Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Budget Optimized

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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The Master of Lake-town
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
96%inclusion44 decks46 decks
80%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
72%inclusion33 decks46 decks
70%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
63%inclusion29 decks46 decks
59%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
59%inclusion27 decks46 decks
57%synergy
Fleet Swallower
57%inclusion26 decks46 decks
54%synergy
Wall of Frost
54%inclusion25 decks46 decks
53%synergy
Fraying Sanity
57%inclusion26 decks46 decks
53%synergy
Keening Stone
52%inclusion24 decks46 decks
51%synergy
Mindcrank
63%inclusion29 decks46 decks
51%synergy
Bonehoard
52%inclusion24 decks46 decks
50%synergy
Top Cards
Ruin Crab
59%inclusion27 decks46 decks
50%synergy
Fractured Sanity
57%inclusion26 decks46 decks
47%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
54%inclusion25 decks46 decks
44%synergy
Traumatize
54%inclusion25 decks46 decks
50%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
52%inclusion24 decks46 decks
39%synergy
Nighthowler
52%inclusion24 decks46 decks
47%synergy
Drown in the Loch
52%inclusion24 decks46 decks
34%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
48%inclusion22 decks46 decks
44%synergy
Thought Collapse
46%inclusion21 decks46 decks
43%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
46%inclusion21 decks46 decks
39%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
0%synergy
Narset, Parter of Veils
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
6%synergy
Creatures
Mortivore
43%inclusion20 decks46 decks
42%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
43%inclusion20 decks46 decks
43%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
41%inclusion19 decks46 decks
39%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
41%inclusion19 decks46 decks
36%synergy
The Mindskinner
39%inclusion18 decks46 decks
32%synergy
Hover Barrier
39%inclusion18 decks46 decks
38%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
39%inclusion18 decks46 decks
36%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
37%inclusion17 decks46 decks
33%synergy
Tree of Perdition
35%inclusion16 decks46 decks
33%synergy
Eater of the Dead
35%inclusion16 decks46 decks
33%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
35%inclusion16 decks46 decks
34%synergy
The Ancient One
35%inclusion16 decks46 decks
32%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
35%inclusion16 decks46 decks
34%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
35%inclusion16 decks46 decks
30%synergy
Manic Scribe
33%inclusion15 decks46 decks
31%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
30%inclusion14 decks46 decks
29%synergy
Glacial Wall
28%inclusion13 decks46 decks
28%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
28%inclusion13 decks46 decks
27%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
28%inclusion13 decks46 decks
20%synergy
Fog Bank
26%inclusion12 decks46 decks
25%synergy
Hedron Crab
26%inclusion12 decks46 decks
22%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
23%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
24%inclusion11 decks46 decks
18%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
24%inclusion11 decks46 decks
20%synergy
Exhibition Tidecaller
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
21%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
22%inclusion10 decks46 decks
21%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
22%inclusion10 decks46 decks
21%synergy
Aegis Turtle
22%inclusion10 decks46 decks
21%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
20%inclusion9 decks46 decks
19%synergy
Soulless Jailer
20%inclusion9 decks46 decks
19%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
17%inclusion8 decks46 decks
17%synergy
Guiltfeeder
15%inclusion7 decks46 decks
10%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
15%inclusion7 decks46 decks
14%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
15%inclusion7 decks46 decks
15%synergy
Undead Alchemist
15%inclusion7 decks46 decks
13%synergy
Sidisi's Faithful
15%inclusion7 decks46 decks
15%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
15%inclusion7 decks46 decks
15%synergy
Wall of Mist
15%inclusion7 decks46 decks
15%synergy
Wall of Air
15%inclusion7 decks46 decks
15%synergy
Riddlekeeper
15%inclusion7 decks46 decks
14%synergy
Monastery Flock
15%inclusion7 decks46 decks
15%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
15%inclusion7 decks46 decks
10%synergy
Disowned Ancestor
13%inclusion6 decks46 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Junk
13%inclusion6 decks46 decks
13%synergy
Tide Drifter
13%inclusion6 decks46 decks
13%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
13%inclusion6 decks46 decks
12%synergy
Wall of Deceit
13%inclusion6 decks46 decks
13%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
13%inclusion6 decks46 decks
13%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
13%inclusion6 decks46 decks
13%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
13%inclusion6 decks46 decks
12%synergy
Instants
Psychic Strike
43%inclusion20 decks46 decks
41%synergy
Negate
43%inclusion20 decks46 decks
11%synergy
Counterspell
41%inclusion19 decks46 decks
-15%synergy
Didn't Say Please
33%inclusion15 decks46 decks
28%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
29%synergy
Into the Story
30%inclusion14 decks46 decks
29%synergy
Thought Scour
28%inclusion13 decks46 decks
22%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
28%inclusion13 decks46 decks
27%synergy
Archive Trap
28%inclusion13 decks46 decks
26%synergy
Crypt Incursion
24%inclusion11 decks46 decks
22%synergy
Murder
20%inclusion9 decks46 decks
12%synergy
Psychic Spiral
17%inclusion8 decks46 decks
17%synergy
Intellectual Offering
17%inclusion8 decks46 decks
17%synergy
Visions of Beyond
17%inclusion8 decks46 decks
14%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
13%inclusion6 decks46 decks
2%synergy
Memory Plunder
13%inclusion6 decks46 decks
7%synergy
Dark Ritual
13%inclusion6 decks46 decks
-24%synergy
Careful Consideration
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
11%synergy
Brainstorm
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
-19%synergy
Aetherize
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
-1%synergy
Arcane Denial
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
-15%synergy
Drown in Dreams
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
7%synergy
Go for the Throat
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
-7%synergy
Countermand
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
8%synergy
Fact or Fiction
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
-0%synergy
Doom Blade
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
6%synergy
Reality Shift
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
-5%synergy
Opt
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
-3%synergy
Expel from Orazca
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
8%synergy
Divergent Equation
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Hero's Downfall
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
3%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
4%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
-25%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
-2%synergy
Aetherspouts
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
5%synergy
Turnabout
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
6%synergy
Perplex
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
-9%synergy
Memory Lapse
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
4%synergy
Mana Leak
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
4%synergy
Shore Up
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
5%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
-5%synergy
Induce Paranoia
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
6%synergy
Sorceries
Mind Grind
43%inclusion20 decks46 decks
38%synergy
Cut Your Losses
37%inclusion17 decks46 decks
33%synergy
Singularity Rupture
35%inclusion13 decks37 decks
22%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
33%inclusion15 decks46 decks
26%synergy
Extract from Darkness
33%inclusion15 decks46 decks
25%synergy
Whispering Madness
28%inclusion13 decks46 decks
25%synergy
Pilfered Plans
28%inclusion13 decks46 decks
26%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
26%inclusion12 decks46 decks
21%synergy
Mind Funeral
20%inclusion9 decks46 decks
17%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
20%inclusion9 decks46 decks
10%synergy
Read the Bones
17%inclusion8 decks46 decks
14%synergy
Windfall
15%inclusion7 decks46 decks
2%synergy
Aether Gale
15%inclusion7 decks46 decks
14%synergy
Sign in Blood
15%inclusion7 decks46 decks
9%synergy
Breaking Wave
15%inclusion7 decks46 decks
15%synergy
Dark Deal
13%inclusion6 decks46 decks
12%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
9%synergy
Eldritch Pact
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
10%synergy
Bond of Insight
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
10%synergy
Feed the Swarm
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
-24%synergy
Karn's Temporal Sundering
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
10%synergy
Preordain
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
1%synergy
Brainspoil
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
11%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
6%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
8%synergy
Tome Scour
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
8%synergy
Treasure Cruise
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
0%synergy
Decorum Dissertation
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Fascination
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
6%synergy
Divination
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
6%synergy
Profane Tutor
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
5%synergy
Mind Sculpt
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
6%synergy
Dread Summons
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
3%synergy
Night's Whisper
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
-0%synergy
Decree of Pain
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
4%synergy
Toxic Deluge
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
-19%synergy
River's Rebuke
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
6%synergy
Extinguish All Hope
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
6%synergy
Solve the Equation
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Riverchurn Monument
37%inclusion17 decks46 decks
33%synergy
The Water Crystal
36%inclusion14 decks39 decks
27%synergy
Lightning Greaves
24%inclusion11 decks46 decks
-4%synergy
Altar of the Brood
20%inclusion9 decks46 decks
15%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
20%inclusion9 decks46 decks
-5%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
17%inclusion8 decks46 decks
5%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
15%inclusion7 decks46 decks
14%synergy
Profane Memento
15%inclusion7 decks46 decks
15%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
13%inclusion6 decks46 decks
12%synergy
Folio of Fancies
13%inclusion6 decks46 decks
12%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
10%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
11%synergy
Jester's Cap
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
11%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
7%synergy
Sands of Delirium
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
8%synergy
Codex Shredder
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
7%synergy
Skateboard
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Weathered Runestone
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
6%synergy
Sentinel Totem
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
6%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
2%synergy
Trepanation Blade
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Propaganda
39%inclusion18 decks46 decks
21%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
37%inclusion17 decks46 decks
34%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
35%inclusion16 decks46 decks
34%synergy
Court of Cunning
33%inclusion15 decks46 decks
27%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
28%inclusion13 decks46 decks
26%synergy
Memory Erosion
28%inclusion13 decks46 decks
24%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
17%inclusion8 decks46 decks
15%synergy
Drowned Secrets
17%inclusion8 decks46 decks
17%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
10%synergy
Jace's Erasure
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
10%synergy
Super Intelligence
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Freed from the Real
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
8%synergy
Intruder Alarm
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
7%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
8%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
3%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
5%synergy
Charmed Sleep
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
6%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
-1%synergy
Leyline of the Void
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
35%inclusion16 decks46 decks
33%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
24%inclusion11 decks46 decks
18%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
9%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
8%synergy
Jace Beleren
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
10%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
41%inclusion19 decks46 decks
33%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
35%inclusion14 decks40 decks
30%synergy
Bojuka Bog
24%inclusion11 decks46 decks
-15%synergy
RELIQUARY TOWER
24%inclusion11 decks46 decks
-12%synergy
Temple of the False God
17%inclusion8 decks46 decks
8%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13%inclusion6 decks46 decks
10%synergy
Rogue's Passage
13%inclusion6 decks46 decks
-14%synergy
Halimar Depths
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
2%synergy
Restless Reef
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
3%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
-10%synergy
Barren Moor
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
4%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
5%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
4%synergy
Field of Ruin
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
87%inclusion40 decks46 decks
-1%synergy
Dimir Signet
76%inclusion35 decks46 decks
18%synergy
Arcane Signet
67%inclusion31 decks46 decks
-16%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
52%inclusion24 decks46 decks
-6%synergy
Mind Stone
41%inclusion19 decks46 decks
14%synergy
Commander's Sphere
37%inclusion17 decks46 decks
21%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
26%inclusion12 decks46 decks
24%synergy
Fellwar Stone
26%inclusion12 decks46 decks
-5%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
22%inclusion10 decks46 decks
14%synergy
Sky Diamond
22%inclusion10 decks46 decks
14%synergy
Prismatic Lens
15%inclusion7 decks46 decks
14%synergy
Thought Vessel
13%inclusion6 decks46 decks
-18%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
12%inclusion4 decks34 decks
6%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
11%synergy
Dimir Locket
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
8%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
10%synergy
Worn Powerstone
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
7%synergy
Sphere of the Suns
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
9%synergy
Star Compass
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
8%synergy
Gilded Lotus
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
4%synergy
Thran Dynamo
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Island
96%inclusion44 decks46 decks
-1%synergy
Swamp
93%inclusion43 decks46 decks
-3%synergy
Command Tower
74%inclusion34 decks46 decks
-13%synergy
Dismal Backwater
63%inclusion29 decks46 decks
47%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
59%inclusion27 decks46 decks
22%synergy
Temple of Deceit
50%inclusion23 decks46 decks
15%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
50%inclusion23 decks46 decks
11%synergy
Choked Estuary
46%inclusion21 decks46 decks
-1%synergy
Sunken Hollow
43%inclusion20 decks46 decks
-22%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
41%inclusion19 decks46 decks
30%synergy
Evolving Wilds
41%inclusion19 decks46 decks
25%synergy
Tainted Isle
37%inclusion17 decks46 decks
-7%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
35%inclusion16 decks46 decks
28%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
33%inclusion15 decks46 decks
27%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
30%inclusion14 decks46 decks
-25%synergy
Exotic Orchard
26%inclusion12 decks46 decks
-6%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
24%inclusion11 decks46 decks
19%synergy
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion10 decks46 decks
2%synergy
Fetid Pools
22%inclusion10 decks46 decks
6%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
20%inclusion9 decks46 decks
-21%synergy
Underground River
17%inclusion8 decks46 decks
-24%synergy
Ice Tunnel
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
6%synergy
Warped Landscape
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
11%synergy
Salt Marsh
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
9%synergy
Grixis Panorama
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
11%synergy
Path of Ancestry
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
-16%synergy
Hidden Lair
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
2%synergy
A.I.M. Labs
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Waterfront District
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
6%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
3%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
3%synergy
Thriving Isle
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
4%synergy
River of Tears
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
-3%synergy
Soured Springs
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
-5%synergy
Port of Karfell
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
1%synergy
Watery Grave
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
-42%synergy
Treno, Dark City
5.3%inclusion2 decks38 decks
3%synergy
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