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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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The Walls of Ba Sing Se
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
28%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
90%inclusion27 decks30 decks
75%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
70%inclusion21 decks30 decks
68%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
60%inclusion18 decks30 decks
58%synergy
Wall of Frost
57%inclusion17 decks30 decks
55%synergy
Traumatize
57%inclusion17 decks30 decks
52%synergy
Bonehoard
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
51%synergy
Fleet Swallower
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
51%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
50%synergy
Fraying Sanity
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
50%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
49%synergy
Top Cards
Mindcrank
60%inclusion18 decks30 decks
48%synergy
Ruin Crab
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
45%synergy
Nighthowler
50%inclusion15 decks30 decks
44%synergy
Drown in the Loch
50%inclusion15 decks30 decks
32%synergy
Mind Grind
50%inclusion15 decks30 decks
44%synergy
Mortivore
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
45%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
41%synergy
Thought Collapse
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
44%synergy
Fractured Sanity
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
37%synergy
Keening Stone
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
45%synergy
Game Changers
Narset, Parter of Veils
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Notion Thief
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Creatures
Terisian Mindbreaker
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
40%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
39%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
27%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
39%synergy
Manic Scribe
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
39%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
38%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
36%synergy
Hover Barrier
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
36%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
32%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
32%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
28%synergy
Eater of the Dead
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
32%synergy
Glacial Wall
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
33%synergy
The Ancient One
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
27%synergy
Fog Bank
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
26%synergy
The Mindskinner
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
20%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
15%synergy
Wall of Mist
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
23%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
23%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
23%synergy
Tree of Perdition
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
22%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
19%synergy
Tide Drifter
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
20%synergy
Wall of Air
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
20%synergy
Monastery Flock
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
20%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
19%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
19%synergy
Aegis Turtle
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
20%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Wall of Deceit
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Wall of Junk
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Sidisi's Faithful
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Disowned Ancestor
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Avatar of Woe
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Soulless Jailer
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Siren of the Silent Song
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Undead Alchemist
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Moaning Wall
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Riddlekeeper
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Shield Sphere
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Guiltfeeder
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Wall of Runes
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Jace's Mindseeker
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Instants
Negate
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Psychic Strike
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
37%synergy
Into the Story
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
35%synergy
Didn't Say Please
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
28%synergy
Counterspell
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
-22%synergy
Thought Scour
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
20%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
22%synergy
Crypt Incursion
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
22%synergy
Intellectual Offering
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
23%synergy
Memory Plunder
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Visions of Beyond
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Murder
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Psychic Spiral
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Careful Consideration
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Opt
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Aetherize
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Dark Ritual
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
-22%synergy
Arcane Denial
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
-12%synergy
Archive Trap
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Fact or Fiction
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
0%synergy
Induce Paranoia
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Brainstorm
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
-21%synergy
Expel from Orazca
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
-4%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Thirst for Discovery
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Go for the Throat
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-10%synergy
Countermand
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Spinal Embrace
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Jwari Disruption
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Narset's Reversal
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-2%synergy
Soul Manipulation
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Memory Lapse
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Drown in Dreams
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Behold the Multiverse
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Dig Through Time
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-3%synergy
Pongify
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-8%synergy
Dispel
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
0%synergy
Turnabout
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Perplex
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-9%synergy
Scour for Scrap
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Diabolic Tutor
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
37%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
33%synergy
Cut Your Losses
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
36%synergy
Whispering Madness
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
34%synergy
Extract from Darkness
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
29%synergy
Pilfered Plans
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
31%synergy
Read the Bones
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
23%synergy
Singularity Rupture
25%inclusion5 decks20 decks
13%synergy
Aether Gale
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
22%synergy
Breaking Wave
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
20%synergy
Windfall
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
15%synergy
Dark Deal
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Mind Funeral
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
14%synergy
Brainspoil
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Eldritch Pact
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Karn's Temporal Sundering
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Treasure Cruise
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Sign in Blood
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Fascination
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Dread Summons
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Toxic Deluge
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
-16%synergy
Bond of Insight
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Decree of Pain
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
0%synergy
Mind Sculpt
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Notion Rain
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Tunnel Vision
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Dread Return
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
0%synergy
Walk the Plank
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Ravenform
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-3%synergy
Divination
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Ringsight
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
1%synergy
Night's Whisper
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
0%synergy
Extinguish All Hope
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Increasing Confusion
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Profane Tutor
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Feed the Swarm
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-29%synergy
Preordain
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-3%synergy
Bitter Ordeal
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Water Crystal
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
20%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
23%synergy
Folio of Fancies
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
23%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Lightning Greaves
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
-11%synergy
Jester's Cap
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
-11%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Profane Memento
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Sands of Delirium
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Altar of the Brood
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Grindstone
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Weathered Runestone
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Sentinel Totem
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Relic of Progenitus
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Sword of the Paruns
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Grafdigger's Cage
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Cathar's Shield
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Altar of Dementia
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Crumbling Sanctuary
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Requiem Monolith
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Cryogen Relic
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
37%synergy
Propaganda
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
24%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
34%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
26%synergy
Court of Cunning
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
14%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
18%synergy
Memory Erosion
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Jace's Erasure
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Drowned Secrets
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-7%synergy
Freed from the Real
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
31%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
20%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
14%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Jace Beleren
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
38%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
33%synergy
Reliquary Tower
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
-10%synergy
Bojuka Bog
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
-12%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Temple of the False God
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
-4%synergy
Field of Ruin
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Rogue's Passage
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
-17%synergy
Skyline Cascade
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Barren Moor
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Restless Reef
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
0%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
87%inclusion26 decks30 decks
-2%synergy
Dimir Signet
80%inclusion24 decks30 decks
20%synergy
Arcane Signet
70%inclusion21 decks30 decks
-14%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
-5%synergy
Mind Stone
50%inclusion15 decks30 decks
21%synergy
Commander's Sphere
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
22%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
28%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
18%synergy
Sky Diamond
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
18%synergy
Dimir Locket
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Fellwar Stone
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
-11%synergy
Prismatic Lens
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
18%synergy
Thran Dynamo
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Thought Vessel
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
-19%synergy
Worn Powerstone
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Gilded Lotus
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Sphere of the Suns
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Star Compass
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Hedron Archive
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
1%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Lands
Island
97%inclusion29 decks30 decks
0%synergy
Swamp
97%inclusion29 decks30 decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
73%inclusion22 decks30 decks
-15%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
60%inclusion18 decks30 decks
21%synergy
Dismal Backwater
60%inclusion18 decks30 decks
44%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
50%inclusion15 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
50%inclusion15 decks30 decks
39%synergy
Temple of Deceit
50%inclusion15 decks30 decks
14%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
40%synergy
Sunken Hollow
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
-23%synergy
Choked Estuary
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
-5%synergy
Evolving Wilds
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
27%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
-16%synergy
Tainted Isle
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
-7%synergy
Myriad Landscape
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Fetid Pools
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
25%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
24%synergy
Underground River
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
-16%synergy
Exotic Orchard
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
-13%synergy
Warped Landscape
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
-26%synergy
Salt Marsh
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Grixis Panorama
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
River of Tears
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
-1%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Waterfront District
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Ice Tunnel
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Jwari Disruption
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-21%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-2%synergy
Darkslick Shores
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-7%synergy
Sunken Ruins
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-8%synergy
Port of Karfell
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
0%synergy
Watery Grave
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-40%synergy
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