58%inclusion14 decks24 decks
19%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
54%inclusion13 decks24 decks
15%synergy
Underground River
54%inclusion13 decks24 decks
15%synergy
Choked Estuary
54%inclusion13 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Morphic Pool
54%inclusion13 decks24 decks
17%synergy
Temple of Deceit
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
37%inclusion7 decks19 decks
13%synergy
Polluted Delta
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Tainted Isle
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
-15%synergy
Myriad Landscape
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Exotic Orchard
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
-8%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
-15%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
25%inclusion5 decks20 decks
17%synergy
Sunken Ruins
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
25%inclusion5 decks20 decks
14%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
-4%synergy
Darkslick Shores
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Fell the Profane
20%inclusion4 decks20 decks
4%synergy
Boggart Trawler
20%inclusion4 decks20 decks
13%synergy
Fabled Passage
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Fetid Pools
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
0%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Evolving Wilds
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
0%synergy
Port of Karfell
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Sink into Stupor
15%inclusion3 decks20 decks
-1%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Undercity Sewers
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-12%synergy
Underground Sea
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-5%synergy
Dismal Backwater
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-8%synergy
River of Tears
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-2%synergy
Demolition Field
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Path of Ancestry
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-19%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Mana Confluence
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Flooded Strand
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-1%synergy
Abstergo Entertainment
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
4%synergy
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