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
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
4%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
96%inclusion45 decks47 decks
80%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
70%inclusion33 decks47 decks
68%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
62%inclusion29 decks47 decks
60%synergy
Fleet Swallower
62%inclusion29 decks47 decks
59%synergy
Fraying Sanity
60%inclusion28 decks47 decks
56%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
60%inclusion28 decks47 decks
55%synergy
Wall of Frost
55%inclusion26 decks47 decks
54%synergy
Traumatize
57%inclusion27 decks47 decks
53%synergy
Ruin Crab
60%inclusion28 decks47 decks
51%synergy
Keening Stone
51%inclusion24 decks47 decks
50%synergy
Top Cards
Mindcrank
62%inclusion29 decks47 decks
50%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
55%inclusion26 decks47 decks
45%synergy
Fractured Sanity
55%inclusion26 decks47 decks
46%synergy
Nighthowler
53%inclusion25 decks47 decks
48%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
49%inclusion23 decks47 decks
36%synergy
Bonehoard
49%inclusion23 decks47 decks
47%synergy
Drown in the Loch
49%inclusion23 decks47 decks
31%synergy
Mind Grind
45%inclusion21 decks47 decks
39%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
45%inclusion21 decks47 decks
43%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
45%inclusion21 decks47 decks
38%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
-0%synergy
Narset, Parter of Veils
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Creatures
Terisian Mindbreaker
45%inclusion21 decks47 decks
42%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
43%inclusion20 decks47 decks
42%synergy
The Mindskinner
40%inclusion19 decks47 decks
33%synergy
Mortivore
40%inclusion19 decks47 decks
39%synergy
Hover Barrier
40%inclusion19 decks47 decks
40%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
38%inclusion18 decks47 decks
33%synergy
Tree of Perdition
36%inclusion17 decks47 decks
34%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
36%inclusion17 decks47 decks
35%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
36%inclusion17 decks47 decks
31%synergy
Eater of the Dead
34%inclusion16 decks47 decks
33%synergy
The Ancient One
34%inclusion16 decks47 decks
31%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
34%inclusion16 decks47 decks
30%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
31%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
31%synergy
Manic Scribe
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
31%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
30%inclusion14 decks47 decks
22%synergy
Glacial Wall
28%inclusion13 decks47 decks
27%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
28%inclusion13 decks47 decks
27%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
27%inclusion7 decks26 decks
26%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
19%synergy
Fog Bank
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
24%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
23%inclusion11 decks47 decks
23%synergy
Hedron Crab
23%inclusion11 decks47 decks
19%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
21%inclusion10 decks47 decks
21%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
21%inclusion10 decks47 decks
18%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
19%synergy
Aegis Turtle
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
19%synergy
Guiltfeeder
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
12%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
17%synergy
Soulless Jailer
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
17%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
17%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
17%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
11%synergy
Wall of Junk
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
15%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
14%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
15%synergy
Undead Alchemist
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
12%synergy
Sidisi's Faithful
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
15%synergy
Wall of Mist
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
15%synergy
Wall of Air
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
15%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
14%synergy
Riddlekeeper
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
14%synergy
Monastery Flock
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
15%synergy
Disowned Ancestor
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
13%synergy
Tide Drifter
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
13%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
12%synergy
Wall of Deceit
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
13%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
13%synergy
Exhibition Tidecaller
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
11%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Counterspell
45%inclusion21 decks47 decks
-11%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
45%inclusion21 decks47 decks
41%synergy
Psychic Strike
43%inclusion20 decks47 decks
40%synergy
Negate
43%inclusion20 decks47 decks
10%synergy
Thought Collapse
43%inclusion20 decks47 decks
40%synergy
Didn't Say Please
34%inclusion16 decks47 decks
29%synergy
Archive Trap
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
30%synergy
Into the Story
30%inclusion14 decks47 decks
28%synergy
Thought Scour
28%inclusion13 decks47 decks
21%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
24%synergy
Crypt Incursion
23%inclusion11 decks47 decks
22%synergy
Murder
21%inclusion10 decks47 decks
14%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
21%inclusion4 decks19 decks
19%synergy
Psychic Spiral
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
16%synergy
Intellectual Offering
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
17%synergy
Visions of Beyond
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
13%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
2%synergy
Memory Plunder
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
7%synergy
Careful Consideration
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
11%synergy
Brainstorm
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
-19%synergy
Dark Ritual
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
-26%synergy
Reality Shift
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
-3%synergy
Opt
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
-1%synergy
Aetherize
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
-1%synergy
Drown in Dreams
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
7%synergy
Go for the Throat
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
-7%synergy
Fact or Fiction
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
-0%synergy
Doom Blade
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Infernal Grasp
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
-7%synergy
Expel from Orazca
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Arcane Denial
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
-18%synergy
Hero's Downfall
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
3%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Aetherspouts
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Turnabout
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Resculpt
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
0%synergy
Perplex
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Memory Lapse
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Mana Leak
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Shore Up
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
5%synergy
High Tide
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-5%synergy
Induce Paranoia
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Divergent Equation
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Sorceries
Cut Your Losses
36%inclusion17 decks47 decks
32%synergy
Extract from Darkness
30%inclusion14 decks47 decks
22%synergy
Singularity Rupture
29%inclusion11 decks38 decks
16%synergy
Whispering Madness
28%inclusion13 decks47 decks
25%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
19%synergy
Pilfered Plans
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
23%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
21%inclusion10 decks47 decks
16%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
21%inclusion10 decks47 decks
11%synergy
Mind Funeral
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
16%synergy
Read the Bones
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
13%synergy
Windfall
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
1%synergy
Feed the Swarm
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
-20%synergy
Aether Gale
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
14%synergy
Breaking Wave
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
15%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
11%synergy
Dark Deal
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
12%synergy
Sign in Blood
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
7%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Eldritch Pact
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
10%synergy
Bond of Insight
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
10%synergy
Karn's Temporal Sundering
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
9%synergy
Treasure Cruise
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
2%synergy
Preordain
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
0%synergy
Brainspoil
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
10%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Tome Scour
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Night's Whisper
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
2%synergy
Fantastic Elasticity
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Increasing Confusion
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Fascination
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Divination
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Profane Tutor
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Dread Return
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
0%synergy
Mind Sculpt
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Dread Summons
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
3%synergy
Decree of Pain
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
3%synergy
Mnemonic Betrayal
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Toxic Deluge
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-19%synergy
River's Rebuke
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-3%synergy
Solve the Equation
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Decorum Dissertation
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Water Crystal
40%inclusion16 decks40 decks
31%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
36%inclusion17 decks47 decks
32%synergy
Lightning Greaves
21%inclusion10 decks47 decks
-6%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
7%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
-6%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
14%synergy
Altar of the Brood
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
10%synergy
Folio of Fancies
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
12%synergy
Profane Memento
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
12%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
9%synergy
Jester's Cap
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
11%synergy
Sands of Delirium
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
10%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
7%synergy
Grindstone
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
7%synergy
Captain America's Shield
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Weathered Runestone
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Sentinel Totem
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Grindclock
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Codex Shredder
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Trepanation Blade
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Court of Cunning
36%inclusion17 decks47 decks
30%synergy
Propaganda
36%inclusion17 decks47 decks
18%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
34%inclusion16 decks47 decks
31%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
31%synergy
Memory Erosion
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
28%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
24%synergy
Drowned Secrets
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
14%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
11%synergy
Jace's Erasure
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
12%synergy
Intruder Alarm
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
9%synergy
Leyline of the Void
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
7%synergy
Freed from the Real
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Super Intelligence
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Charmed Sleep
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
34%inclusion16 decks47 decks
32%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
20%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
11%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Jace Beleren
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
10%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
40%inclusion19 decks47 decks
32%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
34%inclusion14 decks41 decks
29%synergy
Bojuka Bog
30%inclusion14 decks47 decks
-9%synergy
Reliquary Tower
23%inclusion11 decks47 decks
-12%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
12%synergy
Temple of the False God
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Restless Reef
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
9%synergy
Rogue's Passage
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
-16%synergy
Halimar Depths
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
2%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-1%synergy
Barren Moor
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Desert of the Mindful
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Field of Ruin
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
87%inclusion41 decks47 decks
-0%synergy
Dimir Signet
74%inclusion35 decks47 decks
16%synergy
Arcane Signet
68%inclusion32 decks47 decks
-16%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
55%inclusion26 decks47 decks
-3%synergy
Mind Stone
43%inclusion20 decks47 decks
15%synergy
Commander's Sphere
38%inclusion18 decks47 decks
23%synergy
Fellwar Stone
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
-5%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
23%inclusion11 decks47 decks
22%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
21%inclusion10 decks47 decks
14%synergy
Sky Diamond
21%inclusion10 decks47 decks
14%synergy
Prismatic Lens
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
13%synergy
Thought Vessel
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
-18%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Locket
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
10%synergy
Worn Powerstone
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
7%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
8.6%inclusion3 decks35 decks
3%synergy
Sphere of the Suns
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Star Compass
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Gilded Lotus
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
3%synergy
Thran Dynamo
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Island
96%inclusion45 decks47 decks
-1%synergy
Swamp
94%inclusion44 decks47 decks
-3%synergy
Command Tower
74%inclusion35 decks47 decks
-13%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
60%inclusion28 decks47 decks
23%synergy
Dismal Backwater
60%inclusion28 decks47 decks
44%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
55%inclusion26 decks47 decks
16%synergy
Temple of Deceit
53%inclusion25 decks47 decks
19%synergy
Sunken Hollow
45%inclusion21 decks47 decks
-21%synergy
Choked Estuary
45%inclusion21 decks47 decks
-2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
43%inclusion20 decks47 decks
32%synergy
Evolving Wilds
40%inclusion19 decks47 decks
24%synergy
Tainted Isle
36%inclusion17 decks47 decks
-8%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
34%inclusion16 decks47 decks
28%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
30%inclusion14 decks47 decks
-25%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
30%inclusion14 decks47 decks
25%synergy
Exotic Orchard
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
-7%synergy
Myriad Landscape
23%inclusion11 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Fetid Pools
23%inclusion11 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
23%inclusion11 decks47 decks
19%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
-21%synergy
Underground River
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
-22%synergy
Ice Tunnel
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Warped Landscape
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
10%synergy
Salt Marsh
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
9%synergy
Grixis Panorama
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
10%synergy
Path of Ancestry
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
-16%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Waterfront District
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
3%synergy
Port of Karfell
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
3%synergy
River of Tears
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-3%synergy
Darkslick Shores
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-8%synergy
Soured Springs
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Sunken Ruins
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-11%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-5%synergy
Treno, Dark City
5.1%inclusion2 decks39 decks
3%synergy
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