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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
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
93%inclusion28 decks30 decks
78%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
73%inclusion22 decks30 decks
71%synergy
Wall of Frost
57%inclusion17 decks30 decks
55%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
57%inclusion17 decks30 decks
55%synergy
Fleet Swallower
57%inclusion17 decks30 decks
54%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
57%inclusion17 decks30 decks
53%synergy
Traumatize
57%inclusion17 decks30 decks
52%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
57%inclusion17 decks30 decks
52%synergy
Bonehoard
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
51%synergy
Mindcrank
63%inclusion19 decks30 decks
51%synergy
Top Cards
Nighthowler
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
47%synergy
Mind Grind
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
48%synergy
Ruin Crab
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
45%synergy
Fraying Sanity
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
50%synergy
Mortivore
50%inclusion15 decks30 decks
49%synergy
Drown in the Loch
50%inclusion15 decks30 decks
32%synergy
Thought Collapse
50%inclusion15 decks30 decks
47%synergy
Keening Stone
50%inclusion15 decks30 decks
49%synergy
Fractured Sanity
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
37%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
37%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Narset, Parter of Veils
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Creatures
Syr Konrad, the Grim
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
30%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
41%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
38%synergy
Manic Scribe
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
42%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
40%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
39%synergy
Hover Barrier
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
39%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
39%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
35%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
36%synergy
Eater of the Dead
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
32%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
32%synergy
Glacial Wall
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
33%synergy
The Ancient One
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
27%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
25%synergy
The Mindskinner
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
20%synergy
Fog Bank
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
26%synergy
Tree of Perdition
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
22%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
23%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
23%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
15%synergy
Wall of Mist
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
23%synergy
Aegis Turtle
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
23%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
23%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
19%synergy
Tide Drifter
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
20%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Air
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
20%synergy
Monastery Flock
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
20%synergy
Guiltfeeder
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Disowned Ancestor
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Sidisi's Faithful
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Wall of Junk
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
15%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Wall of Deceit
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Soulless Jailer
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Avatar of Woe
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Wall of Runes
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Undead Alchemist
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Jace's Mindseeker
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Siren of the Silent Song
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Moaning Wall
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Riddlekeeper
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
Intellectual Offering
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
23%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
22%synergy
Crypt Incursion
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
22%synergy
Memory Plunder
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Murder
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Psychic Spiral
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Visions of Beyond
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Dark Ritual
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
-22%synergy
Opt
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Careful Consideration
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Archive Trap
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Aetherize
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Fact or Fiction
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
0%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
Arcane Denial
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
-16%synergy
Induce Paranoia
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
10%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
Soul Manipulation
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Countermand
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Turnabout
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Perplex
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Jwari Disruption
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Spinal Embrace
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Drown in Dreams
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Behold the Multiverse
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Dispel
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
0%synergy
Dig Through Time
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-3%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-9%synergy
Narset's Reversal
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Scour for Scrap
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Maddening Cacophony
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
33%synergy
Cut Your Losses
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
36%synergy
Whispering Madness
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
37%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
Windfall
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
15%synergy
Breaking Wave
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
20%synergy
Aether Gale
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
19%synergy
Singularity Rupture
20%inclusion4 decks20 decks
8%synergy
Dark Deal
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Mind Funeral
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
14%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Eldritch Pact
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Karn's Temporal Sundering
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Fascination
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Decree of Pain
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Sign in Blood
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Brainspoil
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Bond of Insight
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Mind Sculpt
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Treasure Cruise
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
1%synergy
Dread Summons
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Toxic Deluge
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
-16%synergy
Notion Rain
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Increasing Confusion
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Divination
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Tunnel Vision
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Feed the Swarm
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-29%synergy
Ringsight
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
1%synergy
Profane Tutor
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Night's Whisper
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
0%synergy
Walk the Plank
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Bitter Ordeal
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Extinguish All Hope
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-3%synergy
Preordain
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-3%synergy
Ravenform
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Sadistic Sacrament
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
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
19%synergy
Lightning Greaves
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
-7%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Altar of the Brood
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Profane Memento
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
-11%synergy
Jester's Cap
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Sands of Delirium
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Weathered Runestone
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Sentinel Totem
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Grafdigger's Cage
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Grindstone
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Sword of the Paruns
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Relic of Progenitus
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%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
Sphinx's Tutelage
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
37%synergy
Propaganda
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
20%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
Jace's Erasure
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Memory Erosion
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Drowned Secrets
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion3 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
Phyrexian Arena
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-7%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-1%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
31%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
24%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
11%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
50%inclusion15 decks30 decks
41%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
33%synergy
Bojuka Bog
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
-9%synergy
Reliquary Tower
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
-10%synergy
Temple of the False God
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
-7%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Field of Ruin
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Rogue's Passage
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
-17%synergy
Mortuary Mire
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-1%synergy
Barren Moor
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Skyline Cascade
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%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
67%inclusion20 decks30 decks
-18%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
-5%synergy
Mind Stone
50%inclusion15 decks30 decks
21%synergy
Commander's Sphere
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
25%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
31%synergy
Sky Diamond
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
18%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
18%synergy
Dimir Locket
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Prismatic Lens
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
18%synergy
Fellwar Stone
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
-11%synergy
Worn Powerstone
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Thran Dynamo
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Thought Vessel
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
-22%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Star Compass
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Sphere of the Suns
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Gilded Lotus
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Hedron Archive
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Swamp
97%inclusion29 decks30 decks
0%synergy
Island
97%inclusion29 decks30 decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
70%inclusion21 decks30 decks
-18%synergy
Dismal Backwater
63%inclusion19 decks30 decks
47%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
57%inclusion17 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
42%synergy
Temple of Deceit
50%inclusion15 decks30 decks
14%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
50%inclusion15 decks30 decks
43%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Choked Estuary
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
-1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
27%synergy
Sunken Hollow
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
-23%synergy
Tainted Isle
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
-11%synergy
Fetid Pools
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
28%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
-19%synergy
Myriad Landscape
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
25%synergy
Underground River
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
-16%synergy
Exotic Orchard
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
-13%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
-26%synergy
Grixis Panorama
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Warped Landscape
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Salt Marsh
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Waterfront District
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Ice Tunnel
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
4%synergy
River of Tears
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-4%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Jwari Disruption
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Darkslick Shores
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-7%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-21%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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